Posted on 02/16/2004 7:25:45 PM PST by KQQL
During Monday's program, I posed some questions about Alex Polier, the woman now denying any affair with John F. Kerry: When did she leave the United States? Who made her reservations? Who paid for her ticket? How long will she be gone? How is she earning a living? How long has she been engaged? Why did she tape an interview with an American network before she left? Who set that up? What about her medical records and dental records? Could we maybe see those? Why did the father say Kerry's a "sleazeball," on Friday, and now is going to vote for him on Monday? When was the last time she talked to Kerry, or someone from his campaign, and about what?
If this were Bush, those would be the questions that were being asked. The denials would not be satisfactory. After I asked those questions, I received a good-natured e-mail question from a very good liberal friend of mine in New York: "You are especially hot today El Rushbo but as a raving lib, may I ask why the answers to those questions for Alex Polier are any of anyone's business?" My reply to her was that it's anyone's business because people have alleged illicit behavior on the part of the Democratic nominee. We need those answers. It's the seriousness of the charge.
Furthermore, ladies and gentlemen, we now have three denials. We have Senator Kerry denying this, we have the woman denying this and we have the women's parents denying this. In light of this, we need an investigation. You might remember in 1988, during the George Bush-Michael Dukakis campaign, a renowned author by the name of Gary Sick wrote a book alleging that George W. Bush 41 went to Paris in 1980 to meet with the Iranians to see to it the Iranians kept our hostages in captivity until after the 1980 election. There was no evidence. In fact, somebody even said that Bush flew over there in an SR-71. An argument ensued then over whether two people can fit in an SR-71. Some people said yes in one version, other people said no in another version, only one pilot and that was it.
In 1998, when Gary Sick's book came out, Tom Foley, the speaker of the House, said this was a serious charge and we needed to investigate. Bush denied it, everybody involved denied it, the Iranians denied it. Tom Foley strode to the microphones looking very solemn, and very serious, and very hurt that somebody would accuse any American of this and he needed to get to the bottom of it.
He said that "the seriousness of this charge" was such that despite the fact that there's no evidence for this, we need to get to the bottom of it and investigate it in the Congress. Well, if denials all around constitute suspicion, and if the seriousness of the charge is such that it's serious, then this is pretty serious. Just last Friday the father says Kerry's a sleazeball and on Monday, the father is going to vote for Kerry.
This is curious, ladies and gentlemen. These denials are suspicious, and I think an investigation is warranted. This is how the Democrats would handle this, my friends. It's all about the seriousness of the charge.
Otto von Bismarck
I heard that theory on Hannity's radio show today...but Clark leaked about it first, and apparently quite a few reporters know about Kerry's philanderin', too. As fer Kerry looking presidential...to who? Most Americans haven't even heard of the rumors 'cuz the Press has failed to report them. We see a "firestorm" here on FR.com and Limbaugh spoke of it, but I don't think most Americans know much of anything about it. And it has now brought up Kerry's fidelity as an issue, imho.
"Drudge got punked and took us all along for the ride. This is going to be one tough election. The Dems are back on their game for the first time since Clinton."
Perhaps yer right, but I'm not believing Kerry's outta the woods quite yet on the FidelityIssue...it goes to character, and I have major reservations as to whether Kerry has any or not!!
FReegards...MUD
Good point...but I think what's interesting is that this leak came from the Left, from within the DemonRAT Party. Sure, Drudge ran with it, but Clark didn't let this slip in front of a half-dozen reporters on accident. Maybe we are getting punked, but it's also possible that the Clintons have their fingerprints all over this story.
"...his post-vietnam activity is much more important!"
Agreed...the more I hear about the disgrace he was after returning to the States from Nam, the more I realize what a sickeningly self-serving ideologue Kerry was--and IS!!
FReegards...MUD
I bet you could not produce 1 single, PROVEN, DOCUMENTED lie told by President Bush.......and if you can, tell it to Boortz. I'm sure he'll have tons of fun chewing your butt for being such a mindless liberial moron.........
I bet you could not produce 1 single, PROVEN, DOCUMENTED lie told by President Bush.......and if you can, tell it to Boortz. I'm sure he'll have tons of fun chewing your butt for being such a mindless liberial moron.........
Are you sure he wasn't being sarcastic? After all, as we all know, "everything is Bush's fault". (At least, that's what the Left would have us believe).
True enough, but look at his face. It's the very definition of the phrase "sh*t-eating grin".
Drudge linked to this BBC article which claimed they aren't RATS,
"All we have at the moment is that the woman's parents, who are republicans, don't like Senator Kerry. "
They are from Malvern, PA and may well be RINOS to whom the same argument applies. Too bad we didn't have any grandparents out shopping who were able to accidentally record Kerry's call to Teddy for help. We can only hope The Sun keeps following the ketchup trail. They openly despise Chirac so shouldn't want his clone in power here.
A bunch of folks flamed us when we noted all the holes in the Drudge story last week -- but even Drudge now acknowledges (well, in his own unrepentant way of blaming others) that the story was false.
So proof would arrive between the conventions. Perfect!
HOW do we get to the bottom of this....huh. Mary Matalin????
On the other hand it needn't all be about money. She has a Master's in Journalism. Suppose she still dreams of using it. What are her job prospects if she reports this story honestly?
I'm with you on that! Not that I had a sense of humor in the first place - by my own admission, I am humor-impaired.
Fwiw, "this crap" (as you accurately define it) is one of the reasons why I post as infrequently as I do.
Mindless idiots who apparently believe that assertion is equivalent to argument and that feelings are at least the equal of reason make me wonder whether they and I inhabit the same universe, let alone planet or nation.
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