Are the allegations against John Kerry true?

[FDRrocks]

This whole "intern: redux" thing seems like such crap to me, what do you guys think?

[Dookus]

1. I'd vote, but it's gonna be locked in a few seconds

:)

[FDRrocks]

2. I'm a Kucinich man...

I will support Kerry if it comes to it, but I don't view this as a Primary issure. I think this is an afront upon the most likely Dem. candidate by the RW. It's very, VERY, Lewinsky-esque, except the evidence is purely circumstantial.

[cryofan]

3. why in the hell would they lock it?

Anyway, I doubt Kerry did: he is 60 yo, and had prostate surgery a year ago or so, right in the middle of the purported affair....

[Dookus]

8. because it's against the rules

to have candidate threads in this forum. That's why the hell.

[FDRrocks]

9. I think this is a Dem party issue personally.

It's obvious Kerry has the nod. To deny such would be as delussional as Hitler was in the last few years of WW2. And the attacks are starting. And this is crap.

- With Love,

A Green

[0rganism]

15. No kidding, I had a thread locked here just for mentioning Kerry's name

He wasn't even the subject of the post. Blammo! Lockdown.

[Birthmark]

4. I can't say.

I haven't seen one scrap of evidence to indicate that the allegation is true. For now, I must assume that it is false. I'll review this position as evidence warrants.

[Ediacara]

5. where's the "I don't care if it's true or not" option?

Kerry's dick (like Clinton's) is his own damn business.

[FDRrocks]

6. I don't really care...

but I really do, politically.

[Fovea]

7. I think that innocent

until proven guilty is the way I see it.

And considering what we know this administration is capible of doing, RE l'affaire Plame, I think suspicion of the story is warranted.

[calimary]

10. I think we should fight fire with fire. Start some rumors about some of

THEM. A taste of their own medicine. Delivered by enema.

[Locke_]

14. Fight fire with fire? Why not use water?

The only thing mud slinging accomplishes it to get everyone dirty.

[xxqqqzme]

11. whoopeee!!!

yet another penis 2 blame. Why don't rethug penis' get press? I know there R plenty of wandering rethug one eyes.

[murielm99]

13. Larry Flint has done it a few times.

It does get press when he does it. And I think it is terribly funny. I always laugh my ass off. But it is ironic, too, that a porn king is the moral whistle blower here.

It says alot about hypocrisy, and their true moral stature.

I think we leave it to people like Flint because we are better off being above that stuff. The people get tired of the finger pointing. After awhile, they notice who is doing it.

Look at how popular Clinton still is. If he could run for president today, he would be elected.

And maybe as penises go, theirs don't rate all that highly. Maybe we should invite a few D.C. ladies, and gentlemen of the night to come up with a rating system.

[La_Serpiente]

19. It has been reported

that the Justice Department is going after the porn kingpins. I don't know if they will be going up against Larry Flynt, but they are starting to take out or will start a campaign to take out the guys in the middle.

I bet the Republicans can't wait to get Larry Flynt after what he did to Bob Livingston, former Speaker of the House. He took away any shred of moral authority the Republicans ever had.

[Piperay]

12. Maybe so, maybe not but

I really don't care. My party is not the one who goes around beating it's chest and claiming to be holier than thou, that's what the repukes do and that's why their candidates should be judged on that kind of thing.

[izzie]

16. FR are going nuts. They are really turned on about sex.

I guess they think Dem have something they do not. They just can not seem to leave Clinton's sex life alone and now they can not seem to stop talking about Kerry's even if they have to make it up. Wonder what their home life is like?It is like they let the cat out over there.They will be hitting each other with their Bibles soon.

[republicansarewhores]

18. Every story I see states that the alleged "intern" has nothing to say

Yet everyone is making a story out of this.

I think Drudge is once again floating an entirely false story to promote himself and his site like he did with Sidney Blumenthal. He's a bush league (no pun intended) megalomaniac impressed with how he thinks he effects politics.

RAW

[Hekate]

17. "Frankly my dear I don't give a damn." Let's talk about Plame instead

Unless the intern is (a) dead, like that poor girl from Modesto, (b) under age, or (c) unwilling.

>Snort< Like no Republican ever strayed. Sanctimonious hypocrites.

What worries me is that Kerry has been having an easy ride so far, like Fate (or worse, the Repubs) is just drawing him into a trap that will be sprung when all the other contenders are out of the running. For gods sake we have nine months to go before the actual election -- a lot of mud can be slung his way in that time.

But I do think it is not worthwhile for the candidate(s) to point out Republican marital infidelity -- that can be done by non-candidates.

What all Democrats (from Kerry to you and me) can do is bring up Valerie Plame every time one of them brings up a smear. Plame's betrayal is a real issue: someone in this foul administration painted a bullseye not only on her back but on the backs of everyone she ever talked to overseas, from her grocer and babysitter to her network of "human assets." This vicious revenge endangers a multitude of people -- and our national security.

Hekate

"Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war." ~Donald Rumsfeld

"But why should we hear about body bags and deaths and how many,
what day it's going to happen, and how many this or what do you
suppose? Oh, I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my
beautiful mind on something like that?" ~Barbara Bush

"I guess the 'nation's grandma' isn't the grandma of those her son sends into harm's way." ~Hekate

ARLINGTON WEST, SANTA BARBARA CALIF.
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Default.htm
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http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Arlington_west_121003.htm
Scroll down the page for all the photos...

[11 Bravo]

20. I voted, but I can't believe this hasn't been locked yet.

n/t

[Moderator]

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