'Shove it' still reverberating!!!! Liberals Hate America!!!!



Teresa Heinz Kerry's "shove it" phrase to a Pittsburgh editor was the
most cited Kerry campaign message in the press last week - mentioned
381 times in American publications, according to Factiva, a Dow
Jones/Reuters company that tracks daily press mentions.

But the two words also brought death threats, insults and accusations
upon Colin McNickle, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial-page
editor who vexed Mrs. Kerry by asking her to explain her claim that
"un-American traits" were emerging in politics. In a Boston Globe
interview, singer Patti LaBelle advised Mrs. Kerry to "pimp slap" Mr.
McNickle; liberal columnist Molly Ivins suggested he had
inappropriately "touched" Mrs. Kerry; and former Baltimore Sun
columnist Jack Germond told CNN that Mr. McNickle "was not a
legitimate newspaperman."

He responded in a Tribune-Review column Sunday, explaining he was only
seeking an example of "un-American traits" from Mrs. Kerry, but "I got
a finger in the face and was told to 'shove it.' I have been
told worse things by more important people."

A mention of Mr. McNickle's column in Editor & Publisher was picked up
by the Drudge Report yesterday, ultimately reversing the firestorm of
criticism, Mr. McNickle said.

"Today, I got 1,700 e-mails in four hours, most supportive, saying I'd
done a good job," Mr. McNickle said.

"But you know what?" he pointed out. "Mrs. Kerry never answered my
question."




Kerry: Service Should Not Be "Litmus Test" For Leadership. Mr.
President, you and I know that if
support or opposition to the war were to become a litmus test for
leadership, America would never
have leaders or recover from the divisions created by that war. You
and I know that if service or
nonservice in the war is to become a test of qualification for high
office, you would not have a Vice President, nor would you have a
Secretary of Defense and our Nation would never recover from the
divisions created by that war. (Sen. John Kerry, Congressional Record,
10/08/92, p. S17709)

But Now Kerry Constantly Challenges The Stature Of His Democratic
Opponents Over Their Lack Of Military Service. And more than ever,
Mr. Kerry is invoking his stature as a Vietnam veteran as he
challenges the stature of his Democratic opponents -- none of whom, he
frequently points out, have 'worn the uniform of our country' -- to
withstand a debate with Mr. Bush on national security. (Adam
Nagourney, As Campaign Tightens, Kerry Sharpens Message, The New York
Times, 8/10/03)