Slate.com Blog about Kerry Intern Story

Slate.com ^ | 13 Feb, 2004 | Slate.com

[no dems]

By the way, why have I seen nothing about this on Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN or anywhere? Whasssup with that?

[hotpotato]

Check out this story and maybe you'll understand

New JFK hit by scandal

The scandal?

"Her mother Donna claims Kerry, 60 — dubbed the new JFK — once chased Alex to be on his campaign team and was “after her”. There is no evidence the pair had an affair, but her father Terry, 56, said: “I think he’s a sleazeball. I did kind of wonder if my daughter didn’t get that kind of feeling herself.

And that's pretty much it. Or at least, that's about it as far as details of the "scandal" reported on Drudge's site.

[SpinyNorman]

Kerry was on Imus this morning, and said "there is nothing there." Of course, after 8 years of Clintonian statement parsing, this could simply mean that she was paid off, threatened, hidden away in a foreign country, or suffered an acute case of Arkancide.

Of course, if the alleged letters to her surface, then he is going down faster than that wounded Viet Cong guy he shot.

[Kenton]

I'm already bored with this "scandal". The Dems have already amply demonstrated that this kind of thing doesn't bother them, so it's not gonna hurt him with the party base.

Republicans tried to rely on this sort of thing as a campaign issue against a second Clinton term, and the public rejected it. Beating this drum too loudly will just make us seem petty and desperate.

Thankfully, GWB has too much sense and too much class to make much ado about this "issue". I don't think we, as Republicans and Republican-leaning independents should get too wrapped up in this. Negative messages don't win presidential elections. Let's leave the negative stuff to Terry McAwful, he seems to think that Bush's service record is their keys to the kingdom, and the longer they concentrate on such meaningless crap, the less time they have to mount an effective campaign.

Just my $0.02 worth...

[Sloth]

The Fourth Estate is not interested in petty gossip and unfounded rumors. We report on matters of high policy pertaining to the public interest.

So *that's* why they're covering the 'Bush was AWOL' non-story.

[Taliesan]

Previously, Rabinowitz had achieved renown by disbelieving stories of sexual impropriety.

Mr. Noah:

Many of the tales of "sexual impropriety" committed by clowns in hidden rooms at daycares have now been disavowed by the courts. In this instance, Rabinowitz was on the side of the evidence, against nonsense and smear, and your subtly inaccurate rendition of her reporting exposes you as guilty of the journalistic crime you detest.

[maica]

I think it was Rush who said he thought that this was probably leaked by Kerry himself to get the whole Hanoi Jane endorsement out of the press.
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I heard Michael Savage make this claim, and he invited his audience to let him know if any other talk show hosts tried to steal it from him.

It is a non-story if the dallier is a Dem. Besides, those of us watching the China-gate treachery remember how the story of Monica Lewinsky absolutely buried the real crimes of the Clinton administration.

[Aquinasfan]

FYI, the two ultra-liberal radio talk show hosts here in Boston at noon (Eagan and Braude) are talking about the mainstream media ignoring this story. And they're actually upset about it. Who'd a thunk. I guess it's never too late to learn. The internet is having some positive effects.

[ILBBACH]

You're right - I heard it on Savage...

I remember he also said the same thing about Lewinsky and China as you so rightly pointed out.

Thanks for jogging my memory.