Little detail has emerged regarding the alleged Kerry scandal. It is interesting to note that major American media outlets, notably the New York Times and the Washington Post, have nothing to say on the subject, while British media sources have begun digging into the controversy. The Sun published an article this morning that identifies the woman as Alex Polier, age 24, and quotes her father calling Kerry a "sleazeball".
Referring to the scandal on the Don Imus radio program this morning, Kerry said, "Well, there is nothing to report, so there is nothing to talk about. I'm not worried about it." Parse this statement carefully (after all we do live in the post-Clinton era) and you will find that while it sounds like a denial, it denies nothing.
There is still an insufficiency of facts and it is premature to draw conclusions. If the rumors of Kerry having an adulterous affair with an intern prove true, however, one hopes that the Democrat party will spare America the ordeal of another pants-around-his-knees President whose every sentence requires parsing.
Posted by publius at February 13, 2004 04:09 PM