Drudge and the reporters who got the parents on the record calling Kerry a sleazeball. Yes, the parents now vow to vote for Kerry, but that part was separate from Drudge. Are those reporters getting played, too, and the parents pulling their legs? I think not.
Then there is the friend talking about this business being nastier than the reports hinted at. Another one playing Drudge? No, because she did not issue that comment to Drudge but reporters for the UK, and also our freeper in Kenya.
Plus Polier's denial is downright bizarre, and four days to issue it? Does not compute. Why wouldn't her denial say "I dated his staffer and this is ridiculous" instead of the odd phrasing and omitting the staffer part. Her statement made it sound like she would have no reason to have crossed paths with Kerry.
I have no other than the usual interest in the story, but I'd say the facts do not point to Drudge "getting played", but some kind of coverup underway.
But I'm willing to move on---for the time being.