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The real John McCain (Postmodern Version)
Filed under: John McCain
Our sister paper, Phoenix New Times -- who has covered John McCain since McCain became McCain has a story on the candidate. The writer, Amy Silverman, has covered McCain for 15 years -- and yet amazingly, there's fresh material here. A tease of an example:
Here's a story I've never seen told. In 1988, Arizona was already down and out, politically — and John McCain couldn't resist delivering a low blow.When I was in the Phoenix Public Library just last month, looking for the old Congressional hearing testimony to confirm the story, I was surprised when the librarian knew just what I was talking about. People here remember ...
Go on, read the rest.
Also see their "Vintage McCain" page, which has some classic stories. I've wondered for months how Michelle Obama is attacked for an out-of-context quote (and even more specious reasons) when Cindy McCain's drug addiction and theft from a medical-aid charity somehow gets swept under the rug. Just call her Pharmaceutical Charles Keating, I guess.
Posted by Jeff Shaw at August 6, 2008 8:40 PM
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Even though John McCain was still legally married to his first wife Carol, he applied for a marriage license to marry his second wife Cindy Hensley and they were married five weeks after his divorce from Carol.
Cindy Hensley, who is now Cindy McCain, is the sole heiress to a beer industry distributorship. Cindy McCain has a net worth of greater than $100 million. John and Cindy McCain own eight private homes. Most of them are worth several million dollars each.
How many of your friends own more than two non-rental homes? Probably none. How many of you or your friends wear $520 shoes? John McCain does.
McCain's favorite shoes are a pair of Salvatore Ferragamo "Pregiato Moccasins." What do $520 shoes do that $75 shoes won't do? Like most of the readers, I've never worn or even tried on a pair of $500 shoes.
How many of you and your friends own a private jet airplane like John and Cindy McCain? Probably none.
Posted by: Kirk Muse at August 7, 2008 10:56 AM
Why does John and Cindy McCain's wealth bother left leaning Democrats but it was no problem with the John Kerry's? Simalar but the Kerry's are even more wealthy.
Posted by: Judy Wise at August 19, 2008 9:49 AM
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