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GOP's Mark Kirk on defensive after discrepancy in childhood story prompts new honesty questions
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Jul 24, 2010 06:30pm |
| Category | General |
| News Date | Jul 24, 2010 06:00pm |
| Description | Since Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk acknowledged embellishing his military record, the slightest discrepancy in his life story prompts another round of news coverage questioning his honesty as he makes a bid for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.
The focus this time is a defining story of Kirk's youth that he tells frequently, about nearly drowning when his sailboat capsized in Lake Michigan when he was 16 years old.
The Chicago Tribune reported Friday that Kirk recently told a boating magazine he watched the sunset from atop his overturned boat 34 years ago, while local news coverage of the rescue said he was pulled from Lake Michigan in the afternoon. Kirk told the Tribune he feared the sun would set and he'd be stuck on the water in the dark. |
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