New York, Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Woman denies
rumors of affair with Kerry  David
Irving comments: A CORRESPONDENT writes:
"Here's a different spin on the same story
you brought out. Yours is more juicy but
which is true? God only knows. But if I
have to choose between Kerry and Bush, I
will pick Kerry any day."
I reply: "I
agree, better a heterosexual male in the
White House than a post-alcholic
bloodthirsty draft dodger who gags on a
pretzel."
More than one
correspondent has commented on the curious
similiarity of the Alex Polier case
with the Monica Lewinsky affair:
Both look like a Zionist family entrapping
a statesman who could be hostile to their
cause. But that would mean a family
willingly sacrificing the honour of their
daughter, which is unthinkable.  |
By MATTHEW ROSENBERG
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 in
Nairobi, where the 27-year-old freelance journalist
is visiting the parents of her fiance, Yaron
Schwartzman, an Israeli who was raised in
Kenya. She previously worked as an editorial assistant
for the AP in New York. "Whoever is spreading these rumors and
allegations does not know me," Polier said,
appealing to the media to respect her privacy and
the privacy of her fiance and his family. Polier also took issue with reports that
referred to her as a former Kerry intern. "I never interned or worked for John Kerry," she
told the AP over the phone. In a separate statement, Polier's parents,
Terry and Donna Polier of Malvern, Pa.,
dismissed the "completely false and
unsubstantiated" allegations about their
daughter. "We love and support her 100 percent, and these
unfounded rumors are hurtful to our entire family,"
the statement said. "We appreciate the way Senator
Kerry has handled the situation, and intend on
voting for him for president of the United
States."  The
statement did not address purported quotes by
Polier's parents in the British tabloid The
Sun that were harshly critical of Kerry.
Kerry has won 14 of 16 Democratic primaries and
caucuses, and is expected to be the Democratic
challenger to President Bush in
November. Rumors of a relationship between Kerry and
Polier first appeared Thursday on the Internet and
were picked up by newspapers in several countries
outside the United States. Few U.S. publications
printed her name, however. Asked Friday about the reports, Kerry told
reporters: "I just deny it categorically. It's
rumor. It's untrue. And that's the last time I
intend" to respond to questions about it. Regarding her silence until now, Polier said,
"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." By Monday, reporters and photographers were
camped outside the Schwartzmans' Nairobi home, and
at one point pursued the car of Yaron's mother,
 Hannah
Schwartzman, as she left the walled
compound. Polier and Yaron Schwartzman met at Clark
University, in Worcester, Mass. Polier graduated
from Clark in 1999. She received her master's in
journalism from Columbia in 2002. They arrived in
Kenya last October.  
Allegations
about John Kerry's private
life
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Family
history revealed: "Changed their name from
Kohn... 'It's an American
story'"
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Daily
Telegraph: "This
won't go away. What happened is much nastier
than is being
reported"
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