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

To: JakeStraw who wrote (25966)	5/27/2004 7:52:33 AM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Long standing rumor of affair, denied by both parties. Alleged affair popular search query Search engines like Google and Yahoo! have made it a snap for curious individuals to look up information on just about anybody. This week, Columbia University graduate Alexandra Polier and Senator John Kerry have created yet another search frenzy. The Yahoo! Buzz Index reports that searches for Alexandra Polier have shot up 1758.95% in a single day. Daily search numbers from Wordtracker show several hundred daily searches for Alexandra Polier and John Kerry related phrases. While not quite up to Paris Hilton and Janet Jackson standards, Alexandra Polier is quickly making a name for herself online. Polier, a 27 year old free-lance journalist made the news last week when tabloids printed rumors of an affair with presidential hopeful Senator John Kerry. Articles and stories claim that Alexandra Polier was a former Kerry intern, though Polier stated this week that she has never worked for the Senator. Demonstrating the exact reason why gossip mongers take to search engines, a NY Daily News reporter dug up portions of Polier's profile on popular social networking site Friendster. According to the story, Alexandra Polier's personal profile on the site states in part that she is: "...just another hot piece of a- with a philosophy degree and a love for old movies...I want to travel the world reporting on injustices while taking the time to enjoy an umbrella drink when appropriate." Both Kerry and Polier have denied the rumors. Senator John Kerry appeared on MSNBC's "Imus in the Morning" program earlier this week to deny the allegations, while Alexandra Polier released the following statement to the Associated Press: "I have never had a relationship with Sen. Kerry, and the rumors in the press are completely false." While rumors of the two-year affair have run rampant across the Internet and through British tabloids, the mainstream American press has thus far treaded carefully on the story, with almost no mentions of it until this morning's AP story featuring Alexandra Polier's denial of the affair. With Kerry well on his way to winning the 2004 Democratic nomination for president, many of his opponents have hinted that nothing short of a massive scandal could cost him the top spot on the ticket.