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Kerry rumors gall Peoria grandma
PJ Star ^ | 2/17/04 | Phil Luciano

Posted on 02/17/2004 1:28:09 PM PST by anniegetyourgun

The only interest Alexandra Polier had in U.S. Sen. John Kerry was for a job reference, her Peoria grandmother said Monday.

Busting open the American-media floodgates on the story Monday, Polier, 27, issued a statement denying rumors she had an affair with the Democratic presidential candidate. That denial was repeated later by her paternal grandmother, Dorothy Polier, who lives on the far north side of Peoria.

"There's nothing to all of this," Dorothy Polier said in an irritated tone to the Journal Star.

Alexandra Polier's parents, Terry and Donna Polier, live in Malvern, Pa. Terry Polier grew up in central Illinois and graduated from Galesburg High School before moving to Pennsylvania, where his daughter was raised.

Alexandra Polier graduated from Clark University in Worchester, Mass., and received a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University in 2003. She is a free-lance journalist who has worked as an editorial assistant for the Associated Press in New York.

Over the years, Polier and her parents often have spent Christmastimes in Peoria at the home of Dorothy and Bruce Polier. She last visited Peoria in December 2002.

Dorothy Polier said that a few years ago, her granddaughter lived in England and worked in some capacity for Parliament.

"I was proud," the grandmother said.

Afterward, Alexandra - "Alex" to family and friends - wanted to find work, apparently of a political nature, in Washington, D.C., her

grandmother said.

So, Alexandra Polier went to the capital and paid a visit on a big-name acquaintance: Kerry.

The meeting occurred long before the U.S. senator from Massachusetts announced plans to run for president, Dorothy Polier said.

"I think she talked to him about working with him in Washington, but she never did it. … She had been introduced to him and thought he might be able to tell her where to go" in her job search.

Dorothy Polier said she did not know if the meeting with Kerry (who also has denied the affair rumors) helped her granddaughter. She has been in Africa with her fianc<0x00E9>, an Israeli whose parents live in Kenya.

Stories have referred to Alexandra Polier as a former Kerry intern, but she said Monday she never worked for him.

Her grandmother said although Alexandra Polier knew Kerry, the relationship was all business and apparently stemmed from her duties as a reporter.

She said her granddaughter never mentioned Kerry in a romantic way.

Dorothy Polier said though she does not keep in constant contact with her granddaughter, she says Alex Polier was too busy with her education and career to engage in an affair.

"I know Alex was gone (overseas) a long time," her grandmother said. "She was traveling a lot."

Though tentative U.S. media had barely touched the story until Monday, the European press has run wild with allegations since last week.

One newspaper claimed an American TV network has been sitting on an on-camera interview with Alexandra Polier while it investigates the matter further.

Another paper quoted her father as calling Kerry a "sleazeball" - though her parents issued a statement in Pennsylvania on Monday denying affair rumors and pledging to vote for Kerry for president.

Dorothy Polier declined to talk in depth about burgeoning ballyhoo.

Annoyed by her family getting dragged through the mud, she has begun to avoid news reports about the allegations.

"They're absolutely false," she said, her voice again rising. "(Reporters) are driving my son crazy," she said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: kerry; peoria; polier
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To: Shermy
Wanna bet something new is about to hit the fan...?
21 posted on 02/17/2004 1:52:04 PM PST by mewzilla
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To: swilhelm73
So many wenches, so little time...
22 posted on 02/17/2004 1:52:33 PM PST by mewzilla
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To: anniegetyourgun
I'll bet Mary Jo Kopekne's grandmother was in denial, too, until her cold dead body was pulled from the water.
23 posted on 02/17/2004 1:53:17 PM PST by Sangria
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To: mewzilla
If someone ever publicly accused me of cheating on my wife – which I’ve never done in 25 years of marriage – I wouldn’t need a focus group to tell me how to react. What a pompous POS.
24 posted on 02/17/2004 1:53:20 PM PST by tractorman
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To: anniegetyourgun
"political nature"....sounds like a Monica to me.
25 posted on 02/17/2004 1:54:53 PM PST by cynicom
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To: anniegetyourgun
...Polier, 27, issued a statement denying rumors she had an affair with the Democratic presidential candidate. That denial was repeated later by her paternal grandmother, Dorothy Polier, who lives on the far north side of Peoria.

OK, so Alex wasn't involved with him -- what about YOU, Grandma Dorothy? Have you been nailing a United States Senator? Can you prove it?

26 posted on 02/17/2004 1:54:59 PM PST by Sloth (We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
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To: anniegetyourgun
Grandma has just opened Pandora's Box.

Take these 3 statements and look at the discrepencies.

1. Parents : Kerry called Alex and offered her a job, she turned him down

2. Alex : I have met Sen. kerry, but do not know him

3. Grandma : Alex wanted a job in politics and contacted Sen. kerry for a Reference.

This raises more questions than it answers :

1. If Alex does not know Kerry how Why would she ask him for a reference?

2. If Alex does not know Kerry, why would he offer her a job

3. MOst importantly - If Alex wanted a job in politics and Asked Kerry for a reference, why would she turn his job offer down?

Something smells here, and for once in ain't my socks!

28 posted on 02/17/2004 1:58:03 PM PST by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: laffercurve
What on earth are you thinking?
29 posted on 02/17/2004 2:00:38 PM PST by spodefly (February is Tagline History Month!)
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To: spodefly
Ignore the DU troll - those lib/dems have no class or character.
30 posted on 02/17/2004 2:01:24 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: spodefly
I don't really think he has a brain.
31 posted on 02/17/2004 2:02:01 PM PST by mewzilla
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To: anniegetyourgun
My, my, Grandmother... What big teeth you have!
32 posted on 02/17/2004 2:04:54 PM PST by mrobison (We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.)
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To: spodefly
I think that was a posting by Mark Morford, since every other word had to do with sex (of one sort or another).
33 posted on 02/17/2004 2:06:10 PM PST by chimera
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To: spodefly
Laffercurve has been banned. His moronic threads disappeared in short order, too. Didn't even deserve the dignity of being ZOTTED. Ha, ha, ha...
34 posted on 02/17/2004 2:09:29 PM PST by demnomo
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To: spodefly
laffercurve What on earth are you thinking?

Yeah, I reported this turkey doing the same thing on another post... childish and petty, to say the least.

35 posted on 02/17/2004 2:11:50 PM PST by backhoe (The balance of Common Sense is tipping toward Non-sense...)
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To: anniegetyourgun
"She said her granddaughter never mentioned Kerry in a romantic way."

?!?!? Errrrr... What on earth would she tell her Grandma you think?!

Hi Grammy, Ohhhh I'm doing fine. By the way I'm doing the nasty with a married man who happens to be as old as grandpa. Oh and here's the kicker, he's a senator!

That's just idiotic.
36 posted on 02/17/2004 2:21:22 PM PST by Tempest (Sigh.. ....)
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To: anniegetyourgun
"I think she talked to him about working with him in Washington,

Seems Grandma debunks Alex's story of never intending to work for Kerry.

37 posted on 02/17/2004 2:28:53 PM PST by ambrose ("John Kerry has blood of American soldiers on his hands" - Lt. Col. Oliver North)
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To: ambrose
See my post #28. Grandma's ramblings open a lot of questions.

There are now three versions out there. Parents : Kerry offered her job, she turned him down. Alex : Never asked kerry anything. Grandma : She wanted political job, asked kerry for reference.
38 posted on 02/17/2004 3:51:02 PM PST by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: commish
Granny's revelations raise more questions than they answer!
39 posted on 02/17/2004 3:53:41 PM PST by ambrose ("John Kerry has blood of American soldiers on his hands" - Lt. Col. Oliver North)
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