Kerry has two choices

[SaveElmer]

1. Deny it NOW and have that be the truth

or

2. Drop out

[Raster]

1. THIS IS ROVIAN BULLSHIT, PLAIN AND SIMPLE...

LET IT GO!!!
DO NOT FEED OR ENCOURAGE THE TROLLS!

[ronnykmarshall]

11. Thank you!

What really pisses me off is see the Kerry bashers jumping on this.

Drudge is a scumbag pile of crap.

People are not going to fall for this bullshit again.

[qanda]

2. If it's true then he should drop out TODAY!

eom

[bowens43]

6. Why?

[qanda]

22. Because we need to win in November

And the Clinton years are too fresh in the minds of people to want to go there again. If it's true, Kerry should do the honorable thing and drop out of the race.

[RobertSeattle]

3. #3 - Have his wife go out

She could go before the press and tell the world that this is between me and my husband and no one else. (And perhaps level a great slame on Drudge while at it)

[Mick Knox]

4. Its suspicious..

But its posted on a prominent "news" source and he needs to address it now.

I havent found any actual substance or corraboration... Im not gonna jump up and down because some dude in a funny hat says to.

Concerned.. but suspicious.. but kerry should just quash it or go away.

[bowens43]

7. What prominent news source?

Only place I've seen it is on Drudge.

[Mick Knox]

9. I just meant

lots of people.. including here.. read drudge... i put news like this "news" .. i am definately considering the source.

[Champion Jack]

19. Excuse me, but, it's posted on a prominent LINKS site

Drudge has zero credibility to ANYONE with 1/2 a brain

[Mick Knox]

23. Its a "news" source

As evidenced by the scrambling about on this MB..

Deal with it.. and no need to pile on with word games. Deal with the issue at hand... I didnt report it.. and the story looks very vague and lame to me.

[IndianaGreen]

33. Makes me wonder about the CNN story of Kerry taking the day off...

This rather innocent paragraph on a CNN news story may have a different meaning altogether if there is something to the Drudge story:

Edwards, Dean chase Kerry in Wisconsin
Massachusetts senator's campaign dismisses 1970 Fonda photo
Thursday, February 12, 2004 Posted: 11:56 AM EST (1656 GMT)

(CNN) -- With Sen. John Kerry taking a rare break from the campaign trail, Sen. John Edwards and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean tried to convince Wisconsin voters the Democratic presidential race isn't over despite the Massachusetts senator's growing string of victories.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/12/elec04.prez.main/

:tinfoilhat:

[Terwilliger]

Prominent links site of a right-wing tabloider like Drudge

[West Coast Democrat]

5. Why? Has it hit the mainstream press?

I didn't hear anything about it on NPR this morning, nor have I seen a story from the AP or Reuters.

[Atlant]

26. Accdording to a posting in a neighboring thread, yes, in Boston. (NT)

[West Coast Democrat]

37. Is there a link?

Drudge claims to be the source of the story.

[quinnox]

8. No he doesn't

Why would he respond to a Drudge article? It would make as much sense to respond to the latest National Enquirer article about space aliens.

Only if this supposed story reaches mainstream sources would Kerry have to respond.

[SaveElmer]

10. Do you have any doubt at all

That this won't hit the mainstream media...of course it will.

[quinnox]

12. I don't put that much faith into Drudge

I have a lot of doubt about Drudge stories, I have seen many articles from him that are nothing but right wing drivel that I don't see in real news.

[TexasPatriot]

16. he can respond in an offhand way

Kerry said 'bring it on' - well, this is one of they ways they do that. if he cant effectively fight a smear then wtf is he doing running for president. If, on the other hand, its BS - then he should attack it immediately because it'll help him by showing he isnt going to put up with Rove's BS

if... on the other hand... this guy shtooped an intern a YEAR ago and still ran for president - even after Bill Clinton... then we have a real problem. Even Pavlov's dogs learn better than that.

[felonious thunk]

13. Why does he have to respond?

Isn't this sexually immature country past shit like this yet? Laugh away Europe. We're such fucking idiots.

[Jacobin]

15. He's not running in Europe. He's running in a sexually

repressed land where people have fucking heart attacks if a baby bottle is momentarily exposed.

Get it?

[felonious thunk]

21. I know

I was just lamenting how fucking stupid this country can be about that. Bush can lie about anything and everything, but the fact that he's too fucking stupid to have a libido means he's a "good man"

[Jacobin]

28. It is sad, isn't it

This country is getting more bizarre by the minute.

I no longer know and understand this country. It's completely flipped out

[Jacobin]

14. Agreed.

He's done enough damage by becoming the front runner KNOWING this would be found out.

I'm disgusted. I'm disgusted I live in a country where this behaviour is considered to be a disqualification for a president, and I'm disgusted that Kerry either thought he could get away with it and risked the country for his libido, or knew it would come out and didn't care if the Dems lose in '04 as long as he gets his name in the history books for running.

[bigtree]

20. Didn't Reagan screw around with Nancy before they married?

Two of our candidates aren't even married. What relevance is Kerry's sex life to anything?

[Jacobin]

24. You are preaching to the choir

I don't care if he screws goats and whacks off in his wife's panties.
I think a politician's sex life has absolutely nothing to do with his ability to be a president. I supported Clinton thoughout.

However, we live in a land of sexually repressed, violent sociopaths, half of whom VOTE.

They almost caused a revolution when one of Janet Jackson's fucking baby bottles was momentarily exposed.

With little imagination, I can understand the uproar this will cause amongst the maniacs who vote in this country.

And goddamnit, Kerry knew this would come out. If he didn't he is a fool and shouldnt be running for president.

[DeepModem Mom]

17. Given the stakes for our country's future, and our party's recent past,

I think I'm in agreement with you.

[GumboYaYa]

18. I could not disagree more!

I am as strong a Dean supporter as there is, but there is no way Kerry should drop out over this. If the Dems let the Republicans push them around on these nonsensical issues that have nothing to do with policy, we will never win another election. I hope Kerry comes out with guns blazing and takes whoever is spreading this shit down hard.

I also hopes its not true for his family's sake.

[JasonBerry]

36. If it's true, let's wait

"If the Dems let the Republicans push them around on these nonsensical issues"

I hope to God it's not true. But, nonsensical? Let's wait and see if Teresa thinks it's "nonsensical." Many people have traditional values concerning marriage, trust, etc. I know it may not be popular to say - but I don't think it's "nonsensical."

[Atlant]

25. You forgot "Sepuku" (NT)

[JVS]

31. With a frisbee

www.realultimatepower.net

[Terwilliger]

27. I go away for 3 hours and the world comes to an end?

Was Kerry caught with his dick in somebody?

Why is everybody so reactionary and defeatist??

[Atlant]

29. Sounds like "Yes".

> Was Kerry caught with his dick in somebody?

Sounds like "Yes", per Matt Drudge, who knows a dick when he sees one.

Atlant

[Terwilliger]

35. Drudge is upset b/c he isn't getting it

[Jacobin]

32. You're right!!!

No one will care if Kerry's been boning an intern!!!

Why should we worry????

It shouldn't be an issue, so it won't be, right?

Yeah, that's it.

(head in sand)

[Terwilliger]

34. where's the proof? Drudge?

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[On the Road]

38. No, Kerry Should NOT Drop Out Even if It's True

any more than Clinton should have resigned over the Monica Lewinsky affair.

I know I have a Dean avatar and I would like to see him come back. But Democrats have to stop just standing there and acting like this stuff is everything the GOP says it is. It will take creativity and courage to keep sex scandals from sinking perfectly good candidates.

Kerry's a pro. He has to come up with a politically wise response that limits the damage. If the accusation is false, it should not be too difficult. If it's true and it's old, I think he should confess like Clinton. Why? The Gennifer Flowers issue died -- the Monica Lewinsky issue didn't.

If it's true and it's recent -- that's much trickier.

[Moderator]

39. Locking

Please discuss here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=318659&mesg_id=318659

Thanks.