Where's Mrs. McCain?

They want to talk about a couple's time together?

The Clintons lived under a microscope for 8 years, and we have a pretty good idea of what they're like.

But if the corporate media wants to trade in this kind of stuff, why don't they have a look at John McCain's life?

Where's his wife? Anybody ever see her at campaign or social events?

I don't think I've seen her since the 2000 campaign.

I think there's speculation that she lives in Arizona and he lives mainly in Washington. What's up with that?

Seems like if were supposed to consider this guy for President, maybe we should know if there would be a First Lady.

Just asking . . . .

May 24, 2006
Clintons' Marriage, Under a Microscope (5 Letters)
To the Editor:

Re "For Clintons, Delicate Dance of Married and Public Lives" (front page, May 23):

I'm not quite sure what to make of your report about Bill and Hillary Clinton's marriage as provided by anonymous experts.

What I do know is that I'll be looking forward to the same thorough reporting into the marriages of other presidential hopefuls, like John McCain and Rudolph W. Giuliani, including "interviews with some 50 people and a review of their respective activities."

I assume that those critical investigations will be prominently placed in The Times as well; I'd really hate to miss them.

Vivienne Leheny
New York, May 23, 2006

:D

Thanks for posting it.

kids? Inquiring minds... and I mean that in the nicest way. I'm sure they are all well, but dish!

I remember that it was neutral or even sympathetic take on them.

It wasn't judgemental about their not living together, just that they both seemed to be ok with it.

As to the drug addiction allegations the Bush campaign (Rove) tried to pin on Mrs. McCain in 2000, the article I read had a fair amount to say about it.

Mrs. McCain, who I believe is his second wife, did have a problem with prescription drugs. She was supposed to have had access to them at a shelter or foundation she ran for children, maybe imigrant children.

I believe the article concluded that she had sought treatment for the problem and had gotten past it.

As I write this, it is coming back to me that it was from an Arizona newspaper, possibly an alternative weekly.

As such, it might not have been as sympathetic as I recall.

an illness which may factor in to whether he runs in 08 or not.

also, if McCain were a Dem, how he came to marry Cindy Hensley and her exploits before marrying him would have been made public long, long ago, and both of their moral characters would have been savagely attacked in the so-called liberal media without remorse for them.

campaign - - she did have a health crisis. Was it a stroke?

I noticed that McCain made an appearance, like, the next day and I remember thinking "What a bastard."

You can bet that if I had a stroke, or even tooth extracted, Mr. JaneAustin would be right by my side, offering support, backrubs, ice packs, soup or anything else he could think of that might make me feel better.

day and age, why haven't we heard about this?

If he was a Dem it would have been divulged? Get a grip, my friend.

That's the right wings' job. But I'm not hearing a word. Hmmm.

and she'd made the rounds of other married Republican men before landing on him. I don't remember the whole scoop, but her father had a bunch of connections and such.

I meant, the media was happy attacking Bill and Hillary Clinton every day, but the so-called liberal media so loves 3rd-most-conservative Senator McCain that they'd never do something like that to him and his wife; that'd just be rude.

Yeah, that was mean, but I said it.

I think McCain is done before he starts.
Perhaps his wife has more class than he does, or less than the current
hag in the wh.

She is quite attractive.

But I don't think she has the appetite for politics that her husband has.

As I recall from the article I read, she was from quite a wealthy Arizona family.

...but wouldn't it be amusing if some fundy group started raising the question about the invisible Mrs. McCain -- something like "He claims to be married but, when he's out campaigning, you always see him surrounded by a group of men, some of them good-looking young men, but never his wife. Why is that?"

:evilgrin:

I know nothing about John McCain's wife, but perhaps she has a job and is working.

Also there is no NEED for a first lady or first gentleman either.

his marriage and family values are beyond reproach

or at least that's what the script says

US having the most people on the planet imprisoned for drugs. McCane's wife is just one of many examples of people that should recieve similar treatment, IMO.

Haunted By Spirits
John McCain derived his wealth from his marriage to Cindy Hensley McCain, whose father started his road to riches as a bootlegger. As a politician, the senator has remained beholden to the liquor industry and the family business.
more....
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/Issues/2000-02-17/news/feature.html

Her family sounds like of sleezy. Very rich - - - and sleezy.

Great find, BrklynLiberal!

This is a powerful, fact-filled history which reflects very poorly on John McCain.
The most he ever made as a military officer was $45,000. In 1980 He meets young, blonde,hottie heiress; starts affair; dumps first wife and marries wealthy heiress within 1 month of divorce. Works for her father's national beer distributorship. In 1982, he is paid $50,000 by his new father-in-law; new wife pulls in over $700,000 that year. In that capacity he travels his brand new homestate of Arizona, ostensibly promoting the liquor/beer distributorship, but actually campaigning and getting his name known. He quickly & successfully ran for Congress w/in 2 years of marrying Cindy & moving to Arizona. Today McCain is ranked as the 26th wealthiest member of Congress, out of 535 members of the House & Senate. Here's some more material detailing the sleazy, criminal history of the source of McCain's wealth.

"This story examines the roots of the Hensley fortune and John McCain's implacable bond to the liquor industry -- how it has enriched him personally and as a politician, and how those ties have dictated his actions on questions of public policy. John McCain's political allegiances to liquor purveyors and his father-in-law's interests are subtle. That narrative is marked by a pattern of patronage. The Hensley saga, meanwhile, swirls with bygone accounts of illicit booze, gambling, horse racing, deceit and crime. James Hensley embarked on his road to riches as a bootlegger."

* * * * * * *

"It was December 6, 1945. World War II had ended a few months earlier. Joseph F. Ratliff was just about to wrap up another day as office manager at United Distributors Company when two of his bosses, Eugene and James Hensley, paid a visit to Ratliff at the company's Tucson liquor distribution warehouse around 5 p.m. The Hensley brothers were partners with a powerful Phoenix businessman named Kemper Marley, who had cornered a large share of Arizona's wholesale liquor business after Prohibition was lifted in 1933."

(Here the article details the testimony of a Hensley employee charged with overseeing shipments; keeping track of invoices and filing tax and sales reports with the federal govt.
At the time there was a black market were prices were double the regulated market price.)
* * * * * * *
"The seven invoices prepared by James Hensley -- after the warehouse was closed -- indicated the liquor had been sold and delivered to seven establishments in southern Arizona. . . . . .
In fact, none of the liquor went to the retailers named in the invoices prepared by James Hensley. Nobody but James Hensley knows where it really went, and he never told authorities. He declined repeated requests to be interviewed for this story. What is certain is that what occurred that December day was standard operating procedure for the Hensley brothers between April 1945 and January 1947. During this period, a 1948 federal criminal indictment charged, the Hensleys made approximately 1,284 false entries related to the sale of thousands of cases of liquor by their two companies -- United Sales Company in Phoenix and United Distributors in Tucson.