Posted on 02/14/2004 5:29:29 PM PST by 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."
I could polish that up and give it the zing it needs for a campaign slogan.
Let's see, how about, "Ask not what your country can do for you..."
That's a start. I'll keep working on it.
I don't know how old that picture is, but to me she looks "cute" in a way that ought to alert a 60-year-old man not to go there. To everything there is a season. I had mine, and it was a good one. But that was 20 years ago. And for girls like her, it was 30 years ago.
Oh sure, I could go in there now and lay waste to those young whippersnappers and steal their women, but I figure they deserve to have a chance. So I stay out of their way.
The Cuervo Gold, the fine Colombian...
I'm speechless.
The post has some to say about (wild sex parties) at Condit's apartment,possibly with other (Congressmen) involved.
P,a little ways into the thread,a FReeper posted something about Condit being friends with (Scarborough and Kasich).
I didn't read the entire thing yet but it looks interesting and the previous thread on the search was a FReeper notice of a "rag?" paper that said a (Governor) along with a once (Presidential contender) had ordered Chandra's murder,fwiw.?????
Sorry I didn't link,my computer and typing skills are lacking. :(
So many things were mentioned in the Condit scandal investigation about politicians and young women in DC,it makes me wonder if (Poltier) doesn't know more than could ever be healthy for her.
If anyone is good with searches,links,etc.;the Levy murder-Condit scandal threads might point us toward some twisted individuals that should "not" be in any position in DC.
Now-I go figure out how to link...and type(along with busted up hands) :o}
LOL !
remember Matt said there is a video tape interview
remember Matt said there is a video tape interview
More smoke...
Thanks. I thought I'd missed something.
Make that, when he married into money, then divorced, then womanized, and then married more money.
-- paraphrased John Kerry on Bob Packwood
I was wondering what his position was regarding the kissing bandit. This quote may come in handy.
I just finished reading this article and noticed the above quote as well. At first I thought it was a something I'd read in another article. Then I followed cyncooper's link and low and behold, propertius had posted this some 14 hours earlier:
Just heard from a friend of Alex's that "this thing has a long way to run... it's much nastier than it sounds"...
Propertius, can you shed some light on this? Have you been contacted by Adrian Blomfeld or Andrew Alderson?
I have been ambiguous. I have not been adulterous.
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