10:22pm.CNN Last Call: TAKING CALLS: should a First Lady be outspoken

[LittleApple81]

and they have somebody that wrote a book on Hillary to discuss "the issue".
If anybody caught the phone number, is anybody calling?

[seabeyond]

1. F* them, who is going to decide if a woman should talk or not

what is this crap

shove it

[LittleApple81]

2. Gail Sheehy (the writer): Teresa WON the right to that opinion.

The "columnist" belongs to a Scaife publication who have attacked her husband and the Kerrys.... GREAT ANSWER!!!

[LittleApple81]

3. The "talking head" asks: Is America ready to have somebody like

her that says "shove it" on camera, expresses her opinion, and talks about her first husband. Sheehy said: Heinz was not her first husband, it is her deceased husband and he helped her become the woman she is... that is why she should be able to talk about her!

[Cha]

14. Was America ready to have a vp(sic) who told a United States

Senator to go fuck yourself on the Senate Floor. Maybe they should be reminded of that and stop this silliness about whether the future first Lady of our Land should open her mouth or not.

[LittleApple81]

17. See? THERE ARE ELEPHANT ISSUES, CRIMES, MISDEMEANORS...

Therefore, let's concentrate on the unimportant that, if CNN the arbiter of opinion can use to "hurt" Kerry to avoid talking about the real PROBLEMS.

[2Design]

22. well they didn't have to SHOVE the microphone and camera

in her business. They went out of THEIR way to capture it.

When you have cameras on you constantly, it is impossible to go have private business.

It was deliberate and they are not going to win this one. Too many people are willing to back Teresa against 'scum'

[LittleApple81]

23. Right on!!! We are not going to take it anymore!!!! n/t

[Sparkly]

4. They showed a clip of Jackie Kennedy as first lady vs. Teresa

They could have just compared wardrobes and hairdos, hello -- 40 years makes a big difference!! What an *unfair* comparison!!

We are ready for Teresa, CNN, whether you are or not.

[LittleApple81]

6. That was such a clear attempt at putting Teresa down... But Sheehy

is doing great. She implied that Laura has really taking things backwards in terms of what a first lady could be thought to be (paraphrasing).

[Sparkly]

5. I turned the channel

What was I thinking -- I can't STAND cnn. :mad:

[LittleApple81]

7. I know. But it was great to see Sheehy slap her around but good!!!!

[LittleApple81]

8. The talking head looked really STUPID... like she didn't want to have

a REAL WOMAN being a First Lady. I AM SURE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO FILTER THE CALLS TO HURT TERESA, THOUGH.

[Sparkly]

13. Okay, I'm venturing back (with some trepidation)

I guess I missed the rebuttal.

[Cha]

9. Yes! And a President shouldn't lie about sending Soldiers to

to die. Why don't they ask that?

[LittleApple81]

10. Because they are distracting from the ISSUES. Focusing on crap. BUT

they didn't count on Sheehy!!!

[Sparkly]

11. Yeah but the president didn't say "shove it" and doesn't wear a dress

Well, as far as we know, anyway.

You make a point -- with all there is to talk about, why THIS?!

[Nevernose]

12. CNN can shove it out their ass.

n/t

[LittleApple81]

15. Agreed totally. But again, I am glad that Sheehy VERY POLITELY said

what you are saying.

[Nevernose]

21. She IS a lady

I'm not even female. Of course, if I told someone to shove it out their ass, no one would think twice.

Fuck 'em.

[Sparkly]

16. *Gasp!*

You'll never make it as First Lady with that mouth, young man/woman. ;)

[Nevernose]

20. I'd need a feather boa to make it as first lady

[Sparkly]

26. Well, that would be new in DC...

I think they're still getting used to "opinionated," though. I don't think your boas would go over well at state dinners. (And the blue lipstick's been done, by Cheney.)

[The Backlash Cometh]

18. How outspoken was Lady Bird?

?

[LittleApple81]

19. This is the first time I heard somebody say the SCAIFE person DESERVED

what he got because of the way he had attacked the Heinzes and the Kerrys and tried to destroy the Clintons.

[2Design]

24. The Scaife Strategy: Smother Teresa

http://www.alternet.org/election04/19389

Colin McNickle did not enter the Democratic Convention as an ordinary reporter. As the editorial page editor for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, a newspaper owned by eccentric rightist billionaire Richard Mellon-Scaife, McNickle came to Boston as an agent provocateur. "What happens when a conservative commentator infiltrates the Democratic National Convention?" the Tribune-Review asked in pre-convention promotion of McNickle's coverage. McNickle answered that question on Sunday, July 25 by provoking a spat with Teresa Heinz-Kerry.

<snip>

[2Design]

25. The Scaife Strategy: Smother Teresa

Reason she is outspoken against this person

http://www.alternet.org/election04/19389


Colin McNickle did not enter the Democratic Convention as an ordinary reporter. As the editorial page editor for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, a newspaper owned by eccentric rightist billionaire Richard Mellon-Scaife, McNickle came to Boston as an agent provocateur. "What happens when a conservative commentator infiltrates the Democratic National Convention?" the Tribune-Review asked in pre-convention promotion of McNickle's coverage. McNickle answered that question on Sunday, July 25 by provoking a spat with Teresa Heinz-Kerry.
<snip>

[LittleApple81]

27. SURPRISE!!!!! most of the callers SAID THE FIRST LADY SHOULD BE

OUTSPOKEN BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE 21ST CENTURY!!!! Only two women who sounded like old beadies said the First Lady should be "ladylike". I know this is unscientific but it is good for us.

[Cha]

28. Great! I'm surprised cnn let the callers through.

They must have had a flood in her favor.

[DieboldMustDie]

29. And then there's the former First Lady...

who, around the time of the Iraq invasion, said she didn't want to
"...hear about body bags and deaths... Oh, I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?"

-- Barbara Bush :puke:

[Skittles]

30. proving she is ugly both inside and out

nt