New US Homeland Chief Fathered Daughter in Korea

[NoPasaran]

Bernard Kerik, the man tasked with protecting the United States from the threat of terrorist attacks, fathered a daughter with a South Korean woman while serving on the peninsula in the mid-1970s, U.S. media reported over the weekend.

Kerik, who was selected to replace Tom Ridge as secretary of the Homeland Security Department on Thursday, had the baby with a woman identified as Sun-ja after arriving in South Korea as a 19-year-old military policeman in December 1974, according to several reports.

The baby, named Lisa, was born in 1975. But Kerik deserted her and her mother when he left the country in February 1976.

In his 2001 autobiography, titled ``The Lost Son: A Life in Pursuit of Justice,¡¯¡¯ Kerik called the decision ``a mistake I will always regret, and I pray to God that one day I can make it right.¡¯¡¯

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http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200412/kt2004120521494711990.htm

[NVMojo]

1. it's ok, this falls within the Repuke "values" system

...he didn't have his illegetimate child "aborted". It's not about illicit sex.

[jasmeel]

2. You can have an abortion if you're * 's girlfriend!

[OutsourceBush]

3. "a mistake I will always regret"

Let us help you out a little with that you repuke hypocrite.

[Carl Brennan]

4. Whaa? A CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK?!!

And we want this person in charge of protecting us and our children??

:evilgrin:

[koopie57]

5. Poor man

suffering so. My heart bleeds for his pain. It is so much harder to regret and pray, than gather up your balls and make it right.

[uppityperson]

8. Now this really ticks me off

edited for spelling error

[pk_du]

6. I wonder how much "doing" rather than "praying" he's done to try and

"make it right"


Lets see you start with 30 years back child-support (plus interest) you hypocritical f@cker.

[napi21]

7. Sorry this even hit the news! Didn't we learn anything in the 90's?

I thought it was absolute BS when the Pubs and the media beat the heck out of Clinton for his escapade with Monica, and I feel the same about this guy being drug through the dirt for what he did in Korea in the 70's.

They were both wrong in their choices, but I can't see how those incidents have any effect on their ability to do the job!

[uppityperson]

9. Make them have the same standard they are forcing on others.

Granted, we all do/have done stupid things. However, what has he done to take responsibility for it except say he did it and feels bad about it? I do not trust anyone who does this.

[Moderator]

10. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1046404