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For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk [McCain had an affair?]
New York Times ^ | February 21, 2008 | JIM RUTENBERG, MARILYN W. THOMPSON, DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and STEPHEN LABATON

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.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bimboeruption; drivebymedia; goebbelsmann; iseman; liberal; liberalsmear; liberalvalues; mccain; mccainhassers; newyorktimes; nyslimes; nyt; nythitjob; rino; slimes; vickiiseman
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To: jveritas

Keep dreaming, jveritas...It’s having a HUGE effect!!


321 posted on 02/20/2008 6:07:17 PM PST by levotb
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To: Wallaby
On a related note....

High Infidelity What if three admitted adulterers run for president and no one cares?

Past is prologue....?

322 posted on 02/20/2008 6:07:18 PM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Nah.

The Biggest story is Hill’o’Bama and the Dem’s mud wrestling.

This will be snoozing by the weekend.


323 posted on 02/20/2008 6:07:19 PM PST by Richbee (Why is modest warming any cause for alarm and the ALARMISTS?)
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To: mystery-ak
New Republic was going to bad mouth the Slimes for not running it and New York Times caves, says Carl Cameron from McCain camp.
324 posted on 02/20/2008 6:07:46 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Everytime McCain reaches out to conservatives, conservatives get poked in the eye.)
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To: Mr. Brightside

This could be a preemptive attack because the NYT’s knows that Obama did smoke crack and have gay sex.


325 posted on 02/20/2008 6:07:51 PM PST by John Robie
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To: cgk

They made him out to be a tortoise!!! Jeez!!!


326 posted on 02/20/2008 6:07:51 PM PST by SharpTalons
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To: Richbee

Temptation is not a sin!

;-)


327 posted on 02/20/2008 6:07:54 PM PST by Richbee (Why is modest warming any cause for alarm and the ALARMISTS?)
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To: tear gas

Do the exclamation points make it even more not completely???


328 posted on 02/20/2008 6:08:20 PM PST by keepitreal
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To: Wallaby

I thought the NY Times liked McCain. Didn’t they just endorse him? Maybe this hit will make McCain pick a big fight with these liberals.


329 posted on 02/20/2008 6:08:41 PM PST by conservativeinferno (My SUV is the urban squirrel's worst predator.)
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To: mewzilla

The story is communist propaganda.


330 posted on 02/20/2008 6:09:16 PM PST by John Robie
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To: jdm
With what? Substance? Ha!

No, just a big dose of BS, but delivered with panache.

331 posted on 02/20/2008 6:09:38 PM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: Cicero
Very Not Guilty

oops, wrong thead.

Poor MeCain.

332 posted on 02/20/2008 6:09:39 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: John Robie
The story is communist propaganda.

Which one...?

333 posted on 02/20/2008 6:09:48 PM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Wallaby

Hey, I now thing that McCain going yo win. It helped Clinton.


334 posted on 02/20/2008 6:10:33 PM PST by factmart
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To: Just mythoughts

...because he (McAmnesty) is scared crapless that this is “the end”, that’s why, but why a lawyer?? Why not a PR firm?


335 posted on 02/20/2008 6:10:33 PM PST by levotb
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To: icwhatudo

In your dreams. This lie is going to backlash very badly on the New York Times.


336 posted on 02/20/2008 6:11:05 PM PST by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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To: keepitreal

Absolutely!!


337 posted on 02/20/2008 6:11:06 PM PST by tear gas (Because of the 22nd Amendment, we are losing President. Bush. Can we afford to lose him now?)
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To: BlueAngel
I was actually watching Hairball and then Olbermann broke in with his breathless breaking news.

Be careful. Seeing both of these fools at the same time could result in a spontaneous psycho-motor event, resulting in the nearest heavy object being accelerated into your video viewer.

338 posted on 02/20/2008 6:11:44 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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To: John Robie

Since when is cheatin,’ Communist propaganda? Men all over the US will be using that excuse! LOL


339 posted on 02/20/2008 6:11:45 PM PST by dforest
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To: levotb

I’m curious why McCain “pleaded” with the NY Times to suspend the article? Doesn’t sound like the maverick I know? Maybe this is just an elaborate liberal trap to smoke him out?


340 posted on 02/20/2008 6:12:25 PM PST by SharpTalons
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