Democrats Defend Heinz Kerry's 'Shove It'

Apparently, it's ok to tell somebody to shove it if they're a "right-wing rag that has consistently and purposely misrepresented the facts". The incident in brief:

Heinz Kerry attended a Massachusetts Statehouse reception Sunday night for fellow Pennsylvanians, telling them, "We need to turn back some of the creeping, un-Pennsylvanian and sometimes un-American traits that are coming into some of our politics." She criticized the tenor of modern political campaigns without being specific.

Minutes later, the Tribune-Review's Colin McNickle questioned Heinz Kerry 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. (ed note: See above, it appears that she did) 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."

Maybe Ms. Heinz Kerry forgot that she uttered the term, "un-American". It does happen to people. The irony is that her response is somewhat inconsistent with her speech just prior. "Do as I say, not as I do"?

Anyways, all this works out to be a minor tempest in the teapot, as it were. I find it amusing.