Posted on 08/25/2008 2:54:26 PM PDT by kristinn
It's not every aspiring First Lady whose comfort zone is a war zone, but such is the case for Cindy McCain, who left Monday on a mission to Georgia to assess the civilian casualties caused by the Russian invasion.
McCain is traveling with the U.N.'s World Food Program, whose work she monitored in Southeast Asia and Africa this spring and summer. McCain planned to meet with Georgian President Mikheil Sakaasvili, and to visit with wounded Georgian soldiers. She would also visit representatives of the HALO Trust, which works to remove landmines and on whose board she serves.
Cindy and John McCain visited Georgia together last year; in an interview with TIME at her Sedona ranch before she left, she emphasized that her years of work on overseas missions was "an important part of what I'm about, what makes me tick."
McCain says she has been trying to get into Georgia since the conflict started, but it took time to arrange the logistics. Her husband, she says, is "very supportive. As soon as he saw what was happening — he and I, we connect on many levels, I mean he knew immediately [that she would want to go.] I've been to Georgia with him, I know the country."
Her aides say that the timing of the trip, during the Democrats' convention in Denver, was never a consideration. But that doesn't mean they're ignoring the subtext: "She's on the phone with the World Food Program, he's on the phone with Sakaashvili," McCain adviser Nicolle Wallace told me. "It's like this great picture of what they'll be like in the White House."
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God bless her on this trip.
Wow what a Lady!
Michelle cant compare.
Nichole Wallace is AWESOME!!!
Her humanitarian work makes her a shoe-in for the next 1st Lady and successor to Laura Bush.
I heard today that the hospital she works for will not even take people without insurance. They ship them off to one of several other hospitals.
Lord please help that fruitcake. That's the best I can offer.
I have confidence that Cindy McCain will do a fine diplomatic job.
Busy woman and an excellent American!
I know your first post was a goof but it cracked me up good once I saw your second post and realized who your thought was Cindy.
I’m not laughing..:(
No way she can match Hillary’s bullet-dodging trip to Bosnia. *nyuck nyuck*
Agreed, but let's look at the spin. How many people will hear and comprehend why Cindy McCain is going to Georgia?
If you heard that Michelle Obama was going to Georgia to meet with political leaders, how would you react (before you knew why)?
Forget the partisans on both sides -- it won't make a bit of difference to them. Try to see this from the point of view of fence-sitters. Is this going to help or hurt McCain?
Ping.
Nice
I think it will help.
There aren’t many (any?) potential or current first ladies who will travel to a war zone on an humanitarian effort.
It’s not like this is the first time she’s been involved in humanitarian efforts.
She’s on the BOD of HALO.
This is part of who she is.
To Michelle, a humanitarian effort is to ship the uninsured out of her hospital to a clinic that will take them.
Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that McCain's principal foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann, was a wekk paid lobbyist for Georgia, now could it? Nah, of course not!
How would the fence-sitters ever find out about it?
To paraphrase Coco Chanel, “A lady should always be 2 things - classy and fabulous!” From what I have seen of Mrs. McCain, that is what she is. Besides her charity work, she always presents herself well - impeccable hair, makeup, and clothes.
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