1. AP 2004 Story re Obama - Political News Version - 771 Words
Illinois Senate candidate Jack Ryan dropped out of the race Friday amid a furor over lurid sex club allegations that horrified fellow Republicans and caused his once-promising candidacy to im-plode in four short days.
"It's clear to me that a vigorous debate on the issues most likely could not take place if I remain in the race," Ryan, 44, said in a statement. "What would take place, rather, is a brutal, scorched-earth campaign - the kind of campaign that has turned off so many voters, the kind of politics I re-fuse to play."
The campaign began to come apart Monday following the release of embarrassing records from Ryan's divorce. In those records, his ex-wife, "Boston Public" actress Jeri Ryan, said Ryan took her to kinky sex clubs in Paris, New York and New Orleans and tried to get her to perform sex acts with him while others watched.
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2. AP 2004 Story - National Political News Version - 768 Words
Illinois Senate candidate Jack Ryan dropped out of the race Friday amid a furor over lurid sex
club allegations that horrified fellow Republicans and caused his once-promising candidacy to implode
in four short days.
"It's clear to me that a vigorous debate on the issues most likely could not take place if I remain
in the race," Ryan, 44, said in a statement. "What would take place, rather, is a brutal, scorchedearth
campaign - the kind of campaign that has turned off so many voters, the kind of politics I refuse
to play."
The campaign began to come apart Monday following the release of embarrassing records from
Ryan's divorce. In those records, his ex-wife, "Boston Public" actress Jeri Ryan, said Ryan took her
to kinky sex clubs in Paris, New York and New Orleans and tried to get her to perform sex acts with
him while others watched.
Ryan disputed the allegations, saying he and his wife went to one "avant-garde" club in Paris
and left because they felt uncomfortable.
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3. AP 2004 Story re Obama - International/Africa Distribution Version - 508 Words
U.S. Senate candidate Jack Ryan dropped out of the race Friday amid a furor over lurid sex club
allegations that horrified fellow Republicans and caused his once-promising campaign to implode in
four short days.
The campaign began to come apart Monday following the release of embarrassing records from
Ryan's divorce. In those records, his ex-wife, "Boston Public" and former "Star Trek: Voyager" actress
Jeri Ryan, said Ryan took her to kinky sex clubs in Paris, New York and New Orleans and
tried to get her to perform sex acts with him while others watched.
Ryan disputed the allegations, saying he and his wife went to one "avant-garde" club in Paris
and left because they felt uncomfortable.
"It's clear to me that a vigorous debate on the issues most likely could not take place if I remain
in the race," Ryan, 44, said in a statement. "What would take place, rather, is a brutal, scorchedearth
campaign - the kind of campaign that has turned off so many voters, the kind of politics I refuse
to play."
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