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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:30 PM
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McCain throws Cindy under the bus
Edited on Sun Aug-17-08 06:56 PM by LuckyTheDog
Not content to humiliate his wife by asking her to take her top off for a bunch of bikers, McCain now says his relationship with her represents his "biggest moral failure."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3-CxaJLw0

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/17/1270967.aspx

Interestingly, when asked for an example of his greatest moral failure he cited the dissolution of his first marriage. Although that was as detailed as he got, the fact that he mentioned it at all -- especially while current wife Cindy was sitting in the first row -- is notable.

"My greatest moral failing, and I have been a very imperfect person, is the failure of my first marriage. It's my greatest moral failure."

Whoa, that'll leave a mark!
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:31 PM
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1. Ouchy!
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:32 PM
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2. I.e.: My greatest moral failure is that I ever hooked up with you, Cindy.
:rofl:
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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:33 PM
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3. But Cindy will always be ...
... his greatest immoral success story - younger, prettier, and oodles of cash thrown into the bargain.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:34 PM
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4. He's just trying to get ahead of the whole messy way he left Carol story
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:37 PM
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9. i agree. nt
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rainy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:34 PM
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5. And watch how the media pounces on this statement........... still waiting.......
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:34 PM
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6. I also found it interesting he didn't name her as someone he would rely on.
If you can't rely on your spouse, that isn't much of a marriage.
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SwampG8r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 09:41 PM
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25. that would be the only answer i would have to that question
but i just married a chick who drinks beer not one who makes it
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 09:42 PM
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26. Hey I never even realized that, but you're right
I'd definitely have named my husband as the number one person on that list of three. He's absolutely the person I rely on the most for so much.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:35 PM
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7. He had to say that - kind of absolves him from the smears regarding it.
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cyndensco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 09:37 PM
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24. He probably warned her.
Look, Cindy, when he asks me the one about my biggest moral failing..."
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 10:27 PM
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33. And it IS in his book, so it's not as though she doesn't know it's
part of his political schtick.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:36 PM
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8. No sex for Johhny for at least a week for that one!
But then again, her arm's not in good shape either so that's the trump card...
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:38 PM
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10. i doubt that she has sex
with him. those days were probably over a long time ago.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:42 PM
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12. Don't be so sure....
you/we might be surprised...
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:48 PM
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13. i know i wouldn't be having sex with him.
he needs her more than she needs him. so if she cut off the sex, what could he do? well i guess he would call her a c---.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 07:03 PM
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18. Cut off? Completely? Oh Charles...Charles...Charles...
(Monty Python)
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 07:05 PM
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19. lol.
c'mon. if you were a woman would you have sex with him? :hi:
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 07:10 PM
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21. I doubt that he is able to have sex with himself
With or with out viagra.
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 09:42 PM
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27. You really think they have sex?
Ewwww.

He probably occasionally pops a Viagra and then begs her for a handjob.

Can I say that here?
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SOS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 05:41 PM
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48. Accepting your theory,
that sling on Cindy's right wrist is lookin' mighty suspicious!
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 06:11 PM
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49. Viagra only provides the
erection. It doesn't guarantee no other problems. And apparently that stuff takes a LONG time. Poor Cindy. Just say no, Cindy! Just say no!
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badgerpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 11:25 PM
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36. I figured he'd still be cut off (so to speak)...
...for the 'Miss Buffalo Chip Beauty Contest' fiasco!

Hope he doesn't plan on getting any from Cindy for a long time...because at the rate he's going, it ain't gonna happen.
:rofl:
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renate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:40 PM
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11. what a cowardly way to phrase it
"... the failure of my first marriage..."

It's not so much that your marriage failed, my friend, it's more like you dumped your first wife like damaged goods in favor of someone who was richer and hotter. And weren't even divorced before you applied for your second marriage license.

Those little details make all the difference.
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jhain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:49 PM
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14. Holy Crap.
This idiot has image problems......was it really such a good idea to have her hanging around him with that sling on her arm?????
I have been DYING to hear somebody ask him, "When did you stop beating your wife?"

misogynistic creep.
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:53 PM
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15. Att: Clinton voters
Please keep this in mind.
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DemocracyInaction Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:54 PM
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16. Makes it sound like marital problems
What pissed me off is that the way he answered it would leave people believing his wife, too, was at fault and just one of these things where they had drifted apart, etc. No, Johnny, it's because you were screwing around on her and trying to get yourself up the money ladder! Isn't it funny how the media doesn't want to touch that part of the story---but hell if Paris screws the pool guy it's national news!
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SwampG8r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 09:43 PM
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28. i am paris pool guy
and we have never had a relationship
she is a sweet and surprisingly smart and conversationally engaging woman
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 06:57 PM
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17. If he throws Cindy under the bus, and she's disfigured from it ...
is the corporate media going to give him yet another pass for cheating on her?
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 07:07 PM
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20. SEE! Last night is paying dividends already
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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 07:10 PM
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22. "...but since I'm not a Democrat, who cares about moral failures?" heh heh
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 09:28 PM
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23. Oops!
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 09:43 PM
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29. My greatest moral failure? It's sitting in the front row.
:rofl:
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 09:44 PM
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30. He did fail his first wife. BIG time.
He IS a moral failure.
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iconicgnom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 10:12 PM
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31. Look to the bright side. It was, however, his greatest financial success!
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Top Cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 10:14 PM
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32. I hope she slapped him with her good hand..
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 10:36 PM
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34. If I had to put up with that kind of shit from him, I would also be a pillhead
I almost feel sorry for her
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 10:43 PM
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35. I feel bad for Cindy. He even lied to her about his age.
That is incredibly scummy.

I do think it is weird though that she showed up from India with a baby. I mean isn't adoption something that should at least be discussed first? I'd expect it as a token gesture at least.

I've got a feeling that their marriage is kind of weird.
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 11:57 PM
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37. I personally beleive they live completely separate lives except for appearances..
I think she has houses, causes, a beer company, and children.. He has the Washington schtick. I think he's most likely verbally abusive if not physically as well. I think she's very unhappy that he decided to run for president and even more unhappy that he's the nominee. I'm betting she votes for Obama.
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 12:04 AM
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38. Yeah, he doesn't seem the kind of guy that treats a woman well.
She was young when he met her too and so rich that he married her before she could think about it.
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 04:25 AM
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39. She looks miserable and I think its harder and harder to plaster on that fake smile.
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juajen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 05:06 PM
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45. if she's so miserable, why the hell doesn't she leave him?
after all, she's the one with the money and most of the assets of their marriage belong to her. It isn't as if she needs him for anything but love. could ya'll be mistaken about their relationship?
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Qutzupalotl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 04:08 PM
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40. Sure, because the Straight Jacket Express got stuck in the mud. nt
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 04:13 PM
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41. You're really spinning this.
McCain was saying failure to work out his first marriage was his failure, not that marrying Cindy was the cause of the marriage failing. In fact, marriages usually fall apart long before the infidelity start. People in DU never tire of pointing out what a hound dog McBush was before he hooked up with his current wife.

It's a stretch beyond credulity to see this as a swipe against Cindy.
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 04:14 PM
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42. What did Cinders say about that?
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hamsterjill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 04:27 PM
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43. I thought the same thing
When I heard him say that about his first marriage, I thought the same thing and would have LOVED to have had a camera pan over to show Cindy's face. He as much as painted her with the scarlett letter!
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 04:46 PM
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44. Actually, McBush, the moral failing wasn't the end of the marriage,
it was the screwing around on your wife that was the moral failing.
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 05:31 PM
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46. Hell, he lied AGAIN
His greatest moral failure has to be his eager wiliness to blow people to Kingdom Come.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 05:35 PM
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47. Eh... she's used to that jerk verbally smacking her around...
I'm sure we are all more upset by this than she is.
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