Posted on 02/20/2008 4:49:57 PM PST by Wallaby
Edited on 02/20/2008 5:05:45 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Early in Senator John McCains first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers.
A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, in his offices and aboard a clients corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself instructing staff members to block the womans access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity.
When news organizations reported that Mr. McCain had written letters to government regulators on behalf of the lobbyists clients, the former campaign associates said, some aides feared for a time that attention would fall on her involvement.
Mr. McCain, 71, and the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, 40, both say they never had a romantic relationship.
To me- the MAJOR story here (McCain is already dirtier than dirt) is the DIRECT and CLEAR attempt of the Hew York Times to manipulate the outcome of election.
They had this in DECEMBER- they sat on it til AFTER MCCain had in all likelihood gotten the nod from the GOP...
At least it was with a woman.
I’ve never liked McCain but this story sets off my BSh’t meter...
Now, not only will I vote for him, I’ll send money.
This story has no evidence of an affair and a denial from Iseman. Typical powermongering liberal media tactics.
Checkbook coming out....and where is the front page NYT Sinclair Obama homo story??
I thought the SHE-DEVIL was suppose to go after OSama’s throat, not McPain...why so early...that folks is the million dollar question! WHY NOW...it doesn’t make sense only that our party is so screwed if this sticks to McNasty. Pray, and pray hard that the superdelegates have enough nerve to elect Romney!
Where do you get off calling me a liberal? Just because I don’t want a theocracy doesn’t make me a liberal.
I wonder which poor staffer was sent to Olbermann’s house to pick up new underwear after he wet himself in excitement at this story.
well,being one who reads all posts, it took yours at post 29 to expose a little fact............there was no relationship here folks......just listened to Jonathan Alter of the enemy NBC family say several things
1. he knew of this in dec and why it was not released
...no facts...........then says it was released with no facts
2.We all know the NYTimes is a willing vessel but who told who to pull the trigger ?
Hey, it’s not a dream. It is reality. If the GOP had taken their heads out of their posterior, they would have stopped McCain early in this campaign. The McCain campaign staff knew about this in 2000. The guy has a history of adultery, so why would he get a benefit of doubt? Sorry, you pick a guy like this for a nominee, you get what you pay for. Thank McCain and the GOP leadership for the past 8 years. They have totally destroyed our majority in the Senate, the House of Representatives, and soon the Supreme Court. Are we all happy now?
Exactly my reaction.
McCain is McCain but the real domestic enemy is the left.
Nobody should ever lose sight of that.
...AND it’s just broke on Lou Dobbs who said, essentialy, “I was just handed this...”
WOW!! A bombshell, and they (The NY Times) has held this for MONTHS!! Think about how Mitt Romney and his supporters must feel...If this “energizes” Suckabee, I’d say “Be careful!”, because this is NOT necessarily a good thing for him.
Romney should UN-suspend his campaign. He practically beat Suckabee in Wisconsin yesterday—and he wasn’t even in the race!
There are also people on here who consider a kook like Alan Keyes to be a viable presidential candidate.
You’re full of shiet!
Go soak your head until the G.O.P. convention!
“Now, not only will I vote for him, Ill send money.
This story has no evidence of an affair and a denial from Iseman. Typical powermongering liberal media tactics.”
I feel the exact same way. If the Dems are so confident that Obama is the savior of America why are they pulling crap like this. I hope the Sinclair guy passes his lie detedtor test and it runs in bold type that Obama is a drug using homo. What BS.
He is a riot!
He kept reading the story over and over again, like JFK was shot.
You’re bad!
FINALLY! I found proof that Keith Olberman is apart of Al-Qaeda!
Now I know why Romney suspended his campaign rather than ending it!
I don;t want thst socialist know nothing anywhere near the White House. you do, by proxy.
That's the fact of the matter.
Neither one is a problem. The Clintonacracy? Most likely. Now they have proved all of the GOP to be hypocrites.
After 2006, and now this? Geesh.
McCainites and other RINOs certainly can’t blame ROMNEY for this!!
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