Posted on 02/21/2008 6:31:35 AM PST by teddyballgame
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- John McCain denied a romantic relationship with a female telecommunications lobbyist on Thursday and said a report by The New York Times suggesting favoritism for her clients is "not true."
"I'm very disappointed in the article. It's not true," the likely Republican presidential nominee said as his wife, Cindy, stood alongside him during a news conference called to address the matter.
McCain described the woman in question, lobbyist Vicki Iseman, as a friend.
The newspaper quoted anonymous aides as saying they had urged McCain and Iseman to stay away from each other prior to his failed presidential campaign in 2000. In its own follow-up story, The Washington Post quoted longtime aide John Weaver, who split with McCain last year, as saying he met with lobbyist Iseman and urged her to steer clear of McCain.
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You could be right, we'll see on that.
But I think the focus on the Times is a wild goose chase [no pun intended]. Finding out who put the story out should be the focus of those that don't like the story.
Can we get Romney back now?
As I said before, you're poisoning the well. And I'm not a McCain fan. But this is unfair. And unjust. Why does your opinion get to go into the title of the thread?
I hope you'll do an entire apology thread, with your apology PROMINENTLY and CLEARLY in the title, when and if it is proven that McCain is innocent of the charges. And I don't mean a weenie post like Oops! or I'm sorry. You need to state clearly in the title of your apology thread what it is you're apologizing for.
Again, this is just wrong.
I have no idea whether or not McCain is innocent of the innuendo in the story. I’m just saying that he could be guilty as sin of the things they are implying and still appear all innocence compared with the Clintons and perhaps even Obama, after a bit of investigation and speculation by ‘”news”hounds’.
IOW, this is laughable compared to real Democrat scandals.
But, “perception is reality”, and “timing is everything”. Things haven’t changed much since Chicken Little’s, the sky is falling.
Lots of manipulatin’ goin’ on he’ah. Does he deserve it? Probably. But, the point is that he’s getting it whether he deserves it or not, just as ever will be the case with an agenda driven MSM.
“I hope you’ll do an entire apology thread, with your apology PROMINENTLY and CLEARLY in the title...”
I’ll get right on that.
It’s an opinion, like “barf alert” or anything else someone puts in a post. While I’m working on this, why don’t you get a life.
Of course not. He’s the only one who would have a chance in the general.
And of couse he could never run with someone like Kay Bailey Hutchinson. Then we would win for sure.
Yes, strange isn’t it to just go before a microphone room filled with a bunch of morons and say the NYT has disappointed me. I would tell everyone that I was suing. I would continue on with my campaign as normal but would have a battery of attorneys handling the suit for me and if I had to go and testify I would do that too. First of all...anyone can say something about someone and then tell the newspaper. If someone wants to accuse someone of something then the accuser should have to face the accused. Otherwise, it is all HEARSAY.
John should make the NYT pay and pay big. Not for the money but to finally take a stand and say enough is enough. People just can’t make accusations without backing them up with full proof. John has an opportunity to do something really big here but...if he doesn’t well...just makes one wonder, doesn’t it?
I believe one of the reporters asked if he and this woman were romantic. I think someone DID ask that. However, he almost wanted to go into his campaign issues and once again telling everyone he served his country. We all know that and respect his time there and in the POW Camp as well. We wish we could take that back for him. However, he needs to stand up and go for the throat on this or it will look like he is guilty of something.
What in the world ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ANYWAY?
My response was to someone who said they would stay home in November and I posted: “Another vote for Obama.” What in the world does that have to do with the response you sent to me about Rush and how conservative I think I am etc.????
Yes, sue for defamation of character. In other words make life hard. Really hard for the NYT. Make them have to come out and defend themselves etc. I would.
I asked the mods to remove my post #243 immediately after writing it, since I noticed that the title had already been changed. But they didn’t. I was over it, but I guess the mods wanted to keep it going.
Exactly.
A caller on Rush described it perfectly.
When McCain said he was “disappointed”, it was the word a lover or trusted family member would use.
McCain was “disappointed” because he thought that the NY Times and he were close, trusted allies.
He actually thought (thinks) the liberal media can be trusted.
LOL! I think so, there seems to be a no return policy when it comes to these nominees.
McCain trusted these people so much he hired Bob Bennett to stop this story months ago.... And there really is not anything there there in the story so why all the outrage? I do not trust any part of this whole show including the Times and/or lord McCain.
Why not, I am all for getting Romney back in.
He was the one. Media hates him, because they knew he was the smartest candidate.
Precisely.
The fact that McCain didn’t realize the NYT would turn on him as soon as it became clear that he would be the nominee they would stab him in the back.
Bennett is a big gun, but it doesn’t mean he’s guilty.
It may just mean he’s playing hardball when he postures for a fight.
Forgetting everything else, you’ve got to admit Bennett is a “Top Gun”, and he’s most likely going to hand the “Old Gray Lady” her head.
I am NOT impressed that this story was anything to hire a big gun like Bob Bennett to keep suppressed... I suspect that a deal was struck and this was the prearrange agreement because there is really no there there in this story. Story sounds like ancient days and gossip so what is all the supposed big fuss. The only thing I get from this drama is that the story is true that lord McCain hiring a big gun to keep the press quiet.
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