John (F)ilanderer Kerry??!!

Drudge has apparently got the scoop.

Stand by for spin.

UPDATE: Blogosphere chock full of references to this... Mainstream media quiet, as of now. Reynolds has posts up here, here, and a darkly funny one here.

Andrew Sullivan has links, including one I think I agree with completely here, although he follows that up with this.

I am hoping, for Kerry's wife's sake, that this is not true. In fact, I'm hoping for the sake of the country, that this isn't true.

There are important things going on in the world that ought to be debated in a decent way, and out of those debates, one would hope a clear choice would emerge.

Instead, we're likely to be diverted.

FURTHER UPDATE: Want more links, go here.

Comments

[Mike]

Okay, while I have heard bits of whisperings of rumors that there may be some sort of sexual spice in candidate Kerry's personal life, I have not bothered to follow up on those bits and find out more. Nor would I, if the target of such rumors were candidate and current President Bush, bother to pay any attention to such brain popcorn for the feeble-minded.
Primarily, and maybe this is just me, but this sort of information is, as I mentioned in the first line, PERSONAL (!). I do not really give a rat's a-- who is doing who, when, where, or how, as long as they earn their paycheck. I am not a Bush guy at all, but I do believe that he is earning his paycheck- even if only, at times, marginally. I, and probably many other people here, on occasion have been known to phone in my work efforts, or have even not lived up 100% to even my own standards; which are, of course, ideals to be striven for: not absolute criteria for evaluation. Should we, or at least I, kill our- or myself when I don't live up to ideals?
Does marital infidelity or other personally anomalous behavior detract from, or should it be considered when accessing one's ability to do a job, or the results of their efforts?
Yes, yes, I am certain that there are many, maybe even a majority of Americans, who live morally upright lives; pay their taxes, love and support the efforts of minorities to become part of the great American melting pot, contribute to charity, read books, and nurture their young, and so on.
However, it seems that most of these people are WAY too busy to run for public office, or perhaps too good to attract enough voters to win an election. We are, many of us at least, flawed human beings, and those who aspire to public office are representative of the electorate.
I would rather hear breaking news about a candidate's views on the economy, law enforcement, equality, education, or some such thing than what soda they drink, what car they drive, how much their home cost, or what PERSONAL relationships they are involved in on their own time.