IPW Daily Report – Monday, February 16, 2004
"This is not going to go away,"
said an American
friend of Polier to the Telegraph UK. "What
actually happened is much nastier than is being
reported."
"I think he's [John Kerry] a sleazeball,"
exclaimed Terry
Polier. "I did wonder if she didn't get
that feeling herself."
"There's an optimism in our country that is
undeniable," he
added. "The key question is: Are we wise
enough to ... keep the policies in place that
encourage growth,"
said President
Bush.
Still a race?
Was there an affair?
Start your engines
Still a race?
"Not so fast, John Kerry," said Sen. John Edwards.
“We're going to have an election here in Wisconsin
this Tuesday and we've got a whole group of
primaries coming up, and I for one intend to fight
with everything I've got for every one of those
votes.”
While Kerry is the front runner, none of the
candidates sought to knock him out of his
position. Instead, they focused on Bush bashing.
They especially tried to open up a credibility gap
for President Bush.
"Certainly the integrity and character of the
president of the United States is at issue -- no
question," Edwards said.
"I do not think we were told the truth about why
we went to war in Iraq and I think that's a huge
problem," Howard Dean bashed
"The president lied to the American people," said
Rep. Dennis Kucinich.
The only real hit came from Edwards against his
two strongest rivals Dean and Kerry on free trade.
Edwards has spent nearly a week in Wisconsin
pushing the issue of manufacturing layoffs in the
state.
"Senator Kerry is entitled, as is Governor Dean,
to support free trade, as they always have,"
Edwards said. "The voters of Wisconsin deserve to
know this is something I will take very
personally. I will stand up and fight every way I
know how to protect these jobs."
The ‘not so fast’ as to why both Edwards and Dean
are still in the race is the looming question…
Kerry The Gold Digger’s affair that is yet to
break. The question is whether it will break in
time for the Primary season. Will it have an
affect on Democrats, who clearly don’t mind sexual
misconduct in the White House Oval Office? Was
there a cigar involved? What is next?
This despite the fact that Kerry is at 47 percent,
Dean is at 23 percent and Edwards is third with 20
percent in the latest Wisconsin polls. However,
sentiment could still change with the breaking of
the affair story.
Of course these numbers may change, because Dean
has the problem of the Al Gore aide who just
mutinied. He had previously stated that he would
wait until after the Wisconsin election on
Tuesday:
"If Howard Dean does not win the Wisconsin
primary, I will reach out to John Kerry unless he
reaches out to me first," The Dean Campaign
chairman Steve Grossman is reported to have said.
However, he abandoned ship for Kerry’s money and
paycheck today.
I guess it is still worth the other two hanging
around to see what happens.
Maybe Kerry should ask his friend Ted Kennedy what
to do.
Terry McAuliff may want to start calling Hillary
or be stuck with a charismatic Sen. John Edwards,
whom his own party says is not ready. Or McAuliff
may want to re-read the Des Moines Register’s
article about Edwards that says, “He’s ready.”
Was there an affair?
"This is not going to go away. What actually
happened is much nastier than is being reported,"
said an American friend of Polier to the Telegraph
UK.
Political pundits on talk shows Sunday were in
near unanimous agreement that the alleged Sen.
John Kerry affair while married to Terisa Heinz
Kerry is going to have legs and grow in the media.
Alexandra (Alex) Polier is the Associated Press
intern who is alleged to have had an affair with
the married Kerry.
The shocking news is that it is being reported
that Polier has already told her story to a major
network news outlet. The television network is
trying to gather more proof of the charges made by
Polier before airing what would be potentially
damaging to the Kerry presidential campaign.
"I just deny it categorically," Kerry told
reporters in Wisconsin, where a primary election
will take place on Tuesday. "It's rumor. It's
untrue. Period."
Kerry appeared on the Don Imus radio talk show
last Friday morning and after saying there was
nothing to report about the affair, Imus
pronounced that Kerry was “dead” if it was proven
that he was lying.
"These guys will want to try to do everything to
change the subject," Kerry stated on Imus. "But I
think they're in for a surprise. I'm a fighter,
and I'm ready to fight back."
There is already damaging evidence that Kerry is
lying.
Polier's parents, Terry and Donna Polier from
Malvern, Pennsylvania, acknowledged that Kerry had
been involved with their daughter.
"I think he's a sleazeball," exclaimed Terry
Polier. "I did wonder if she didn't get that
feeling herself."
Polier formerly worked for the New York bureau of
the Associated Press after graduating with a
double major in philosophy and government from
Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts and
with a journalism degree from Columbia University
in New York. She is currently living in Kenya with
the parents of her fiancé, Yaron Schwartzman, who
works for a company called FilmStudios. The couple
met at Columbia University and plan to get married
later this year.
Kerry has reason to be concerned. It seems that
his billionaire wife has promised to do serious
bodily harm to him.
Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, told Elle
Magazine that if her first husband was ever
involved in an extramarital affair that she would
"maim" him:
"I'll maim you," Teresa said, "Not kill you, just
maim you."
Wonder what she’ll do to her second husband…?
It has also been reported that Kerry has been
linked to other alleged extramarital affairs in
the past, including Morgan Fairchild, Cornelia
Guest, Patti Davis, Michele Philips, Catherine
Oxenberg and other young reporters.
* ON THE BUSH
BEAT:
Start your engines
President Bush announced, "Gentlemen, start your
engines," to the 43 drivers at the Daytona 500 on
Sunday.
"I'm thrilled to be here," President Bush said.
"This is more than an event, it's a way of life
for a lot of people."
However, it is the economy that the President is
concerned might outweigh the cultural differences
that keep the critical NASCAR dads from voting
Democrat. The strategy Bush is going to take is to
try to change the psychology of the people who are
making the business decisions in our economy.
"The facts bear me out," Bush said. "The last six
months of growth have been tremendous. Housing
starts are way up. Inflation is low. Interest is
low. New jobs are being created ... Things are
looking better for America."
"There's an optimism in our country that is
undeniable," he added. "The key question is: Are
we wise enough to ... keep the policies in place
that encourage growth."
Bush continues to call on Congress to make his tax
cuts permanent.
The Democrats continue to play the class warfare
card, saying that making the tax cut permanent
will benefit the rich and increase an already
record $500-billion-plus budget deficit.
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