Who has the facts right?

According to a number of reports (including the New York Times), John Kerry, John Edwards, and an entourage including actor Ben Affleck all went to a Wendy's and supposedly enjoyed a working-class sort of meal. Here's a typical write-up:

Before arriving in the Keystone State the Kerry-Edwards team made a pit stop at a Newburgh, N.Y., Wendy's on Friday to celebrate the 27th wedding anniversary of Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth Edwards.

The Kerrys and Affleck joined the Edwardses' fast-food tradition, which began on the couple's first anniversary. The Edwardses and Affleck ordered burgers and Frosties while the Kerrys tried the chili.

Kerry and Edwards took the opportunity to shake hands with surprised Wendy's patrons and posed for photos before taking the "Believe in America" tour to Scranton Friday afternoon.

Kerry launched the coast-to-coast campaign swing through 21 states after formally accepting his party's nomination to run against President Bush (search) in November. The tour aims to convince millions of undecided voters that he will stand up for ordinary Americans.

And I do mean conflicting.

Stories. Or is that tastes?

Like this vastly different account from the Mid-Hudson News Network:

While Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and his running mate, John Edwards, and their families were having a “lite” lunch at Wendy’s in the Town of Newburgh Friday, drumming up local support right after the national convention in Boston, their real lunches were waiting on their bus.

A member of the Kerry advance team called Nikola’s Restaurant at the Newburgh Yacht Club the night before and ordered 19 five-star lunches to go that would be picked up at noon Friday. Management at the restaurant, which is operated by CIA graduate chef Michael Dederick, was told the meals would be for the Kerry and Edwards families and actor Ben Affleck who was with them on the tour.

The gourmet meals to go included shrimp vindallo, grilled diver sea scallops, prosciutto, wrapped stuffed chicken, and steak salad. The meals came to about $200.

The entourage had also expected to stop at the Alexis Diner at Route 9W and North Plank Road in the Town of Newburgh. In fact, the Kerry advance team had ordered 125 lunches for the team and supporters. Their buses drove right by the diner on I-84 and proceeded straight to Wendy’s.

Why, I'd even be willing to split the check!

UPDATE: (Google cache here in case the story disappears.)

UPDATE: Glenn Reynolds (a real Wendy's fan!) also linked the above story, and found himself reminded of the fake turkey uproar. I doubt this will gobble as much bandwidth.