New Yorker Magazine Quotes Teresa Heinz Kerry Out Of ContextPOSTED: 8:05 pm EDT September 20,
2004 PITTSBURGH -- The new issue of the New Yorker magazine contains a detailed profile of Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry.One comment getting attention in the article is a claim that Heinz Kerry called her detractors "scumbags" during an interview last April with Channel 4 Action News anchor Sally Wiggin.A check of that tape shows that while Heinz Kerry did use the word, it came in the context of discussing what her son Chris called the "noble art of public service.""I believe there is a nobility in public service. I believe every citizen can be a public servant. And should be," said Heinz Kerry.Sally Wiggin asked, "Do you think some of the nobility has gone out of public service?" Previous Stories:
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