Whopper of the Week: John Kerry Did he pretend to be Irish? By Timothy Noah Posted Friday, March 7, 2003, at 3:34 PM PT "[John] Kerry acknowledged that some voters in Massachusetts, the nation's most Irish-American state, may have had the impression that he had Irish roots. He said that he knew of no Irish ancestry and that he had always tried to correct misstatements whenever he learned about them. "Numerous publications, including the Globe, have stated that Kerry is Irish-American. "'I'm sure some people see the name and say, "Hey, I think it's this or that," but I've been...