Posted on 06/25/2008 4:54:27 PM PDT by Cecily
The woman who wants to be the next Republican First Lady pledged today to expand her humanitarian work if she makes it into the White House, taking inspiration from the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
Speaking ahead of a political fundraiser in London tonight, Cindy McCain said that she felt "very honoured" to serve on the boad of the Halo Trust, the Anglo-American anti-landmine charity endorsed by Diana and which organised her controversial walk through an Angolan minefield in 1997, the year of her death.
Speaking to The Times, Mrs McCain said of Diana: "She was (a) great inspiration to me and to the British people as well. She was a remarkable person and had a loving heart.”
Ms McCain's London fundraiser was expected to raise at least $500,000 for her husband, John McCain, who needs every penny he can get to match the superior financial firepower of his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama.
In an interview to be published in Times2 tomorrow, Mrs McCain spoke of the problems she faces reconciling her domestic life and charity commitments with being the wife of a presidential candidate. “I won’t lie to you and say that I always enjoy the campaigning, but when the days get a little long and I get a little frustrated, I remind myself that I have a ringside seat on American history,” she said.
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Not really ~ there is plenty of good going on.
The media doesn't report decency.
Otherwise Cindy McCain's philanthropy would be better known.
It's just as easy to thrive on good thoughts as sick ones.
Singlehandedly? No help from anyone? Okay, I’m impressed.
“Well, if she was referring to the Princess, than I agree...she was a slut. I could not stand her. Don’t understand her allure, never did. But that’s just me.”
So because she divorced and had a boyfriend she was a slut?
I was wondering the same thing. I thought one couldn't seek foreign campaign money. Bill Clinton got money from the Chinese, but it was done surreptitously.
Yeah, Diana was a relentless self-publicist, too.
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