But an interesting question unfolding is whether there is a tipping point at which a candidate becomes so associated with falsehoods that it becomes part of his public persona — which hampered Vice President Al Gore during his run for president in 2000, when his misstatements on the campaign trail were used to stoke the perception that he could not be trusted in general.
As evidence, Kerry ushered in McCain's misstatements on the historical conflict between Sunni and Shiites, his falsehood that Iran was arming al-Qaeda in Iraq (they're not), and the varying times in which the Arizona Republican has said he was against a South Korea style model of troop presence in the Middle East, something he now favors.
To begin with, petitioner's argument is based on a flat misstatement of the requirements of the statute's safe harbor provision.
Although this may be a misstatement of the events, Smart did leave the asylum on 30 January 1763.
Mr. Lipman said that was "a misstatement of the record".
On the other hand, involvement in hedging may give rise to manipulation through misstatement of the value estimates.
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If he public disavows Gov. Palin's misstatements on these issues and others he risks driving a wedge between himself and his chosen running mate.
Since the grand jury's decision in early July, Mrs. Pirro has been working with the office of Gov. George E. Pataki's general counsel to draft legislation on misstatements to the police, said a spokesman for Mrs. Pirro, David Hébert.
According to prosecutors, the two obtained a phony Georgetown seal from a Web-based business, rubberstamp.com, and created a fake diploma to match the misstatements on her application, including one that she had earned an undergraduate degree from Georgetown, a falsehood.
