Looks Like Kerry Has Been Lying - I Mean "Misspeaking" - Again

Anyone else remember this example he used during his accpetance speach at the DNC? Seems like it wasn't exactly true, but it made for a good story, so I guess it must be ok.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40053

ELECTION 2004
Another credibility gap for Kerry
His story of New Hampshire couple's health-care story stretches truth

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Posted: August 20, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern



© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com


John Kerry's campaign has run commercials about failed Bush administration health-care policies using a New Hampshire couple as an example.

In speeches across the country, including his nomination acceptance speech, Kerry has talked about how Mary Ann Knowles was forced to work every day during 16 weeks of chemotherapy just to maintain her health insurance.

Yesterday, as Kerry visited the state and again invited John and Mary Ann Knowles to be a part of a campaign stop, reports surfaced in two newspapers that the story wasn't true.

In interviews with the New Hampshire Sunday News this month, John Knowles said his family has good health insurance, and his wife's employer said the couple's story "wasn't really the best example" for Kerry's argument.

Yesterday, the Manchester Union Leader published a front-page editorial condemning Kerry for the distortion.
While John Knowles, a former technical writer in the high-tech industry, has been unemployed for two years, his wife is a communications specialist for Elderhostel, a nonprofit travel company. She was diagnosed with cancer last summer.

However, Mary Ann Knowles was not forced to work every day during her chemotherapy. In fact, she was eligible for 26 weeks of disability leave, as well as sick days, of which she only took a handful.

According to a report in the Union Leader, John Knowles said his wife could not afford to take disability because it would have meant a drop in the family's income.

In an e-mail to campaign supporters last month, Kerry wrote that Mary Ann's story "represents the predicament so many Americans are living with: unreliable access to health care and skyrocketing costs."

"We are reaching out to people who have expressed an interest in health care and who have already shared their stories," such as those who have written in to the candidate's website, campaign spokesman Eric Schultz said. "People who are interested in health care and have a personal and compelling story to share."

Schultz added that Kerry "will continue to talk about families like the Knowles because his plan will help families like the Knowles. Under John Kerry's plan, the Knowleses would always have the peace of mind to know she would be guaranteed affordable group coverage, the same plan members of Congress have, at an affordable price and with the benefits she needs."

 

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Keep digging your hole in the sand and burying your head a little deeper. At the rate you are going, you may find where Saddam buried all those WMD's yourself. Probably not, though, since the Syrians have them. :shock:

 

Hey Red, you've been listening to Crawfish and Smax too much. Why does everything have to turn into an argument over WMD's and Iraq? Your guy already said he would have gone in whether they were there or not.

 

http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2004_0729.html

Sounds like a lie to me. He didn't email it to me, I heard him say it on national television. :dis:

"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."

John Kerry's Acceptance Speech to the DNC Convention

 

red many of your examples start with words like "Our intelligence officials estimate..."

than you claim that is not true. i am not sure how you can say that isnt not true. how do you know what our intelligence officials are estimating?

if they were wrong, then that is different. is bush to ignore his intelligence officals? assume they dont know what they are talking about? figure he knows better, even though they are the ones doing the research?

 

So, if Bush lies, then it's OK for Kerry to do so. Is that what you're saying?

 

No they're both a couple of lying a$$ holes.

 

It wasn't meant to be an insult, I was just pointing out you were using the same argument they always come back with. Actually, I was reinforcing the point I was getting at yesterday when I said the Democrats make life in America out to be so terrible with their talk about the sad state health care and poverty. Guess I should have spelled that out for you. You were the one who turned it toward Iraq. I guess what Kerry said is ok. I am presuming he took information he received from a source he believed to be credible and relayed it to the American people. That sounds familiar. What you still haven't answered is your thoughts on Kerry saying he would have gone to war with Iraq WMD's or not. There is a link to the story on here somewhere, if you'd like to refresh your memory.