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.

[geedee]

LOL. Sorry I piled on. I didn't know a gazillion other FReepers had already answered your "Is this her?" question.

Ooooops.

[Hon]

It's an honest mistake because on some (maybe most) browsers the photo's caption does not appear which identifies her as somebody else.

I still don't see the caption, but others do.

[Andy'smom]

No, that's a photo from an associated press story she wrote.

[KantianBurke]

No problem. :> Moderator, could you please pull post #18? Thanks!

[Iowa Granny]

take a look at this one.

[G.Mason]

"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."

Ya mean your daughter didn't save the stained clothing?

What was it she put in her newly rented safety deposit box?

Yes Donna and Terry, life does begin after 40!

[SkyPilot]

Dims--this is the end!

No more t_ts at Superbowl halftime shows..............no more Dirtycrat nominees who think integrity (post 9-11) is a suggestion.

[Hon]

I don't know if that is a good idea to post that info.

[commish]

Judging by the parents reactions - this story has legs. The truth will out, but I think most of the Nets (esp the lib ones) want to have all the I's and T's before they run it.

What I have found most interesting is that many Libs are actually saying this is an internal affair and not a Bush/Rove/RNC smear. Yesterday Dick Morris and Susan Estrich both said "Oh this is the Clinton's" and then even after his softball interview with F-in this morning Imus and his crew all agreed the Clinton's are behind this.

[Crazieman]

Sun via Drudge Clicky

[Always Right]

After intensive research I found the Alex Polier.

[chimera]

This is all too much. But remember how Clinton responded one time to the Kathleen Willey rumors. He tried to scotch those with some line about how it couldn't be true, he'd never be interested in Kathleen Willey because she didn't have a big enough rack. Evidently Scumbag's taste ran favored more well-stacked females.

Kerry could do likewise here. He could say he'd never want to hit on a girl like this, because she's no rich heiress. Kerry's golddigger style favors rich women who are available for a walk down the aisle.

[FreeEnterprise2004]

No that's someone named Bryce, Alex was doing a story about uninsured jobless youths.

[ladyjane]

Marry rich. Fool around with blondes.

[Hon]

"This is all too much. But remember how Clinton responded one time to the Kathleen Willey rumors. He tried to scotch those with some line about how it couldn't be true, he'd never be interested in Kathleen Willey because she didn't have a big enough rack."

Well, his response to his first bimbo reaction was the most telling:

Clinton To Gennifer Flowers: "All you got to do is deny it" [Deja Vu All Over Again]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1077346/posts

[OldFriend]

Wonder if the AP helped the young woman in question to find new work in Africa.

[Lady GOP]

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[tomahawk]

No one in their right mind would want to be posted to work in Kenya. It's a cesspool.

She's fled (meaning, yes, they had an affair).

[chimera]

Kerry does seem to be going the denial route. Imagine that, a Rat denying an extramartital affair. Never heard of that before...

But Kerry does have a built-in alibi. He only boinks rich women, so maybe they'll marry him and he can get their money. The media would probably buy a line like that.