Behind McCain, Outsider in Capital Wanting Back In

[Nonno]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/us...in&oref=slogin

Cindy McCain was new to Washington and not yet 30 when she arrived at a luncheon for Congressional spouses to discover a problem with her name tag.It read “Carol McCain.” That was the well-liked wife John McCain had left to marry Cindy, to the disapproval of many in Washington.

Fearing that the slight was intentional, she slinked to a half-empty table that never filled. “No one wanted to sit at her table,“ said Barbara Ross, a friend who was not surprised when Mrs. McCain announced a few months later that she was moving back to Arizona. “It was like high school.”

Cindy McCain, the wife of the Republican presidential nominee, has spent the last year pursuing a return to Washington: “a harsh town” that does not suit her, she has said.

Mrs. McCain, 54, describes herself as her husband’s best friend, though for the last two decades they have mostly lived apart, she in Arizona, he in Washington. She initially seemed like an ideal political partner, giving Mr. McCain a home state, money and contacts that jump-started his career.

But as the years passed, she also became a liability at times. She played a role in the Keating Five savings-and-loan scandal, and just as her husband was rehabilitating his reputation, she was caught stealing drugs from her nonprofit organization to feed her addiction to painkillers. She has a fortune that sets the McCains apart from most other Americans, a problem in a presidential race that hinges on economic anxieties. She can be imprecise: she has repeatedly called herself an only child, for instance, even though she has two half-siblings, and has provided varying details about a 1994 mercy mission to Rwanda.

[Go G-Men]

Originally Posted by Nonno

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/us...in&oref=slogin

Cindy McCain was new to Washington and not yet 30 when she arrived at a luncheon for Congressional spouses to discover a problem with her name tag.It read “Carol McCain.” That was the well-liked wife John McCain had left to marry Cindy, to the disapproval of many in Washington.

Fearing that the slight was intentional, she slinked to a half-empty table that never filled. “No one wanted to sit at her table,“ said Barbara Ross, a friend who was not surprised when Mrs. McCain announced a few months later that she was moving back to Arizona. “It was like high school.”

Cindy McCain, the wife of the Republican presidential nominee, has spent the last year pursuing a return to Washington: “a harsh town” that does not suit her, she has said.

Mrs. McCain, 54, describes herself as her husband’s best friend, though for the last two decades they have mostly lived apart, she in Arizona, he in Washington. She initially seemed like an ideal political partner, giving Mr. McCain a home state, money and contacts that jump-started his career.

But as the years passed, she also became a liability at times. She played a role in the Keating Five savings-and-loan scandal, and just as her husband was rehabilitating his reputation, she was caught stealing drugs from her nonprofit organization to feed her addiction to painkillers. She has a fortune that sets the McCains apart from most other Americans, a problem in a presidential race that hinges on economic anxieties. She can be imprecise: she has repeatedly called herself an only child, for instance, even though she has two half-siblings, and has provided varying details about a 1994 mercy mission to Rwanda.

You know one of your left leaning buddies was complaining earlier in another thread about Republican smear campaigns...

May you and he should talk that over...

You seem to like to go after the women in this election.. Maybe that is the way you are... Picking on woman to make you feel more like a man!!!

[ImnoMensa]

Nice hit piece. Written by a couple of real sweethearts.

[Bann (Premo)]

Oh, yeah - the requisite hit piece on Cindy McCain that Bruzilla kept warning us was coming to ruin her.

:lookingaround: Now, just where did I put that hit piece on Michelle Obama that the NYTimes did? :lookingunderstuff: I'm sure I saw it around here someplace.

[Go G-Men]

Originally Posted by Bann

Oh, yeah - the requisite hit piece on Cindy McCain that Bruzilla kept warning us was coming to ruin her.

:lookingaround: Now, just where did I put that hit piece on Michelle Obama that the NYTimes did? :lookingunderstuff: I'm sure I saw it around here someplace.

Be careful using the word "hit" and "Obama" in the same sentence.. The might be listening and think you meant something else!!

[backagain39]

Michelle Obama gets paid a fortune for her *charity* work while Cindy McCain uses her own wealth for many charity organizations in this country and abroad............

There is no comparison..................

[Sonsie]

“You have not tried to find Barack Obama’s drug dealer”

Gloves are off ….Big Time!!! Look for blood on the floor!! Mrs. McCain’s lawyer fires off a letter to the New York Times! See the letter to Keller of the New York Times below:

Subject: RE: Politico: Cindy’s lawyer to NYT: “You have not tried to find Barack Obama’s drug dealer…”

(snip)

It is worth noting that you have not employed your investigative assets looking into Michelle Obama. You have not tried to find Barack Obama’s drug dealer that he wrote about in his book, Dreams of My Father. Nor have you interviewed his poor relatives in Kenya and determined why Barack Obama has not rescued them. Thus, there is a terrific lack of balance here.

I suggest to you that none of these subjects on either side are worthy of the energy and resources of The New York Times. They are cruel hit pieces designed to injure people that only the worst rag would investigate and publish. I know you and your colleagues are always preaching about raising the level of civil discourse in our political campaigns. I think taking some your own medicine is in order here. LINK

[Bann (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Go G-Men

Be careful using the word "hit" and "Obama" in the same sentence.. The might be listening and think you meant something else!!

[Bann (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Go G-Men

Be careful using the word "hit" and "Obama" in the same sentence.. The might be listening and think you meant something else!!

And then they'll also see me foaming at the mouth when someone mentions my candidate!

[El_Kabong]

Originally Posted by ImnoMensa

Nice hit piece. Written by a couple of real sweethearts.

Jerome Corsi & Anne Coulter?