Seems like poor John Kerry can't tell the truth. Remember the story from his Democratic National Convention acceptance speech about Mary Ann Knowles who had to go work everyday during her chemo treatment for cancer because she had no health care. Well this from today's New Hampshire Union Leader:
Editorials - August 10, 2004
The Mary Ann myth:
Kerry falsifies NH woman's story
NEXT TIME John Kerry accuses President Bush of misleading the American people, remember Mary Ann Knowles.
Knowles is the Hudson woman whose battle with breast cancer Kerry has turned into a campaign anecdote. Here is what Kerry said about Knowles during his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention on July 29:
“What does it mean when Mary Ann Knowles, a woman with breast cancer I met in New Hampshire, had to keep working day after day right through her chemotherapy, no matter how sick she felt, because she was terrified of losing her family's health insurance? America can do better. And help is on the way.
What it means is that John Kerry is fibbing. As Union Leader correspondent Scott Brooks reported on Sunday, Mary Ann Knowles did not have to work through her chemotherapy for fear of losing her health insurance. Employed by Elderhostel, the Boston-based non-profit travel organization for people 55 and older, Mary Ann had 26 weeks of paid disability at her disposal. More was available for a long-term illness. She did not have to work through her chemotherapy. She chose to.
Knowles would have lost some income had she taken the disability leave, said her husband, who is unemployed. But she would not have lost her health insurance, as Kerry has repeatedly misstated.
Asked if the Kerry campaign bothered to get the details of Knowles personal story, spokeswoman Judy Reardon said Kerry's use of the words every day in describing Knowles story was a colloquialism.She went on: When a woman has a mastectomy and goes through therapy, I don't need to double-check on her.
In other words, Kerry knowingly used the words every day when he did not mean every day,and he used the phrase: she still has to go to work every day just to hang on to their health insurance when she did not have to work every day and was in no danger of losing her health insurance.
In short, he lied. Repeatedly.
With all that has come to light about Kerry's voting record and his Vietnam service, his misrepresentation of Marry Ann Knowles story should surprise few. Kerry cannot even get his own personal history straight, so how can we expect him to correctly relay someone elses?
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
The truth seems to always come out!
Oh if it wasn't true why does we fight so hard to stop it? Why not follow the lead of the President and his leadership. After countless lie filled attack pieces President Bush just goes about his job of leading this country and refuses to be acknowledge the lies. But if as the Kerry campaign claims these are all lies why fight so hard and threaten lawsuits to keep the book and the ads from coming out.
Sixty former service men who served with Kerry give first hand accounts that differ with Mr. Kerry's nine (9) or ten (10) if you count Mr.Rassman who spent one (1) day with John Kerry in Vietnam. Sixty first hand accounts that differ from the nine who support Mr. Kerry.
Why would he not want to afford the right to speak and be heard to these other sixty fellow Vietnam veteran Brothers.
One way to solve these conflicting opinions! That is for Senator Kerry to release ALL of his Vietnam records as he promised to due on Meet the Press back in April. This would sure clear up many questions as would the release of his "War Journals" penned in his own hand while in Vietnam for 4 short months, which small portions were excerpted in Douglas Brinkley's "Tour of Duty". This would easily clear up the "Christmas in Cambodia" story were Mr. Kerry was allegedly in Cambodia listing to Presidents Nixon's Christmas message in 1968. Although Nixon was not President during Christmas of 1969, ops.
Just a few months ago the Kerry campaign was demanding the release of all of the Presidents National guard records which cleared any trumped up questions. It seems only fair that Mr. Kerry would want to clear up any legitimate questions regarding his truthfulness and service wouldn't it?
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