Will Press Pounce on Drudge's Kerry Rumor?

Editor & Publisher ^ | Feb. 12, 04 | By E&P Staff

[churchillbuff]

...Late this morning, DrudgeReport.com alleged that a new scandal was about to rock the campaign of Democratic frontrunner John Kerry: some sort of purported recent marital "infidelity" that involved a woman who once worked for the Associated Press, and has now supposedly "fled the country." ...[snip] Reached by E&P for comment, AP spokesman Jack Stokes said, "We simply don't comment on stories we are pursuing or not pursuing."

Leonard Downie Jr., executive editor of The Washington Post, acknowledged that his staff had begun to dig deeper into the life and career of Kerry, but said he had not heard anything about an alleged infidelity. "What we're finding, I don't know," he said. "This is the first we are looking into him this way."

[anniegetyourgun]

LOL! They can't even tell the difference between being AWOL from the military and making up days in the Guard.

[AM2000]

She looks like ass. Who is she?

[illini20]

Andrew Sullivan is already starting to blame Republicans for "trashing" Kerry. This man is the absolute worst now.

[cibco]

""Maim him", she said.... "

That might take the "F'n" out of Kerry...

[Thebaddog]

What you really have to appreciate is that this is the best the dims can come up with and his baggage is hanging out 8 months before the election. It's just starting for Pierre.

[woodyinscc]

Hugh Hewitt is nailing a lib on their double standard.
Right now!
http://www.kcbq.com/

[Dolphy]

Darn it, I'm at the office and unable to listen.

[Americathy]

Thanks for the link, listening now!

[Damagro]

The Clintons told him her name

[zygoat]

Will the liberal press jump on it? To the lamestream press, this is one story where none of them wants credit for the "scoop". The networks are all throwing quick, dejected glances at each other, wondering which one is going to tell the unsuspecting widow (largely uninformed dem voting bloc) that hubby was just snuffed by a freight train. Fox must be nearing eruption.

[zygoat]

On FOX, Shep just whispered something about "hiding the news from GI Joe". Wonder what that meant?

[Jet Jaguar]

I don't know who she is. I reposted the link from another thread that i just skimmed. I don't know if it is accurate.

[CyberAnt]

Rush said this morning that it took 4 days before the mainstream acknowledged the Monica affair after Drudge posted it. Let's not get impatient.

If Clark was peddling this story, he got it from the DNC, who got it from Hillary.

[rwfromkansas]

lol

[rwfromkansas]

oh my......the one on the left is kind of cute

[goldstategop]

If they can avoid it - NO. Kerry's a Democrat and as far as the liberal media is concerned, Drudge is a rumor-monger.

[Tempest]

Only if they're forced into a corner. But of course if this turns out to be true. We all know that there will be more than just one affair in Kerry's closet.