British Press now reporting on Kerry/intern (scotsman)

[Bombtrack]

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2525830

Allegations against Vietnam war hero John Kerry today threatened his runaway presidential campaign.

Right-wing news web site The Drudge Report – which broke the Monica Lewinsky scandal – claimed a woman close to Senator Kerry recently left America at his behest.

It also reported that his former rival for the Democratic nomination, General Wesley Clark, told reporters in an off-the-record conversation last week: “Kerry will implode over an intern issue.”

Internet columnist Matt Drudge said three reporters could confirm the comments by former Nato Supreme Allied Commander Clark, who quit the race for the party’s nomination yesterday amid poor results.

He also claimed that Time magazine, ABC News, Washington Post and Associated Press – where the woman in question was said to have once worked – had been investigating her relationship with Kerry for several days.

Decorated Vietnam veteran Kerry is married to Theresa Heinz Kerry, the wealthy heiress to the food empire.

Drudge claimed a close friend of the mystery woman approached a reporter late last year claiming “fantastic stories”.

He also suggested that behind-the-scenes panic in the Kerry camp was prompting former campaign front-runner, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, to increase his attacks on Kerry in the last few days.

Drudge said that explained why Dean decided to reverse his decision to drop out of the race if he failed to win the Wisconsin primary on February 17.

Senator Kerry, from Massachusetts, is currently the runaway favourite to win the Democratic ticket to run against President George Bush in November.

He has won 12 of the 14 state primaries and caucuses held so far.

Kerry was born on December 11, 1943 in Denver, Colorado. He has two children from his first marriage, and three step-children with his current wife.

A Kerry campaign spokesman had no immediate comment in response to the claims

[lancdem]

1. The Scotsman has a history of printing tabloid-type stories

No surprise.

[AP]

6. The Scotsman is the more conservative of Scoltand's two major papers.

It's not a tabloid at all. It's a very legitimate paper.

It's the paper Ewan McGregor's character worked for in Shallow Grave, which is a brilliant movie.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

12. It doesn't measure up to The Herald.

Be very careful with this 'scandal'. I smell a huge rat.

[AP]

14. The Herald is a much better paper.

But I'm not sure this scandal is a rat yet.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

11. Freepers love it

I notice it used there all the time.

[charlie]

2. This is just a summation of Drudge's page

Nothing new here. Anyway, read this:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/2/12/184659/472

[Robin Hood]

3. Yeah, whatever.

Give me a break. It looks like the politics of personal destruction are at it in high gear, meanwhile I am unemployed and the country is going down the shitter.

[MoonAndSun]

4. Oh shit!!!! the Kerry campaign spokesman had no comment!!

this is not the way to do this, they need to come out and say whether this is a lie or not.

[w4rma]

5. I read that too and agree with you. (n/t)

[lancdem]

7. Supposedly they've been expecting this

so they'd better have a response.

[robsul82]

8. "No comment" REALLY isn't the way to go, man...

Geez. That's kinda the dumbest thing imaginable.

And now The Scotsman "isn't reliable," now that an outside source has reported it, "they're not good enough," etc. etc. Something's cooking, deny it or no. Something is cooking.

Later.

RJS

[Iverson]

13. Maybe it's like the IWR vote.

I mean this in the sense that a clearly bad idea will be repackaged as brave and insightful. You know, "we fully expected The Scotsman to do the right thing. In this context, "no comment" was entirely justified."

Or do folks learn from their mistakes?

[Fenris]

9. The Scotsman referred to Drudge as a right-wing news site

Thereby informing it's readers of DrudgeReport's bias and reducing the story's credibility.

[Fenris]

10. Oh, and I repeat my question again...

Why the fuck should I care?

[KaraokeKarlton]

15. Oh great, thank GOD this came out NOW, before the nomination

All we need is to nominate someone else for the country to make intern jokes about.

Damn am I glad that Howard Dean doesn't have a problem keeping his zipper up!

[BeFree]

16. So....Kerry is a red blooded American Male

That's a good thing! I bet those Scotts are a little green, eh? Bet they wish they could be getting some like our boys do.