Info. on the John McCain/Cindy McCain affair.

[RBInMaine]

Has the info. below appeared on this site before? I know this happened a long time ago, but McCain seems to have plenty of personal and political skeletons. (Especially as a veteran, I do give him credit for some truly heroic events while in service.) Of course, his worst offenses are his current panderings to the right wing, Iraq warhawking, certain flip flops, and complete embrace of Bush-enomics.

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From the U.S. Veteran Dispatch:

In 1979 at a military reception in Honolulu, McCain met Cindy Hensley, an attractive 25-year-old woman from a very wealthy politically-connected Arizona family. Cindy's father, Jim, founded the Hensley and Company, the nation's third-largest Anheuser-Busch distributor.

McCain described their first meeting, "She was lovely, intelligent and charming, 17 years my junior but poised and confident. I monopolized her attention the entire time, taking care to prevent anyone else from intruding on our conversation. When it came time to leave the party, I persuaded her to join me for drinks at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. By the evening's end, I was in love."

While still married to Carol, McCain began an adulterous relationship with Cindy. He married Cindy in May 1980 -- just a month after dumping Carol and securing a divorce. The newlyweds honeymooned in Hawaii.

McCain followed his young, millionairess wife back to Arizona where her father helped catapult McCain into politics,

Today, Cindy Hensley McCain is chairwoman of Hensley's board of directors. Hensley and Company financial reports show assets worth a minimum of $28 million for the McCains

[swag]

1. Sleazy scumbag.

McCain described their first meeting, "She was lovely, intelligent and charming, 17 years my junior but poised and confident. I monopolized her attention the entire time, taking care to prevent anyone else from intruding on our conversation. When it came time to leave the party, I persuaded her to join me for drinks at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. By the evening's end, I was in love."

While still married to Carol, McCain began an adulterous relationship with Cindy. He married Cindy in May 1980 -- just a month after dumping Carol and securing a divorce. The newlyweds honeymooned in Hawaii.

[williesgirl]

2. Yea, he's a real cretin. His 1st wife waited for him to return from POW in Vietnam, was in a car

accident and partially disfigured, so our hero dumped her for the rich bitch heiress 19 years younger. Great guy. rec'd

[Hieronymus]

3. Some Democratic campaign should make use of this information.

[Sara Bradi]

4. it looks sleazy, but the guy has been married to her for 29 years

that's got to count for something...

[Poiuyt]

5. Of course he's still married to her. She's rich.

That doesn't mean he can't schtump a lobbyist every now and then.

[L. Coyote]

6. "...this feels like a stale leftover from the 90s" RE McCain story

This line just on public broadcasting LOL