It's better than the retard in our office who thought it was the guy right behind her with all the hair and sunglasses.

-Rudey

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU FEB 12, 2004 11:45:28 ET XXXXX

CAMPAIGN DRAMA ROCKS DEMOCRATS: KERRY FIGHTS OFF MEDIA PROBE OF RECENT ALLEGED INFIDELITY, RIVALS PREDICT RUIN

**World Exclusive**
**Must Credit the DRUDGE REPORT**

A frantic behind-the-scenes drama is unfolding around Sen. John Kerry and his quest to lockup the Democratic nomination for president, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal.

Intrigue surrounds a woman who recently fled the country, reportedly at the prodding of Kerry, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

A serious investigation of the woman and the nature of her relationship with Sen. John Kerry has been underway at TIME magazine, ABC NEWS, the WASHINGTON POST, THE HILL and the ASSOCIATED PRESS, where the woman in question once worked.

A close friend of the woman first approached a reporter late last year claiming fantastic stories -- stories that now threaten to turn the race for the presidency on its head!

In an off-the-record conversation with a dozen reporters earlier this week, General Wesley Clark plainly stated: "Kerry will implode over an intern issue." [Three reporters in attendance confirm Clark made the startling comments.]

The Kerry commotion is why Howard Dean has turned increasingly aggressive against Kerry in recent days, and is the key reason why Dean reversed his decision not to drop out of the race after Wisconsin, top campaign sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

circled in this picture:

http://www.northmiamiclassof1983.org...-kerry-mod.jpg

i knew that couldn't be him... i just wasn't looking in the right place. then all of a sudden i noticed him...

Drudge has had some success breaking stories -- but I think I'll hold out for confirmation from a real news organization.

drudge.com has more info on it. We didn't hear it from Drudge but from politicians...i'm not chummy enough with any to know their source. Drudge says that it'll be in large papers in a couple hours and that it's from the non-partisan watchblog.com

-Rudey

Yeah. Also checked the Times and Daily News and rechecked the network sites.

Nothing yet.

ETA this from Drudge:

FROM CONRESSIONAL QUARTERLY'S CRAIG CRAWFORD: 'Drudge item on Kerry intern issue is something Chris Lehane (clark press secy) has shopped around for a long time -- it was one reason the Gore vetters in 2000 shied away from Kerry as a running mate choice -- their conclusion that it wasn't bad enough to disqualify him, except for the fact that they couldn't risk it as they were trying so hard to distance themselves from Clinton's personal failings (note: Lehane worked for Gore at the time -- and briefly advised Kerry during this campaign). The Kerry camp has long expected to deal with this, and have assured party leaders they can handle it'...

As for the interns (though I just heard ladies, not interns)... I think (please do not quote me) it will be in the Boston Globe tomorrow, in Howie Carr's column. I heard it on both FM and AM talk shows late morning/early afternoon today (both mostly conservative stations), so I did not post anything.

What do you think of this Kerry news?
 

I don't normally read the drudge report, so I don't know how accurate these things are.

www.drudgereport.com

Re: What do you think of this Kerry news?
 

They have some degree of accuracy. We'll see.

There is already a fair amount of comment on this topic on the "Kerry losing Vietnam Vets Votes thread. I wonder if we could confine them to that one since it has a head start?

Here's a link:

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...threadid=46616

Looks like somebody merged the two. Thanks.

Wouldn't be so sure about that one Sis;)

More Kerry news...
 

Isnt election time fun ;) .. I hate politics when they dig up everything u did all these years ago to try to discredit you now....but hey....guess thats the name of the game

Kerry Took Cash From Chinese Military Intelligence
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2...2/124555.shtml

Democrats are counting on Sen. John Kerry's military credentials to convince voters that he can be trusted with America's national security.

But documents that surfaced over the weekend raise serious questions about whether Kerry was duped in the 1990s into helping the Chinese military perfect its ability to strike the U.S. with nuclear weapons.

In 1996 Kerry met with Liu Chaoying, the daughter of a powerful Chinese military official who also doubled as vice president of a subsidiary of the state-owned China Aerospace Corp.

Before the meeting, held in Kerry's Senate office, Liu's sponsor, Johnny Chung, made clear she was interested in getting her company listed on the U.S. Stock Exchange.

The Democratic presidential front-runner was only too happy to oblige and ordered his aides to contact the Securities and Exchange Commission.

"The next day," reports Newsweek, "Liu and Chung were ushered into a private briefing with a senior SEC official."

Within weeks, Chung returned the favor, staging a Kerry fund raiser at a Beverly Hills hotel that raked in $10,000 for the senator's re-election campaign.

Bank records would later show that Kerry's Chinese campaign cash came from $300,000 in overseas wire transfers sent to Chung on orders from the chief of Chinese military intelligence, Newsweek reports.

The money was routed through a Hong Kong bank account controlled by Liu, whose company later benefited from waivers granted by the Clinton administration to the U.S. aerospace giant Loral Corp.

As Liu and Chung were lining the pockets of the Democratic Party's political elite, Loral handed over top-secret missile guidance technology to Liu's firm.

Liu's China Aerospace used the information to perfect Beijing's fleet of intercontinental ballistic missiles, which before the 1990s could not strike the U.S.

By the end of the decade, however, China's ICBMs could reach the entire continental United States with pinpoint accuracy, thanks in part to the senator who says now he can be trusted with America's national security.

Chung later testified that before Liu wired him the cash to contribute to prominent Democrats, the chief of Chinese intelligence personally told him: "We like your president. We want to see him re-elected."

Apparently, Beijing felt the same way about Sen. John Kerry.

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I guess Clark endorsing Kerry in about 30 minutes will help his cause with the Vietnam War Veterans.

Given the Baby Boomers and number of Viet Nam vets, I wonder about a Kerry/Clark ticket?

Are they too far apart ideologically?

ETA The alleged "intern" story was supposedly given to reporters off the record by Clark. If the story is true, and Clark thinks it is as damaging as Drudge and others would lead us to think it is, why would he endorse Kerry?

This is getting pretty wierd.