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...

[Bluntpoint]

I think Kerry purposely did not have sex with this women just to piss us all off!!!!!!!!

[lainie]

Which socialites and actresses did he supposedly (famously) date after his divorce? Lots of links say he did, but they don't include the ladies' names.

[BlessedByLiberty]

You can't be saying that a man like Kerry would possibly be lining up yet another heiress could you? LOL!

I think there are any number of women who could be the subject of Drudge's teasers. Kerry had a little stable of starlets between heiresses. Some relatively well known names, in their time, Morgan Fairchild, what's her first name Oxenberg and others.

Perhaps all of the other media stories Drudge references are for several women and circumstances.

[Timesink]

Why couldn't she have dated (nice euphemism) both of them?

DING DING DING! We have a winner! There's nothing mutually exclusive here! She could have been dating both at the same time for all we know.

[theDentist]

Hmmmmmm.... I think you may be correct....

[mewzilla]

Well, it's usually the cover-up that does the perp in. Bet that'll be the case here, too.

[RoseofTexas]

Sorry folks, but I think DRUDGE has been HAD...big time!! Bubba, carville and the media set him up royally, and we took the bait!! Line, hook and sinker! :(

[Krodg]

Maybe Drudge gets his info from Blogs and then follows Fr to see how it plays? Supposedly the story was posted to a blog a week before Drudge scooped the news with it. It was then followed by interesting posts here and news updates on his site (may not all be in order of date).

Jeff Gannon...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1076893/posts?page=35#35

News article...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1078968/posts

GeronL

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1076704/posts?page=482#482

News article

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1078883/posts

The question is, who's putting the rumors out....FR or Drudge?

[Charles Martel]

That's a huge stretch calling Lurch "dashing"..LMAO

Just so there's no misconception, those are not *my* words! :-)

However, I take exception to your comment. JF'inK looks spiffy in his favorite black leather outfit. (Sorry, Tripod won't let me link the image directly).

Oh, yeah... chicks dig the cool car, too!

[mabelkitty]

LOL!!

How about this one:

ALEX POLIER SLEEPS AROUND - WHO'S NEXT IN THE KERRY CAMP?

Damn. This is sooo bizarre. Why'd she wait out the Sunday talk shows? Oh well. I guess this is the "nastier than it seems" part.

[mewzilla]

About this wench, or wenching in general? And if I recall correctly Drudge never ID'd the wench he was referring to. So how do we know which wench?

[mewzilla]

The wait makes perfect sense if you need to tailor your denial.

[LisaMalia]

Hello out there, so called members of the media......

Why isn't *someone* in your ranks attempting to get Clark to come clean about his remarks? Just ask the question!!!

"Mr. Clark, what did you mean when you made the remark about Kerry and his intern problem?."

[mewzilla]

And who told Weasely....

[babaloo]

That's why Kerry got him on board so fast. He gets some perks for an explanation crafted by the Kerry campaign. Lord knows the General cannot think on his feet. He is probably rehearsing the response now.

[Bluntpoint]

Clark:

"Drudge sent me an email that one of the other candidates was going to release such information and he gave me a heads up!"

[kabar]

Drudge strkes back. Obviously Drudge posted this story in response to the denial of Alex and her parents concerning the "rumor." What Drudge is demonstrating is that there was a relationship between her and Kerry, even if indirectly. If you notice, her denial states, "I have never had a relationship with Senator Kerry."

Now it is up to the press to come up with the nature of the relationship. What still goes unsaid is whether they know one another. If the opportunity existed, did Kerry take advantage of the opportunity?

[mewzilla]

The rumors go back quite a ways, though. Limbaugh's been saying the fact that Ketchup Boy is a horndog (bet that word has an interesting etymology) is not exactly a state secret.

[Bluntpoint]

It is kind of funny how much some are speculating here today. Some of these folks sound as if their heads are going to explode with conspiritorial theories.

[woofie]

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...

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