Cindy McCain praises Diana as 'inspiration'

The woman who wants to be the next Republican First Lady pledged today to expand her humanitarian work if she makes it into the White House, taking inspiration from the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

Speaking ahead of a political fundraiser in London tonight, Cindy McCain said that she felt "very honoured" to serve on the boad of the Halo Trust, the Anglo-American anti-landmine charity endorsed by Diana and which organised her controversial walk through an Angolan minefield in 1997, the year of her death.

Speaking to The Times, Mrs McCain said of Diana: "She was (a) great inspiration to me and to the British people as well. She was a remarkable person and had a loving heart.”

Ms McCain's London fundraiser was expected to raise at least $500,000 for her husband, John McCain, who needs every penny he can get to match the superior financial firepower of his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama.

In an interview to be published in Times2 tomorrow, Mrs McCain spoke of the problems she faces reconciling her domestic life and charity commitments with being the wife of a presidential candidate. “I won’t lie to you and say that I always enjoy the campaigning, but when the days get a little long and I get a little frustrated, I remind myself that I have a ringside seat on American history,” she said.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4213989.ece

Just cause Cindy McCain says the sky is blue doesn't mean it's wrong.

she could admire.

:shrug:

they should write a "how to" book on home wrecking.

God, this woman makes me sick.

Diana's major cause was to end the military's use of mines. Something tells me her military hubby doesn't share that cause with Cindy's idol.

I am especially impressed with Operation Smile, of course it was years before that she adopted Bridget from the orphanage of Mother Teresa's...without so much as a phone call to John beforehand!

From Wikipedia:
She became actively involved with Operation Smile in 2001,<41> taking parts in trips with it to Morocco, Vietnam, and India.<41> She was honored by the organization in 2005,<41> and sits on its board of directors.<27> She joined the board of directors of CARE in 2005.<27> She is on the board of the HALO Trust,<27> and has visited operations to remove landmines in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, and Angola.<11> She makes financial contributions to these organizations via her family trust,<12> and views her role on in them as watching them in the field and to ensure they are frugal and their money is being spent effectively.<40> On occasion she has criticized foreign regimes on human rights grounds, such as Myanmar's military junta.<42>

u get blowed up on a mine first.