Posted on 07/06/2008 10:04:26 AM PDT by GRAKUM
McCains X wife was with friends of mine recently at a cocktail party, as she is one of their neighbors. She totally sings his praises. She told them that she asked for a divorce due to her medical condition (private), that caused her disability. She continues to be in close touch with him and he continues to watch over her. They have a great relationship.
“Of course, the McCain haters will never pass up a chance to make snotty remarks.”
Well, I loathe him and will be voting for him because I loathe his opponent even more. That’s the sad state of affairs in this country.
Of course, the McCainiacs never pass up a chance to give McCain praise and credit he is unworthy of. Typical election year partisanship.
its totally different when dealing with siblings than with a spouse.
my comments were meant to address ‘all’ relationships, including spouses, which we both have. i stated exactly what i meant.
Well, she sounds like a gracious person.
Honestly, I do think a little less of him for divorcing her but it is a difficult time for POW’s when they return from being held captive and if she isn’t angry with him for it, it certainly doesn’t seem like it ought to be one of my top concerns. I have many other things to be more worried about regarding McCain.
My, what a sweet little 3rd person unsourced proclamation.
If that’s the way were doing it now, I’ve got one. A friend, who worked with the people who took the first Mrs. McCain into their home after her accident when she had NO one to care for her, told quite a different story.
But I’ve never posted that story before because I don’t have permission to name some kind of source.
“You can’t pass judgment on others until you’ve been there yourself.
What’s your story.”
I explained it in post 58. Besides, yes I can pass judgement without ever being there myself. I’ve never murdered anybody, but I hold myself to the standard that I will never commit unprovoked murder. When someone Judges others as immoral, yet does not set that same standard for themselves, that is being a hypocrite.
Both being a POW and being in a car accident can cause mental distress for years after wards. The divorce rate for either event is probably much higher than normal (like the lose of a child can be) and to have both happen within a marriage is beyond comprehension.
People need to back off the stories about the marriage and believe what each one of the couple (John and his ex wife) have to say.
My husband has been seriously ill for many many years. Without going into personal details I can tell you its not as easy as everyone posting here believes it is. The thought of divorce, just out of thought of severe exhaustion alone, enters my mind every day.
My greatest fault is that I’m only a human being.
I have to chuckle at this -- we never backed off when it was a Democrat. And I certainly joined in on "Just a Gigolo" Kerry.
I can believe what Carol McCain said--but what she said didn't exactly make JM look like any kind of a prince.
“while I deeply regret that our marriage ended, in some ways the divorce made us better friends. If we had stayed together for the sake of staying together we would have ended up really hating each other and miserable.”
Your story completely understandable. Also completely irrelevant to what McCain did. This is not about all the various reasons that people get divorced. This is about the attempt to justify McCain’s actions with an account from an unknown source all because his first wife supposedly wanted McCain to have his own life. Him leaving her was immoral and those holding him up as some sort of hero are being called out on it plain and simple. In the last two days, I’ve seen him be held up as a hero for the hostages in Columbia being captured and released and now as a person of virtue because he left his disabled wife upon her supposed request.
people divorce for many reasons. maybe you have a good reason. that is up to you. but, i bet you would not divorce to marry a 20 year younger hottie. i am curious — if one of your kids were experiencing the severe medical problems, would you be thinking about placing them up for adoption?
Because of the illness my husband has suffered over the last 20 years we were unable to have children.
Its not just as black and white as everyone makes it out to be.
As someone who married her high school sweetheart, and thankfully married twenty years, I will not begin to be an armchair psychiatrist and judge anyones marriage.
I do know that after suffering infertility for many years, there were many times that I tried to convince my husband that he would be happier with some one else. Thankfully we struggled through those times, and since we had already had one "miracle" child it probably made it easier. But I know that he wanted at least 6 kids and I was unable to give him that. He after many years was able to truly convince me that he was happy with me, and no amount of more children could make him happier, but it took a while for me to accept that.
What happens in a marriage is between the husband and the wife, and not fodder for the internet at large IMHO.
It’s always easy to say what you would do if something happens. When things actually happen, that’s different. Don’t let me interrupt your sanctimony, even though my question was not directed to you.
“People need to back off the stories about the marriage and believe what each one of the couple (John and his ex wife) have to say.”
People need to back off the stories trying to paint McCain as a hero for things he is not a hero for. Of course, we all make mistakes and this story should otherwise not get much attention. The bigger point here is the attempt to justify everything the man has ever done wrong. He himself has apparently apologized. Yet, his worshippers want to excuse away something he himself has not excused away. Talk about your election year partisanship.....this is beyond absurd. Let the man take accountability for his past actions in the same way we all have to. He has enough about his military record to be proud of.
I will, however, admit to gossiping about what a loon Theresa Heinz was, but that had nothing to do with their marriage, it was here personality that I couldn't stand.
I seriously doubt McCain’s first wife was homeless after they divorced. Don’t let that stop you from telling your “friend of a friend” stories, however.
There have been many Catholic priests who have taken a vow before God who have failed to live the life I had to live.
There is some truth to that old adage until you walk a mile in someone else’s shoes you can’t talk about it.
“My husband has been seriously ill for many many years. Without going into personal details I can tell you its not as easy as everyone posting here believes it is. The thought of divorce, just out of thought of severe exhaustion alone, enters my mind every day.”
I’m not at all unsympathetic to your situation and would have a hard time in your situation. I also have a hard time believing that McCain had to personally care for his disabled wife the way you are having to care for your husband. I don’t think McCain had to deal with severe exhaustion every day from having to bathe her, feed her, etc the way I watched my father in law do for his second wife for 12 years before she died.
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