Kerry to answer sex affair claim (Polier's Parents Respond To Claims)

[rodbarnett]

from LBN this is a bomb shell Names have been given

the centre of the allegations is Alex Polier, 24, who had worked as a New York-based reporter for Associated Press. She now is now in Kenya.

Her parents, Donna and Terry, speaking from Malvern, Pennsylvania yesterday, said there was no evidence of an affair, only that Senator Kerry may have been attracted to their daughter.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=362415

[Guaranteed]

1. A name...and a denial.

Well...?

[Bucky]

Her parents saying "didn't happen" ain't exactly an informed denial, amigo

Ah, now I'm thinking about all the parents I fooled back in my younger days.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Kerry Was Attracted To A Presumably Attractive Young Woman But Didn't

Act On It.....


Where's the story?


For the love of god where's the story.....

[MaineDem]

3. It's only going to get worse...

I find it really sad that politics has come down to this. It disappoints me a great deal.

And I agree about "where's the story".

[liberalron]

16. "the story" becomes the story

The "mainstream" media seems to feel they have an out on these type issues. They can report on the report; thereby committing no ethical violations (in their eyes, that is).

[Darth_Kitten]

9. Something smells very fishy......

What parents go on the offensive and drag their daughter into a mess like this? They have no evidence of an affair and yet they want to say what a sleazeball Kerry is?

What am I missing about this story? :shrug:

[MoonRiver]

18. I don't get it.

Did they say he was a "sleazeball"?

[rodbarnett]

10. He may not of acted .....But he tried....That shows intent

"I think he's a sleaze-ball," Mr Polier told London's Sun newspaper.

Mrs Polier claimed Senator Kerry was "after" her daughter.

It seems to me Kerry had intentions of "hooking up" with Miss Polier or at least her parents thought so.

If I'm not mistaken he was married during this time frame. How many other 24 year old girls turned down his advances.

Where there is smoke......there is fire.

Kerry is "damaged goods". Good thing this came out before the nomination.

[Dhalgren]

13. Get real!

This is classic mud, nothing else. This story is so bullshit it draws flies.

[Blue_Roses]

19. Your kind of relentless

with this. Makes me wonder your true motive. I've read several of your posts on this very same topic and have noticed the inflammatory remarks you've made. Hmmm...

Talk about beating a dead horse.:eyes:

[yellowcanine]

20. What is your evidence that "he tried?" Stinkbombs make smoke also.

You have nothing. Here is the quote."Her parents, Donna and Terry, speaking from Malvern, Pennsylvania yesterday, said there was no evidence of an affair, only that Senator Kerry may have been attracted to their daughter."

This is beneath contempt. Here we have a couple talking about their adult daughter to the press and the most damning thing the mother can say to back up her "concern" is that Kerry MAY HAVE BEEN attracted to their daughter? It sounds to me like these parents don't like Kerry for who knows what reason and they did not like the fact that the daughter apparently considered working for his campaign. That is pure speculation on my part but I have just as much evidence for my speculation as you have for yours. Which is basically none - just a hunch.

BTW where there is smoke - there is sometimes fire. Stinkbombs make smoke also. This looks more like a stinkbomb than a fire.

[oasis]

22. "London's Sun newspaper."

[riskpeace]

45. I think you should take Scott McLellan' advice

From today's press conference at the White House:

Scott McClellan: This is called chasing a rumor. And I'm not going to engage in this kind of politics,

I do not post often and just use this board as a news source. But you know the last day here has been very unfortunate. Bush is the problem with our country. That is pretty clear to me at least.

[wndycty]

4. If she is a reporter for the AP. . .

. . .where does the intern angle come from.

[rodbarnett]

5. She seems to write for AP thru 2003 .... some LINKS HERE

here are links to AP stories by Alex Polier

http://www.echoinggreen.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageID=130

http://www.thebody.com/cdc/news_updates_archive/2003/jan21_03/magic_hiv.html

http://www.s-t.com/topics/mm/story8.htm

http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Jan/01142003/Business/19984.asp

[riskpeace]

48. I was just wondering if you had an answer for his question.

I wondered it myself. Thanks.

[molly]

6. From some very sick mind

:puke:

[59millionmorons]

7. No intern

This is like when you were in High School and a rumor started and by the time it got around the school the rumor has changed 100 times from the original rumor.

[formernaderite]

24. There seem to be two stories colliding....

...the intern story is pre-2000, from what I gather. According to the roll call guy, this was why Kerry wasn't vetted for VP. Then there's this new woman story post-2000. I have no idea which Clark was referring to, but I'm sure Chris( I was fired by Kerry) LeHane figured either would be enough to cause pain.

[scarface2004]

8. she s gorgeous!!

let me have an affair...pleeeeeze!!

[Guaranteed]

12. Have you seen a picture of her? nt

[EXE619K]

15. Link to pic pleeze?

n/t

[rodbarnett]

17. Here is a PIC LINK

It shows all his intern staff of......Take your pick.....He had some real lookers to choose from :)

[yellowcanine]

21. What does this picture prove?

Someone asks for a link to a picture of the AP reporter. You show a picture of Kerry with a group of interns. Some of them could be described as attractive. Your point is? Guilt by association with attractive interns? Senators should only hire unattractive interns?
The "story" must be true because some of his interns were attractive? You really don't like Kerry and you are hoping this "story" sinks his nomination? Help me out here, but that is what it looks like to me. Otherwise - why the slimy tactics of sly suggestion?

[regnaD kciN]

25. Jack Black was a Kerry intern???

Look at the figure at the far right...

;-)

[bushisanidiot]

28. "AHA! Clear evidence Kerry had sex with all of them! we have

the picture!"

repukes are so easily fooled with their own lies..

[LiberalFighter]

53. Any of the girls better than Monica

[bushisanidiot]

11. Another Desperate Baseless Accusation from the Right Wing Nutcases

they know pres. AWOL is going down in flames. They can't keep all their lies straight all the way through to November. There are too many investigations into Halliburton, the traitorous Plame leak, the breaking into Dem. computers and stealing confidential information, the 9-11 hearings, the WMD lies.. it goes on and on.. and we haven't even TOUCHED upon AWOL's lies of his distant past.

the chimp is going down. kerry "allegedly" being attracted to an attractive woman isn't going to fix any of AWOL's problems.

Heh.. but it's fun to watch the repukes get all red-faced and squirm. just look at how they are eating their own over illegal immigration, skyrocketing deficits, and AWOL declaring that outsourcing american's jobs overseas is a "good thing". HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

[NicRic]

14. Lieing to young men, into dying for thier country !

To me is alot more relavent and evil then these personal issuses ! I guess we need the owner of Hustler Mag to do another disclosure of the ring wing cheaters in the personal affair department !

[bigtree]

23. Peeping Tom politics

As W.H. Auden has said, “Peeping Toms/are never praised, like novelists or bird watchers,/for their keenness of observation.”

[mzmolly]

26. "I think he's a sleaze-ball," Mr Polier told London's Sun newspaper

"Mrs Polier claimed Senator Kerry was "after" her daughter.

Drudge, which broke the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal, alleged yesterday that a young woman, "recently fled the country, reportedly at the prodding of Kerry" after a two-year affair beginning in early 2001."

Why would she flee if it's false? She needs to come forward.

[JackRiddler]

27. This story smells of set-up

The parents come out on their own and say such things?

Ha!

[yellowcanine]

38. good point - parents not likely to talk like this to the press.

unless of course, they have some agenda of their own they are working on.

If my 24 yr old daughter (yes, I have one for real) is "linked" to a public figure by some internet gossip I sure as hell ain't going to be giving interviews to the press.

[Jen72]

29. A number of reasons.

I don't blame her for fleeing the country. That is not always a sign of guilt. Maybe she doesn't what to named and labelled a whore or any other label that will be layed on her. Maybe she has a good job and wants to keep it. Maybe she wants to spare her family embaressment.
Maybe Drudge's story as they endless Clinton and the new blonde stories. The Clintons have been getting divorced for ten years!!

[cryofan]

40. and since she was (is?) an AP reporter, she does have a career, and

this affair story could damage it, whether or not she actually did have an affair.

[Bucky]

31. For that matter, do we know she "fled" to African & isn't on a story?

Reporters still travel on occasion, you know.

[yellowcanine]

35. Your going to confuse people if you keep pointing out the obvious.

Dontcha know it has to be true if it is on the internet?

[yellowcanine]

33. "Why would she flee if it's false?" Uh - "flee" is Drudge's term.

Reality check. Drudge is sometimes a little careless with the English language. Leaving 6 months ago to take up a job assignment would be enough for Drudge to use the term "flee."

And why does she need to come forward? Because Drudge posted a rumor about her and John Kerry? If I post a rumor about you and Howard Dean do you need to come forward? Newsflash - the burden of proof here is on Drudge. Until he produces something more that what he could have pulled out of his ass no one needs to "come forward".

[Lydia Leftcoast]

41. According to a friend of mine who lived in England

the London Sun is at supermarket tabloid level. He used to laugh at rightwingers who quoted it in arguments against national health care.

[riskpeace]

52. And you know she fled because Drudge said so?

Because an Internet gossip monger alleged an unnamed woman "fled" then Kerry had an affair with this specific woman? And now she must return to "come forward?"

And I noticed how you included the snip about "Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal." It seemed like that could have been left out without losing your point.

Bush is the problem. Dean was very passionate about that message.

I am not applying this specifically to your post, but it does seem sad that some folks at DU are rooting for Drudge on this one.

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[saracat]

32. Teresa Heinz Kerry. .

I will post this again and again until some people get some sense. Teresa Heinz Kerry is a self avowd feminist and a true campion of women's rights. She has her own money and no political ambitions. She turned down the Senate seat she was offered.She of all people would not put up with any BS. She even made John sign a prenup. She would walk so fast your head would spin.So lets stop facilitating these garbage posts and lets move on to the election!

[yellowcanine]

34. Excellent points - also

Imus pointed out that the time period in question was when Kerry was being treated for prostate cancer - hardly the time one would be likely to be larking about with 20 somethings. Not proof - but certainly cause for second thoughts if one is inclined to believe this bs.

[slinkerwink]

36. the father also called Kerry a sleazeball

[MoonRiver]

39. Maybe we should check out his political affiliations.

This couldn't be a Rovian engineered set-up could it?

[Viking12]

55. That was my thought

I've searched a few newspaper databases and have yet to turn anything on Terry Polier. A Donna Polier works as an HR director for a King of Prussia software firm. I'll keep looking.

[Cheswick2.0]

37. sure, like she is going to tell her parents she was an adulterer

Not bloody likely. I'll bet the Poliers are having quite a family conversation today. I'd like to be a fly on that wall.

[JackRiddler]

51. Can we can the condemnatory language?

Oooooh, an adulterer!

Bad, bad!

She's not even married, is she?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

42. When I was a long-haired, slender twentysomething in miniskirts

I often had older married men attracted to me.

Did any of them do anything scandalous, other than acting rather flustered around me? No.

[MoonRiver]

43. What's your point?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

44. That a middle-aged married man

being attracted to a twentysomething is an everyday occurrence, but that not all of them act upon it.

[MoonRiver]

46. Thanks for that.

It's just amazing that everyone assumes the worst, at least if the worst involves a Democrat, or Democratic candidate not one's own. I'm sick of the slandering and backbiting that just undermine our efforts to oust the most hideous regime in this country's history.

[seventhson]

47. So Kerry hounding her is possible

right?

[MoonRiver]

49. Thanks for making my point clear.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

50. Sure, and it's equally possible that she hounded him

(I'm speaking from my experience as a college professor here.)

These things can work either way.

So far, we just have an unsubtantiated rumor and some mumblings from a British tabloid.

[LiberalFighter]

54. There are a few and I mean just a few women at work

that I am attracted to. Unfortunately, or fortunately I didn't act on it or had any type of relationship with any of them.

[joanski01]

56. The Republican Party has millions

of dollars at their disposal. They can buy anyone they choose. I don't believe any of this bullshit is for real.

But my bottom line is that I don't give a frick if Kerry did have an affair. So what else is new in the world?