Will Press Pounce on Drudge's Kerry Rumor? : ANOTHER SMEAR

[rodbarnett]

NEW YORK Matt Drudge's Web site, which first broke allegations about President Bill Clinton's dalliance with a White House intern in 1998, is at it again.

Late this morning, DrudgeReport.com alleged that a new scandal was about to rock the campaign of Democratic frontrunner John Kerry: some sort of purported recent marital "infidelity" that involved a woman who once worked for the Associated Press, and has now supposedly "fled the country." According to the site, this story was being investigated by the AP, The Washington Post, Time magazine and ABC network.

Reached by E&P for comment, AP spokesman Jack Stokes said, "We simply don't comment on stories we are pursuing or not pursuing."

Leonard Downie Jr., executive editor of The Washington Post, acknowledged that his staff had begun to dig deeper into the life and career of Kerry, but said he had not heard anything about an alleged infidelity. "What we're finding, I don't know," he said. "This is the first we are looking into him this way."

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2089679

comment : WP and AP did not exactly "deny" any investigation ....they just refuse to comment

[slinkerwink]

1. they're planning to sit on the intern story until the general election

to truly destroy Kerry.

[roguevalley]

2. If it isn't true, he doesn't have to worry. Distraction? Yes. Death, no

unless its true. Someone on the board somewhere wrote
that they were aware of this possibility and were
prepared for it. I don't know what you think, but
knowing they were going to spring bimbos on him and
waiting for it smells.

I want just the facts and then we can all move on.

[mitchum]

3. One can always hope...

can't one?

Kerry 2004

[BeatleBoot]

4. Meanwhile, Back In Reality...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1116254

[fearnobush]

5. This is a Common Repuke Practice.

They find women (at a nice dollar figure) to claim affairs with our candidates. Any woman who is willing to take the money from the Repukes is a potential bogus lover.