Sun-Times article claims Al Gore was talking about Kerry's alleged affair

[Timahoe]

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-sneed13.html

The Kerry scandal?

February 13, 2004

BY MICHAEL SNEED SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST

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But the first salvo in an alleged sexual drama came via Internet columnist Matt Drudge, author of the "Drudge Report," (which broke the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky mess) who claimed Thursday a Kerry scandal may be erupting. It allegedly involves Kerry's marital infidelity with a woman who once worked for the Associated Press -- and has reportedly fled the country at the prodding of Kerry.

True? Well, Sneed is told the real reason former Dem presidential nominee Al Gore did NOT select Kerry as his veepmate was because of allegations of women problems, or marital infidelity involving Kerry's marriage to Heinz, heiress to the Heinz Ketchup fortune, whom he met in 1990.

A top source tells Sneed Gore was talking about Kerry's sexual baggage "with a young woman" as recently as late last week!

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[Timahoe]

1. Does anyone know of Sneed's track record?

eom

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. I Don't Know.....I'll Call Rush....

<kisses>

Brian

[Timahoe]

3. Uh, I was actually asking a serious question...

I don't know anything about the Sun-Times or Sneed.

[Leilani]

5. The Chicago-Sun Times

is a mainstream paper, but I don't know anything about the columnist.

[charlie]

6. FWIW

Sneed was once honored with a place in DU's Top Ten Conservative Idiots list:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/01/top10_2001_40.html

[Cheswick2.0]

4. he sounds kind of gossipy

the claim that Gore endorsed Dean to gather support from Deanies for 2008 is just silly so maybe the rest of the story is just right wing gossip too.

[chiburb]

10. He is a she named Michael...n/t

.

[lewiston]

7. The Suntimes

seems to have pulled the story from their website. At least I can't find it.

[charlie]

8. It's here

http://www.suntimes.com/output/sneed/cst-nws-sneed13.html

[chiburb]

9. Sneed is right-wing gossip columnist....

And the Sun-Times is owned by Hollinger (Conrad Black), which includes Richard Perle on its board.
Consider the source, and thanks for sharing...

[adadem]

14. and employs Bob Novak...who

leaked Valerie Plame. Hello.

[dansolo]

11. There may be a small kernel of truth here

Marital infidelity aside, it is common knowledge that Kerry had a reputation as a bit of a "ladies man". With the Monica Lewinski affair fresh in the voters' minds, I am not at all suprised that Gore would be hesitant to take on a VP that would invariable bring comparisons to Clinton. The connection to allegations of an affair may be embellishments, but Gore not picking Kerry because of his reputation may very well be true.

[Tinoire]

12. Does anyone have more on this? n/t

[Gloria]

13. Craig Crawford also repeated the essence of the Kerry/Gore concerns

yesterday......

[ludwigb]

15. What nonsense

Supposedly the affair took place 2001-2003 (or would that just be 2001, given it took place before Kerry's reelection?). Of course, Gore already knew all about this in 2000.

If there's something to this, we're just going to have to wait and see. Meanwhile Drudge is just contradicting himself.