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Kerry falsifies NH woman's story
Th Union Leader ^ | August 10, 2004

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?


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: kerry; kerryliar; kerrylies; liar; maryannknowles
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To: Gorilla44
Even the excuses are outright lies.

This can't get any cheesier!

21 posted on 08/10/2004 7:54:27 PM PDT by Cold Heat (http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=20040531140357545)
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To: Mo1; Peach

ping


22 posted on 08/10/2004 7:54:30 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (God bless our coaltion troops.)
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To: Ophiucus

Kerry makes Al Gore look like he drank truth-serum instead of iced tea.


23 posted on 08/10/2004 7:54:37 PM PDT by Belisaurius ("Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, Ted" - Joseph Kennedy 1958)
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To: Toespi

Nah, Kerry is in it until November. Then he'll tank.

Prairie


24 posted on 08/10/2004 7:55:11 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (God bless our coaltion troops.)
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To: Howlin
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.

HE DOES THIS CRAP ALL THE TIME

He tells the story .. BUT HE ALWAYS LEAVES OUT IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE STORY

HE IS A BLEEPING LIAR!

25 posted on 08/10/2004 7:55:23 PM PDT by Mo1 (Kerry & Edwards .... they will leave no Special Interest Group behind)
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To: prairiebreeze

BMP!

Keep this new lie up until it gets attention


26 posted on 08/10/2004 7:56:49 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Wally_Kalbacken
said Kerry’s use of the words “every day” in describing Knowles story was “a colloquialism.”

What is she saying there? That "every day" means something it doen't mean? Do they use those words in a different way in New Hampshire?

She went on: “When a woman has a mastectomy and goes through therapy, I don’t need to double-check on her.”

She NEEDS to check on her boss, the repeatedly documented liar.

27 posted on 08/10/2004 7:56:57 PM PDT by Howlin (Saving Private Hamster)
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To: rintense; MJY1288; RedBloodedAmerican; twyn1; kitkat; justshe; ladyinred; lonestar; ...

More LIES from Kerry ping


28 posted on 08/10/2004 7:57:36 PM PDT by Mo1 (Kerry & Edwards .... they will leave no Special Interest Group behind)
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To: Gorilla44

ping. They want to throw dirt at our Vets? Now the truth!


29 posted on 08/10/2004 7:58:13 PM PDT by tobyhill (The war on terrorism is not for the weak!)
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To: Gorilla44

AlGore was a pathological liar, and now I see Kerry is trying to out-lie him. Honestly, those two are the best the democrats can do? There's some kind of mental disorder rampant in that party.


30 posted on 08/10/2004 7:58:18 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: Mo1
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.

Please join me in laying on the floor and dying laughing.

31 posted on 08/10/2004 7:58:19 PM PDT by Howlin (Saving Private Hamster)
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To: Howlin

It's the new Dim explanation. Everything is now a "colloquialism". Saves a lot of messiness.....

Prairie


32 posted on 08/10/2004 7:58:41 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (God bless our coaltion troops.)
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To: Howlin
I've known people like John Kerry and his problem is that he has never been called to account for his lies, so he has gotten away with them for so long that he doesn't even consider the consequences........But guess what? He is gonna be held to account now!

If lying was like robbing a bank, John Kerry would make Jesse James look like a Piker

33 posted on 08/10/2004 8:00:02 PM PDT by MJY1288 (John Kerry Says he Would Conduct a More Thoughtful and Sensitive War on Terror)
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To: Gorilla44
Folks in NH are political animals and the Union Leader has some of the most politically savvy editors in the nation. Many NH voters seriously consider the Union Leader's endorsement of a candidate.

Looks like Kerry might not have a chance in NH if he keeps this up.

34 posted on 08/10/2004 8:00:25 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: Howlin

Good grief, he makes AlGore seem almost truthful.


35 posted on 08/10/2004 8:00:36 PM PDT by Darlin' ("I will not forget this wound to my country." President George W Bush, 20 Sept 2001)
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To: Gorilla44

Kerry as 'Liar' is what needs to be repeated over and over.
That's what he is, that's what the voters need to know.
That will be his downfall.


36 posted on 08/10/2004 8:03:14 PM PDT by nuconvert (Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
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To: FourPeas
Where are the eye roll emoticons when I need them?

Here's one.

You have to wonder how many more stories like this one are out there, just waiting to be told.

37 posted on 08/10/2004 8:03:21 PM PDT by ride the whirlwind ("I will never relent in bringing justice to our enemies..." - President Bush)
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To: Mo1

The list of Kerry lies is getting longer by the day. I'm getting whip lash keeping up w/all his versions. And now Edwards is talking about ONE America.


38 posted on 08/10/2004 8:03:29 PM PDT by Carolinamom
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To: Gorilla44
“a colloquialism.”

I'm sorry, I can't get by this statment to the processes of validation. How ridiculous!

39 posted on 08/10/2004 8:04:14 PM PDT by AZamericonnie ("Really only two things matter, sex & politics. At least I'm getting politics!)
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To: Carolinamom
And now Edwards is talking about ONE America.

What happen to the 2nd one?? .. ?

40 posted on 08/10/2004 8:05:19 PM PDT by Mo1 (Kerry & Edwards .... they will leave no Special Interest Group behind)
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