Kerry intern's parents respond to allegations

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[rocklobster11]

FACING the first crisis of his campaign, Democratic presidential nomination front-runner John Kerry will today respond to allegations he had a two-year affair with a young woman who has since fled the country.

Branded a political dirty trick by the Democrats, the pro-Republican Drudge Report website yesterday accused Senator Kerry, 60, of having an affair that threatened "to turn the race for the presidency on its head".

At the centre of the allegations is Alex Polier, 24, who had worked as a New York-based reporter for Associated Press. She now is now in Kenya.

Her parents, Donna and Terry, speaking from Malvern, Pennsylvania yesterday, said there was no evidence of an affair, only that Senator Kerry may have been attracted to their daughter.

Mr Polier said Senator Kerry had called his daughter "two or three years ago" to ask her to work on his re-election team. She declined.

"I think he's a sleaze-ball," Mr Polier told London's Sun newspaper.

Mrs Polier claimed Senator Kerry was "after" her daughter.

Drudge, which broke the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal, alleged yesterday that a young woman, "recently fled the country, reportedly at the prodding of Kerry" after a two-year affair beginning in early 2001.

Drudge further claimed General Wesley Clark, in an off-the-record conversation this week with reporters just before he dropped out of the race for the White House, said that "Kerry will implode over an intern issue".

General Clark made no mention of this during an interview with CNN yesterday. Today, he will throw his support behind Senator Kerry as the Democrat candidate to challenge George W. Bush at the November 2 federal election.

Senator Kerry is married to Teresa Heinz, heiress of the food empire.

He has two daughters from his first marriage, which ended in 1990.

[Peach]

Interesting read and new information.

[rocklobster11]

NO THAT IS NOT HER. STOP POSTING THAT PICTURE.

That is a picture of some girl in a story she wrote. Most pictures that are included with a story are pictures associated with the story, not of the author, unless they are columnists

[Hon]

NO, that is NOT her. That is someone mentioned in the article who was laid off by Oprah's Oxygen show.

[mass55th]

I posted this article on FR on January 20th. Here's the original link:

Click Here

If you notice, the article says she's 22, and the article was published in '98. That would make her around 27-28 today...far too old for the 24 year old mentioned in this article. But then, perhaps the original report had her age wrong...maybe she was much younger.

[raloxk]

these parental quotes are devastating to Kerry

[AppyPappy]

There ain't squat in Malvern.

[AppyPappy]

Only if he were a Republican

[rocklobster11]

I think that is a different girl. She was a Harvard student, and the new one I think went to Columbia.

[Paradox]

Thats it? That he was "attracted" to her, THAT IT?

If that is it, the this has DEFINATELY been a planted story to innoculate Kerry. All this foaming of the mouth over an attraction, sheesh, lame..

[Hon]

You are mixing up two different story. The Boston Herald story is NOT about this person.

I tried to make that clear on the thread where I posted the Boston Herald story--linked a few posts back.

[BloomNTn]

That is NOT a picture of her, but one of the subjects of her story.
Cutline under photo:
Associated Press photo
Bryce Schroer-Shepord, who was laid from Oxygen, Oprah Winfrey's media conglomerate, sits in her new office. She is one of 1.4 million Americans to lose their health insurance over the last year.

[Always Right]

Hey, Alexandra Polier. That name sounds familier. LOL

She writes alot about AIDS, the uninsured, and prom dresses. No pictures found on a google search though...

[Andy'smom]

Okay I just googled her name and apparently she attended
Columbia University last year as a candidate for a master's
in journalism.

[KantianBurke]

alright alright! ease up! sheesh!

[Always Right]

This her?

No, that is a girl she did a story about that was uninsured. That is NOT her.

[ladyjane]

I thought it was the Onion too. He *didn't* say that he thought he''s a sleaze-ball. Too funny!!!

[Redcoat LI]

"the pro-Republican Drudge Report website"

I would have to say that Drudge is pretty even handed.
He seems to run stories damaging to eveerybody,regardless of party.
Saying he is "pro-Repudlican"or"conservative" is an attempt to slant this story as a "Republican" dirty trick.

[LibFreeUSA]

-""there was no evidence of an affair, only that Senator Kerry may have been attracted to their daughter."

Does she own a blue dress??

[geedee]

That's not her. I thought so to at first, but this gal was laid off from her job and doesn't have health insurance . . . the topic of the article.

[Tijeras_Slim]

She writes alot about AIDS, the uninsured, and prom dresses.

Sheesh....