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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (2236)	2/14/2004 12:31:47 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 81568

Drudge backing off his Kerry affair BS story. This UK paper item tells it all: "Her mother Donna claims Kerry, 60 — dubbed the new JFK — once chased Alex to be on his campaign team and was “after" her. There is no evidence the pair had an affair." No evidence. No affair. A job offer telephone call which the women tuned down. That's it. The sole charge is that her mother feels that Kerry was "after" her. That's her opinion. Could just be the daughter's impression or ego. Even if he was after her, he didn't get anywhere. And that was years ago. Kerry wouldn't touch a woman outside marriage now for a 100 mllion bucks. Maybe a few years ago he was momentarily weak. Happens to almost all married men. Drudge is a BS artist but no dummy. He knows he could be sued for libel like Tom Cruise sued taboids and won ike 20 million bucks. Acusgin famous people of terible things is easy. But they have powerful lawyers. So you'd better make sure you have iron-clad evidence. Theresa Heinz has promised to use her money to nail anyone who personally attacks he or her husband.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (2236)	2/14/2004 12:41:43 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 81568

Drudge is all alone on this one. And alone he shall fall.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (2236)	2/14/2004 12:52:12 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Drudge still being sued for libel in other case: GUILTY AOL cleared but not Drudge in libel case Last modified: April 23, 1998, 10:30 AM PDT By Erich Luening Staff Writer, CNET News.com A federal judge has dismissed a $30 million defamation suit filed against America Online by a White House adviser, ruling that Internet service providers are immune from civil suits stemming from the editorial content they carry. Charges still stand against Matt Drudge, the author of the report upon which the case is based. Drudge's dispatch runs on his own Web site and can be reached through AOL, as well as other services. According to AOL, U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman ruled that Congress exempted AOL from the defamation suit when it passed the Communications Decency Act of 1996. That law treats AOL and other providers as conduits of information, he said, not publishers of material. The suit was filed by White House aide Sidney Blumenthal. Drudge had reported that Blumenthal had a "spousal abuse past." Blumenthal and his wife, Jacqueline, filed the suit against Drudge, who retracted the report the next day and apologized. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleged that Drudge knew that the story was false or acted with "reckless disregard for the truth" by not thoroughly checking facts in his online Drudge Report.