Posted on 02/04/2008 9:50:23 AM PST by spacejunkie
JOHN McCAIN Who is the real John McCain?
McCain dumped his first wife after she had been disabled in an auto accident. Although this woman had worked tirelessly to get him released from captivity as a POW in Vietnam, he did not hesitate to betray her with other women upon finding her crippled when he returned home. In fact, McCain developed a serious reputation as a womanizer during the years following his release. Finally, he acquired a fortune through his second marriage and settled down with his second wife, Cindy. According to the Phoenix Gazette of May 19, 1987, "the bulk of McCain's assets (now) consist of stock in Hensley & Co., a beer distributorship headed by his father-in-law; Western Leasing Co., which leases trucks and equipment; and Eagle Enterprises, which invests in real estate and stock."
As it turns out, the senator married the daughter of one of the richest men in Arizona. It seems that McCain married into a family that already had quite a reputation in that state. Cindy (Hensley) McCain’s father had been sent to jail when fifty-two of the employees of Quiq Marley were convicted of running afoul of federal liquor laws. When Hensley emerged from the slammer (some think for “taking the fall” for Marley), Marley rewarded him with a Budweiser distributorship which is now worth $200+ million, (even though Hensley was prohibited from working in the liquor industry for the remainder of his days). As an only child, Cindy (and, now, John) McCain will inherit this fortune.
Thus, John McCain got his start in politics through the powerful political machine run by aforementioned Kemper Marley. Clearly, Cindy’s family had their eyes on high office for some time. Richard Scheffel, a lobbyist for Anheuser-Busch, boasted that Sen. McCain's father-in-law used him as a conduit to funnel money to politicians, saying that, "Cars, homes and bank accounts of 18 people, including eight state legislators, were confiscated in a civil racketeering lawsuit that paints a portrait of lawmakers eager to sell their influence for as little as $660 and as much as $750,000." Although Scheffel was not targeted in the civil suit, he is said to have been paid $20,000 to approach legislators who showed an interest in selling their votes for hard cash, as part of an apparent sting operation, according to the Phoenix Gazette of February 6, 1991. The same newspaper identified Jim Hensley as "a financial godfather to hosts of lobbyists" in a story that appeared on March 16 the same year.
In other words, Sen. McCain has not always been an ardent advocate of campaign finance "reform." A Phoenix Gazette editorial published on December 8, 1987 asked: "So why has Sen. McCain, R-Ariz., gone to unprecedented lengths to block reform of the Senate campaign finance system? Why does he oppose letting this important matter even come to a vote? Perhaps it's because he is a prime beneficiary of the special interest funding of congressional elections. McCain raised over $2.5 million for his 1986 election . . . more than $760,000 of his campaign funds came from political action committee (PACs) . . . especially disturbing are the contributions to McCain's campaign coffers from PACs outside of Arizona."
But, that was then. As soon as the opportunity opened up for him to curry favor with the mainstream media by backing the "reform" measure he had so steadfastly opposed all along, he changed his view.
Why did Sen. McCain help Mr. Charles Keating fight off federal regulators? The Arizona Republic reported on October 8, 1989, that "John McCain contends there was no conflict in his helping Keating battle federal regulators." And yet, the same article says, "Documents show that Sen. John McCain's wife, Cindy, and father-in-law, James W. Hensley are the largest investors in Fountain Square Shopping Center. Their partnership is managed by subsidiaries of American Continental Corp., run by Charles H. Keating, Jr."
In other words, the senator's wife and father-in-law, the source of all his wealth, were the biggest investors in a business run by a man who John McCain was helping by keeping federal investigators at bay. When an Arizona Republic reporter asked McCain about business ties between his wife, Cindy, and Keating," the senator snarled, "That's the spouse's involvement, you idiot."
"You do understand English, don't you?" McCain explained in the same conversation. The Republic article continued, "Not content with just bullying reporters, McCain tried belittling them: 'It's up to you to find that out, kids.'
But “Cindy’s investments” were not the whole story. The Arizona Republic reported on October 8, 1989 that:
"Sen. John McCain had more than a constituent relationship with Charles H. Keating, Jr. prior to 1987 . . . the McCains -- sometimes with their daughter and baby sitter -- made at least nine trips at Keating's expense from August 1984 to August 1986 aboard either Keating's American Continental Corporation's jet or chartered planes and helicopters owned by Resorts International. Three of the trips were for vacations at Keating's luxurious retreat in the Bahamas."
Somehow McCain survived the “Keating Five” scandal, even though it was clear to most that he’d been deeply involved in the S&L scandal that cost the American taxpayer $billions. By this time, Cindy, had had to admit that she’d been "addicted to the painkillers Percocet and Vicodin" from 1989 to 1992. Worse, she’d been caught stealing the drugs from the American Voluntary Medical Team. She’d used her position as president of this charitable organization to continue her habit. Following her confession, newspapers carried an article that revealed that one of the former employees of the medical team had "accused her of demanding that he commit perjury in adoption proceedings for her daughter, Bridget."
It is difficult to see how John McCain would ever have made it to Congress without Kemper Marley's approval. Apparently nobody from Arizona made it to Congress without his approval -- and that included Barry Goldwater. John McCain, like a lot of others, made his Faustian bargain in order to have a career in politics. It wasn't the first he had made, nor was it his last. Kemper Marley, the Arizona godfather, certainly didn't lack for connections. In 1948, when so many of his employees were sent to prison, Marley had a slick mouthpiece who kept him in the clear. The lawyer's name is William Rehnquist, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. There’s nothing wrong with lawyers keeping their clients out of prison, even if the clients are guilty. The point is that Marley was very well connected with the power elite.
Marley was often connected scandalous or illegal activity, but was never directly implicated in any of it, although strong suspicions persist even to the present day, particularly with regard to the murder of an Arizona Republic reporter named Don Bolles. According to Michael Wendland, who belonged to a group of journalists known as the "Investigative Reporters and Editors" that set up shop in Arizona to investigate the slaying, the group concluded that Marley was behind the killing of the Don Bolles.
Some stories involving John McCain’s mob ties can be traced back to Eugene Hensley, the brother of McCain's father-in-law, who had done five years in a federal prison for skimming profits from a business venture. Thus, Sen. McCain has been seen in the company of Arizona Mafia bosses. At one time, the Hensley brothers, boss, Kemper Marley had been directly connected with the Capone mob operating the Transamerica Wire Service, used by bookies throughout the country.
Perhaps all of this amounts to nothing more than guilt by association. But how can John McCain who aspires to be President of the United States consort with known criminals? He married into a family with a long history of criminal activity and mob ties. This may put in some perspective the news clip from the January 17, 1995, Arizona Republic:
"About 300 guests turned out Saturday night to celebrate the 90th birthday of Joseph 'Joe Bananas' Bonanno, retired boss of New York's Bonanno crime family. He retired to Tucson in 1968. . . John McCain, R-Ariz., and Gov. Fife Symington sent their regards by telegram."
Of course, Fife Symington was too crooked even for Arizona and was forced to resign as governor after being convicted on six counts of fraud in connection with corrupt real estate dealings. He was subsequently sentenced to two and one-half years in prison. Symington and McCain had been close associates prior to the governor's run-in with the law, sharing attorneys and political consultants.
It seems that John McCain has never had to play on a level field. As a junior officer in the Navy he avoided being washed out of flight school (despite a documented lack of ability) because his father was a high-ranking admiral. And, as already mentioned, as soon as he saw an opportunity to rise in political and financial circles in Arizona, he dumped his disabled wife for influence with a well-connected crime-family that ran the state at that time. And, he played off his father's position as Admiral while he was a POW in order to get special treatment, according to other POW’s.
When the "mainstream" media proposed supporting him in the presidential primaries in return for his backing of campaign finance "reform," McCain jumped at the opportunity. Naturally, this alienated Republicans who knew that his legislation (McCain-Feingold) would deprive his own party of a way to be heard in future political campaigns and would give the leftist media a monopoly on political discourse.
Such treachery comes naturally to McCain. Ask the families of the POW/MIAs who backed McCain when he first ran for Congress only to find themselves abandoned by him when he no longer found them useful. McCain even had them investigated by the Justice Department on trumped-up charges (where they were exonerated on all counts). Truth be known, John McCain has been mediocre his whole life and would never have succeeded on a level playing field. Indeed, he was fifth from the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy. He racked up three life threatening "Dangerous Downs" at flight school -- the last one for flying his aircraft into the sea while asleep -- enough to get anyone without political influence as an Admiral’s son, bounced. As for his record as a senator, other than selling out his fellow POWs, promoting the interests of Communist Vietnam, sealing up forever all records relating to his treacherous behavior, sponsoring McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy and McCain-Lieberman (all disastrous pieces of legislation) it’s hard to think of anything he’s accomplished.
John McCain just tolerates Republicans. He thinks the dimocRATS have the good ideas.
Go Mitt Romney.
call McCain his real name , McMedia and the story tells it’s self
Kerry’s fave Republican. “I’m John McCain and I’m...
reporting for Duty!”
Watch his handler threaten a woman asking about illegals raping children.
Watch McCain stand on stage and say nothing when they tell one of his constituents to "shut up!".
Captain Philip Francis Queeg.
The man is mega bad news. He is a bully and has a Napoleon complex too. Time to let this little petty man go back to the Senate and leave the GOP party for good. He has caused nothing but trouble for a decade.
McAmnesty’s base is the liberal media and democratic party....
I read about that. Not sure I believe it. McCain is nuts, though. Of that I have no doubt. He's borderline psychotic.
The presiedency is something he thinks he's entitled to.
I don’t trust the man....He met with laraza in the dead of nite trying to give away our country to illegals....
Somehow he got into a vendetta with the USAF and Boeing (who got caught engaging in some shifty stuff with DOT procurement honchette Darlene Druyan - now residing in Club Fed).
McCain now seems to be pulling for AirBus to be given an “equal chance” for the tanker contract with Boeing.” –
That’s a face you just wanna punch...
If this Russian stuff truly exists, you can bet that Brian Ross will be letting the world know all about it if this demented clown gets the nomination.
LOL...yep
Wow, very enlightening.
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