Posted on 02/12/2004 10:47:13 AM PST by miltonim
Allegations against Vietnam war hero John Kerry today threatened his runaway presidential campaign.
Right-wing news web site The Drudge Report – which broke the Monica Lewinsky scandal – claimed a woman close to Senator Kerry recently left America at his behest.
It also reported that his former rival for the Democratic nomination, General Wesley Clark, told reporters in an off-the-record conversation last week: “Kerry will implode over an intern issue.”
Internet columnist Matt Drudge said three reporters could confirm the comments by former Nato Supreme Allied Commander Clark, who quit the race for the party’s nomination yesterday amid poor results.
He also claimed that Time magazine, ABC News, Washington Post and Associated Press – where the woman in question was said to have once worked – had been investigating her relationship with Kerry for several days.
Decorated Vietnam veteran Kerry is married to Theresa Heinz Kerry, the wealthy heiress to the food empire.
Drudge claimed a close friend of the mystery woman approached a reporter late last year claiming “fantastic stories”.
He also suggested that behind-the-scenes panic in the Kerry camp was prompting former campaign front-runner, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, to increase his attacks on Kerry in the last few days.
Drudge said that explained why Dean decided to reverse his decision to drop out of the race if he failed to win the Wisconsin primary on February 17.
Senator Kerry, from Massachusetts, is currently the runaway favourite to win the Democratic ticket to run against President George Bush in November.
He has won 12 of the 14 state primaries and caucuses held so far.
Kerry was born on December 11, 1943 in Denver, Colorado. He has two children from his first marriage, and three step-children with his current wife.
A Kerry campaign spokesman had no immediate comment in response to the claims.
Well, at least Arlen Specter has read about it now, anyway.
Fuggedabout this Drudge kid. Stick with Freerepublic!
Already happened I guess. Surprise here.
2) HOW MANY SECONDS WILL THE BIG 3 GIVE THIS TONIGHT?
Very few. Tonight story will concern "Campaign Dirty Tricks" and "The Politics of Personal Destruction.
3) HOW LONG WILL PETA JENNINGS SCOWL OR SMIRK AFTER READING THIS STORY?
Ha. Aren't they in sort of a "permanent scowl" nowadays? (I haven't watched either in about 20 years).
4) WHO WILL BE THE FIRST REPORTER TO APOLIGIZE ABOUT ASKING KERRY ABOUT THIS AND THEN INTERUPT HIM BEFORE HE ANSWERS AND SAYS HE'S SORRY FOR BRINGING SUCH GARBAGE.
And prefacing the question with a full disclaimer stating that "this is a rumor in the right-wing press."
5) HOW SHORT A LIFE WILL THIS HAVE IN THE MEDIA?
Yeah, well, you have a point. D'ya think JFK had only one girlfriend? Heh heh.
(steely)
They've not broken the drudge story, but things are moving along. Kerry isn't quite getting the kid glove treatment anymore, but CNN is still carrying water for him (IMHO).
Thanks, I forgot about that.
If that's true, the affair is old and cold...maybe as old as 1998. Best to let it die since sliming using such an old tale may end up boosting Kerry rather than harming him.
But, boy, I hope not. If this is the work of Lehane, there is a strong connection to the Clinton dungeons. Then, if Dean could surge into the nomination, that would restore my faith in Hildabeast's evil consciousness and will to do anything for power.
Dean in the nomination slot.
Dean, the screamer.
Dean, the former governor of 600,000 people.
Dean, losing magnificently to President Bush.
Hildabeast, recommanding the DemocRat Party, for 2008.
Or maybe, since Lehane worked also for Algore, Al Gore is striving to rush in as party savior?
Ah, the Algore Effect: he endorsed whoever the DemocRat candidate would be, and that being at the time Kerry-presumptive...the Algore Effect has created Kerry-consumptive.
Well, it will play out as it will...
Thanks to us, the world is now safe for a ...
Hillary Candidacy!
But lagging behind. JFK: Angie Dickinson and Marilyn Monroe. JF'nK: Morgan Fairchild and an AP intern.
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