Obituary: Integrity, Integrity, Integrity? Kerry's Mother Died at Home, Not at Hospital

MetroWest Daily News (Boston Herald) ^ | November 16, 2002 | News Staff

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Rosemary Forbes Kerry By News Staff Obituaries (Saturday, November 16, 2002)

MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA - Rosemary Forbes Kerry, a community activist and the mother of U.S. Sen. John Kerry, died Thursday at her home. She was 89. The cause of death was respiratory complications, a spokesman for Sen. Kerry s...

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Posting as separate thread at urging of other FReeper. In the debate, Kerry stated that his mother shared those touching last words "Integrity, Integrity, Integrity" with him at the hospital, from her hospital bed. But the facts don't seem to bear him out.

[gov_bean_ counter]

It never stops, does it?

[Peach]

How could Kerry "forget" where his mother was when she died. He is a liar extraordinaire.

[Joe 6-pack]

Her final words were actually...

"Inheritance, inheritance, inheritance..."

[Howlin]

We need a thread of the little white lies.

Do you think we have enough bandwidth?

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From the debate transcript:

And she was in the hospital, and I went in to talk to her and tell her what I was thinking of doing. And she looked at me from her hospital bed and she just looked at me and she said, "Remember: integrity, integrity, integrity." Those are the three words that she left me with.

[Semper Paratus]

Before each debate I had to turn off all the BS detectors in my home else Kerry would break them.

[bcoffey]

Absolutely amazing!

This is so incredible that I'm double checking the debate transcript to make sure!

[gov_bean_ counter]

JR would have to crank up another server.

[NativeNewYorker]

Was this seared in his memory?

[cgk]

Do you think we have enough bandwidth?

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I knew I should've finished my coffee before I read this thread.

[bcoffey]

Thanks - see post #6

[rang1995]

maybe she was at home to get a call from chris reeves

[Peach]

It's gotten to the point where every single word out of Kerry's mouth needs to be fact checked. Although I think we've reached the point where we can safely assume that everything he says is a lie.

[Politicalities]

Not necessarily a lie. He didn't say that she uttered the three words and immediately croaked. I'm sure she spent some time in the hospital before her death. I'd advise against trying to make this an issue; worse than exploiting the sexual orientation of one's opponent's running mate's daughter is appearing to attack one's opponent's late mother.

[backinthefold]

 at the hospital, from her hospital bed. But the facts don't seem to bear him out.

 

oh man.... this is gonna sting, another lie, why am I not surprised??

[OldFriend]

LOLOL.......you are soo picky! Hospital, home, whatever......seared in his memory......whatever.....

[arkady_renko]

Didn't hear the comment, but people do die at home in hospital beds. We rented one for my father-in-law.

A_R

[July 4th]

Who's life is this guy living? I don't even know if there really is a John Kerry. None of his stories pan out.

[George Stupidnopolis]

Here REAL dying words were "If you marry that witch I'll just die."

[Peach]

Aren't I the picky one though? LOL

[cripplecreek]

Since Kerry's lying isn't central to getting elected, I'm forced to assume it's just due to plain ole garden variety dishonesty.

[Petronski]

He did imply she died in the hospital, but did he say it?

[GOPJ]

Kerry stated that his mother shared those touching last words "Integrity, Integrity, Integrity" with him at the hospital, from her hospital bed. But the facts don't seem to bear him out.

Do the facts ever bear him out?

[johnnycap]

THIS MAN IS A SERIAL LIAR, I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR 20 YEARS.

-Bay State Resident

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I had that same thought, but can you let a candidate for President of the U.S. issue a bald-faced lie on national television and go unchallenged? We need to be respectful. But we need to challenge in an appropriate way.

[tutstar]

Can't believe he'd lie about something like this, you'd think he'd realize that people pay attention to this kind of thing.

[bray]

Anybody who believed that story may be interested in owning a Bridge in Brooklyn! He was looking for an out after he realized he had just hammered his wife with the Married Up comment!

Pray for W and The Election

[Frank_Discussion]

The Dems would spin our notice of this as "mean-spirited", but I'll say this: Normal People remember where they are when a family member dies.

I've seen a person die in front of my eyes once, and I remember where we the family were gathered around in the ICU, and I remember every final breath, including the death rattle. A person doesn't forget such an event.

A normal person doesn't do what Kerry did in regards to his mother's death.

This just hits a disgust button somewhere deep inside of me. John F. Kerry is one scary, disgusting sumb*tch.

[Preachin']

I bet she actually said, "No gravitas, not gravitas, no gravitas."

[tomnbeverly]

When you pull back the curtain there is nothing there but a shallow little man lying to us all... If he would lie about his mother for politics, if he would lie about his faith, if he would lie about a dying man, if he would lie about our soldiers in vietnam... all this lying and all for political gain... it is very sacry indeed... Does George Soros influence over our political process really have that much of an impact on our society...

[arkady_renko]

Nevermind. I see the transcript in post 6. Just hoping that the man wouldn't abuse his mother like he has the veterans.

A_R

[GOPJ]

Or it's compulsion...

Since Kerry's lying isn't central to getting elected, I'm forced to assume it's just due to plain ole garden variety dishonesty.

[Sir Gawain]

That quote is easily spinnable. Non story.

[Fiddlstix]

Do you think we have enough bandwidth?

I doubt it.

[Tennessean4Bush]

Wait a minute. It is possible he visited her at the hospital before she was moved home. Many people are sent home to live their remaining days or weeks in familiar environs. Don't make a big deal out of this. It could backfire bigtime.

[fritzz]

And she was in the hospital, and I went in to talk to her and tell her what I was thinking of doing. And she looked at me from her hospital bed and she just looked at me and she said, "Remember: integrity, integrity, integrity." Those are the three words that she left me with.

I'd leave this one alone. Dying mother. Many times someone dying starts out at hospital and they are sent home to die in the comfort of their home with friends and family. That's why we have Hospice.

[OldCorps]

Man, i thought i would be hard to find a bigger liar than bill clinton. guess one does exist. no surprise he's another democrap.

[hawaiian]

Who cares? Let's pick our battles. We've got a million better lies to choose from.

[Chad Fairbanks]

respiratory Complications? If so, she had an oxygen mask on, and she was trying to speak, but in her weakened state, and with the muffling by the mask she was probably actually saying "Get Away From me. Get away from me. get away from me." and he misheard her.

[Turk82_1]

I should do that - mine start spinning like gyroscopes

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

I guess it was 'seared' into his memory that his mom died at the hospital...

[Salvation]

My husband died at home too -- in a hospital bed that had been moved into our bedroom. Can't jump to the conclusion that a hospital bed is always in the hospital!

I don't endorse Kerry at all, but the hospital bed part of this might be true. Obviously not the "in the hospital" part.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

I still think it's funny that he was asked to talk about his wife, and instead used his time to talk about his mother.

Just what we need to take on the Islamists: a mama's boy.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I didn't believe that story for one second. What kind of man makes up a story about his mother's death to use in a debate?

[js1138]

I'm sure she spent some time in the hospital before her death.

My mother died at home, but spent a lot of time in the hospital just prior. It was only by chance that I saw her at home a couple days before she passed. I'm afraid her last words were not very coherent.

[craig_eddy]

The Forbes family of China and Boston, of which US Senator John Forbes Kerry and John Murray Forbes are members, amassed a huge fortune in the China trade, initially trading North American furs and manufactured goods for tea and other goods from China.

Forbes also made a considerable fortune smuggling opium during the Opium Wars.

From http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Forbes-family

[fzzywzzy]

I wonder is she was singing the "Union Label" song to him, just like Al Gore's mom did for him when he was a little baby (several years before he invented the Internet)?

[NautiNurse]

Highly likely Kerry's mother uttered those words days/weeks before her death. Also highly probable Kerry was nowhere in the vicinity when his mother died.

[WeddingPlanner]

Does anyone in their right mind honestly believe that an 89 year old woman's last words were "Integrity" to the 3rd? Especially with respiratory problems? You're dying, you look at your loved ones and say "Integrity"? Your mother is dying and you say "I know you are, but hey! I'm running for the presidency, can you give me some adivce?" My last words to my mother would be how much I love her. The last words I would hope coming from her would be how much she loves me.

Continually amazed at how stupid democrats think the American public is.