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Is This Vanessa Kerry's New Boyfriend? The whispering on the street is that Ben Affleck, who has been gushing over both Kerry sisters all week during the Democratic National Convention in Boston, has his eye on one of them in particular: blonde-haired Vanessa. Knight Ridder Newspapers reports that at a party for GQ editor Jim Nelson in Boston, Vanessa Kerry and Affleck were spotted whispering, giggling, and touching each other affectionately. In addition, Affleck wrote in the September issue Harper's Bazaar that he finds Vanessa "absurdly beautiful" and compared her to a "Nordic milkman's daughter, with her flaxen hair." But...

Memo to Alexandra Kerry: Next Time Try Underwear! Those Kerry daughters! What will they do next to help their dad’s campaign? Back in March, 27-year-old Vanessa Kerry, weighing in on foreign policy, opined out of nowhere that George W. Bush had orchestrated the ouster of Haitian former president/Marxist dictator Jean-Bertrande Aristide. (Her father loyally backed her up, saying he’d heard the same thing from "a very close friend in Massachusetts who talked directly to people who have made that allegation." Oh really? Only double hearsay, as The Free Republic noted.) Vanessa, by the way, is in charge of the "youthquake"...

Okay, so John Kerry was on MTV. Big deal--it further illustrated how out of touch with reality he is. But as I was perusing the transcipt, I saw a link to a talk they had with his daughter, Vanessa. Contained in her "brilliance" was the following: "More young people voted in '92 for Clinton than we saw since when [John F.] Kennedy was elected. " So I got to thinking...when exactly was the 26th amendment passed (setting the voting age at 18). It was no surprise that it was in 1971, ELEVEN YEARS after Kennedy was elected. Now, I dunno,...

<p>Taking a page from her father's campaign playbook, a daughter of Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry on Monday criticized the Bush administration for its handling of the crisis in Haiti.</p> <p>"I believe this administration just helped overthrow, basically overthrow, a democratically elected president," Vanessa Kerry, 26, said during a campaign stop at Stony Brook University. "We basically, in our silence, allowed him to be deposed."</p>

<p>FRISKY First Daughter Barbara Bush put on a belly-dancing show at Chelsea hot spot Viscaya early yesterday while imitating the undulating tummy of a sword-twirling Japanese dancer named Yoko. Bush jumped up and joined Yoko at the socialite-studded after-party for Jennifer Nicholson's fashion show, prompting partygoers to throw flowers and hundreds of dollars in cash at the feet of Bush and Yoko. Commenting on the trays of margaritas and Veuve Clicquot champagne delivered to Bush's table before her gutsy performance, one wag quipped, "I hope the Secret Service is driving her home." Socialites Amanda Hearst, Elisabeth Kieselstein-Cord and Tinsley Mortimer hosted the "Magic Carpet Ride"-themed bash and post-show supper at adjoining restaurant Sette. The glammy guests included Ivanka Trump (hand-in-hand with Q-Tip heir and "Born Rich" director Jamie Johnson), Muffie-Potter Aston, Somers Farkas, Kimberly Stewart and Robert De Niro's ex-wife, Grace Hightower. Nicholson, the thirtysomething designer daughter of Jack Nicholson, also showed off her boy toy, 24-year-old Warren Hode, the sole male model in her show.</p>