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http://cleveland.com/schultz Cindy McCain's personal hell began long before The New York Times reported a rumor last week that her husband may have once had an improper relationship with a female lobbyist.
She knows all of this, and she knows it comes with the territory.
That doesn't mean any of this is easy for Cindy McCain.
We don't know yet if there is more to come in the story about John McCain and his reported ties to lobbyist Vicki Iseman. But you can bet there are plenty of partisan Democrats and disgruntled Republicans, not to mention all the windbags in talk-radio land, who are rubbing their hands together and hoping that where there's smoke, there's a five-alarm fire. This is so much more fun to talk about than trying to dissect health-care proposals or strategies to end the war.
The Times quoted anonymous advisers to McCain who said they confronted him in 1999 because they were concerned about his relationship with Iseman. McCain denied the meeting ever took place. A former top aide to McCain, John Weaver, told the Times that he warned Iseman to stay away from the senator. McCain said he didn't know anything about that, either.
Almost immediately, all eyes turned to Cindy McCain.
She has been a steadfast presence in her husband's campaign, and there's been plenty of speculation as to why. Notions of love or devotion ring hollow to those who dismiss her as a much younger wife meant to telegraph his vigor. He needs her, the pundits say, as if that isn't true about most marriages.
Her sleek sophistication is a constant target, even if how she looks has nothing to do with what she says. Last week, she took an apparent swipe at Michelle Obama by declaring that she has "always been proud of America," prompting this anonymous post on the popular liberal blog, Daily Kos:
"I really don't care if McCain's trophy wife is proud of her country. She is just another GOP Stepford Wife .... Whoopie for anorexic-looking Cindy McCain in her red $5,000 Yves St. Laurent power suit, with her triple string of cultured pearls, her bleached blond hair and her shiny new face-lift..."
The writer called himself "Mr. Populist," which means he's not only clueless, but hellbent on giving the rest of us liberals a bad name.
Even pop culture seems to be working against John McCain, whose did-he-or-
didn't-he melodrama is unfolding even as Sue Miller's latest novel climbs the best-seller lists. It's the tale of a chronic adulterer and his long-suffering spouse for whom the book is titled: "The Senator's Wife." Always, it seems, the operating assumption is: He did.
Or: He will. During my own husband's 2006 race for the U.S. Senate, numerous women pulled me aside to ask if I planned to move to Washington. When I explained that I would continue to spend much of my time in Cleveland, their typical response was to warn me about the prowling women of Washington. Apparently they thought my only appeal was my proximity.
Last Thursday, Cindy McCain was counting on her proximity as she stood by her husband at a news conference in Toledo and declared her allegiance:
"My children and I not only trust my husband, but know that he would never do anything to not only disappoint our family, but disappoint the people of America," she said. "He's a man of great character."
As a wife, she holds a lot of power right now, but her influence runs only one way. Without saying a word, she could single-handedly derail her husband's campaign by abandoning him on the trail. If the wife doesn't believe you, nobody does.
When the wife does believe you, nobody cares.
The story as written in "The New York Times" is 100% fiction for without NAMED sources that is all it came be...
The next target of the Times: Sen Obama --just wait and read the fiction..
The United States of America is bigger than what is in any politician's pants. I'm fed up with these diversions from the main campaign issues.
If a man kisses up to the boss or forms a socail relationship with a client, he is seen as a great guy. If a woman does the same thing she is seen as sleeping her way to the top. Every lobbyist would love to be pals with John McCain. Because she is good at her job, Vicki Iseman will have her reputation dragged through the mud.
If she did not have relations with him no one will belive her.
The issue is not adultery but McCain's coziness with lobbyists.
The real cheating going is of a different character; McCain promised to be a faithful public servant, but instead cheated on the American People by bestowing favors on Lowell Paxson and his corporation.
The NYT article is about McCain saying one thing (I'm independent, straight talking, etc) and actually doing the opposite (has more lobbyists than Hillary and Obama COMBINED working / paying for his campaign).
That's "adultery" of a much more serious nature.
Talk about inappropriate relationships.....Connie Schultz lost all credibility when she decided to retain her columnist position with the Plain Dealer. As the wife of Sherrod Brown, Connie can no longer offer a fair opinion relating to any political issues. The Plain Dealer also is at fault here for allowing her to stay. But this is typical of "do as I say, not as I do" liberals......
Notice how Schultz brings the whole ridiculous rumor up again to keep it in front of the public. No column on Barack Obama's wife about what it's like to be married to someone who faces examination of his Islamic past, or accusations of his empty rhetoric platitude filled speeches, or dredging up Hilary's faux marital relationship with Bill. Suddenly, for the first time in her fluffy column writing career, Schultz feels the need to identify with a Republican, oh, and of course that includes keeping the unsubstantiated rumors in the public's eye for another news cycle, how convenient. How about an article examining the ethics of Jayson Blair-esque journalism that the NYTimes practices, instead of on McCain's wife? Now that would be interesting.
She is married to a Sherrod Brown. Of course she will be a shill for the democrats. Although this story about McCain has been panned as BS by the most liberal of Dems., Schultz still has to bring it up.
She deserves that Pullitzer like Gore deserved the Nobel.
"She deserves that Pullitzer like Gore deserved the Nobel."
Hmm...who votes for that...I guess it's dankeene, huh?
Let's make this easy enough for you:
One block of people vote for the Nobel Peace Prize. They voted Al Gore the winner.
Another block of people vote for the Pulitzer Prize. When she was a nominee, that block of people voted for Connie Schultz.
Next time you get voted driver of your own car, I'm going to complain about it. It's just not right.
Schultz is living proof that anyone can be a journalist for the Plain Dealer. This woman is truly dumber than a bag of rocks. At least save money by axing her, and run columns by intelligent liberal feminist women like Maureen Dowd or Susan Estrich in her place.
Apparently, shultz is not really interested in accuracy in writing her fluff. All the major syndicated conservative radio talk show hosts, regardless of their political feelings about McCain, have roundly condemned the NYTimes smear hit job on him. That would be easy to find out with about 15 minutes of fact checking, but, of course, that wouldn't be as interesting a yarn to tell now, would it?
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