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 McCain’s 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 client’s 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 woman’s 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 lobbyist’s 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.
Good thing the Republican voters let the media pick their candidate. This was utterly predictable. The fools who are pissed at the media for this are funny. Who did not know this was coming? Fools. Good thing he'll only give you about 75-90% of the socialism you'll get with Obama or The LizardLesbian. Wait, don't worry, he won't win. I hope you can afford going to India for good medical care.
“How can you defend this poor choice?”
I’m not defending anything. I won’t however let outraged indignation keep from voting against Obama. This is a BS smear job. Hell the NYT article saya that both McCain and the woman in question said there was no romantic relationship. So we throw the country to Obama because McCain knows a female lobbyist?
Thanks. And yet there are actually people who think we are REQUIRED to vote for McCain just because he has a (R) after his name. He is just as nasty as Hillary or Bill. And the GOP can blame their lack of leadership for turning over the White House to the Obama Communists.
Oh cripes, give it a rest. If you don’t like the words I chose, sorry.
Get over it.
That’s what I thought too. This is to get Michele off the media radar.
This will have ZERO effect, nothing happened, period.
The same day, McCain told reporters that he “had not been in talks with the New York Times. They’ve been communicating with our staff and with us,” McCain said. “I’ve never done any favors for anybody — lobbyist or special interest group — that’s a clear, 24-year record.”
from what I’ve read so far, this 8 year old story means nothing to me
It’s the woman who pays most here
Eggxactly, jackkv!
“I skimmed over the article and found there to be nothing of substance.”
So did I. If this is the best they have to throw at McCain, he can start humming “Hail to the Chief” right now. With a wife as stunningly beautiful as Cindy McCain, this whole story is patent nonsense. Only a bottom feeder would start howling about this tripe. He is like a wolf who bays at the moon. He thinks he smells something but the only thing he smells is his own rotten lip.
Welcome to the Domestic Enemy Club dingdong.
Bingo.
Ten(10) years ago and denied by BOTH parties.
Oberman is an Oaf.
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Right. Imagine the stories they could fabricate on the utterly clean Mitt Romney.
“Romney Parks in Handicapped Space at Local Shopping Plaza.”
“Romney Throws Away Pizza Crust at Local Pizzeria”
We deserve this.
“several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity.”
Not very credible. Aside from the fact that no one is on record, the NYT is reporting it.
Of course. They still see themselves as king maker and god. What they fail to realize is that they are actually terminally ill -- an old lion that should best be seeking a shady tree under which to die.
Don’t forget he has the gall to eat KFC with a knife and fork.
Keith Oberman is a tool of MoveOn.org.
I predict backlash on the NYSlines for this
...unsubstitated claim
...unobjective timing of the innuendo story
SAY!!!!! ecomcon just gave me an idea!!
FR Admin should conduct A NEW POLL now that the crap has hit the fan, or at least some of it, to see how many freepers have changed their minds about McLame!
He can use all the help he can get in that department.
He does have a history of cheating on his wife though. Since the current wife was the "other woman" in an earlier go round, if this is true, she shouldn't be too suprised.
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