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Sunday's NY Post Weddings section has an announcement of the wedding of Alexandra Polier, the reported mistress of John F. Kerry, who fled to Africa during the campaign to avoid the media. Nice pic of the happy couple...

Fall girl It was a dream tabloid story - the frontrunner in the race to become Democratic presidential candidate had been sleeping with a young campaign worker. There was just one problem - it wasn't true. Alexandra Polier traces the origins of the scandal that changed her life Thursday June 3, 2004 The Guardian On the evening of Thursday, February 12, as John Kerry had just chalked up his 12th state-primary win in his quest for the Democratic presidential nomination, I was at a dinner party in Nairobi. Five months earlier, I had quit my job at the Associated Press...

<p>Unsubstantiated bias against Republicans. Polier repeatedly implies the “Republican Attack Machine” (the same RAM that haunts John Kerry in his dreams) helped fuel the sex scandal’s fire. And yet once the reader digs deeper in the story, it becomes obvious that the real perps were probably Wes Clark staffer (and former Kerry-right hand) Chris Lehane and pro-Clark blogger Cameron Barrett. In fact, nary a Republican name is mentioned in the alleged conspiracy. It seems as though little-miss-clips-the-Economist can’t let go of her own personal hatred for Republicans, even though the Grand Old Party had nothing to do with it.</p>

The Education of Alexandra Polier Falsely accused of having an affair with John Kerry, the “intern” sifts through the mud and the people who threw it. On the evening of Thursday, February 12, as John Kerry had just chalked up his twelfth state-primary win in his quest for the Democratic presidential nomination, I was at a dinner party in Nairobi, hosted by my friend Matthew Rosenberg, an Associated Press reporter based in East Africa. The male guests were discussing a recent poker game, while the women sat around trading recipes to give to their cooks. It promised to be your...

On Monday, New York mag will publish a long feature by Alexandra Polier. (Earlier this year, various media outlets claimed that Polier had had an affair with Presidential candidate John Kerry.) After the jump: an excerpt from the story in which Polier interviews -- or, tries to interview -- Brian Flynn of the Brit tabloid The Sun, who was the first to name her. Hot: the stalkee becomes the stalker. [UPDATE: And? There's more Polier excerpt on Wonkette.] Though my name wasn't mentioned in the initial Drudge "exclusive," it made its first appearance in the British tabloid The Sun on...

May 29, 2004 -- WASHINGTON — The woman falsely rumored to have had an affair with John Kerry reveals in a bombshell account to be published next week that she was grilled by Kerry aides who were panicking that the story was about to derail his presidential campaign. Former Kerry intern Alexandra Polier writes in New York magazine that she was "peppered with questions" after her name surfaced in news stories linking her to the Massachusetts senator in February. In the article, Polier even wonders whether one of Kerry's closest advisers thought the candidate may have been lying when he...

Three months ago, Columbia Journalism School grad Alexandra Polier was the target of Internet rumors and media speculation about a supposed extramarital affair (denied by all concerned) with Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Back then, the 27-year-old Polier's photograph was published in papers from New York to London, and she pleaded publicly "that the press respect our privacy and leave all of us alone." But now she's had enough of privacy. Word from Nairobi, Kenya - where Polier has been living with the family of her Israeli fiancé, Yaron Schwartzman - is that she's toiling on an epic essay about...

By choosing to ignore the giant elephant, er, donkey, that Matt Drudge led into America’s living room, the national press once again showed its true stripes. After all, there is far less proof that Bush was AWOL than there is that Kerry had an affair, Alex Polier’s rote denial notwithstanding. Yet, while America was abuzz with the rumor, not one major cable network was willing to spend a moment even questioning its veracity. Instead, shows like "Hardball with Chris Matthews" spent hours rehashing the tired old charges against George W. Bush's military service. While Kerry’s monosyllabic denial of his affair was...

Did he or didn’t he? Get Kerry-ed away and have it off with an intern. It’s either one or the other, and I guess we have to take Alexandra Polier at her word and believe he didn’t. Kerry is one bad dude, and I don’t mean just because he didn’t do it. I mean his lifelong habit of getting a rich woman to pick up the tab. I know I’m being old-fashioned and all that, but I was taught that one marries for love, not money. Mind you, he’s not unique. In the circles I used to run around in,...

Monica Lewinsky has described her feelings of outrage at the furore that has blown up around a woman accused of having an affair with US presidential hopeful Senator John Kerry. Alex Polier, 27, a journalism graduate, has denied being involved with Mr Kerry, a 60-year-old married father-of-two, but her private life has still been the focus of intense speculation, something that has angered Ms Lewinsky. Earlier this week the graduate broke her silence and said: "I have never had a relationship with Senator Kerry, and the rumours in the press are completely false." She added: "Whoever is spreading these rumours...

XXXX DRUDGE RETORT XXXX 14:26:29 EST FEB 19 2004 XXXX Matt Drudge loses advertiser in wake of Kerry blunder! **DRUDGE RETORT EXCLUSIVE** Sound the siren: Matt Drudge has lost a long-time advertiser in the wake of last week's groundless report alleging that Sen. John Kerry had an extramarital affair with a 27-year-old woman. AT&T Wireless has pulled all advertising from the Drudge Report in response to a complaint about its sponsorship of the site. "We care about the places our on-line ads appear, and that site doesn't reflect the values of AT&T Wireless," e-mailed Jeremy Pemble, the company's vice president...

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democratic front-runner in the race for his party's presidential nomination, spoke to CNN anchor Judy Woodruff about his campaign. Excerpted--click for full article.</p> <p>Kerry and young woman deny it; does that put scandal to bed?</p>

The Web is full of articles from around the globe about presidential hopeful John Kerry's alleged two-year affair with a journalist named Alex Polier (see, e.g., google.com), yet none of America's TV networks (except Fox) or mainstream newspapers are reporting about it (except the Washington Times, the New York Post, and the New York Daily News). She is a journalist who apparently fled to Kenya, and her father has reportedly called Kerry a "sleazeball," but the American media is only reporting about George W. Bush's military record more than 30 years ago! What a double standard and a travesty. I...

<p>Some conservatives are angry, but many media watchdogs are praising the way most American news outlets handled 2004's first titillating allegation about a presidential candidate's personal life.</p> <p>The rumor was that Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., might have had an extramarital relationship with a woman. The allegation surfaced Feb. 12 on the Internet and quickly got picked up by some talk radio hosts and foreign news media.</p>

One week ago, Alexandra Polier was just another anonymous 27-year-old New York transplant with a master’s degree in journalism, some Associated Press clips and a network of ambitious friends. But on Feb. 17, when the Daily News and God knows how many other newspapers, television newscasts and Web sites plastered her black-and-white picture, with its knowing, confident gaze, on their covers, b-roll and home pages, Ms. Polier became something else: an instant digital celebrity whom, despite her reluctance to participate in the media circus, she had unwittingly helped create. Forget the speculation about whether Ms. Polier actually had an affair...

Comment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why Kerry should sue the Sun Some of the British media are too happy doing Drudge's dirty work Sidney Blumenthal Thursday February 19, 2004 The Guardian One question remains unanswered about the politically inspired lie that Senator John Kerry had had an affair with an "intern". Which interested source planted it with the rightwing internet hooligan Matt Drudge and with the conservative British newspapers that put it into wide public play? Its timing was fortuitous. Immediately after George Bush went into a tailspin, falling behind the Democratic presidential frontrunner, John Kerry, in the polls, Kerry became the subject...

Columbia grad denies romantic link to Kerry (Skipping the old and cutting straight to the new...) Alexandra Polier's only known ties to Kerry are through a top aide, campaign finance director Peter Maroney. A Columbia University classmate of Polier told The News that Maroney introduced her to Kerry in 2001 at an economic summit in Switzerland. "She met with [Kerry] again when the forum came to New York in 2002," the classmate said. Maroney could not be reached for comment yesterday. A Republican political strategist said Kerry has not been hurt by the fallout. "It looks like it's going away,"...

THE woman linked to married US presidential hopeful John Kerry last night denied they had an affair. Alex Polier, 27, said: "I have never had a relationship with Senator Kerry and the rumours are completely false." Freelance journalist Alex said she had never been an intern for him either. She added: "Whoever is spreading these rumours and allegations does not know me." Right wing website The Drudge Report claimed five days ago that Democrat Kerry had told Alex to leave the country. She is in Kenya staying with her fiance's family.

The woman who could end Senator John Kerry’s chances of becoming president of the United States remained holed up in a Lavington house in Nairobi amid claims that she had confessed her affair to a US TV station. The gate to the house where twenty four-year old Alexandra Polier, who allegedly had a two-year affair with the Senator favoured to clinch the Democratic Party nomination stays, was closed yesterday. Local and international journalists camped at the gate for hours but were denied access to house no 909 on James Gichuru Road, next to the Spring Garden Chinese Restaurant. A guard...

Alexandra Polier, the women at the center of questions surrounding her involvement with Senator John Kerry, apparently posted a provocative profile on a dating website.

On Thursday, Feb. 12, when right-wing supercybergossip Matt Drudge unleashed the gravity-defying headline declaring that Senator John Kerry’s campaign for President was headed for a 27-year-old speed bump named Alexandra Polier, the TV news hordes reacted like Mr. Drudge’s story was the frog-creature that had come crawling out of a fetid swamp. "It belongs where it is, on the Drudge Report, because it’s crap," one NBC reporter spat. Ribbit. For MSNBC senior political analyst Lawrence O’Donnell, that sort of indignation sounded familiar—in fact, it echoed a line from a script he wrote for an upcoming episode of NBC’s The West...

U-Turn in Kerry sex row From BRIAN FLYNN in New York THE father of the woman said to have had an affair with US Presidential hopeful John Kerry has made a dramatic U-turn. Terry Polier pledged to vote for the super-rich Democrat after daughter Alex, 27, publicly insisted she had not had a fling with him. Yet just four days ago, Terry branded Kerry, 60, a “sleazeball” and said he and wife Donna would NEVER support him. He said: “I know my wife will not be voting for Mr Kerry, let’s put it that way. “Two years ago he was...

Wednesday, February 18, 2004 Kerry's alleged lover leaves fiance home Standard Correspondent A woman at the centre of rumours involving United States presidential hopeful Senator John Kerry has reportedly left her fiance's home in Lavington, Nairobi. According to a worker at the house, Alexandra Polier, 24, left the house, number 909 on James Gichuru Road on Sunday night to avoid media attention. On Monday, she denied the allegations linking her to Kerry. In a statement, she termed information circulating on the Internet and tabloids as false and rumours. "I have never had a relationship with Senator Kerry, and the rumours...

Caption this photo from the KERRY WEBSITE of these female Kerry volunteers. See if you can guess who the mystery woman is. In case the Kerry Website takes down this photo, I already downloaded it to my computer. "I hereby deny that the picture of me in the lower left...is me."

Woman in Kerry 'sex scandal' breaks silence to deny affair ... Reports of an alleged extra-marital affair concerning Mr Kerry, whose wife, Teresa, is heiress to the Heinz ketchup fortune, first appeared last Thursday on ...

The woman at the center of unsubstantiated rumors that Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts had an extramarital affair released a statement on Monday in which she denied any romantic involvement with him. "I have never had a relationship with Senator Kerry, and the rumors in the press are completely false," the woman, Alexandra Polier, 27, said in the statement. "Whoever is spreading these rumors and allegations does not know me, but should know the pain they have caused me and my family."

<p>NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A woman who has been the subject of rumors linking her to Sen. John Kerry denied yesterday that she ever had an affair with the Democratic presidential candidate.</p> <p>Breaking her silence four days after the accusations surfaced on the Internet, Alexandra Polier issued a statement to the Associated Press saying, "I have never had a relationship with Senator Kerry, and the rumors in the press are completely false."</p>

ELECTION 2004Woman denies affair with KerryPolier's parents now vow to vote for senator they called 'sleazeball' Posted: February 16, 20043:00 p.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com The woman with whom Sen. John Kerry is alleged to have had an affair broke four days of silence today, saying the rumors are false. In a statement released to the Associated Press, Alex Polier said, "I have never had a relationship with Senator Kerry, and the rumors in the press are completely false." Alex Polier (photo: London Telegraph) In another statement, released by her parents, Terry and Donna Polier of Malvern, Pa., the Poliers portray a...

<p>February 17, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - The young woman at the center of rumors linking her to John Kerry broke her silence yesterday to deny she had an affair with the married Democratic front-runner. "I have never had a relationship with Sen. Kerry and the rumors in the press are completely false," Alexandra Polier, 27, said in a statement issued to The Associated Press in Nairobi, Kenya, where she is staying.</p>

During Monday's program, I posed some questions about Alex Polier, the woman now denying any affair with John F. Kerry: When did she leave the United States? Who made her reservations? Who paid for her ticket? How long will she be gone? How is she earning a living? How long has she been engaged? Why did she tape an interview with an American network before she left? Who set that up? What about her medical records and dental records? Could we maybe see those? Why did the father say Kerry's a "sleazeball," on Friday, and now is going to vote...

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 Kerry lover holed up in city house By Nixon Ng'ang'a The woman who could end Senator John Kerry's chances of becoming president of the United States remained holed up in a Lavington house in Nairobi amid claims that she had confessed her affair to a US TV station. The gate to the house where twenty four-year old Alexandra Polier, who allegedly had a two-year affair with the Senator favoured to clinch the Democratic Party nomination stays, was closed yesterday. Local and international journalists camped at the gate for hours but were denied access to house no...

<p>A woman at the center of John Kerry intrigue dated longtime Kerry Finance Director Peter Maroney, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.</p> <p>When pressed by media outlets in recent week, the Kerry campaign confirmed the relationship, according to top sources.</p> <p>Alex Polier on Monday denied "Internet and tabloid rumors relating to me and Senator John Kerry."</p>

With Alexandra Polier's denial on the record, it just raises more questions than it supplies answers. Why did her father call Kerry a sleazeball and THEN say he'd be voting for Kerry? Why did the parents have to say they'd be voting for Kerry? The issue was NOT who'd they vote for, but wheter Kerry's a sleazeball. Was she threatened? Were parents pressured? What WAS/IS the relationship between Kerry and Polier? How many times did they meet? Socially? Politically? Alone? Where was Teresa at the time? I don't know and I don't have all the facts. It's time for John...

NAIROBI, Kenya - A woman who has been the subject of rumors linking her to Sen. John Kerry denied Monday that she ever had an affair with the Democratic presidential candidate. Breaking her silence four days after the allegations surfaced on the Internet, Alexandra Polier issued a statement to The Associated Press, saying, "I have never had a relationship with Senator Kerry, and the rumors in the press are completely false." Kerry already has denied reports that he had an extramarital affair. On Monday, his campaign said he would have no further comment. Polier's statement was released to the AP...

<p>"For the last several days I have seen Internet and tabloid rumors relating to me and Senator John Kerry. Because these stories were false, I assumed the media would ignore them. It seems that efforts to peddle these lies continue, so I feel compelled to address them. I have never had a relationship with Senator Kerry, and the rumors in the press are completely false. Whoever is spreading these rumors and allegations does not know me, but should know the pain they have caused me and my family. I am in Kenya with my fiance visiting his family, and we ask that the press respect our privacy and leave all of us alone."</p>

ALEX POLIER IS MAKING A STATEMENT TO AP JOURNALIST ADMITTING MET KERRY BUT NEVER SLEPT WITH HIM -- RUNNING SOON

<p>The story is being shushed around the family dinner table &#8212; and in newspaper city rooms &#8212; but all the neighbors are talking about it.</p> <p>What the neighbors are talking about are rumors of marital infidelity by Democratic White House front-runner John Kerry, and they have learned about them from the Internet, talk radio and the foreign press.</p>

The name of the intern Democratic presidential front-runner Sen. John F. Kerry (D-MA) allegedly had a two-year extramarital affair with beginning in Spring 2001 surfaced over the weekend. The Telegraph UK reported on Sunday that the name of the Kerry's intern is 27-year old journalist Alexandra Polier. "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." 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...

KERYY INTERN AFFAIR!This won't go away. What happened is much nastier than is being reported' By Adrian Blomfeld in Nairobi and Andrew Alderson (Filed: 15/02/2004) Alex Polier, the twenty-four year old journalist who could end Senator John Kerry's hopes of becoming the next president of the United States is alleged to have had a two-year affair with the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. Last night the rumours were in danger of becoming a full-blown scandal. Alex Polier, 24, is alleged to have had an affair with John Kerry "This is not going to go away," one American friend of Miss...

John Kerry's Intern Eruption The Year of the Skunk February 15, 2004 by Barbara J. Stock It’s the Chinese year of the Monkey and I guess that means something if you are Chinese.  I’m not Chinese so I suggest that 2004 be the year of the Skunk.  When you look at a skunk, it appears cute, even pretty with its black and white fur and that cute little nose and button eyes.  Of course, if you threaten one, you are rudely introduced to the business end of this fluffy, adorable little creature and it’s an encounter you will never forget. ...

Kerry: intern's TV confessionFrom David Gardner in Washington femail.co.uk - 16th February 2004 A woman who claims she had an affair with presidential hopeful John Kerry has taped a kiss-and-tell interview with a U.S. TV network, it was revealed last night. The news is the latest blow to hit John Kerry, the 60-year-old senator who is expected to be George Bush's Democrat challenger for the White House in November. Former Washington intern Alex Polier, a 24-year-old journalist, is said to have recorded the potentially explosive interview over Christmas. The network is reportedly sitting on the tape while it carries out...

Once again Matt Drudge has run across a Democrat shocker. Once more, the mainstream media seems to be ignoring it. Will this one turn out to be as true as the Monica Lewinsky story? If it does, all hell is going to break loose inside the Democratic Party, and once again proof of Leftwing media bias will emerge....(Snip) It is certain that the networks and America’s large news organizations, including the press services and newspapers like the New York Times and the Washington Post, have been suppressing this story, defending such suppression on the basis that there is no “smoking...

A global media scrum descended on the Chester County suburb of Malvern yesterday because of a furor over a rumored romantic link between a 1995 Great Valley High School grad and presidential hopeful John Kerry. Despite the frenzy, little information was forthcoming yesterday, and there was no confirmation of any relationship between Kerry and the woman. Several news trucks and assorted gawkers loitered outside the home of the parents of 27-year-old Alexandra Polier after her dad was quoted in a British tabloid that Kerry was "a sleazeball" who'd shown an interest in his daughter. Polier, who was a cross-country star...

The young intern at the centre of a furore involving United States presidential hopeful John Kerry is hiding out in Kenya. Alex Polier, 24, has been in the country for the past few weeks visiting her fiancee, Mr Yaron Schwartzman, who works with FilmStudios, along Nairobi's Ngong Road. Ms Polier, who could end Senator John Kerry's hopes of becoming the next president of the United States, is alleged to have had a two-year affair with the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. "This is not going to go away," one American friend of Ms Polier said yesterday. "What actually happened is...

The young woman at the centre of the sex scandal allegations against presidential hopeful John Kerry has recorded a tell-all interview for an American TV station. Reporter Alexandra Polier is said to have given the interview with a major US network before Christmas - but the channel has held back from showing it until it can verify that her claims are true. It was reported last week that the TV news division of ABC was investigating the 27-year-old's alleged relationship with Senator Kerry, who is said to have pestered her to join his campaign team. The channel has refused to...

Ignore the hand-wringing of those earnest American "presidential scholars" lamenting how Senator John Kerry is being subjected to disgraceful internet smears over a supposed liaison with a woman less than half his age. Forget the complaints that President Bush has been viciously targeted by a partisan liberal American media fighting old battles over a 30-year-old Vietnam draft record. This year's US presidential election is getting dirty precisely because it is getting serious, and the rest of us should be celebrating because we are in for a classic spectacle. Appearances are always misleading at this stage of the election process, so...

BRING IT ON Feb 14 2004 Kerry: I'm not worried about claims of affair From Anthony Harwood, US Editor PRESIDENTAL hopeful John Kerry yesterday rubbished claims he had an affair with an intern - and vowed to "fight back" against smears. And he accused the Bush campaign of doing "anything" it could to deflect from the president's poor showing in the polls. Kerry, 60, was accused on a right-wing website of a relationship with journalist Alex Polier. NOTHING TO HIDE: Kerry There is no evidence they had an affair but her father, Terry, 56, has branded Kerry, dubbed the new...

SO FAR unscathed by rumours of a two-year-long affair with a 24-year-old journalist, the United States senator John Kerry could be just 24 hours away from sealing victory for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. His crushing victories in the Nevada and Washington DC caucuses on Saturday, have tightened his grip on the nomination. Tomorrow’s primary in Wisconsin may be the last realistic chance Senator John Edwards and Howard Dean have of stopping his march to victory. It is likely that only a major crisis or embarrassment can now prevent Mr Kerry from winning the right to challenge George Bush this...

Matt just flashed that the Kerry campaign will say that if this girl, Alex Polier comes forward, they will say it was not Kerry but one of his "right hand" men!!!!! Slime alert!!!!

THE beauty said to have had a fling with presidential hopeful John Kerry has recorded a bombshell tell-all interview. Journalist Alex Polier taped a talk with a US TV network at Christmas. The former Washington intern, 27, told all about an alleged fling with the 60-year-old super-rich senator in spring 2001. The channel is sitting on the tape until it has enough evidence to back her story. If the sex claims are true, they would shatter his White House hopes. Kerry, a married dad of two, has denied the fling. But Alex told pals she fled to Kenya on his...