'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."

[Free Trapper]

As I remember,the talk was that a "number" of Dems and even a R. or two were possibly even involved.

The story stuck with me because I couldn't understand how a R.,even a twisted one,could take such a chance with a bunch of Dems.

FR is the only place I would have read about this,so it should be here,somewhere.

I don't remember seeing the story more than once or twice,like it didn't have legs,or,was being hushed.

[M. Thatcher]

Thanks for the finger ping.

One word:

EW.

[RichardW]

"I'm listening to my normally conservative programs. Bob Brinker "Money Talks" is on and he has been very critical of the White House for slamming Kerry special interest money on the WH website. Brinker says it is just the opposite that Bush rakes in a lot more special interest money."

This mealy-mouthed no-nothing crackpot supported Clinton in the past. That should tell anyone all they needed to know about this pompous jerk. Anything "Pompous Bob" has to say about money should be taken with a large grain of salt.

[onyx]

WTG! autoresponder!

[Free Trapper]

?You got me?

[Porterville]

coincidence= quincidence... a very bad speller is I.

[xjcsa]

Brinker's no conservative. He doesn't usually talk politics all that much, but he had a pair of guest hosts one time who spent the entire show raving about what a wonderful thing the death tax is and how horrible it was that the evil republicans wanted to take all that money away from the government. The conversation got so bad, so idiotic, with NO dissent allowed on the show, that I called my local radio station and complained; not that they disagreed with me, but that they did it in such a way as to make for extremely boring listening.

[Porterville]

And who can forget the beloved Barney Frank

[Yaelle]

Have I mixed to many metaphors here...

Drudge is quietly weaving his web, waiting for that fly, hoping that Kerry will rise to the bait, stalking JFK like a zebra on the Serengeti, trying not to let him slip out of his hand.

[Yaelle]

The only seacred marriage to a Democrat is a gay one.

[paulklenk]

I think the Dems are in too deep with Kerry and are stuck with him for this race. At some point, they have to start drinking their Kool-Aid and commit to a candidate against all odds. I suspect they are beyond that point. It will be Bush vs. Kerry in 2004 and perhaps Bush v. Kerry in court as well, if the Dems behave as we should expect them to.

[LisaMalia]

A whole lot of death associated with D.C.

Yeah... death, or other ways of hiding their "dirty little secrets".

The Kennedy family wrote the book on it actually, Joseph Sr. was a pro and taught his sons very well. Others have followed suit in the name of the Camelot falacy. Clinton, Conduit, and now Kerry. Seems they almost have it down to a science.

[Free Trapper]

Way too many slimy critters in DC for me.

I'm glad to stay here with my rattlers,scorpions,tarantulas.........a lot of those politicians make me feel nasty just hearing about 'em. :o{

[js1138]

Drudge is quietly weaving his web...

The dems are being awfully quiet. Everyone is circling and facing off.

[The Old Hoosier]

Much better looking than Monica, anyway.

[Light Speed]

Found this while googling..

Newsday.com

In her letter to you today, Coleen Rowley asks a key question: What choices do you plan to make in life? Her question was echoed in recent remarks by Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and by Desmond Tutu, archbishop emeritus of Capetown and winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize.

Kerry, who wants to recruit hundreds of thousands of Americans to help others at home and abroad, said, "The real question we face is not what America can offer to us but what each of us owe to America."

[note that Kerry is talking abot getting a home and maybe a ...broad : ) ] And Tutu, addressing graduating students, said, "Each one of us is a masterpiece in the making."

Think about the points each of these three is making: What choices will you make in life? What do you owe to America? What kind of "masterpiece" do you hope to make of yourself?

Article end

John Kerry doing some Vulcan Mind meld thing on Desmond Tutu

John Kerry:.."Desmond....you will help me keep things quiet in Kenya"

Desmond.[screaming from the mind meld].."I live in South Africa..not Kenya you moron"

[Yaelle]

The first and foremost thing all of us must maintain in our minds is that Hitlerly wants to be the first female president. She will do anything, say anything, and destroy anyone to reach that goal.

This bears repeating.

We need to put up Condi against her.

[Aliska]

Our local station is very conservative, so I don't know why they even carry that show if he is such a liberal. Maybe they can't find anything to fill that time slot. There is a money program in the afternoon that I like a lot better. I don't know why I didn't figure it out before that he is not on our side. Shame on me.

We have so many shows I like now that I don't even have a desire to watch tv any more. We've got Sean Hannity, Michael Reagan (I get a real charge out of his glib manner), Dr. Laura (well I can take her or leave her), 3 hours of Rush, the Satellite sisters, Dr. Dean (he's got some goofy ideas), and so on.

Sorry to the other posters I didn't keep my end of this conversation going but I got sidetracked and now it is late.

[Wil H]

If Kerry is "the new JFK" does that make Polier the new Fiddle or Faddle ?