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Posted on 08/09/2004 11:38:51 PM PDT by kattracks
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 else’s?
Kerry will simply say he was confused, he really meant Ginger.
Great Liars of the Past and Present. Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Saddam, Clinton, Gore, etc.
I was astounded by the amount of cheating, far far worse than when I was an undergrad. They were looking on other students papers with little regard for being caught.
Their has been a quantum change in morality in America and that is no understatement. Clinton simply proved how pernicious it has become.
Yes, but F'kin hasn't the charm.
John Kerry invented Viet Nam.
Correction, I do know that their should have been there.
How could such an awful show have such an impact on America?
Mary Ann
Well make that two reason's, Mary Ann and her shorts. I still think she was tough as nails, the sexiest girl alive, that is except for my wife.
>>LOL, When has this guy told the truth?
Reminds me of that line in "Scarface" when Pacino says "Me? I always tell the truth ... even when I lie".
Never understood why Ginger was the 'movie star'. Mary Ann was always much prettier, in every way imaginable.
"THIS is the best the Democrat party could do? Pathetic."
They just need enough votes from "The Americans Who Want Something For Nothing" to win this election. Pathetic to you, "hope is on the way" to the disenfranchised.
Remember the Clinton line "I feel your pain"? It is the same thing all over. Hold on for the ride.
Ginger wasn't a tramp. Tramps put out.
Ginger was a tease.
It says a lot about her beauty that a girl as short as she is won.
What a set of legs. No wonder Gilligan was always so flustered.
Unfortunately, yes. But realizing this guy might be the President of all the United States, with all the importance of the office, it's pathetic that he's the best candidate they could field. It makes me shudder, I tell you.
Bump!!!
This reminds me of the Gore story in 2000 about the lady who collected cans to pay for pills. Did that turn out to be untrue? Or am I mistaken?
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