Political hecklers

(Plattsburgh, N.Y.) Press-Republican

Teresa Heinz Kerry may not have reacted ideally to hecklers along the campaign trail, but it's the hecklers who ought to be apologizing. Heinz Kerry, the billionaire wife of Democratic presidential John Kerry, was speaking at a rally recently when pro-Bush spectators began interrupting her with shouts, "Four more years," to which she responded: "Four more years of hell." For that, she is being reviled by Republicans and excoriated by some in the media.

She isn't the one who started the row. She simply replied to it in candid fashion. Surely, neither she nor any other candidate's wife should have to abide such rudeness when stating her opinion.