(AP) — Democratic candidate for Massachusetts governor Martha Coakley said Friday that Republican candidate Charlie Baker should answer "legitimate questions" about a story that nearly brought him to tears as he told it about a rueful fisherman. During Tuesday's debate, Baker recalled a meeting with a New Bedford fisherman who regretted pressuring his sons — both of whom were high school football players and had been offered college scholarships — to follow him into the life of a fisherman rather than go to college. "[...] we are hearing, as he walks the story back, well maybe it wasn't New Bedford, maybe they weren't football players, so we are really left wondering, what this story was about?" Coakley said during a visit to New Bedford, one of the nation's leading fishing ports. New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell, a Democrat, said he knows a lot of people who have played and coached football in the area, as well as people who work in the fishing industry, and he knows no one resembling Baker's description. Baker, who became emotional and choked up at times while telling the story, recalled how the man pointed to his two sons and said they were both spectacular football players at New Bedford High School who were offered college scholarships.
Baker Insists Fish Tale True, Got Some Info Wrong
By BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press, San Antonio Express-News: World
Fri, 10/31/2014 - 1:53pm
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