N.M. GOVERNOR DETAILS HIS STATE'S SUCCESS STORY Published on October 26, 1986 Author(s): Peter J. Howe, Globe Staff
New Mexico's governor, who holds the highest elected post of any Hispanic nationwide, and the head of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination were given awards for political excellence last night by the Massachusetts Latino Democratic Committee.
More than 250 people--including Gov. Dukakis, US Sen. John Kerry and an array of state Cabinet members--attended the banquet at the World Trade Center in South Boston honoring Gov. Toney Anaya and Alex Rodriguez.
Nice stuff, huh?
Only problem is, what the New Mexico governor relates to us directly flies in the face of the other...next...latest...newest...best known... lie that John Kerry is telling. (your pick on the descriptor)
According to this from ESPN.COM:
ESPN: We've got to ask you some Red Sox questions. Do you believe in the curse?
Kerry: Do I believe in it? No, but it certainly makes a powerful argument from time to time. I mean, I don't believe in curses, but I do think that we've been under a cloud here and there. I was 30 yards away from Billy Buckner in that famous Shea Stadium game in '86. So I've been there in the heartbreaks. And I was screaming at the television set when Grady did not pull Pedro out.
uh huh.
Michael Goldfarb at the Weekly Standard notes:
On October 25, 1986, the Boston Red Sox were facing off against the New York Mets in the sixth game of the World Series.........Unlike Kerry's disputed presence in Cambodia on December 25, 1969, his claim to have been a witness to one of the most infamous moments in Red Sox history should not have raised suspicion. But after claiming his favorite Red Sox player of all time was Eddie Yost, who never played a single game for the club, the research arm of Football Fans For Truth vigorously worked to verify Kerry's account of the event.
I can just hear Kerry now...."Mommie said 'inconsistency'... no...'incoherence'...no...'incongruity'...no...well, hell! I know it was one of those "i" words"
DR
