Little Hawk :

I think your post of 27 Jul 04 - 08:41 PM was an accurate assesment.

My complaint is that the Republican, when called a liar repeatedly by a senator, used foul language to express his disgust with said senator, everyone screams- when a Democratic candidate's wife lies to a reporter asking for clarification, it is a tempest in a teapot. I understood, but did not approve of Cheney's words- I do not understand the need to deny womething that was said.

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Heinz Kerry's remark came after she told the delegates that "we need to turn back some of the creeping un-Pennsylvanian and sometimes un-American traits that are coming into some of our politics."
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As she was leaving, McNickle asked her what she had meant by her use of the word "un-American."

She argued with him, insisting she hadn't said "un-American."

He said he thought she had used the term "un-American activity."

"I did not say activity or un-American," she responded.

She then turned to someone nearby and said, "You know what the question is? Say that I called this an 'un-American activity.' I did not."

After stepping away and speaking briefly with Democratic organizers of the event, she returned and asked the reporter if he worked for the Tribune-Review. He said he did.

"Understandable. You said something I didn't say, now shove it," she told him. "

SHE was the one who denied saying "un-American" The reporter was dismissed out of hand for not representing the "proper" viewpoint. He ASKED if she had said "un-American activity", SHE denied saying "un-American", which she had, then tried to make it an accusation against the reporter.

NOTE AGAIN:

"As she was leaving, McNickle asked her what she had meant by her use of the word "un-American."

She argued with him, insisting she hadn't said "un-American." "

Yes, the reporter was trying to find out what she meant- Do those on the left want the reporters covering the Bush administration to be treated the same way? I don't think so.