Posted on 08/10/2004 7:35:02 PM PDT by Gorilla44
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?
Good grief?!@#$%&*% Get the hook for this carny barker please!!
Please let these bogus stories be kerry's downfall.
This seems like a variant of "How dare you question my Patriotism?!" or perhaps:
"Shut up", he explained.
Never question a Democrat -- they don't have to answer to you.
New package for an old product.
Let's see how long it takes for the DNC and Skerry attornies to threaten this paper
Jeez - we're back to the meaning of "is".
I wonder if Tuhrayzuh sings him "Look for the Union Label" when he curls up in his corner at night.
And furthermore...
This shows the naiveté of the Kerry Campaign. Plenty of cancer sympathy hoaxes have be perpetrated - simply because it is the best possible hoax. Due to medical privacy laws - no reporter can possibly verify the claim to be the victim of cancer or some other dread medical malady.
I have a friend who had a heart transplant, and could have taken long-term disability with a reduction in income, but who struggled for about a year and a half, trying to continue to work. Then, after the year and a half, he turned the corner. He still needs his presciption medicines, and he'll never regain all of his former abilitieis, but he has substantially recovered AND HAS HIS JOB AND CAREER. Obviously, if a person absolutely has to go onto disability, that is what he or she should do. But, there's dignity and purpose to work, in addition to extra money, so we should try real hard to continue working. My friend is one of my heroes, and a walking miracle. I sure hope that this lady is viewed similarly by her family and friends, and not as a victim the way Kerry views her. Those f'n Democrats, they want to make us become dependent on the government, to take away our pride as well as our money.
Pretty tough NH article on Kerry
Just like Algore, "The elderly woman has to collect cans to pay for her prescription medication" and it was all BS. Hey, but since when does blatant lying matter when it comes to Democ-rats? Kerry could say "I served in WW2 and got 47 medals" and the press would say nothing.
Kerry is turning into a repeat of Al Gore! This is deja vu!
bump
Lie, lie, lie. Kerry lies when the truth will do.
So is Kerry going to fold? I mentioned this to my husband who is not politically consumed as I am, and the first words out of his sweet but uniformed mouth was, "enter Hillary."
To quote Teddy Kennedy: "Lie after lie after lie after lie."
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