Posted on 06/23/2008 1:44:52 PM PDT by pgyanke
This is an interesting article as not much was known about her. She was on Leno the other night and it was an interesting interview. It turns out that she is a character as she is or has been a race car driver and is also a pilot. She flies John around the country to his rallies. After hearing that about her and reading this I now have a lot of respect for her.
Election 2008 : Cindy Hensley McCain has been disparaged as a trophy wife, a Barbie, an heiress with fancy purses, even the Paris Hilton of politics. But there's more to the picture than meets the eye.
Yes, Mrs. McCain is the perfectly coifed blonde standing dutifully behind the senator during his speeches. And yes, she wears stylish clothing and carries a Prada purse. And it's true she doesn't say much. But feminist critics who write her off as a 'stand-by-your-man' shrinking violet are selling her short. In many ways, Cindy McCain stacks up sturdier than Hillary Clinton or Michelle Obama. And she'd make a more impressive first lady.
Mrs. McCain: More than meets the eye.
While Obama's wife has been hating America, complaining about the war and undermining our troops serving in Afghanistan , McCain's wife has been worrying about her sons who actually are fighting or planning to fight in the war on terror. One, in fact, was until a few months ago deployed in Iraq during some of the worst violence.
You don't hear the McCains talk about it, but their 19-year-old Marine, Jimmy, is preparing for his second tour of duty. Their 21-year-old son, Jack, is poised to graduate from Annapolis And also could join the Marines as a second lieutenant. The couple made the decision not to draw attention to their sons out of! respect for other families with sons and daughters in harm's way.
Cindy also says she doesn't want to risk falling apart on the campaign trail talking about Jimmy who was so young when he enlisted she had to sign consent forms for his medical tests before he could report for duty and potentially upsetting parents of soldiers who are serving or have been killed.
The McCains want to make sure their boys get no special treatment. Same goes for their five other children, including a daughter they adopted from Bangladesh . During a visit to Mother Teresa's orphanage there, Cindy noticed a dying baby. The orphanage could not provide the medical care needed to save her life. So she brought the child home to America for the surgery she desperately needed. The baby is now their healthy, 16-year-old daughter, Bridget.
Though all seven McCain children including two Sen. McCain adopted from his first marriage are supportive of their father, they prefer their privacy to the glare of the campaign trail. Another daughter, Meghan, 23, helps him behind the scenes.
Cindy McCain not only cherishes her children, but also her country, which in an election year filled with America- bashing, is a refreshing novelty. She seethed when she heard Michelle Obama's unpatriotic remarks that she only recently grew proud of America . 'I am very proud of my country,' Mrs. McCain asserted.
She also may be tougher than the other women in the race. While Hillary thinks she's come under sniper fire on mission trips abroad, Cindy has actually seen violence. She witnessed a boy get blown up by a mine in Kuwait during a trip with an international group that removes land mines from war-torn countries.
Mrs. McCain also is a hands on philanthropist. She sits on the board of Operation Smile, which arranges for plastic surgeons to fix cleft palates and other birth defects. She also has helped organize relief missions to Micronesia.
During a scuba-diving vacation to the islands, Mrs. McCain took a friend to a local hospital to have a cut treated. She was shocked and saddened by what she saw.
'They opened the door to the OR, where the supplies were, and there were two cats and a whole bunch of rats climbing out of the sterile supplies, she recalled. They had no X-ray machine, no beds. To me, it was devastating because it was a U.S. Trust territory.'
As soon as she returned home, she arranged for medical equipment and teams of doctors to be sent to treat the island children.
Michelle Obama may contribute to CARE, which fights global poverty and works to empower poor women. Cindy sits on its board. While the Democrat women talk about helping the poor and needy, Cindy McCain actually rolls up her sleeves and does it.
Who's the out-of-touch elitist?
I offer my apologies in advance if I have done this wrong... I don't do it often.
Now, if McCain would only do something to impress me . . . the global warming commercials sure don't do it!
Si.
Didn’t she go overseas to get a designer baby without telling John? Seems to be all the rage amongst the elites nowadays.
Apparently you don't know the story if you think this was a 'designer baby' shopping spree aka Angelina Jolie.
Bridget Mccain The Wonder Child
Bridget McCain is the adopted daughter of John McCain and Cindy McCain. Bridgets adoption story is quite interesting. Cindy was visiting third world countries with Mother Teresa and other medical personnel. They happened to visit an orphanage in Bangladesh to try and help out the needy children. There were two little baby girls – one with a heart problem and the other with a severe cleft palate.
Cindy immediately decided to get both of them back to US with her. She was primarily concerned about their medical treatment and their survival. The McCains decided to adopt Bridget McCain and their close friends adopted the other little angel, Mickey.
Therefore, we see that it was primarily Cindys idea to adopt Bridget McCain. In fact John was not aware about this decision. It came as a bit of a shock to him. Cindy just returned and asked John to say hello to his new little daughter. But John is happy with the decision and a proud father. He says that Bridget has enriched their lives. She's a wonderful child, a complete part of our family and we love her, said John. Also, the other children of McCains accepted Bridget well.
Bridget McCain had become a sort of an issue during the campaign for the Republican Presidential nomination in South Carolina during the year 2000. John was criticized and was accused of having an affair with another woman. There was lot of prejudice and the reason for accusation was because Bridgets skin was darker.
Bridget McCain was called as illegitimate black daughter of McCain born to a prostitute. This had a strong effect on the conservative South Carolina republicans. John said, a lot of phone calls were made by people who said we should be very ashamed about her, about the color of her skin. Such hurtful and vile things were said about her. But thats a nasty side of politics and one should try to ignore it.
However, the African American organizations have a policy against interracial adoption in spite of there being an awful lot of African American children who could be adopted but this objection stands in the way. But now slowly this barrier is breaking down and people seem to be making progress. The McCains had to go through an extraordinary process, rather an intrusive process by the bureaucrats to adopt Bridget McCain. The adoption agency officials came to McCains home rifled through their drawers and even asked John about his sex life.
This was an insight into a sick girls life that was destined to die in an orphanage in Bangladesh. However, Bridget McCain proved to be a miracle child – blessed by Mother Teresa.
FYI, when Cindy McCain “flies” John McCain around the country to his rallies, she doesn’t do the piloting, since she does not have a pilot’s license. What it means is that he gets the use of her corporate jet at greatly reduced costs.
Why on earth doesn’t McLame have his interesting family and accomplished wife front and center in this campaign (and I don’t mean in a hokey, phony way)? Cindy and the family could earn a lot of points with people who don’t care for McQueeg himself.
It might be.... if she had one.
Why do articles about her claim she got her pilot’s license if she doesn’t have one (she says she does)? Wouldn’t this be easily disproved?
I wouldn't mind getting "close" with Meghan, if you know what I mean.
From your tagline....looks like YOU spend a lot of time trying to castrate the McCains.
Give up and accept nice things that are said about people....maeks you sound small and petty.
I just want to find more of her original recipes, so I could care less if she was out shopping for babies.
Articles, to my knowledge, have never claimed that she had a commercial pilot's license as was stated by the poster. They have claimed that she made her corporate jet available to the McCain campaign (which I do not doubt).
Since reading the comments here, I decided to do some research on that. I’ve found she has a private pilot’s license, not a commercial pilot’s license. The comment about a commercial license may just be a mistake of the OP. This may also have something to do with why she is not flying him around herself. If the flights are for campaign purposes, it is no longer private, and thus insurance and FAA regs change.
When people attack conservatism, don't expect me to be very complimentary. McCain has said that the Republican "brand" is tarnished and, with his policies, has pretty much denounced everything it stands for.
This is a conservative forum. If you have a problem with criticizing liberalism, I think you are in the wrong place.
Give up and accept nice things that are said about people....maeks you sound small and petty.
Whether it was "nice" or not is irrelevant. Whether it was accurate was the question. I don't believe the post I responded to was accurate. If you find truth to be "petty", that says a lot about you.
As I stated.
I’ve found she has a private pilot’s license, not a commercial pilot’s license.
Well, she isn't in the public database. Where did you find confirmation? Link?
She’s a PILOT??? That’s the first time I’ve ever heard that.....are we SURE??
How do you adopt your OWN children?? Are these the two men in the military?
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