July 25, 2004
Take this job and shove it

I interpret this story to mean that First Lady of Ketchup Teresa Heinz Kerry is issuing a cry for help:

"We need to turn back some of the creeping, un-Pennsylvanian and sometimes un-American traits that are coming into some of our politics," the wife of Sen. John Kerry told her fellow Pennsylvanians on Sunday night at a Massachusetts Statehouse reception.

Minutes later, Colin McNickle, the editorial page editor of the conservative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, questioned her on what she meant by the term "un-American," according to a tape of the encounter recorded by Pittsburgh television station WTAE.

Heinz Kerry said, "I didn't say that" several times to McNickle. She then turned to confer with Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and others. When she faced McNickle again a short time later, he continued to question her, and she replied, "You said something I didn't say. Now shove it."

She's not acting like someone who really wants to be First Lady of the United States.

UPDATE: The Ketchup Queen's "shove it" video is here. I guess Mrs. Ketchup's husband's promise to always talk to people who disagree with him didn't apply to his wife.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at July 25, 2004 11:04 PM
Comments

Obviously a "flip-flop". Giving a speech about civility and then telling someone to shove it? LMAO

This woman reminds me of so many women on valium in the 70's. She has that "far away" look all of the time.

Posted by: Kevin P. on July 26, 2004 06:11 AM

Tuhrayzuh "Shove It" Heinz-Kerry should get together with Markos "Screw 'Em" Suniga and have Dick Cheney tell them both what to do with themselves.

Posted by: Matt J Kurlander on July 26, 2004 06:12 AM

But, but, I heard that teRAYzeh was the perfect ideal first lady for polite, highly educated, sick-of-the-patriarchy, independant woman in Seattle.

Or is this a warm-up for the inevitable catfight for control of the DNC and its political direction between the Ketchup Heiress and the Cattle Futures Carpetbagger?

Posted by: chunkstyle on July 26, 2004 08:58 AM

Sounds to me like Dean's scream.

Posted by: Jed on July 26, 2004 09:25 AM

The other funny comment was from Ms. Heinz-Kerry's spokeswoman "This was sheer frustration aimed at a right-wing rag that has consistently and purposely misrepresented the facts in reporting on Mrs. Kerry and her family." "Right-Wing rag?" That brings the civility to politics.

Posted by: edjoyce on July 26, 2004 10:26 AM

"Heinz Kerry said, "I didn't say that" "

She didn't say it AFTER she said it.

Posted by: Jed on July 27, 2004 08:11 AM
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