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.
Anyone who thinks that this whole soap opera is not playing exactly to the script is nuckin futz.
Good.
I hope the NYT shoots their wad early. Wanna knock McCain out with scandal? Do it NOW, before the convention. We won’t complain.
indylindy...
Isn’t is, though? It’s amazing what you can get off the internet...
“Yet he calls me a racist.”
He doesn’t even know you. You are at once hyperbolizing and personalizing statements that are at most political polemics. That does not equate with personal detraction and attacks on a person’s character and his family, which is seriously wrong. This over the top rhetoric against someone who served his country bravely and honorably under very hard circumstances is just shameful. You disagree with him on issues. Fine. Vote for someone else. But do you have to get personal? Doing that does not diminish the person who is attacked as much as it does the attacker.
Hot Air
Non story, IMO
Robert Bennett said on H&C that NYT was pressured by New Republic to run the story.
That 10 years ago McCain's staff thought they might be having a romantic relationship and kept her away from him.
How's that for front page, breaking New York Times news? </sarcasm>
Say, Ghost, WHY do you feel sorry for Cindy McCain, daughter of the AZ Mob? I don’t!
Some of his aides told ONE (1) bimbo to get lost 8 years ago?
Thats not all that earth shattering.
Of course not, but is that the only reason to vote for McCain? Geez, is this the best we can do? If so, we have done this to ourselves. Or as Pogo once said "We have seen the enemy, and he is us!"
Even worse the lobbyist may have aided in the crafting of telecom legislation. McCain may have screwed the taxpayer along with Iseman!!
No more legs than the original.
“Bay Buchanan is taking McCain to task on CNN. Hell Yea!!
McCain should have never given them sparks to start this brushfire.’
Now there’s a shock.
I’m votin for Dole.
... or Newt.
Actually, Walter Williams would be a good choice.
Go BIRDS!!!
Hey guys, read #491 and #503, Interesting, really!
Interesting from the WaPo article you posted:
“Iseman, 40, who joined the Arlington-based firm of Alcalde & Fay as a secretary and rose to partner within a few years, often touted her access to the chairman of the Senate Commerce chairman as she worked on behalf of clients such as Cablevision, Echostar, Tribune Broadcasting and Paxson Communications, according to several other lobbyists who spoke on the condition of anonymity.”
Secretary to partner within a few years.
The CIA started the Viet Nam War.
The CIA controlled the North Vietnamese.
Illuminatis?
Al Capone?
This is troofer crap. And you are a troofer crapper.
Let me repeat: YOU ARE INSANE. GET HELP.
Second, I will always feel sorry for the person who ends up married to a cheater. I do not care who or what the circumstances. There is never a good excuse.
you need to give it a rest
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