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An open letter to Senator John F. Kerry My wife had rotator cuff surgery earlier this year, and the recovery is terribly painful. Then, she developed a staph-epi infection, and they had to cut the same scar open and operate on her again. Just thinking about the pain and anxiety of facing that painful surgery a second time in the same wound, makes me cringe. That experience, however pales in comparison to what I am going through right now, in my heart. The old hurts are surfacing and the feelings of betrayal by fellow citizens, and their leader stirring them...

CAPTION JOHN AND TERESA!

<p>February 18, 2004 -- THE 2004 presidential election may be decided in the next two months. For three years, George W. Bush has sought to define himself by his accomplishments as president. Legion though they are, he has only achieved a stalemate: His job approval is only a break-even 48 positive and 48 negative in the most recent Fox News poll.</p>

While many people have been focused on whether or not John Kerry had an affair with an intern, they overlook the two most important questions. These are: 1. Should past adultery disqualify a candidate for President of the United States on ethical or moral grounds? 2. Given your knowledge of the American people, do you believe that an accusation of adultery, even if proven, can prevent a candidate from being elected President?

U-Turn in Kerry sex row From BRIAN FLYNN in New York THE father of the woman said to have had an affair with US Presidential hopeful John Kerry has made a dramatic U-turn. Terry Polier pledged to vote for the super-rich Democrat after daughter Alex, 27, publicly insisted she had not had a fling with him. Yet just four days ago, Terry branded Kerry, 60, a “sleazeball” and said he and wife Donna would NEVER support him. He said: “I know my wife will not be voting for Mr Kerry, let’s put it that way. “Two years ago he was...

please watch NBC evening news for those in other time zones. Lisa Meyers torches John Kerry

Letter Of The Week TIRED OF HEARING KERRY CALLED A 'HERO' Thank you for your article, Kerry's post-battlefield conversion is pathetic. I spent three tours in Vietnam with the 5th Special Forces (Airborne) with side trips to Laos and Cambodia. I lost twenty-three of my friends during the war. That is the price you pay for the profession we followed. However, the America public and a lot of Vietnam Veterans are being taken in by John Kerry's service in Vietnam. If you read about the award of his three Purple Hearts, they were nothing but scratches. If my Team Medic...

ELECTION 2004Woman denies affair with KerryPolier's parents now vow to vote for senator they called 'sleazeball' Posted: February 16, 20043:00 p.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com The woman with whom Sen. John Kerry is alleged to have had an affair broke four days of silence today, saying the rumors are false. In a statement released to the Associated Press, Alex Polier said, "I have never had a relationship with Senator Kerry, and the rumors in the press are completely false." Alex Polier (photo: London Telegraph) In another statement, released by her parents, Terry and Donna Polier of Malvern, Pa., the Poliers portray a...

During Monday's program, I posed some questions about Alex Polier, the woman now denying any affair with John F. Kerry: When did she leave the United States? Who made her reservations? Who paid for her ticket? How long will she be gone? How is she earning a living? How long has she been engaged? Why did she tape an interview with an American network before she left? Who set that up? What about her medical records and dental records? Could we maybe see those? Why did the father say Kerry's a "sleazeball," on Friday, and now is going to vote...

The woman at the center of unsubstantiated rumors that Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts had an extramarital affair released a statement on Monday in which she denied any romantic involvement with him. "I have never had a relationship with Senator Kerry, and the rumors in the press are completely false," the woman, Alexandra Polier, 27, said in the statement. "Whoever is spreading these rumors and allegations does not know me, but should know the pain they have caused me and my family."

WASHINGTON (AP) - John Kerry stands astride the decades, reaching back 35 years to his days as a Vietnam War hero to show the measure of his character now as a presidential candidate. The pitch has been a powerful energizer for Kerry's campaign and now critics are hoping to use the rest of Kerry's war story to the opposite effect. Kerry rarely gives a speech anymore without thanking the "band of brothers" who helped catapult his presidential bid from lost cause to apparent Juggernaut. With phone banks, personal appearances and campaign ad testimonials, Kerry's war buddies and other veterans...

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has smooth answers for the problems of health care, the economy and just about every issue on the minds of voters. Yet he has been afflicted with a complete loss of words concerning a stunning event about which many Americans can't stop talking. What is striking, and some say telling, is his silence about the raunch-filled Super Bowl halftime show. Thousand of families in Kerry's home state had tuned in to watch their home team, the New England Patriots, compete for the professional football championship against the formidable Carolina Panthers, only to be embarrassed during the...

<p>Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards have been engaged in an intense competition in recent months to become the Democratic Party's most aggressive "anti-special interest" candidate. Mr. Kerry repeatedly claims to be "the only senator who has been elected four times, voluntarily refusing to take one dime of political action committee special interest money." Mr. Edwards claims to have "never taken a dime from a Washington lobbyist." A dime here, a dime there. To borrow a phrase from George Wallace, there's "not a dime's worth of difference" between the two presidential candidates in terms of their extraordinary financial dependence on the special interests they purport to despise.</p>

<p>There's no public evidence that John Kerry has played around on the Widow Heinz, but the poor guy probably has 57 varieties of trouble at home, anyway.</p> <p>That's because wives nearly always operate from a lower standard of proof than mainstream newspapers, rarely requiring multiple sources, and suspicion alone is usually enough to convict. Some of that ketchup in the Heinz-Kerry boudoir might be blood.</p>

<p>NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A woman who has been the subject of rumors linking her to Sen. John Kerry denied yesterday that she ever had an affair with the Democratic presidential candidate.</p> <p>Breaking her silence four days after the accusations surfaced on the Internet, Alexandra Polier issued a statement to the Associated Press saying, "I have never had a relationship with Senator Kerry, and the rumors in the press are completely false."</p>

It isn't for nothing that Bill Clinton has Wesley Clark on his speed dial. What with Clinton running his campaign and all. No sooner had Clark pulled the plug on his presidential run last Tuesday night -- and started the firestorm surrounding stories of Kerry and his extramarital affairs -- than Clinton was on the horn telling him to shut his mouth and get in line behind Kerry. Clinton is thought to have once wanted Clark to at least be on the bottom of a Democratic ticket. But as the campaign wore on, doubts arose. "All of the reasons Clark...

The treatment by the media of the rumors of an alleged Kerry affair with a young woman should both frighten and anger all Americans. Frighten them because it is striking proof that our First Amendment freedom of the press has been subverted and twisted into an unrecognizable abstraction. Anger them because it illustrates the supreme arrogance of our media and elitist “opinion makers” who believe it is for them to determine what is news and what is not. When this treatment is examined in the context of the current media circus about President Bush’s National Guard service, the “blackout” on...

Woman in Kerry 'sex scandal' breaks silence to deny affair ... Reports of an alleged extra-marital affair concerning Mr Kerry, whose wife, Teresa, is heiress to the Heinz ketchup fortune, first appeared last Thursday on ...

Kerry to Keep Senate Seat During Campaign Kerry Campaign Says He'll Keep Senate Seat While Seeking Presidential Nomination The Associated Press WASHINGTON Feb. 17 - Sen. John Kerry doesn't plan to resign his Senate seat while he pursues the Democratic presidential nomination. Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said Kerry, who has won 14 of the 16 Democratic primaries and caucuses to date, "will continue to fight for the issues important to the people of Massachusetts and all Americans" as he makes his bid for the White House. Darrell West, a Brown University political science professor, said it would make sense for...

<p>February 17, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - The young woman at the center of rumors linking her to John Kerry broke her silence yesterday to deny she had an affair with the married Democratic front-runner. "I have never had a relationship with Sen. Kerry and the rumors in the press are completely false," Alexandra Polier, 27, said in a statement issued to The Associated Press in Nairobi, Kenya, where she is staying.</p>