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If Wives Are Off Limits…
May 19, 2008 11:07 AM
If wives are off limits in the politics theater -- as Sen. Barack Obama suggested on this morning's GMA should be the case-- then are Democrats not guilty of the same sin by attacking Cindy McCain for not releasing her tax returns?
It was just this month that the Democratic National Committee issued a press release saying that by "failing to release Cindy McCain's returns, the McCain campaign is raising serious concerns about his own credibility, about how McCain's position as a U.S. Senator may have benefited John and Cindy McCain's business ventures, and about how McCain's political career has benefited from her personal wealth."
Michelle Obama is being attacked, recall, for comments she made from a stage while campaigning for her husband. Should the Democrats "lay off" Mrs. McCain as well, to use Obama's words? Is it "low class" to go after Cindy McCain on the tax issue?
- jpt
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so sick and tired of Obama's whining. His wife makes political statements at a political campaign rally in a public forum, on stage (not in private)... and it's OFF LIMITS???
Anything that doesn't serve Obama's path to becoming POTUS is always "low class" and a "distraction"
Getting so turned off by him and his constant blaming of others. Don't want a President who is always crying wolf, and playing the victim/race card. PERIOD.
Posted by: grace | May 19, 2008 10:26:56 PM
OOPS, dropped the "T" out of
K E N T U C K Y ...... unintentionally.
There, I put it back; that's the kind of change you want.....
Something you can count on!
Like always having Kentucky spelled the same way but visualizing changes that can work!
Hillary's Universal Health Care program over Obama's,economic programs which address the daily foreclosure of thousands of homes, training programs for the "new jobs",and and a variety of education incentives.
Hillary offers an abundance of solutions.. and the energy to carry them forward!
And SHE's not a whiner!
GIVE 'EM HELL, HILLARY!!!
Posted by: questioner | May 19, 2008 9:37:48 PM
My prediction is Cindy McCain will divorce McCain IF he ever gets to our white house. She will have fulfilled her dream of marrying a president but will be holding a grudge over the losses she has had to take when forced to sell of her Sudan investments. Will she be the first to divorce while serving as first lady? Will she get to keep the white house or is there a prenup?
Just kidding...
Release Cindy McCain's tax returns before you go acting like Michelle Obama told a lie about this country. At least Michelle is honest! Can't say that about the rest of the political lot can ya?
Obama '08!
Posted by: Happy | May 19, 2008 9:12:46 PM
Yeah, why is the GOP picking on Larry Sinclair? Pick on Michelle if you have to...
Posted by: Mary | May 19, 2008 9:07:22 PM
Who's Obama calling "low class"? Didn't he learn from the "bitter and clingy" fiasco?
Posted by: There is no Great Lake in Oregon | May 19, 2008 9:02:34 PM
As the old adage goes, "All is fair in love and politics"
Of course wifes and their lives are just as much at issue as the politicials and their lives. The Obama Democrats hammered Hillary's spouse.
Obama better get used to the idea that what is good for teh goose is good for teh gander. I promise they will take mulititudes of ganders at this wife.
Obama typically sounds naive - showing his inexperience once more.
As an independent, I would have vote for Clinton if the nominee, but if the choice is Obama, then McCain is my presidental candidate.
Posted by: m | May 19, 2008 8:25:43 PM
Cindy keeps her nose to herself and is really not a part of this election.She should not be included.
Michele keeps her nose in the pie and deserves to get burned everynow and again.
Neither of them would have been able to take the garbage B O's followers have strewn at Hillary with the strength and presidential bearing that SHE has!
And I think for an ex-president who was/is beloved by a heck of a lot Americans, Bill Clinton took a lot of undeserved slams as well.
So, it's definitely past Michele's time
to receive back in tripicate all of her
invectives..
And I can think of no one more deserving and capable of this than Hillary; should she need a word or two to help her on her way... I will be happy to offer my assistance.;-)
GIVE 'EM HELL, HILLARY!!!
Posted by: EYES EXTREMELY WIDE OPEN | May 19, 2008 8:19:06 PM
I can't believe you even bring this up as a legitimate question. Cindy McCain's tax returns is a legitimate campaign issue. The American people deserve to know if the gas fueling the "Straight Talk Express" is being financed by Anhauser Busch. IWhy are Cindy McCain's tax returns less relevant than say, Teresa Heinz Kerry's in 2004?
Posted by: Mary T | May 19, 2008 8:10:24 PM
Good try Randy - but the difference is very minor. Both wives are being linked to their husbands' ethics by insinuation. Michelle through patriotism, and McCain through her finances. If people want patriotic and financially ethical presidents, and spouses are proxies for this, then it has to work in both cases. Frankly I don't care about what Michelle said, and I dont give a dayum what's in Cindy's tax returns. They wont tell us anything useful. Obama already made a big stink out of Clinton's returns, and all we found out was she made $$$ - just like he has now started doing. Big deal. You guys are becoming Ken Starr. It's frightening.
Posted by: Tony | May 19, 2008 8:08:51 PM
Another Aussie, perhaps you have been wrestling crocodiles, but the US Senate is not the same as a state senate. State senators represent districts and make state and local policy. US senators represent the entire state and make national and foreign policy. The difference is enormous. During Obama's brief time in the US Senate, he has primarily campaigned for the presidency. He has missed far more votes this year than Clinton.
Posted by: Tony | May 19, 2008 8:05:17 PM
Hey, Julia. Join the club. I am black, and I never saw the hype. Soon after I started listening to him and watching how people reacted to him, I knew that there was something really sick happening. He doesn't say much of anything, but gets hyped beyond measure. 75k people to hear the prince of peace talk about hope? LOL. That's absolutely frightening.
Posted by: Tony | May 19, 2008 7:59:15 PM
Michelle Obama is yet another reason why I am not voting for Barack Obama. She is scary, angry, hostile, and ill-mannered. From "I want to rip his [Bill Clinton's] eyes out" to America "is a downright mean country," this woman is no lady, and should never become the First Lady. Michelle lacks both wit and grace. Her $500 shoes and $1,000 blouses can't make up for her churlish rhetoric.
Posted by: thecandypoem | May 19, 2008 7:58:46 PM
if they are on the campaign trail, i would say what they say there is subject to scrutiny. Michelle is being criticized for things she said. While I consider that asinine, it's kind of a sweet justice, given how the Repubs. did the same to Hillary. When they asked her, "Ms. Rodham, you're a successful lawyer, you have your last name...blah blah...what type of first lady will you be? answer: well, i won't be sitting around baking cookies." Innocent? yes. to the repubs. she insulted every woman in america who baked cookies for her kids! it was absolutely stupid. they kept attacking and she would be less visible, but the repubs. found an enemy in hillary: a proud, educated, fighting woman. Next thing you know, they were investing and investigating and investigating and finding nothing. when you young kids today buy into the madness the clinton is such an awful beast you really need to know how it all started. it was very difficult hearing fellow democrats do the same to her that the repubs. did. well, payback will be royal.
Posted by: Tony | May 19, 2008 7:56:25 PM
Michelle Obama is loathsome. And, to add two words used by her own husband, she's also "detestable" and "low-class".
Posted by: s. valenti | May 19, 2008 7:32:37 PM
Somehow this attack on Michelle will be blamed on Hillary.
And she will be called a racist.
Obama the whiner....His protective bubble is bursting.
Posted by: cindy in nc | May 19, 2008 7:32:18 PM
Obama is just trying to build sympathy for his wife. She is a disaster waiting to happen.
He knows how abrasive and grumpy she is and that she will likely come up with another radical statement.
Rumors are rampant on blogs about Michelle saying something offensive caught on tape.
He needs to send her on a cruise with his pastor.
Hillary or McCain (a true patriot)
Posted by: cindy in nc | May 19, 2008 7:24:35 PM
Tina from Florida said: I remember when Obama supporters were asking Chelsea Clinton about Monica. I don't recall many Obama supporters saying anything was wrong with that. Can you say hypocrite.
Um you need to get your facts straight Tina. The first person to ask about Monica was a CLINTON SUPPORTER as I recall.
OBAMA 08
Posted by: Dennis In Orlando, FL | May 19, 2008 7:06:18 PM
The phony hypocrite has been attacking his fellow dems presidential candidates, and the spouse of HRC, including framing him being a racist. Now he is the cry baby again. It is scary to think this phony could even be considered as a pres not to imagine that he might have a shot at it.
Posted by: fat cat | May 19, 2008 6:55:27 PM
If you do not want people denouncing the hatred words, keep her mouth shut and hide her in the closet. If you sent her out campaigning for you, and when she bad-mouthing the country you are seeking for presidency you want people lay off her, you are proven again yourself a phony hypocrite.
Quit, and leave the dems a chance to win the general election.
Posted by: tools | May 19, 2008 6:46:47 PM
Obama is a whiner.
His wife is a loose cannon just one slip of the mouth from sinking the Obama paper ship.
Posted by: Sally J. | May 19, 2008 6:31:46 PM
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