East African Standard: "Kerry lover holed up in city house"

[Timahoe]

http://www.eastandard.net/headlines/news17020445.htm

Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Kerry lover holed up in city house
By Nixon Ng’ang’a

The woman who could end Senator John Kerry’s chances of becoming president of the United States remained holed up in a Lavington house in Nairobi amid claims that she had confessed her affair to a US TV station.

The gate to the house where twenty four-year old Alexandra Polier, who allegedly had a two-year affair with the Senator favoured to clinch the Democratic Party nomination stays, was closed yesterday.

Local and international journalists camped at the gate for hours but were denied access to house no 909 on James Gichuru Road, next to the Spring Garden Chinese Restaurant.

A guard at the gate said he had firm instructions not to open the gate to journalists " or any strange people."

-snip-

[Catch22Dem]

1. I thought she alredy debunked the story

what gives? :shrug:

[54anickel]

10. Crossed the International Dateline?

:shrug: :evilgrin:

/sarcasm

[eileen_d]

2. Do you think it's because she's already made a statement?

Statement from woman and parents about rumors linking her to Sen. John Kerry

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/02/16/politics1300EST0543.DTL

Th-th-th-th-that's all folksss!!!!

[Timahoe]

8. Monica and her parents gave similar statements

I really don't want to have to go through this shit again! Shrub is so beatable, now isn't the time to blow it on someone who could blow up in our faces in October.

This may all be false, but I hope someone in the party is investigating Kerry's background. The time to find out about bad stuff is NOW.. not October.

[alcuno]

12. Except the woman has denied even being an intern for Kerry.

This story has been debunked. According to Drudge, she dated some guy from the Kerry office.

[still_one]

22. Please quote a reliable source

AP is the won who received the denial

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

34. Yeah Matt Fudge still can't leave the woman alone

That boy deserves a good ass kicking. Uh....but..then again he'd probably like it.

[eileen_d]

14. Well, as long as people like Matt Drudge are on the case

I have no doubt all will be revealed in time to save the Democratic Party! :thumbsup:

[still_one]

21. Sounds like you are a republican

In this country a person is innocent until proven guilty, as far as the republicans are concerned a person is guilty until proven inocent. I hate to burst your bubble, but the story has no merit

[eileen_d]

27. I was being sarcastic - I agree that the story has no merit

I guess my sarcasm didn't come across.

Also, FYI, calling another person a "Republican" on DU is considered against the rules. I'm not going to sweat it though, since you misunderstood my post.

Please, Goddess, let this story DIE!

[Jackpine Radical]

41. Your sarcasm wasn't missed by everyone.

I'm always amazed at the irony deficiency in some DUers.

[oldcoot]

23. Difference between Clinton & Kerry

There is a big difference between Clinton and Kerry. Clinton was accused of lying under oath so Starr forced Lewinsky to change her testimony. If Lewinsky had not changed her story, she could have gone to prison.

Kerry's case is different because he was not under oath at the time he denied having an affair. Even if he lied (which now looks very unlikely), he has committed no crime so there are no legal grounds to pursue this case. Polier is also under no legal or moral obligation to discuss her private life with anyone. Indeed, she is a private citizen and her sex life is nobody's business but her own.

Republicans and their allies would be wise to remember this fact. They may alienate voters if voters start feeling that they are unfairly harassing Polier to score political points.

[Blue_Roses]

31. this story already has huge holes in it

for one thing, it says she is 24, well she's 27. Good try though

[Screaming Lord Byron]

44. Looks like you've got a firm grasp on those straws, huh.

[GreyV]

3. difficult concept....

Keep it in your pants man! It's not that difficult of a concept to grasp. And they say polygamy is useless.

[lancdem]

5. There was no affair

What are you talking about?

[lancdem]

4. Um, she denied it today in a statement

as did her parents. Both said the rumors have been very hurtful, and they'd like to be left alone. This paper is just repeating the crap that was in that Sun story. Is there a particular reason you're posting this? Have you not heard today's news?

[aquart]

6. This dawg don't hunt.

Rove getting lazy and sloppy.

Good thing he's got that $200 million.

Gonna need every dime.

[Judi Lynn]

7. There's absolutely nothing in this story to substantiate the rumor.

(snip)
Yesterday, US newspapers reported that the brunette described as having "the perkiness of a cheerleader and the ambition of a Hollywood starlet" had given a kiss-and-tell story to a TV station in December.

The station has however been reluctant to air the story apparently because it was not credible.
(snip/...)

PLEASE take some time to think!

[fishnfla]

9. The writer's name is what?

Nixon? Too funny!

[LostInTheMaise]

11. Denied. End of story

Just like when Nixon denied his role in watergate it was the end of story. This is the same thing. End of story. Period.

[FlashHarry]

13. Er, this is a little different.

This is his purported accuser denying the story. Not even remotely close to Nixon's denial of Watergate. To be similar, you'd have to have Woodward and Bernstein denying the Watergate story.

[lancdem]

15. No

This IS the end of the story. People who actually know her have given interviews saying the allegations made no sense. And this was before today. What more do you want?

[MasonJar]

16. This is really a cruel attempt to blacken the senator's chances.

This is a non-story. The girl gave an interview in Nairobi today at which she said it was not true. She is there visiting her fiance's parents. I cannot imagine a more harrowing time to visit one's future in-laws. How many people are these freaks going to try to bring down? Let's stop assisting them. We know this is going to be dirty and probably fixed.

[johnfunk]

17. Am I the only person that thinks...

that Matt Drudge, RNC Chair Ed Gillespie, Karl "Röverer" Rove and all the credulous FReepers got PUNK'D by some people in the Kerry and Clark campaigns and the family of an AP reporter -- perhaps even to shake a few fascist "elves" out of the shrub?

[JoFerret]

20. It's a possibility

and would certainly help innoculate Kerry from future "revelations" that are SURE to come.(They have not even plumbed the shallow waters of the national Enquirere yet). However - a bit far-fetched.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

36. With Rove and all other bottom feeders more is surely yet to come.

Their idiot leader can't defend his record so they've got to slam his likely opponent, John Kerry. I just hope more DUers know how to practice what Carl Sagan called "The fine art of baloney detection".

Given some of the posts I've seen on this board I'm not so sure. I ask everyone, "Would you rather have four more years of Bush because your candidate did not win the Democratic nomination?"

[mitchtv]

29. My freeper brother is convinced..

that Hillary is behinf the rumor, in order to step in and save the party- I told him how to make a tinfoil hat.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

35. This Hilary storyline is straight out of

William Safire/Rush/Hannity. They've been pimping it for months. It shows he is a good boy listener of his RW pablum and can recite it word for word like a good boy.

[Judi Lynn]

18. Is there any chance some clot had heard Kerry's wife had lived in Africa

and in his/her utter befuddlement, got it all confused?

She's from Mozambique.

This is SO STUPID!

[JoFerret]

19. Of course they are holed up

- under siege by Murdochian media hounds and other sick excuses for journalists.

[BiggJawn]

24. What's Teresa doing in Africa?

According to a widely-distributed statement from Ms. Polier, Teresa Heinz is the only "lover" Kerry has.

Nixon Ng’ang’a needs to stop reading Drudge's Sludge...

[karnac]

26. This isn't on Drudge

This is independent slime.

Nevertheless, nothing new.


Karnac

[BiggJawn]

39. *I* first saw it on Drudge.

This African scandal rag picked it up.

[mike1963]

25. It sure seems this "story" is being perpetuated more by some "DUers" than

by anybody on the "other side". I'm about ready to leave this place.
No wonder the Democratic party can't win a goddamn election, it's got too many idealogues who can't accept what is actually going on. I was for Dean at the beginning, but actually embraced Kucinich's position more, but had to recognize that DK can't be actually ELECTED fer chrissakes...and recently that Dean has virtually no chance either...so I voted for Clark in the OK primary (which he actually won here), and now he is gone and supports Kerry which is absolutely no problem for me.


I guess I'm just a stupid Okie, I thought the idea was to get rid of the fucking moron squatting in the White House, but apparently some "democrats" wanna shit on JK now that he's way ahead.


BAH.

[eileen_d]

28. Don't give up

DU has its ups and downs, but we need fair-minded members like you who can consider ALL of our candidates worthy of support! :bounce:

How's Oklahoma these days? My dad is a bona-fide "Okie from Muskogee." I just knew that state would come through for Clark.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

33. Relax. It's probably a few Freepers pretending to be DUers.

[mac56]

43. There are many here at DU who want and need this story to be true..

to help bolster their own sagging candidates.

Regardless of whether it's true or not.

I'm just sayin'

[Screaming Lord Byron]

45. Circular firing squad, us? Never!

Yeah, it's galling, just when the Bush administration starts to fall apart, we have this massive distraction that gets latched on to by people too dogmatic to see the story for what it is.

[Crunchy Frog]

30. I just know that somewhere

Kerry is maintaining a large harem full of 12 year old girls. This scandal is going to be breaking any day now.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

32. This sounds exactly like a planted story by one of Rove's operatives.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

37. ah

the Good Ole East African Standard, is there a more hallowed name in journalism?

[Isere]

38. Ahhhhhh...

These are the WMDs that Rove was attempting to obtain from Africa!

[blindpig]

40. the new spin

local RW radio is now spinning this story as a stalking horse, ie it is a dem plant meant to fall through and diffuse any subsequent scandals further down the line. Those jerks think we're as devious as they are!

[NNN0LHI]

42. Some people just can't resist sniffing around in other peoples underwear

Really pathetic.

Don

[Matilda]

46. Does Murdoch own the East African Standard by any chance?

This is so like one of his tabloid rags, it wouldn't surprise me
at all.