Well yeah, but that was then, this is now. He changed his mind.
You can't hold Obama to anything he says. Remember, his whole campaign is about:
That means that no matter what he says about any issue, eventually his position will change.
Posted on 07/16/2008 12:45:46 PM PDT by SJackson
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has promised he would not make his GOP rival John McCain’s wife a political issue, but at least one of his television surrogates is trying to make her personal wealth a major campaign issue.
“I would never consider making Cindy McCain a campaign issue and if I saw people doing that---I would speak out against it,” Obama said in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network on June 18.
Now, less than a month later, an Obama loyalist deployed by the Democratic National Committee to various television shows for the purpose of promoting Obama’s candidacy says Mrs. McCain’s wealth presents a “red flag.”
Jamal Simmons, a communications consultant for the DNC, blasted Mr. McCain on CNN Tuesday evening because “he doesn’t talk about what’s going to happen to Cindy McCain if he goes into the White House” and “he’s not leading a transparent campaign.”
He complained about Mrs. McCain’s credit card bills, the houses her husband lives in with her and discounted price the McCain campaign has paid to travel on his wife’s corporate jet to campaign events.
“That month where he was spending $750,000 on credit card debts was from March 2007 until the beginning of 2000 -- middle of 2008,” Simmons claimed. “And that's when they were spending all this money on credit cards. They would not have been able to keep the John McCain campaign alive had he not had this personal wealth.”
Mrs. McCain is reportedly worth more than $100 million due to the beer distribution company she inherited from her parents, Hensley & Company. The McCain’s keep their finances separate and Mr. McCain has recused himself from Senate votes on alcohol issues.
Mrs. McCain’s money has come under recent scrutiny because of the windfall her company will get from the $52 billion sale of Anheuser-Bush to the Belgian brewing company InBev. It is unknown how much that sale will directly benefit Hensley & Company, but is speculated to be between $1 million and $2 million.
Some Democrats, like Simmons, say the McCain campaign is hiding information Mrs. McCain’s wealth. Ironically, the information about her credit card debt comes from Mr. McCain’s Senate financial disclosure forms, readily available on the internet through the Center for Responsive Politics.
McCain’s 2008 report, which includes tax information for the previous year, is 51 pages long. By comparison, former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s 2006 report, which contained information about her former President husband’s international speaking fees and their joint finances, is 11 pages long. Her 2007 form is unavailable although it was due last May. She filed for an extension on May 12.
Obama’s 2007 Senate financial disclosure forms are 8 pages long.
I wonder what would happen if we had candidates that did not talk out of both sides of their mouths?
Jamal Simmons, a communications consultant for the DNC, blasted Mr. McCain on CNN Tuesday evening because “he doesn’t talk about what’s going to happen to Cindy McCain if he goes into the White House”........
Maybe I’m being dense today, but what the heck does he mean by “what’s going to happen to Cindy McCain.....”?
I have no clue what that means.
So it’s soomehow “wrong” to use your personal wealth (i.e YOUR money) to attempt to attain elected office?
Someone needs to notify the Kennedys IMMEDIATELY!!
...and that RINO Bloomberg in New York
Is her money illegal? Not that I have seen or heard.
Are the favors and gifts to Obamarx been legal? NO!!!
His "bio" is #4. It's an EYE-OPENING read into who he "is".
...and a certain Mrs. John Kerry who previously married into a certain family fortune based upon a ketchup consortium that ama$$ed million$!.
not just Jamal
that whole organization is a roll call of socialists
and environmentalist whackos
Thanks. That’s a good one, and it had slipped my mind.
I’m sure their are DOZENS of others on BOTH sides of the “aisle”.
Well yeah, but that was then, this is now. He changed his mind.
You can't hold Obama to anything he says. Remember, his whole campaign is about:
That means that no matter what he says about any issue, eventually his position will change.
Jamal married into the black political establishment. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E5DD1639F936A25750C0A96E958260
"Wondering what’s going to happen to Cindy McCain if McCain goes into the White House is totally uncalled for. I reject bringing up the subject of her enormous credit card bills and the McCain campaign's use of her opulent corporate jet that spews greenhouse gases from sea to shining sea," Obama continued. "I toss the fellow who did that under the bus," Obama said. "The guy who raised questions about the windfall her company will get from the $52 billion sale of Anheuser-Bush is not the same guy I've known for 20 years." |
Cindy McCain’s parents were named Hensley and Company?
So was Company her mother or her father?
Maybe he's worried she's going to redecorate on the taxpayers dime.
One things for sure, she won't be getting a $600 rebate to buy earings. I'm still trying to figure out how Michelle got one with $4.2 million earnings.
LOL!
Oh, never mind.
He is not the same Obama we used to ..... Oh, wait!!!
Her company is a distributorship. If she or the company own AB stock, she or it will benefit just like any other shareholder. There is nothing "fishy" or unfair going on here.
I expect that, if Cindy McCain becomes First Lady, and I obviously prefer her to that whiny harridan Obama is married to, I suppose she would appoint someone to run the company and attend to her new duties. I don't see anything bad happening to her as this dope seems to imply.
Good!! The more the RATS pile on the McCains the better. The sooner old man McCain realizes he is in a vicious fight the better. I’m sick and tired of Pubbies constantly taking it on the chin while the RATS kick the $hi% out of them. Had Bush fought back ala Harry Truman maybe we wouldn’t be in as bad shape as we are today.
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Senator Obama said today that he deplores the fellow who said that Mrs. McCain’s wealth presents a red flag.