McCain Sex Scandal?!!!!

[bicentennial_baby]

On MSNBC RIGHT NOW!!!


40 y.o. lobbyist! :wow:

UPDATE: here's the NYT story...about McCain's "ethics"

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21mccain.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

[K Gardner]

1. Holy sex with lobbyists, Batman ! ViagraGate??!!

[The Backlash Cometh]

102. Damn, those lobbyists will do anything to earn political influence.

[polpilot]

116. 'I did not have sex with that cadaver!'

[The Backlash Cometh]

120. Oh, we are soooo bad.

[Renew Deal]

2. I just saw this.

Holy SHIT!!!

[bicentennial_baby]

5. Who leaked this?!

:o

[sniffa]

66. As I just told you in person

I think it's one of four: Clinton, Obama, Romney, 9/11.

And after the conversation we just had, I believe it's on of the two Repubs who leaked it so they could definitely sink McCain and give them a chance to run again in four years. With that as my base, I think it's the Ghoul who did it, as I think he has more inroads to get this info, and get it to the media. And what better way to cover it up than to endorse McCain?

[Debi]

122. Are you two sitting in the same room on your laptops?

:wtf:

USE YOUR WORDS....talk TO each other :crazy:

[sniffa]

128. Um, she has the lap top thank you

and she's sitting behind me on the couch as I type this. :eyes:

[Debi]

129. Really need to work on your communication skills

:rofl:

[bigdarryl]

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!

OH SHIT !!!!!!

[Renew Deal]

MSNBC Right now. From NYT!!!

[Blarch]

3. Cheating with a lobbyist

"Most of this took place 8 years ago" Keith O

[The Backlash Cometh]

121. "Cheating with a lobbyist." Isn't that redundant?

[Quixote1818]

4. Tell me what they are saying. I don't have a TV. Thanks. nt

[PCIntern]

6. OMFG!

bingo...say hello to candidate Huckabee....or maybe Romney...

Here we go, folks...

[Quixote1818]

14. I bet the Republicans leaked this to the press. They don't want McCain. nt

[nutsnberries]

24. karl rove?

that's what i'm thinking.

[Renew Deal]

37. Why did Huckabee stay in???

Maybe he knew?

[nutsnberries]

52. hmm...

maybe!

[Olney Blue]

40. Amazing- I'm sure you are right.

[Renew Deal]

61. MSNBC said the NYT was sitting on the story.

Why did they break it now?

[Renew Deal]

22. Romney will be back.

WOWOWOWOWOW

[TwilightGardener]

62. Romney--can I have my delegates back? Please?

[Renew Deal]

70. He didn't "officialy" give them over.

So...

[hisownpetard]

133. Yeah - "Please? I paid $70 million of my own pennies and didn't think to make it a 'loan...'

so at least can I have the nom-nom?":banghead:

[eleny]

7. Supposedly happened 8 years ago

As Keith goes on with the story. Top advisers intervened to save him from himself.

[Jawja]

63. Self Delete

[rufus dog]

8. Damn, I have more respect for him now!

[Flabbergasted]

9. Hallelujah: There is a God. And she's pissed at the GOP.

[Renew Deal]

18. Here comes Romney

:wow:

[Flabbergasted]

56. Huckabee perhaps?

[billyoc]

10. Yikes. The Baptist Ayatollahs will NOT be pleased...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[karynnj]

11. Slow down - they are saying that both deny it

suppose to be on the NYT website. She is a pretty blond. Supposedly she was often on the plane in 2000 when he was first running.

This could be as much a lie as the story planted against Kerry.

[bicentennial_baby]

15. Er, of course they deny it...

Duh.

[redstate_democrat]

LOL!

Yeah, like I totally expect him to come out and say, "yeah, I boned her".

HE DID IT!

[loveangelc]

12. omg

[redstate_democrat]

28. THE STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS

GOT IT UP AND SHE GOT IT DOWN! EEEEEWWWWWW!!!

[Carolina]

123. LOL!

[NJSecularist]

13. Link???

[eleny]

26. NY times web site

But Keith is reporting on it on MSNBC.

[Adelante]

16. Oh, boy

Yum.

[eleny]

17. "An honorable person who can be imprudent"

I'll say!

[Mz Pip]

19. Giggle

A disgusting image but funny none the less.

[ecstatic]

20. Looks like Cindy McCain got a taste of her own medicine nt

[LoZoccolo]

126. Ha ha ha ha!

:thumbsup:

[sniffa]

And she looks like a 15 year younger version of his 3rd wife

who he loves very much.

[karynnj]

60. Third wife? I thought Cindy was #2

That story was bad enough with him leaving the wife who raised the kids while he was in Vietnam to marry a beautiful twenty something when he was in his 40s.

They are saying the story has roots in his Keating 5 stuff.

[thevoiceofreason]

21. Maybe she's been sucking on his cheek

[L0oniX]

107. LMAO

[billyoc]

23. Who's laughing now? --Huckabee

:rofl:

[blonndee]

25. WOW! What does "intervened to save him from himself" mean, anyway?

Perhaps let it leak themselves so it'll be old news by the GE?

[Renew Deal]

33. The Viagra's were going to hurt.

[crispini]

27. LINK HERE!

:rofl:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21mccain.html?hp

[karynnj]

75. This sentence is priceless

"Even as he has vowed to hold himself to the highest ethical standards, his confidence in his own integrity has sometimes seemed to blind him to potentially embarrassing conflicts of interest."

[TooRaLoo]

29. LMFAO. nt

[XemaSab]

30. Well DUH

He was married to some other woman when he got with Cindy.

How is this news? :shrug:

[WinkyDink]

31. So. "The Senator" WASN'T John Edwards! Bwahahahahaha!!!!

[K Gardner]

32. Willoby... err, I mean.. Huckabeeeeeee !! O Where Art Thou Huckabee!

[mathewsleep]

34. for the love of god!

i need a link.

[ExtraGriz]

35. wonder is this is the scandal novak was talking about last fall?

[C_U_L8R]

36. But but but... were there diapers ????

OMG this is hilarious

[nutsnberries]

73. ???

:rofl:

[L0oniX]

108. Depend 's

[GoldieAZ49]

38. from 8 years ago

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21mccain.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

WASHINGTON — Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers.

A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, in his offices and aboard a client’s corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself — instructing staff members to block the woman’s access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity.

When news organizations reported that Mr. McCain had written letters to government regulators on behalf of the lobbyist’s clients, the former campaign associates said, some aides feared for a time that attention would fall on her involvement.

Mr. McCain, 71, and the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, 40, both say they never had a romantic relationship. But to his advisers, even the appearance of a close bond with a lobbyist whose clients often had business before the Senate committee Mr. McCain led threatened the story of redemption and rectitude that defined his political identity.

It had been just a decade since an official favor for a friend with regulatory problems had nearly ended Mr. McCain’s political career by ensnaring him in the Keating Five scandal. In the years that followed, he reinvented himself as the scourge of special interests, a crusader for stricter ethics and campaign finance rules, a man of honor chastened by a brush with shame.

[Alexander]

39. Payback for Monica Lewinsky. Feels good to be on the other side.

[lisa58]

41. made me look!

....omg - why is Keith on now?

[Quixote1818]

42. Drudge mentions it and says the NYTimes is going to break the story. nt

[Blarch]

43. I must admit.

I would have never saw this coming. How disgusting.

[Sensitivity]

44. PREMATURE!!!!! Please wait till October for this.

[Quixote1818]

54. It was probably the Republicans who leaked this. It's the only way to stop McCain now. nt

[K Gardner]

55. The Repubs are DESPERATE for a way to get rid of him. They KNOW he can't beat Obama. This opens the

door for.. somebody.. Romney??

[slick8790]

69. Newt. n/t

[MzShellG]

84. BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This sucks because we needed McCain as the nominee.

[DemVet]

86. Finally....

...someone else with some common sense. Too much time before the GE for damage control. This is nothing. Keep your eyes on the prize, people.

[rug]

45. If it's proven he's capable of sex, it will only improve his chances.

[babylonsister]

46. LOL! So sad, so true! nt

[psychopomp]

47. Who cares?

I would rather not win the election this way. People have sex. What's the big deal?

[Renew Deal]

65. You're not going to win an election this way.

Romney is.

[Alexander]

48. Here's a pic of the lobbyist in question.

[Hoof Hearted]

130. All his women seem look like his mommy.

Icky.

[H2O Man]

49. There are more.

I had posted about this in January. Arthur Schlesinger Jr had wrote about the McCain "problems" in his journals, which his sons published.

[eleny]

78. Richard Wolfe on the phone with Keith saying this has been talked about in DC months ago

I'm sorry I missed your earlier post.

[H2O Man]

87. Years.

The guy has had numerous affairs. Here is a quote from Arthur Schlesinger's journal:

"McCain is a loose cannon. He has commendably defied his party on campaign finance, but he is also capable of bizarre behavior. .... This plus his reputedly wayward sexual life will surely destroy his evident presidential aspirations." (November 2, 1998)

[eleny]

91. You would think it would have come out earlier in this campaign, then.

Books will be written about this whole campaign season for decades and decades.

[H2O Man]

93. It did.

This came out in December. People have been sitting on it, though. Strange, eh?

[eleny]

95. Yes, I'm sitting here scratching my head

Like Buchanan just said to Keith, the Times should be asked to turn over a few more cards if they have them. I imagine our candidates will refrain from making hay out of it.

Sure takes the heat off Michelle Obama and a little from Hillary's "fading" shoulders right now.

[H2O Man]

96. It may not

get better for Senator McCain in the next few days. Of course, he may wish to step aside and spend more time with his family and friends.

[eleny]

101. Actually, this is not good for the Clinton campaign right now

Just when she needs the air time to batter Obama, this scandal will suck the air out of some precious new cycles. Even if McCain should drop out, it'll make big news for two days with all the speculation.

My guess is that Cindy McCain might not want to be spending much time with John right now. I think he'll be sleeping on the couch, so to speak. She sure has been slapped with this one. But like I always say - High horses have slippery saddles.

[H2O Man]

105. True.

As an Obama supporter, I think it is good, though.

But as one who admires Senator Clinton, I do think this is not what she needs in the news right now. It will become more and more of a story. McCain will likely deny it (both already have attorneys!), and the NY Times will probably release more bits and pieces every day.

Strange timing, all in all.

[eleny]

111. I caucused for Obama

So it's arms akimbo chair dancing here.

Btw, if you haven't read it yet, Laton McCartney's book The Teapot Dome Scandal is a good one. I wrote a short review of it for the non-fiction group here at DU. I'm glad I got a copy for myself instead of using the library. Talk about scandalous behaviors. Oh my stars.

[H2O Man]

117. I will put it

on my list of books to get. My wife has offered to bring me to the largest regional book store soon. I appreciate you bringing it to my attention.

[eleny]

119. It reads like a movie

We're lucky to have so many historians with great writing skills these days.

Take care!

[Abacus]

113. That's funny,

I was going to say it's not good for Obama. If the Republican front runner status becomes contested again, I think we'll see independents go back to splitting evenly between our candidates, rather than 2:1 for Obama. Though, it's two weeks until the next primaries -- anything could happen between now and then.

[eleny]

114. "anything could happen between now and then"

A good subtitle for one of the many books that will be written about this election season.

[Abacus]

118. hehe, I like it! /nt

[RunningFromCongress]

50. McCain might be the next Bob Dole, viagara must work wonders

[bluedawg12]

51. BJ;BJ;BJ; get Ken Starr BJ!!! hypocretins! !@#! pigs .

Lying repug family values sh*t.

[bluedawg12]

81. meet the new monica- not the same as the old monica- a blond!

http://www.alcalde-fay.com/meet_the_firm/BiosDetail.cfm?id=44

[angie_love]

53. HOLY SHIT!

YAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
:woohoo:

[billyoc]

57. The best part is that Olbermann knocks Tweety off the air 15 minutes early.

Tweety must be livid. :rofl:

[redwitch]

74. LOL

How funny! I can see him now, fuming off camera. Poor Tweety!

[Berry Cool]

79. Gotta be sitting at home biting his necktie in half.

Especially after last night.

"He cuts into MY RERUN...!" :grr:

[my3boyz]

115. I know....Take that Tweety! hehehehe nt

[cottonseed]

58. Juicy, but not really timed for effect.

nt

[RL3AO]

59. Did Huckabee know this was coming?

Could that be why he hasn't dropped out despite everyone asking him to?

[Vinca]

68. Huckabee was looking for a miracle . . .

[K Gardner]

71. I swear, somebody on THIS board predicted this a month ago.. this same scenario with

McCain suddenly disabled from running.. so they can put in another candidate. They're having McCain regret.

I WISH I had bookmarked that post !

[anigbrowl]

64. Wow...that should set the cat among the pigeons.

CNN too. Based on this: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21mccain.html

[Hand]

67. NYT sez this:

"Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers.

"A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, in his offices and aboard a client’s corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself — instructing staff members to block the woman’s access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity.

"When news organizations reported that Mr. McCain had written letters to government regulators on behalf of the lobbyist’s clients, the former campaign associates said, some aides feared for a time that attention would fall on her involvement.

"Mr. McCain, 71, and the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, 40, both say they never had a romantic relationship. But to his advisers, even the appearance of a close bond with a lobbyist whose clients often had business before the Senate committee Mr. McCain led threatened the story of redemption and rectitude that defined his political identity."

More here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21mccain.html?hp

Here's the lady in question, Vicki Iseman. DAYUM! :woohoo: A Marg Helgenberger look-alike! And she hung out with... McCain?.... :banghead:

[mitchum]

72. Who in the hell would fuck a lobbyist???!!!

I imagine even the most degenerate goatfuckers would draw a line at that

[no name no slogan]

76. Two words that sound gross together: "McCain" and "Sex"

:puke:

[asdjrocky]

77. Oh this is just too good.

[billyoc]

80. You asked for a miracle, Huckabee, I give you...

The New York Times!

:rofl:

[PCIntern]

88. Die Hard, McClain...McCain!

Excellent!

[Arkana]

100. Holy shit, that's right.

:scared: Huckabee must be a witch!

Burn the witch!

[intheflow]

125. I doubt he appreciates the irony.

:evilgrin:

[ronnykmarshall]

82. Good god!

Who would fuck him anyway?

Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy!

[AlCzervik]

83. i hear that head line in Jim Ward's impression of Charlie Rangel.

[writes3000]

85. Was McCain married to his current wife at the time? n/t

[redstate_democrat]

92. YEAH

I THINK CINDY HAD HAD HER DRUG BINGE THING A FEW YEARS BEFORE MCINSANE'S SEXUAL AFFAIR WITH THIS YOUNG, BLONDE, LOBBYIST.

[marlakay]

89. They said there is no proof and since she and

him both deny it nothing will happen.

[redstate_democrat]

90. HEY

THERE IS MORE OUT THERE TOO! THIS IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG! LOLOLOL!!! THEY PICKED THE WRONG GUY...

[redstate_democrat]

94. WOW

WHILE CINDY MCINSANE WAS POPPING PILLS AND BEING REALLY "PROUD OF AMERICA" HER HUSBAND WAS BOINKING A YOUNGER, PRETTIER, BLONDER, LOBBYIST WOMAN IN D.C. IT IS ALLEGED HE WAS ALSO DOING FAVORS FOR THE COMPANIES SHE REPRESENTED. SO HE IS SCREWED COMING AND GOING. NOT ONLY IS HE ETHICALLY CHALLENGED, HE IS AN ADULTERER AS WELL. THIS WILL NOT BE PRETTY. OHHH, LOOK AT BUCHANON TRYING TO "CLEAN THIS UP". OH, HE DOESN'T WANT OBAMA TO "TOUCH IT", BUT LAST NIGHT HE SAID THE "RNC MACHINE" WAS GOING AFTER OBAMA, EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO MAKE SHIT UP. SEE, IT AIN'T FUN WHEN THE BARREL IS POINTED AT YOU. ALL THE TALK THEY HAD OVER M. OBAMA'S "NOT PROUD" COMMENT, BUT MCINSANE CAN'T EVEN KEEP HIS PENIS IN HIS PANTS. TALK ABOUT HYPOCRITICAL!

FAMILY VALUES MY ASS.

[Warren DeMontague]

97. Oh, c'mon. There's gotta be a gossippy, horse-faced "friend" and a semen-stained dress out there

...somewhere.

[Flabbergasted]

98. Are they getting this out of the way so it can't be broken later? nt

[Arkana]

99. Hahahahaha.

Congratulations, Senator McCain--you successfully torpedoed any shot you had at wooing the "social conservatives".

[totodeinhere]

103. Could this be that miracle that Huckabee has been talking about?

[jackson_dem]

104. haha! So we may get Romney-Huckabee after all

:rofl:

[L0oniX]

106. Hey ...I fucked her.

[ronnykmarshall]

109. This is crazy

Sorry, but as funny and :puke: as having sex w/ McCain is .... this shit is going to just help him. It's major over kill on something that is nothing.

[intotheforest]

110. McCain and Clinton have more in common :)

mlm

[my3boyz]

112. Perhaps Cindy McCain will shut up and fade back into the shadows now

She had the nerve to try to call Michelle out today.

[JimGinPA]

124. 8 Years Ago...

he was twice her age.


:puke:

[Robbins]

131. MCcain

He may be selfdestrucing before our eyes,and the Republicans may be stuck with him.

[Thrill]

127. We can't have this type of Freaky shit in the White House

[hisownpetard]

132. Woman's answer: "I did not have sex with that wombat."