Ted Re..."And while almost equally infamous conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh immediately claimed that the apparent reluctance of the networks to give the story a full frontal treatment comes from the fact that they have "annointed" Senator Kerry, the truth is more likely that the allegations are unproven -- and, possibly, unprovable."
Because as the writer explains later in the story.
General Clark was partially right in his call about the young woman, who served briefly as an intern in at the Houses of Parliament in London while a student in 1998, but the desire to see a Clinton-Lewinsky level scandal break over the bow of the Kerry juggernaut may have overwhelmed the facts. The woman, identified in several tabloids now as (now variously a 24 or 26-year-old, then, variously, a 22 or 24-year-old) Alex Polier, met the senator just after graduating from the very prestigious Columbia University and while she was working for the Associated Press on a freelance basis.
Since she would not have been on the senator's payroll, the "scandal" is at best one of a cross-generational extra-marital dalliance, not something that is likely to shake the campaign very deeply.
Nor could that writer, or Rush, have known about this story.
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John Kerry girl tells all
Affair ... Alex Polier
From BRIAN FLYNN
in New York
THE beauty said to have had a fling with presidential hopeful John Kerry has recorded a bombshell tell-all interview.
Journalist Alex Polier taped a talk with a US TV network at Christmas.
The former Washington intern, 27, told all about an alleged fling with the 60-year-old super-rich senator in spring 2001.
Hopeful ... John Kerry
The channel is sitting on the tape until it has enough evidence to back her story.
If the sex claims are true, they would shatter his White House hopes.
Kerry, a married dad of two, has denied the fling. But Alex told pals she fled to Kenya on his suggestion.
One TV source said: “She wants to tell her story. She has talked at length about her relationship with Kerry. But no one is believing her.”
Kerry was front-runner for the Democratic nomination to take on George Bush in November.
His hopes were hit as hints of a scandal emerged. |
