The Art of Politics

Weekend At Bernie's

If someone invented Bernard Kerik's shenanigans, nobody would believe them...

Abortive nominee for DHS Secretary Bernard Kerik is enjoying an avalanche of salacious detail in his hometown papers, something he richly deserves for asking the Bush Administration to walk out onto the plank with him.

Having copped a plea to numerous adulterous affairs, Kerik is immolating any potential public career in full view. Apparently, the only people who didn't know that Kerik had more dirty laundry than a roadside hourly motel was the White House.

And what a touch of class Judith Regan turned out to be - witness this bit of white trash opera:

Months into the affair, Regan got a call at her office from Kerik's other mistress, correction officer Jeanette Pinero. Until then, Regan didn't know Pinero existed.

Pinero had found a love letter from Regan in the swinging bachelor pad Kerik kept in Battery Park City, and wanted Regan to know she'd been Kerik's lover for a decade.

Fiery Judith shot back, "I don't feel as f---ed as I did before you called. You're more pathetic than I am."

While Regan is said to have "flipped out" over the call ? "She's very territorial: 'What's mine is mine. What's yours is mine,' " ? it did not kill things entirely.

Then less than a month later, she learned Kerik's wife was pregnant.

"She did the math," said a pal.

Did the math? Kerik apparently was laying more pipe around New York City than the 214th Local Union, but that didn't end it for Judith. But he was still sleeping with his wife - how gauche! She did the math on that...

This is the last time anyone takes a job reference from Rudy Giuliaini at face value, let me tell ya...

Posted by MEC2 at December 15, 2004 09:59 PM