DRUDGE: KERRY MYSTERY WOMAN DATED CAMPAIGN FINANCE CHIEF

2/16/2004 | Drudge

[mtrott]

Drudge just put this up.

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRI FEB 16, 2004 14:05:38 ET XXXXX

KERRY MYSTERY WOMAN DATED CAMPAIGN FINANCE CHIEF

**Exclusive**

A woman at the center of John Kerry intrigue dated longtime Kerry Finance Director Peter Maroney, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

When pressed by media outlets in recent week, the Kerry campaign confirmed the relationship, according to top sources.

Alex Polier on Monday denied "Internet and tabloid rumors relating to me and Senator John Kerry."

Rumors swirling around Polier ignited a behind-the-scenes campaign drama.

As first reported in this space, a serious investigation of the woman and the nature of her relationship with Sen. John Kerry has been underway at TIME magazine, ABC NEWS, the WASHINGTON POST, THE HILL and the ASSOCIATED PRESS, where the woman in question once worked.

TIME magazine's Tim Burger and ABC NEWS have developed intriguing elements to the case, sources reveal.

She would joke that she was dating the next president of the United States, says a source.

Polier's flippant remarks and flirtatious manner, according to friends, fueled the intrigue.

In an off-the-record conversation with a dozen reporters earlier this week, General Wesley Clark plainly stated: "Kerry will implode over an intern issue." [Three reporters in attendance confirm Clark made the startling comments. "This guy is going to blow up. Have you seen the NATIONAL ENQUIRER story" [on Kerry's womanizing].

The Kerry commotion is the key reason why Dean reversed his decision to drop out of the race after Wisconsin, campaign sources said.

Developing...

[Soundman4x4]

This looks like the demonRATS roped the dope and every Republican will get the blame. Like Rush said all we'll hear about now is the DENIAL after silence on the ACCUSATIONS.

[mtbopfuyn]

She would joke that she was dating 'the next president of the United States, says a source.

As if Peter Maroney was ever going to be the next POTUS, riiiight.

[alnick]

$$$$$

[OXENinFLA]

Democrats do lie

WHEN DID THIS START?????

I'M SHOCKED!

[BlessedByLiberty]

...dated longtime Kerry Finance Director Peter Maroney...

Is the story hinting that dating Mahoney was a blind to her "...dating 'the next president of the United States, says a source..."

Perhaps they watched Costner's No Way Out for tips.

[plain talk]

And no one has stated why she happened to go to Kenya. If she wanted the story to die down seems she could have said why she was there. How long would someone want to hide in Kenya anyway?

[saquin]

By the way, when exactly did Alex Polier flee the country?
I recall a story last week which said "recently"

I think people need to be careful with saying she "fled the country". My understanding is that she went to Kenya in October. For you or I to go to Kenya might seem weird and fishy, but her fiance was raised in Kenya and she is reportedly there with him visiting his parents.

[Krodg]

I read a story earlier today that said Oct but with all the threads it will take awhile to find....

[lainie]

oooOOOooo, good pick!

How'd you get Alex into your personal network [nudge, nudge]

[he says he knows her in the Old Testament way. that's just what every girl wants her fiance to announce to the world]

[jimbo123]

Looks like it:

"Alex, who is in Africa with her fiancé Yaron Schwartzman, refused to comment."

[Eurotwit]

according to the Washington Post corresponden, yes.

[TC Rider]

She would joke that she was dating 'the next president of the United States, says a source.

OMG, she was dating algore?

[Catspaw]

You stinker :-))

BTW, a few minutes ago, CNN reported her denial and said Judy Woodruff would cover this.

[lainie]

Well the report was that she fled at Kerry's urging, but that's what we're trying to figure out.

[MineralMan]

"And no one has stated why she happened to go to Kenya. "

Her fiance and his family live in Kenya. Kenya's an interesting place to visit. Women often visit their fiance's families, if I remember correctly. My wife-to-be spent six months at my family's house before we got married.

[Shermy]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/30/politics/main561070.shtml

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.: Robert Farmer, 64, Clinton's 1992 treasurer and a longtime Kerry financial backer, is running Kerry's fundraising operation.

Farmer, the openly gay Clinton administration ambassador to Bermuda who splits his time between Boston and Miami Beach, worked for John Glenn in ‘84, was Mike Dukakis' chief fundraiser in '88 and DNC treasurer after that.

Longtime Kerry fundraiser Peter Maroney, who used to work for former Rep. Joseph Kennedy, is working with Farmer. Maroney was finance director for Kerry's PAC from 1999 until the presidential campaign officially started. Of course, the big question persists: Could John Kerry's real money person be his wife, ketchup heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry?

[lainie]

Then why in the sam hill would they put out a press release saying they plan to vote for Kerry for president?

That makes zero sense.

[OXENinFLA]

Some things that jump out.

I like old people.

well-dressed Israeli

She also happens to have lots of cute slightly unbalanced girlfriends, which should make most of the men on this site very very happy.

This last one reads like she enjoys three-somes.

[Diddle E. Squat]

This is a joke, correct?

If not, archive that page, because it will soon be yanked.

But it smells. Why would she log on 2/12/04 in the midst of all this crap, unless she was trying to have it pulled? And if 2/12/04 is when all that you just quoted was posted, its totally bogus. Perhaps another gal named Alexandra who signed on in 5/03 just changed her info to become an imposter as some kind of joke?

[Bluntpoint]

DRUDGE:

"INSIDERS GET SCOOP ON KERRY FROM HANNITY....TURNS OUT SEAN HAS A NEW BOOK COMING OUT IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO...NATION SHOCKED THAT SEAN KEPT THIS QUIET SO LONG"

DEVELOPING................