From BRIAN FLYNN in New York
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004071162,00.html
PRESIDENTIAL hopeful John Kerry was branded a “sleazeball†last night by the parents of a young woman he allegedly tried to woo.
Alex Polier, 24, was named as the woman at the centre of a scandal that threatens to damage Democrat Kerry’s bid for the White House.
Her mother Donna claims Kerry, 60 — dubbed the new JFK — once chased Alex to be on his campaign team and was “after herâ€.
There is no evidence the pair had an affair, but her father Terry, 56, said: “I think he’s a sleazeball. I did kind of wonder if my daughter didn’t get that kind of feeling herself.
“He’s not the sort of guy I would choose to be with my daughter.â€
Terry, of Malvern, Pennsylvania, added: “John Kerry called my daughter and invited her down to Washington two or three years ago.
“He invited her to be on his re-election committee. She talked to him and decided against it.â€
Kerry is on the verge of sealing the Democratic nomination to take on George Bush in November.
The scandal broke yesterday on the Drudge Report website — which revealed President Bill Clinton’s affair with intern Monica Lewinsky.
One of Kerry’s former rivals, General Wesley Clark, told reporters earlier this week that Kerry’s campaign would “implode†over the issue.
Another Kerry rival, Howard Dean, has reversed his decision to quit the race because of the scandal.
Twice-married Kerry, a senator from Massachusetts, was last night believed to be relaxing with his wife Teresa, a Heinz heiress with a £350million fortune.
After his first marriage and before his second the Vietnam hero was a well-known playboy with TV star girlfriends.
Journalist Alex was in Kenya last night refusing to comment.
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