Getting publicly exposed in the NYT for an inappropriate relationship with telecom lobbyist Vicki Iseman only a week after taking time off the campaign trail to vote for a bill giving retroactive immunity to the telecos in the Senate FISA bill makes the timing kinda awkward for St. John McVain.
And then there’s this:
She spent most of her waking hours learning the business, and it paid off handsomely. Eight years later she became the youngest partner ever in the firm, counting among her clients PAX tv, Religious Voices in Broadcasting, Telemundo, the Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, and Computer Sciences Corporation. In addition, she has met Melanie Griffith, Britney Spears, Bo Derek, and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Iseman said that the most important aspect of her job is the effect that one person can have on legislation in small communities and educational institutions. “Where my heart lies is in education,” she said. “I believe it is the great equalizer.”
By the way, as this alleged relationship was happening (or shortly before) John McCain voted to impeach Clinton on both counts. One of those counts had to do with concealing his plan to help Monica Lewinsky land a job.
What a maverick.
(h/t kirk)
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2 in a row! Hi Jane.
What a couple – great pic ;)!
Hi Jane….. I just knew this story had legs…..
Oh shizzola, best picture ever..heh.
Hard to imagine that when Sen Rectitude was sharing his..cabin..he was a 65 year-old Senator – with a 32 year-old lobbyist.
Up, up, and away!
oh my goodness Jane. nebber hit the papers till a full lunar eclipse. hmmm.
Oddly enough, that’s just what St. John is thinking right now.
I hope we’re going to be fair to this woman. I’m going to do my best to treat this the same as if it was a Democratic candidate involved. There are some serious allegations here which should be investigated. I’m withholding judgment for now.
Also, some sad news from CNN:
One of two Air Force pilots whose F-15C jets collided over the Gulf of Mexico has died, Air Force officials say.
Jane,
Did you take the courtesy of photoshopping out Jack Abramoff?
-G
Naw, I still think McCain’s sniffing Shrub’s armpit is the bestest…! ;-)
All the way down to the ground, as they say.
Dayam, that sux…! 8-(
so jane, you remmeber how lieberman punished clinton for the lewinsky thing?
what do you think lieberman will do with his endorsement of mccain, does he rescind it?
it would be hard to believe that even he could withstand the ridicule he would see if he continued his endorsement after this story breaks
In almost all other circumstances, I would be deeply sympathetic towards Mrs. McCain.
Given that the first Mrs. McCain, the one who raised his children alone while he was in Vietnam, was in a wheelchair when the Senator and the current Mrs. McCain started dating, I’m afraid the Gingrich exemption applies to my willingness to sympathize.
Any reasonably intelligent high school student knows that if he’ll cheat with you, he’ll cheat on you.
It must be dreadful to be with someone who requires his wife to be 25. It must be even more dreadful to have accepted him on that basis.
I guess money can’t buy you love. Who knew?
So, who else is quaking in their boots tonight?
When you mouse over the photo in the original article, the legend reads: “Lobbyist Vicki Iseman is well-connected in Washington”.
I don’t really need to add anything to that.
Ya think Vicki might have a blue dress?
watch those vi**ra ads. they wouldn’t dare, wood they?!
“many pols say….”
NOW look whut u’ve done. i was nearly merely respectable till i met ya. ;->
All of McCain’s love interests bare a striking resemblance to all the missing white women.
We need to remind Mr. Lie about this with a multitude of emails.
Maybe this is the Bushies’ version of a “tailhook(’em horns)” of St. McCain.?
Somehow their endorsements of him have seemed disingenuous at best.
Julia, why was she in a wheelchair?
If campaigns are about branding, Sen McCain just became Candidate Vicki.
(wonder what darkblack would do with this?)
You’ve seen Cindy’s eyes. I think Senator previously McLaid has worries on more fronts than I would like to face.
Bad car accident while St John was in Hanoi Hilton.
My ex just needs them able bodied.
Among the progressive community we always thought him sleazy…. just look into all the defense contracts that magically came to Arizona including those special armored vehicles against IED’s but would not be released until 2010.
In a state that finally have one Governor who has not convicted and/or impeached…
But, don’t we want him to complete the journey to the Darkside…?
Has anyone told Mitt?
Maybe he didn’t fuck her- maybe he just sat on her face er somethin- Jeesh- old navy pilots have ta have some fun eh?
Iseman, Vicki
Lobbyist Profile
Client list 1998:
Client list 2007:
And there’s some Ross Perot connection to that story, but I forget exactly what he did or how he was involved.
She was crippled in a car accident.
Of course, his own experiences probably would have managed to pierce his self-absorption, but sadly she got fat.
So did Clusterfuck get a piece of her too?
I don’t see anything new from the we has it too WaPo story.
what a blow.
Huh??!
teaching geography to the intellectually challenged.
alumni
…or teaching intellect to the geographically challenged.
No shit. What was that like?
No mincing words, I see.
She looks like a runner up in a Marilyn look alike constest.
Kos diary ….
John McCain and the S&L Debacle
I’m trying to wean myself from this stuff.
Will keep lurking, ’cause yer the best, guys.
But keeping up the non-answering relative to whut the caller i.d. box says, with active wide spread family, and living in OH (i.e. next big political campaign target), my plate’s full right now, not all the contents consumable.
Thanks for making the difference. Carry on dawgs! ;->
CACI was one of those megajumbos that screwed the pooch in Iraq. That company gets eviscerated in Iraq for Sale by Robert Greenwald.
Just a little war profiteering for the Good Senators lady friend.
Blech.
-G
That’s a college here in PA.
I think I need a neck brace.
It seems….
jeez, RW! Do we need to send you Some?
‘Cause…goll, dude.
The spy satellite is a goner.
Would ya expect anything less…? ;-)
Joe Lieberman is pumping his fist in the air syaing ‘Yeah!’
-G
seriously? were they waiting for the eclipse, heh?
Can’t help you with that… Glaucoma?
;~P
WAY OT
Peronal favor please.
My son is looking for votes for his LOLCat caption on cheeseburger. Please help.
Every day…show up and see what happens…it is freakling amazing….
They actually hit it? Amazing.
Greta Von Susteren on FOX is reporting it. They hit it on the first try. It only took one ten million dollar missile.
Did they hit the satellite? Or not?
That’s cute! And I gave it 5 cheeseburgers…
Oh.
Good.
First thing this administration has actually hit.
Thanks LL!
Yay!
More billions for Star Wars defense.
The race to weaponize the stratosphere is on.
-G
Nah, I’ve already taken care of that, thanks. :)
Me too
interesting list. thx.
Ok, a lot of red flags are raised, I seriously doubt the veracity… Numerous factors have conflicted in reportage from all quarters and all along…
Ya to shoot down space garbage….. Lets see if Arizona gets that defense contact…
Breaking News!
They got a cat out of a tree in India.
Mission Accomplished. Ahem. Hello? Hello, anyone out there? Nevermind.
ever feel the world’s passed u by?
all u got’s 2 sterling candidates snipping at each other on a regular basis over lil’ stuff
then u look across the hedge and here’s the neighbors self-mutilating up a storm.
who knew?!
Take a night off and rest the vocal cords, Hill & Bama.
You’re BOTH top drawer.
Please keep that in mind, and we’ll ALL be o.k., or at least have a fighting chance.
As my army major efriend sez, a self-licking ice cream cone–they get a new satellite & a new missile. Someone got a big promotion over this.
yup, on the top ten list of war profiteers on altnet.
…unless you’re counting our own intelligence operations.
In that case we’ll take a million of ‘em. Put it on the grandkids’ tab.
Oh – isn’t that sweet – it’s already on their registry.
Mister Anti-Torture (except when Bush tells him to vote for it) and his pro-torture “good friend”. Charming.
np, is interesting.
We are the champions of the world…we shot it down…we are the champions of the world…McCain did what???…we shot down a satellite…nah, nah…Say What????……We are the coolest…we shot the satellite down…
anyone have a link to the satellite story?
I want to know where the pieces are.
The eclipse was great.
just posted the shot down story in the news box on the front page
(((TexBetsy)))
whut if they just say they hit it & it’s still there listening to your every word?
whut if a lil hunk of canister lands directly on…?
Heh, looks like a Faux Noise crawl ;-)
“Happy Birthday, Meester President…”
Me thinks Cheney made sure FOX got the scoop on the breaking missile shooting down the satellite news story.
A champion of deregulation, Mr. McCain wrote letters in 1998 and 1999 to the Federal Communications Commission urging it to uphold marketing agreements allowing a television company to control two stations in the same city, a crucial issue for Glencairn Ltd., one of Ms. Iseman’s clients. He introduced a bill to create tax incentives for minority ownership of stations; Ms. Iseman represented several businesses seeking such a program. And he twice tried to advance legislation that would permit a company to control television stations in overlapping markets, an important issue for Paxson.
In late 1999, Ms. Iseman asked Mr. McCain’s staff to send a letter to the commission to help Paxson, now Ion Media Networks, on another matter. Mr. Paxson was impatient for F.C.C. approval of a television deal, and Ms. Iseman acknowledged in an e-mail message to The Times that she had sent to Mr. McCain’s staff information for drafting a letter urging a swift decision.
Mr. McCain complied. He sent two letters to the commission, drawing a rare rebuke for interference from its chairman. In an embarrassing turn for the campaign, news reports invoked the Keating scandal, once again raising questions about intervening for a patron.
Mr. McCain’s aides released all of his letters to the F.C.C. to dispel accusations of favoritism, and aides said the campaign had properly accounted for four trips on the Paxson plane. But the campaign did not report the flight with Ms. Iseman. Mr. McCain’s advisers say he was not required to disclose the flight, but ethics lawyers dispute that.
Recalling the Paxson episode in his memoir, Mr. McCain said he was merely trying to push along a slow-moving bureaucracy, but added that he was not surprised by the criticism given his history.
“Any hint that I might have acted to reward a supporter,” he wrote, “would be taken as an egregious act of hypocrisy.”
I’m not gonna rake the yard ever again…
lol
no wonder Cindy went through a preszricption drug “period” in/on cam when she did.
somehow, weirdly, I feel for Cindy. It’s a Human thing, with me.
I’d like to see her “happy”.
I WONDER what that would be like.
mebbe that wasn’t really the moon
CACI originally from Casa Grand AZ…. General Dynamics is also another one… then there is Rthayone in southern AZ
Vicki Iseman’s Bio Pulled From Web
from Huff Po
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Don’t think they have said if they hit it…I think it has to “hunt it down” while they are in low orbit.
Missile launched to hit disabled satellite
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23265613/
Link to sharpshooter story
how many trillion does it take to shoot down a dead satellite?
The news story I heard about it on the radio this morning included the claim that the anti-missile system has successfully hit its target “on twelve out of fourteen attempts.” “That’s fine propaganda,” I thought to myself. I guess all those other failed anti-missile tests I remember must have been against caucuses or red states, and “don’t count”…
Raytheon! A major contractor of Aegis and Patriot missile systems…
The missle defense system can shoot down missles that carry a special transmitter which says “Here I am” to the killer missle. So far, the enemies of america have been unwilling to mount such transmitters in their missles.
sexist W: “I’d hit it.”
the satellite, that is.
Our enemies are such chickens. They’re no fun at all.
Jerks!
Don’t they know who’s in charge?
So there are really two stories here- The story about McBush’s dick – and the story about special favors McBush happened to give to a lobbyist.
No question which story america wants to hear about!
Does travel insurance cover a trip into low orbit cancelled by waiting for space road-rage debris to be cleared?
Anyone skeptical about the missile success?
“Let’s hold the McCain story until we “hit” the satellite…yeah…that’s the ticket…
Gimme a break.
Come on gang- Maybe McBush did the favors for the lobbyist because she made such great cherry pie!
WHUT?!
George W. Dicksmack is hoping to use his Florida 2000 magic in Pakistan.
Urges nation to keep Musharraff despite losses.
Paging James Baker.
-G
Yes! I coulda sworn I’d heard something hit my roof…! *g*
gotta link for that rw?
Another thing to consider is what a smart thing this is for the Times to do. Release a preview of the story the night before and create a huge buzz. Now everyone will be waiting to buy the paper the next morning.
Love a link for this. Thanks.
What’s that horrid growth on her right side? Disgusting, isn’t it?
“They” did it. the missile has been hit.
It’s from the NYT story we’ve all been talking about- page four I think.
i believe an impeachmentectomy would remove that growth permanently
velcro and cardboard are wonderful inventions
“Keeper of secrets”…”Secretary Musharraff…rawk awn…
What a blessing to finally go watch TDS again. Great mock on Hucksterbee tonight.
First thing I thought.
If it was real . Radio-detonated charge, maybe even on a not-satellite? This crew has made the black helicopter crowd look like prophets, so who knows for sure?
Re: Indiana , Pa. That’s how they do it in Pennsyltuckey . (Probably the evergreen tree seedling capital of the the world , btw )
Here’s a more complete story of the missile strike…
http://www.kitv.com/news/15352444/detail.html
Not me , not really. It’s just math…we can reliably hit a moon of Saturn from a billion miles away, I think we can plug that little ‘ol satellite without a great deal of trouble.
Lawsuit…it hit my house…there’s a hole from something…”really”.
Can she make a cherry pie,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she make a cherry pie,
Charming Billy?
She can make a cherry pie,
Quick as a cat can wink an eye,
She’s a young thing
And cannot leave her mother.
I just don’t believe anything they say anymore. Not saying it wasn’t a success but I’ll wait a few days to see if the story changes.
Mitt to self:
“damn I was smart to suspend my campaign, rather than end it.”
If they say we hit the missle, maybe we did. I’m more skeptical about the assassination of Mugniyah (sp?).
so-o-o, they hit IT.
when can we safely go outside to see the last of the eclipse?
Okay okay okay, how ’bout the next one?
Frozen Foreskin McVain….ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Awww… No spoilers for us geographically challenged individuals… 8-(
Thanks TB – cracks me up to see huffpo cached it.
Hope all her other google hits are saved – the IUP site has a few more; one at an mia site…
treasures upon treasures
kind of a late Valentine’s present
the sort that keeps on giving….
Yep saw that.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/
Can’t have the possibility of any president getting impeached . Or miss a possible chance to screw up everything . @#$@&*^%#@!!!!! The Pakistanis ‘ll really love us now .
Ewwwww…gawd….spit, spit…ick.
it was FDA approved ,no lawsuit for you
How her legs spead is the “Great Equalizer.” I take it Dubbya has enjoyed her favors.
cue image of our modern-day lover boy Dr. McStrangelove astride said missile.
he spent $43.3 million of his own money!
bwahaha….
the Botox roamed
thanks GregB. Un-^%!$##@@!*-believable
I thought your comment was a joke, and the link would lead to a joke link… but I clicked through and got this:
Exclusive: U.S. urges Pakistanis to keep Musharraf, despite election defeat
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/hom…..28273.html
Which is a joke. US credibility on the Cheney/Bush democracy crusade has got to be negative territory now. And what great timing. The Pakistani moderates won even along the Afghan frontier, and we give them this crap? Unbelievable.
Machiavelli said, when trying to take over foreign principalities, one should never depend upon the local toadies. But our very clever reliable big daddy would-be Prince leaders never have the guts to follow Machiavelli’s advice. Our brave princes love them their local toadies, because they are really stupid cowards, not clever Princes. That is why everyone eats Cheney/Bush’s lunch except for the US public. (this paragraph is a mix of seriousness and bitter snark).
Anyway, what a dickhead move.
The moon disappeared tonight.
John McVain blamed it on islamoradicalskateboardofascism. Then he fell off the edge of the flat earth on his way to pander to Pat Robertson and James Dobson.
Huckeybee blames it on secular humanists and is proposing a Constitutional Amendment banning eclipses.
I smell Brain Damage and suspect a Lunatic Upon The Grass…
(apologies to Pink Floyd)
It’s a repeat. I think Jon is off until after he does the Oscars Sunday. Probably won’t be back until Tuesday night due to late night Sunday telecast & cross-country travel [LAX back to NYC].
An unfortunate side effect…! ;-)
See..it is a non-story. Nobody cares who McCain schtupted..
Except Cindy McCain…get a lawyer.
I thot you hit the roof when you learned was gasoline was gonna cost soon… :)
Actually, it seems to be one of the last shows shown before the strike ended. I didn’t watch out of solidarity, but it’s pretty funny. Anyhow, thought Comedy Central braodcast the same thing everywhere, so you should be able to watch it now. I think it rebroadcasts later too.
Well, hey, it was good enough for us, right?
Exclusive: U.S. urges Pakistanis to keep Musharraf, despite election defeat
————
sorta how we got to keep chumpie twice
John will probably sing in a much higher key when Cindy gets through with him.
can we say it in 3 part harmony… IOKIYAR
ya beat me to the punch
…but we get to see him spar w/Mr. Kristol – which is always good for the soul.
Yeah, apparently. Because I didn’t watch during the strike, I didn’t know it was a repeat. Didn’t realize that when I typed my last comment.
And I think it should be Colbert for the Oscars. Now that would draw blood and make it worth watching.
I am inclined to believe that he was killed.
-G
Oh, John Stewart warmly greeting one of the biggest warmongers in America.
-G
Really, I’m telling the truth Cindy…my eyebrows are stuck…believe me..if you didn’t make me have that procedure, you’d see…I’m telling teh truth…What??? Whaaaat do you mean?????
%(*(%(&%(%($$%(&&%(&%(%$$
Cindy?
F you.
For all you Dawg fans out there, Dog Dwayne is finalizing the new contract and are about to start filming again for A&E…
Cindy McCain does not strike me as a Dolly Parton gonna turn me a rooster into a hen (from a 9 to 5) kinda wife.
Oh, my — it’s not just the NYT:
Somebody call animal control!
I suffer from mulletphobia.
But I would love to see some 5-O reruns.
-G
oh PW, not the WaPoo too (gasp) the villagers and the beltway folks do not want st john the torturer/adulterer to get the nomination, do they.
for Kirk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pREBmzfVuSQ
What did McCain say, “Monster Ethics”…?
Actually ,it (almost) can’t . 2/15 , even with a transmitter on the target .
Regarding McCain Dame-gate (or whatever fuss this leads to) I bet one cold soda pop and a freshly made baloney sandwich, that is an attack from some one GOP side. First of all, it got published. Anything from Dem side would be dismissed as ‘just politics.’ Second of all, it looks like no real corruption occured, at least so far, therefore its lack of substance premits prominent placement (that is, so far this seems like Drudge material)
I wonder if I am right, and would like to know. I guess I will pay some kind of attention until I find out.
If Dems did do it, it was under deep cover. And the sex amgle was a ploy to bring up Keating Five and S&L crisis stuff. That of course, is worthy of review, given McCain’s reformer schtick, but being substantive, would never make for a prominent article.
Questions, questions…will anyone ask them?
He is the local animal control…! *g*
The missile shoot down means one thing: make way for a Broder bump! Bush may rocket all the way up to 20%!
This may be the money shot in the McBush story at NYT:
“In interviews, the two former associates said they joined in a series of confrontations with Mr. McCain, warning him that he was risking his campaign and career. Both said Mr. McCain acknowledged behaving inappropriately and pledged to keep his distance from Ms. Iseman. The two associates, who said they had become disillusioned with the senator, spoke independently of each other and provided details that were corroborated by others.”
Quick! Somebody call mullet control!
William “The Bloody” is displaying his rictus on TDS and is trying to claim that Iraq will be seen as a success.
Jon Stewart: “I can see how you might need to keep telling yourself that”.
Bwaaahhhh!!!
DeLay was pest control ….
You know what McCain..Karma is a bitch. Instant Karma happens when you do something and he karma is slapped back at you right away…you, who suffered torture, condoned torture…smackaroo. You, of all people, should know better. Shame on you.
Straightcock Distress.
-G
Has anyone ever seen Bay & Pat Buchanan in a room at the same time?
I’m thinking lipstick, a wig & and a chair with wheels is getting one person paid twice!
Besides, how could two different people share the exact same “chop, chop” hand thing they do?
Re:Bushcoup in Pakistan
a move that Western diplomats and U.S. officials say could trigger the very turmoil the United States seeks to avoid. » read more
What dum$#@^&
Same, same…! 8-)
Notice that he doesn’t deny the romance.
Hah, but the nice thing about my hypothesis is that if it works, no one will ever be able to disprove it. It’s kinda like the W admin, where absence of evidence is evidence of presence.
TDS:
Stewart – 1
Kristol – 0
(again)
;~P
No, now that you mention it . You think Pat’s an alternative Republican? :D
They wanted Mitt, and failing that, HRC who they knew they could do business with. Now they are just panicing.
[wanders away, whistling happily…]
One of these days you guys are gonna ask me for a link for this stuff. Heh.
Why was Kristol even on TDS?
Here’s the damned deal- these two ex McBush aides are likely now workin fer some OTHER goopers who want McBush to leave the campaign. They appear to be saying that McBush aknowledged screwin around with every gooper’s favorite lobbyist. They’re probably not through spillin beans- this is kinda fun ain’t it?
during the strike, he had mainly bottom dwellers on who did not object to crossing the picket line in their need for camera time.
Vicki’s firm (ask the Senator).ahem. start again:
Vicki’s firm – Alcade and Fay – might want to run their motto by crisis management.
“We are what we repeatedly do….”
Yes, Senator – we know.
[BTW, hope many someones tonight have already copied every public page on Alcade and Fay.
I have a funny feeling the Firm is cursed.]
_ _ _
How long is it?That’s a rather personal question, sir.ahem: start again:
How long is it?
Thirty-three days, sir.
The best part about the McCain story is that it wipes all the anti-Obama stories off the TeeVee. Michelle who?
Of course. Thanks.
nope – let’s call it a tie!
Why does he go on?
Who knows?
Stewart makes him the fool.
He sure does grin and giggle a lot while he’s being abused, though.
Ya nailed it, Ma Cheri!
Suzanne @194.
Well he DID say in what you quoted that the relationship was not romantic- which leaves open the possibility of straight ol sex fer favors with no emotional attachment.
“Hell said McBush- I didn’t even KISS her when we screwed”
bet that line doesn’t work with the mrs either
Scab-a-palooza.
-P.S. I think the Navy hit my cable satellite. TV’s down.
It’s that self-loathing, republican, slap my ass and call me Betty thingie… (?)… I got nuttin’
;~P
Not to excuse it but I think he had trouble getting guests during the writers strike. Kristol never minded crossing a picket line.
I wish that, when Kristol says we should stay in Iraq, Jon would ask him if he’d be in favor of sending his two draft-age kids over. It’s always easier with someone else’s kids.
lmao!!!
Probably not- but it IS the classic line “Honey she never meant NOTHIN to me”.
Exactly. Cindy McCain is going to kick his …….
This woman is supposed to walk out on a stage, tomorrow, touting how great her husband is…how is she going to do that? Denial???
Well, either or.
May well be. Not that there’s anything (except the hypocrisy) wrong with that!
I read the AP story too. I guess I am happy that this will force at lwast some cursory public discussion McCain’s straight talk reformer BS schtick.
But on the other hand, objectively, what a BS story. There are half a dozen real substantive topics that could also address that issue (McCain’s FISA vote, his tortuous torture flips-flops and votes, his slimey public campaign finance tricks and smears).
But NOooooooo. We get some 8-year old BS screwing the lobbyist story. Too bad it was a chick.
The punch line is that no money hanky panky, but two ex-staffers were ‘disillusioned’ Exactly how old were these people back then? Ten years old or eleven? Disillusioned?
Lobbyists, and sex, AT NIGHT! OH MY!
lobbyists and sex, at night! oh my!
it seems no one asks these arm chair generals why their brats arent in the military…
Hey McCain is VN era. Maybe he has an “open marriage.”
Question:
does Cindy McCain have a prenup?
Heck, that was even before all the Botox shots made it impossible…!
Mother’s little helper?
LOL
I imagine she is consulting with Sen. David Vitters wife now.
A quick call to this guy.
-G
The spouse is supposed ta make an immediate statement sayin that she/he totally believes his/her spouse and that he/she loves him/her more than ever.
Even Larry wide stance made his wife stand up beside him when he lied.
Let’s see if Cindy McBush is up to it tomorrow.
Lobbyist… Hooker.
Lobbyist… Hooker.
Sounds about right.
He told her he wasn’t gonna pull out – even if it took a hundred years…
I’m beyond expecting that the MSM Talking Heads would do so, but don’t we have the right to expect better from Jon Stewart?
Heh, No… don’t Bobbit…! Bwhahahaha…
And what does your hypothesis say about the males in the lobbyist biz?
INSTANT! Karma pretty much only happens to someone who actually “walks in their spirituality”, and then “turns”.
Or if one, in any way, uses and/or takes advantage of a “person who walks with TRUE spirit”.
My cheatin’ grandfather was exposed when his wife (not my grandmother, who he had already cheated on…) held a “luncheon” and his wife introduced the guests…most importantly her best friend…as her husband’s mistress!!!…. Holy Cow!! All hell broke loose. He married the mistress…and yes, he cheated on her too!!!…”that” mistress secretly attended his funeral…
Oy Vey.
brain bleach in 55 gal drums at all entrances and exits to the lake. 1 gal jugs are at every power station.
Hey juslin, HI! Long time, no see.
indeed!!
Ouch
The WaPoo hinted at this story last December, without mentioning her name:
McCain Says Allegations That He Did Favors for D.C. Lobbyist Are Untrue
Friday, December 21, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..56_pf.html
Hey – I don’t discriminate…
Lobbyist… Hooker.
Lobbyist… Hooker.
Sounds about right.
did she (the lobbyist) have any clients before 1998. I found this interesting quote about the Telecom Act of 1996
“McCain himself was criticized during the 2000 presidential campaign for his letters to the FCC promoting the interests of a donor.”
We need to find the letters to the FCC and who the donor was.
Paint it Black?
The appropriate cliche: this party’s getting dirty. Time to pull up my pants & go home.
Well we got the favors- so we got the pro quo- it’s just the quid we’re missin here.
Paint It Black
Last night I pronounced Hillary a “loser.’
Tonight I changed my mind.
I used up all my
procrastinationprognastication abilities on “Take the New York Fotball Giants straight up.”Mother’s Little Helper By: The Rolling Stones
(Jagger/Richards)
What a drag it is getting old
“Kids are different today,”
I hear ev’ry mother say
Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though she’s not really ill
There’s a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper
And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day
“Things are different today,”
I hear ev’ry mother say
Cooking fresh food for a husband’s just a drag
So she buys an instant cake and she burns her frozen steak
And goes running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper
And two help her on her way, get her through her busy day
Doctor please, some more of these
Outside the door, she took four more
What a drag it is getting old
“Men just aren’t the same today”
I hear ev’ry mother say
They just don’t appreciate that you get tired
They’re so hard to satisfy, You can tranquilize your mind
So go running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper
And four help you through the night, help to minimize your plight
Doctor please, some more of these
Outside the door, she took four more
What a drag it is getting old
“Life’s just much too hard today,”
I hear ev’ry mother say
The pusuit of happiness just seems a bore
And if you take more of those, you will get an overdose
No more running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper
They just helped you on your way, through your busy dying day
Lobbyists- the black hole of Washington society.
A OH…. second story on local Phoenix news is McBush Scandal…. that was the teaser for the 10pm news…
Maybe I am missing something. Inappropriate relationship with an attractive lobbyist of opposite sex. That suggests someting. I want the something, and I want it now. Give, either some real sex, or some real money, or both. Otherwise, so what? Otherwise, no cigare –especially, no cigar this time, please.
But, if a dildo or appliance was necessary, that would create a serious image problem, that might cost McCain the election. I would like to see how Matthews would handle that disillusionment. No firm manly man’s musky GOP package this time out!
Remember this. If this is true. Cindy McCain was not the betrayer. If he betrayed her, he is the betrayer. Period.
Here’s a better one.
I think Michelle is the one that urged the NYT to print this story (pretty please, print it tonight). Huge sigh of relief in the Obama camp.
Hey Suz,
Like Old Times. I do love today’s music, but sure love my own.
except that she shudda known that if he was gonna cheat to be with her, he would cheat on her.
otherwise, yes, you are competely right – she was wronged.
Dildo or not to dildo? IIRC, Viagra was available in 2000.
They got “today” music? Damn!
What goes around.
-G
Nevertheless, she had an affair with a married man. She should know that if he cheated WITH you, there’s a good chance he’ll cheat ON you. GOP family values in action.
*ss, Grass or Gas, nobody rides for free…
viagra would count as an appliance, in the public mind.
Ol’ Bob Dole still a merry old soul, not withstanding, since that was after the election. And we have had several erection elections since then.
Great, and Yowza! Love this…
Way different voices, and she’s had some cosmetic work done recently, I think. Or else that Bare Minerals makeup really works wonders.
They was jest helpin each other ta scratch some places that’re hard ta reach. No big deal!
I grew up with that song and others of theirs. My big sister was a big Stones fan. And I becams eone too.
Thanks Suze
No wonder Viagra drooped him as their spokesman.
There’s a story out now that has a quote from Miss Vicki:
“WELL, HE WAS FAIRLY ‘STRAIGHT,’ DID A LOT OF TALKING, AND AS FAR AS THE ‘EXPRESS’ PART … LET’S JUST SAY HE FINISHED HIS JOURNEY PRETTY DAMN QUICKLY.”
Freudian slip or deliberate?
drooped him
hah!
No insinuendo nor no nudge nudge wink wink for me. I want some real sex and real hard money corruption. Photos, cancelled checks, hotel and tropical resort receipts…. confessions…
I want… them ex-staffers admitting, through disillusioned tears that they heard cries of ecstacy through the office door…. or McCain pleading for a little patience on her part… , or something.
And, what do all the rumors about the need for dildos, appliances, and viagra say about McCain’s cardiovascular health, at 71? You know, that stuff is ‘out there’ now, so it would be irresponsible not to speculate.
Depends on the kind of woman Cindy McCain is, ol John could be seeing the ‘gates of hell’ sooner than he expected.
-G
You make it sould like McCain’s a shoo-in for prez. Such an alpha-male.
Hello all Fire Pups,
Love you all — BFL, my brother was a drummer in Philly in 1968, such a music scene, wow.
Question: when is Late Nite?
You want it all…! ;-)
Bob Dole used Via*ra to help with sagging poles.
-G
If ol McBush shows up in the mornin with a lump on the right side of his face to match the one on the left, we’ll know that it didn’t go well with “the little woman”.
Hypocrite
Adulterer
Washington Insider
Friend of Special Interests
Maverick!
clouds parted, just able to catch the tail-end of Epoch-Eclipse Now.
whenever i hear or read “appliance” i think “toaster.”
Cindy could save the day by sayin “I ain’t buyin this story- unless she had a CRANE!”.
All 4 local TeeVee 10pm news are leading with the McBush scandal….. even linking that may have inappropriate contact with the lobbyists… still into this story 4 minutes into the story ….. now they are smearing the NYT’s….. they are going take the word of the Senator over a newspaper…
Oh its Shadegg defending McBush…
I predict:
Tomorrow…Cindy: I love my husband and I have always been patriotic.
Then: Crickets.
Cloudy here, but ETette called from Bellingham WA and described the eclipse as she watched for us.
not here i am sad to say
Moonlight and a piece of tail?
You have to deposit $100 first to get your “toaster.”
Eclipse beautiful here, south of SF
Senator McCain – are you experienced?
Years ago…honey, if you ever her about something like an affair..it is a lie..just politics…it will happen…ignore it…I love you..
As goes the cornary blood supply, so goes the cavernosal.
And the cerebral (- but more to come on that.
Eventually.)
_ _ _
And no – I cannot tell a lie – “drooping” was intentional…and I thought of punaise when I did it.
Uh – you know what I mean.
McCain was into toaster sex, you say? That is disgusting. On himself or his partner. That is some sick SM stuff there. Glad that it is out there for public discussion.
Seriously, there is a good TPM post just up with background and context for this.
For me, getting the hard stuff is not details, it is revenge. Big Dawg had to spill. So Old Dog has to spill, even if he needs some time and assistence to do so.
I thought this was late night.
I never mentioned or thought much about McCain’s age because it didn’t seem to be an issue. But with all this talk odf dildos and appliances…. He’s gotta be careful at his age. Or he’ll do a Rockafeller – cum and go at the same time.
Now that everyone else has said their nasties, I have to add mine.
This woman says she is 40!!!!???
She looks 40+ in picture at top with Dubya. And he looks about 40 or less. So, that was taken maybe 15-20 years ago?
She is no way 40. Liar! 55-60? Not that that’s bad in itself, but geez!
paging ken starr, ken starr to the white courtesy phone
Make one wonder, who has what on whom, all the way around, and when will it be released?
Yeah, John you’re sick of gutter politics, as are we ostensibly all. Where the fuck were you when Kerry got garroted and punji staked by the GOP Swift Boat pukes?
I ain’t that trusting- I want em to put the toaster in escrow.
ty ecahn – been bogged down at home – missed my lake time!!
Best end, IMHO.
There must be a wiki on her by now.
McCain ‘08: Smells Like Clorox, Tastes Like the Junior Prom
Well HI, anyhow.
Spewalert!Oy. Bad bad clorox memories that I won’t burden everyone with.
droop it like it’s a hoot!
WaPo has the story – it’s because He has claimed repeatedly that he has “never, ever done a favor for any lobbyist or special interest group.”
In late 1999, McCain wrote two letters to the FCC urging a vote on the sale to Paxson of a Pittsburgh television station. The sale had been highly contentious in Pittsburgh and involved a multipronged lobbying effort among the parties to the deal.
At the time he sent the first letter, McCain had flown on Paxson’s corporate jet four times to appear at campaign events and had received $20,000 in campaign donations from Paxson and its law firm. The second letter came on Dec. 10, a day after the company’s jet ferried him to a Florida fundraiser that was held aboard a yacht in West Palm Beach.
McCain has argued that the letters merely urged a decision and did not call for action on Paxson’s behalf. But when the letters became public, William E. Kennard, chairman of the FCC at the time, denounced them as “highly unusual” coming from McCain, whose committee chairmanship gave him oversight of the agency.
This may take a while –
wanna start a pool?We could make book.OTOH, is “fluffing” just another earmark?
When my son was living in Vancouver in 2000, I visited and was surprised to see lots of storefronts in the city with names like ‘Harvard University of Vancouver’, ‘Princeton University of Vancouver’, and the like. They were diploma mills.
Michelle can start measuring the WH drapes now.
As a feminist I really hate the obvious inuenndo in the headline on this entry. “She gets around” has been used far too many times to reduce women’s accomplishments in the business world. None of us know at this point whether there was any kind of relationship much less a string of them and we should be very careful about using inuenndo in headlines to trash this woman. Let’s wait and see what happens with this story before we get jump to any conclusions.
Keeping that in mind I have to ask, was it the right satellite they hit?
Of course he wouldn’t do ‘favors’. He’d expect to be paid for his services. He is a Republican after all.
Indeed, how is Cindy to appear in public and profess her support for her
formerhusband?