Yeah, I wouldn't get too happy either if I were you. Remember where all the carping about Clinton got him ? That's right, two full terms ! The U.S. public must be getting a little tired of sex scandals. What does the bible say " let he without sin cast the first stone" or something.

I think a sex scandal is still a dealbreaker with the American people, but we'll see. Clinton's sex scandals were denied before he was elected and then the Monica thing hit in his second term. There was no occasion to re-elect him and he was impeached by the House. It is still a really big deal here.
I maintain that Kerry is an easier opponent than Edwards and even easier than Dean. Kerry has no fire and the other two do have some. I can't help but wish it was Edwards having the scandal. Oh well. :-)

I think this looming/alleged scandal may just be the charisma injection that Kerry needs. (well, okay I speculatively hope that it will be).
Dean a good candidate ? I thought that you were having a laugh there, and bought into the Republican wanting a weak Democrat theory. But then again, I guess if you rate GW, the Dean must seem okay (-:

I'm sure he's never even heard of that woman, like he's never even heard of Botox.

Sex scandals a deal killer ? That's odd. I thought Mayor Rudy was popular despite his past relations with Judith Nathan and his messy divorces. Bill Clinton won the Democratic primary despite Gennifer Flowers in 1992. The election after the Lewinski story broke saw big Democratic gains. Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson and Grover Cleveland all won two terms despite sex scandals. Granted, there is Gary Hart who dropped out of the race when news of Donna Rice hit. Same with Nelson Rockefeller who impregnated another man's wife, divorced his wife and married the new mother of his child. But on the whole, sex scandals are not "deal killers."

The media has not picked up the story. Why should they ? Drudge is offering hearsay and anonymous sources. That worked once with Monica of course. But Drudge has been wrong before. Sidney Blumenthal as wife beater for example. That was loathsome and slanderous.

It's funny, a lot of the same conservatives at National Review who were embracing the Drudge story, never bothered to comment on these anoymous sources. Yet the same people were complaning about the anoynmous bloggers who launch personal attacks. Ah, partisan hypocrisy.

Then there is the timing. W. is under more personal scrutiny now then he has been since the election. Nobody should care about the national guard story but then W. did play dress up fly boy on the aircraft carrier. Mission Accomplished. Andrew Sullivan called it the biggest political flop in some time and it turns out he was right. If W. wanted "gunpowder glory," he should have been prepared to have his record examined. The timing seems bad as salon.com notes and that may be why the story is not gaining attention.

Then there is Clark. Drudge claims Clark said this was a story and it would make Kerry implode. OK. But now Clark is endorsing Kerry. Kind of odd.

The American people rejected calculated mud jobs. They rejected the last ditch W. drunk driver story. They seem to be rejecting this one.

And America is no longer in 1998. This is no ordinary time. The stars and charts that have guided us in the past can not help us right now. Americans must ponder the world and our own security like never before. The question we care about is not which political leader is sleeping with who (unless JLO is involved). We care about other issues.

Still no WMDs in Iraq. An intelligence scandal seems to be looming. Iraq is unstable and there is no sign of any American withdrawl soon. Osama is still on the loose. The economy is better but the job market is not. Defecits and the national debt are increasing. The right is growling about Bush's increase of the governmet, his immigration policy and even his support of the NEA. Republican partisans should have enough things to focus on then John Kerry's personal life.

Bravo, Von Bek. That's everything I wanted to say and more!! But I'm commenting, so: DITTO!!!

This doesn't surprise me at all:

When I went to school in Boston in the mid 80's Kerry was a fixture on my campus (at foot of Beacon Hill). He was always coming by to hit on our undergrads, grads, teachers, etc.. He was single at the time (and Dukakis' Lt. Governor, not Senator), but once a dog always a dog. Nobody knows that better than me!

Woof!

Hmmm.... "Once a dog always a dog".
therefore . . .
"once an alcohol abuser always an alcohol abuser"
"once an abortion funder always an abortion funder"
"once a draft-dodger always a draft-dodger"
"once a cocaine user always a cocaine user"

Hey, this is fun!

Also fun is how the always objective and impartial Karol translates rumors from Drudge into "Oh yea, there's an intern". Because it must be true. Oh, yeah.

I actually agree with the bitter leftist:

"once an alcohol abuser always an alcohol abuser"

Yes Bush abused alcohol. You can't turn the clock back so that applies. Rick is a beastialist so he's always a beastialist. In neither case does it mean they still do the action.

"once an abortion funder always an abortion funder"
"once a draft-dodger always a draft-dodger"
"once a cocaine user always a cocaine user"

All these certainly apply to your hero Clinton. In the draft dodger example, current actions are irrelevant since the issue (wartime eligibility) no longer exists.

Sorry, you lose again. Sucks to be you.

RR, I can only assume that abortion is illegal in the state that you were born, as you are best damn argument in favour of abortion that I have ever come across.

Cue an oh so witty posting involving some sort of anal sexual act (that you quite clearly have some sort of fixation about). Posting may be done under the cover of someone elses name.

Don't be so quick to wish an abortion on me. I was almost your father except the guy in front of me had the right change.

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