"Following the speech, the frustration of Kerry's daughters, who teared up during the concession after tirelessly stumping for their father, exploded backstage in a diatribe of F-words."

The ugly scene apparently took place out of range of media cameras, since video of the Kerry girls' tantrum has yet to materialize.

In September, when first daughter Jenna Bush was captured on film sticking her tongue out at reporters, the press turned the incident into a major news story.

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