'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

[blam]

'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."

[DentsRun]

She saw the Frankenstein Monster in the buff?

I wonder. Is there any relationship between the size of one's manly organ and the length of one's chin? If so, Alex Polier had good reason to be terrified of Kerry.

[TommyDale]

"Most people think Kerry is a dick."

And that includes Theresa Heinz!

[WFTR]

The real issue should be that this incident isn't even one of the top ten reasons why people shouldn't vote for Kerry.

Well, four and a half
Bill

[Terabitten]

Claiming this is nastier than it looks? The man is called a sleazeball? I thought that was obvious when he married into money, then divorced and married more money.

There's only a couple more options: 1) she's pregnant or has had the child, or 2) she *was* pregnant and got an abortion. Bets anyone?

[alrea]

It must be the slugs at ABCCBSNBCCNNMTVNPR who want to have "Camelot" back

He's perfect. He's Clinton with a classy wife and no hick southern accent.

[Chris Talk]

How bout the financial angle, zillions given to Africa for the poor and AIDS, skimmed off by white and Asian mafiosos, the mafias of supposedly independant African states, no accountability

Senate Finance Committee, rake off the top bump

[TommyDale]

"Obviously the friend has quite a bit to tell, yet the person he/she made this bombshell statement to never bothered to ask for more specifics?"

How do you know they DIDN'T? Perhaps the person that was told is carefully wording a news release as we speak...

[Rebelbase]

"2. He let her know that it was in her family's best interests if she kept her mouth shut.

3.He let her know that it was in her best interests if she kept her mouth shut."


If the facts from an earlier thread are true this gal is marrying into a family from Kenya with resources to take care of themselves and anyone else who "threatens" them.

[hunter112]

How close is Kenya to Mozambique? Not geographically, of course, but culturally and diplomatically. Is Teh-RAY-zuh bankrolling this with hush money in the "old country"?

Perhaps there are stolen Nigerian bank deposits being used! :)

[Indie]

We are all human and not perfect. There is not one single person besides Jesus Christ that has not had some ambugiety in his life.

OMNIX SINCE 2-15-2004.

This is a troll post if I ever saw one. Great logic--since nobody is perfect, it must be OK to be downright evil.

ZOT!!!!

[Chris Talk]

There is another picture of Polier up on Drudge now, more recent that that high school yearbook thing posted on here

[Chris Talk]

It is a characteristic of the left, to set up the perfect as the enemy of the good

[Chris Talk]

Says the Schwartzmanns are Israeli citizens living in Kenya

[Ann Archy]

What actually happened is much nastier than is being reported."

Hmmmm...Locked her in a closet ala Whorealdo??? Took his "Shellailigh" out of his pants in a hotel room ala Clinton??? Had her sit on his lap for photo ala Gary Hart?? Had her MARRY him ala James Carvile??? Gee...ALL of these scenarios are nastier than what is reported.

[js1138]

Claiming this is nastier than it looks? The man is called a sleazeball? I thought that was obvious when he married into money, then divorced and married more money.

Actually I think getting a marriage annulled after having two kids pretty much tops my list.

[Chris Talk]

I don't think her parents were even aware of the fact that she was engaged to the Israeli/Kenya man, from the way they are quoted in the press.

[finnman69]

iF Kerry was a Star trek fan...

[AmericanVictory]

Every single move in his career, including enlisting in the Navy and volunteering to skipper a swift boat, including how he has styled his hair, has been in slavish imitation of John F. Kennedy, for goodness sakes. He thinks and has always thought that he is the new JFK, including his philandering habits. He does not appear to have tried to infect himself with Addison's disease.

[Toespi]

Because she was sexually assaulted by Kerry and there was a private settlement with a gag agreement.

[Chris Talk]

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