Reply #18: People can trash the source all the want (edited with link)

[AtomicKitten]

but if this rumor is being floated by the HRC camp, it is the most insidious of cheese with the insinuation they've got "the dirt" and then trying to claim the high ground by not naming it specifically.

This is precisely what they tried to do to John Kerry in 2004 with the allegation that he was having an affair. I recall Wes Clark saying at a rally that something big was going to come out and take down the Kerry campaign.

It's an insidiously disgusting propaganda campaign.

edited for link: http://www.watchblog.com/thirdparty/archives/000780.html

February 06, 2004
Rumor: A Kerry Affair & Push Polling

Rumor has it that John Kerry (D) is going to be outed by Time Magazine next week for having an affair with a 20 year old woman who remains unknown. The affair supposedly took place intermittently right up to Kerry’s Fall 2002 announcement of candidacy. At present, this is nothing more than a rumor; and after such sordid tactics as the “push polling” that took place in South Carolina in the 2000 elections, can such rumors be credible during campaign cycles? Could this create a Democratic backlash against Republicans for perceived scandalmongering?

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It's funny that you are sitting there whining about this rumor has been created by the Republicans. This rumor was created by Wes Clark saying off the record to 12 reporters that Sen Kerry has an intern problem. For anyone who doesn't know, Clark is Clinton's boy. Why would the Clintons benefit from Kerry imploding? I can answer that in one sentence……Hillary in 2008. The Clintons for 8 years acted only with there own interests at heart, not there party and certainly not the country. I fail to see why anyone should be surprised at this.