'This Won't Go Away. What Happened Is Much Nastier Than Is Being Reported' (Kerry)

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 2-15-2004 | Adrian Blomfeld/Andrew Alderson

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'This won't go away. What happened is much nastier than is being reported'

By Adrian Blomfeld in Nairobi and Andrew Alderson
(Filed: 15/02/2004)

Alex Polier, the twenty-four year old journalist who could end Senator John Kerry's hopes of becoming the next president of the United States is alleged to have had a two-year affair with the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. Last night the rumours were in danger of becoming a full-blown scandal.

"This is not going to go away," one American friend of Miss Polier said yesterday. "What actually happened is much nastier than is being reported."

The allegations come at a crucial time for the senator. Polls showed him leading Mr Bush by 52 per cent to 42 per cent, and aides will be anxious to see if the apparent scandal affects his standing among voters.

Miss Polier, a former intern who also spent some time in 1998 doing work experience at the Houses of Parliament in London, is in Kenya staying with Yaron Schwartzman, her fiance and a member of the country's fashionable young set. The couple have refused to make any comment on her alleged links with Senator Kerry, who is married to Teresa Heinz Kerry, an heiress to the food empire.

Senator Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran dubbed the new JFK, has vehemently denied any relationship with Miss Polier, and shrugged off allegations that he had a two-year affair with her from 2001. "I just deny it categorically. It's rumour. It's untrue. Period," he said.

Mr Kerry, 60, has won 12 out of the 14 Democratic primaries and has looked all but certain to seal the nomination to take on President George W. Bush in November's elections.

His aides have blamed a dirty tricks campaign for bringing the allegations about Miss Polier into the public eye; they first surfaced last week on a Right-wing internet site, the Drudge Report, which famously first broke the news of Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky.

Miss Polier's parents, Terry and Donna, from Malvern, Pennsylvania, added fuel to the fire by claiming that Mr Kerry did pursue their daughter.

"I think he's a sleazeball. I did wonder if she didn't get that feeling herself," said Mr Polier. "He's not the sort of guy I'd choose to be with my daughter.

"John Kerry called my daughter and invited her to be on his re-election committee. She talked to him and decided against it."

The Drudge website also quoted retired Gen Wesley Clark, one of Mr Kerry's rivals for the nomination, as having told journalists off the record: "Kerry will implode over an intern issue."

Mr Clark later dropped out of the race and endorsed Mr Kerry.

Miss Polier, a journalist who once worked for Associated Press, is a graduate of Columbia University, New York. She apparently met the senator as she was beginning her media career. Miss Polier and her fiance were believed to be hiding yesterday at the Nairobi home of Mr Schwartzman's parents, who moved to Kenya from Israel.

She appears to have few friends of her own in Kenya: she has never lived in the country and makes only occasional visits. "She seemed perfectly nice, although she was a little cool," said a Schwartzman family friend.

"She didn't seem to be very willing to open up but whether it was because she was aloof or just shy, I couldn't work out."

[per loin]

Have you read about the exact circumstances of those medals??

I've seen no detailed account that included statements by eyewitnesses. Nor have I seen a detailed account of who recommended him for the medals. I'd bet that there is a gold mine there for a good investigative reporter.

[Lancey Howard]

Miss Polier's parents, Terry and Donna, from Malvern, Pennsylvania, added fuel to the fire by claiming that Mr Kerry did pursue their daughter.... "I think he's a sleazeball. I did wonder if she didn't get that feeling herself," said Mr Polier. "He's not the sort of guy I'd choose to be with my daughter."

[Nick Danger]

Seems Slick and Kerry share similar tastes in their women.

Maybe they are expressing some inner need for the Jewish mother they never had.

"Again with the bimbos? Can't you just keep it for your wife, like your father did?"

[Miss Marple]

That is a great article, particularly the bit about Kerry having his titanium comb Fed-Exed! LOL!

You should post that as a separate thread!

[amordei]

She won't want to be the next Lewinsky.

[PeteFromMontana]

"Lantern face"

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ROFLMAO

Good one

[tubebender]

Will Mrs Ketchup have to repay his loan on "THEIR" house when JFK defaults... ;-o)

[amordei]

Welcome to FreeRepublic.

[PJ-Comix]

Will Mrs Ketchup have to repay his loan on "THEIR" house when JFK defaults...

"THEIR?" Where do you get this "THEIR" thing from, Kemosabe?

[PeteFromMontana]

The Botox gang will be on C-Span soon

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1078370/posts

[Polybius]

.....he is quiet like a cat stalking a mouse. The bait is sliding into Kerry's mouth. Drudge is just waiting to set the hook. Have I mixed too many metaphors here...

Nope.

[Lancey Howard]

I have a feeling this one is a whole lot smarter than Lewinsky.
Maybe, like Lewinsky, Polier is a Mossad agent trying to infiltrate.... whatever it is they try to infiltrate.
You know. Secret stuff.

[Sicvee]

The biggest laugh of the day! You're right. He looks like Joe Camel. I also like your tag line, as long as he's the front runner.

[DarthVader]

I'm glad you like that name. He also looks like a monster called Golem which is old 60's movie with Roddy McDowell. The part that is ironic if you have been following the DIM primaries they have had abysmally low turnout. It was only 8% here in VA.

[NRA2BFree]

I think Kerry has reason to believe this woman will keep quiet. I wonder why?

I think she knows how the RATS deal with people who get in their way. Teddy Kennedy is probably coaching Kerry on how to drown witnesses. Not to mention that hizzonor probably has printed instructions on how to perform arkancide.

[PeteFromMontana]

the DIM primaries they have had abysmally low turnout. It was only 8% here in VA.

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Aha, that is what I have been waiting for. I was wondering about that very thing. The press would have you believe the Democrappers are coming out of the woodwork to vote for their Socialist Party candiate.

Speaking of the Socialist Party Candidate I see he is about to speak on C-Span right now

[CyberAnt]

"aides will be anxious to see if the apparent scandal affects his standing among voters"

I love this line! It is so telling. The dems don't care if Kerry's an adulterer, all they care about is will people still vote for him. Pathetic! Still willing to dupe the voters.

[js1138]

"Kerry and his team will learn real quickly that the American people do not know much about John Kerry."


Kewl.

[Enterprise]

Thanks. I was using Dean's line about "You sit down" until he dropped out, and I knew I had to change it.

[arasina]

How'd you sign up tomorrow?