I didn't know that McCain had to sign a prenuptual agreement

[eleny]

Sam Seder just mentioned it while filling in for Malloy tonight. Sam asserted that Cindy McCain had John sign a prenup. And that she owns 8 homes - all in her name. Interesting stuff.

I'll have to look into this further. but this is what Sam said a few minutes ago.

[seemslikeadream]

1. 4 glasses of wine before lunch?

[Divine Discontent]

2. interesting stuff... I'm sure we'll hear more... she's give me Nancy Reagan chills EOM

[gauguin57]

3. If my husband had been running around with me while still married to his disabled first wife ...

... I'd ask for a pre-nup, too!

He married Cindy for her youth (she was 25, he was 42) and her moolah (he needed money for his first congressional campaign).

And the first Mrs. McCain, who was severely injured in a horrible car crash, got dumped.

[eleny]

5. He's a piece of work

[blondeatlast]

10. Also, even then she had powerful local political connections.

The Danforth (of the "Dan" Danforth Quayle fame, publishers of the then ultra-powerful Arizona Republic and of course--you know it's coming--

Charles Keating.

Without Cindy Stepford Hensley, he's be NOWHERE.

And it's rumored she keeps him on a VERY short lease (spelling entirely intentional...)

[Stinky The Clown]

4. hahahaha

.... Just a gigolo .... everywhere I go .... people know the part .... I'm playing ....

[blondeatlast]

11. ...

:spray:

[rocktivity]

6. It could be a joke

I saw it on Satirical Political.

On the other hand, I found this at Boston.com:
An analysis published last September by...a Capitol Hill newspaper calculated John and Cindy McCain's assets at $44 million...While McCain has a prenuptial agreement that he will not control his wife's assets, the Senate financial disclosure form lumps spousal assets together.

:headbang:
rocknation

[eleny]

7. It does ask to be investigated further

Thanks!

[ben_meyers]

16. Why? John and Teresa have one too

It only makes sense.

[eleny]

14. Sounds like a good source

I want to read the book The Real McCain by Cliff Schecter. He was a guest on with Sam this evening. I just requested it from the library and should get it as soon as they get their copy. Only one other person requested it and they have 4 copies on order. :)

http://www.amazon.com/Real-McCain-Conservatives-Independents-Shouldnt/dp/0979482291

[Ian David]

8. She's so rich, yet she still had to steal painkillers from The Red Cross. n/t

[mrreowwr_kittty]

9. I doubt it was a problem of not being able to afford them

She probably couldn't get doctors to prescribe them to her.

[Ian David]

29. You mean she's even dumber than Rush Limbaugh? n/t

[sharesunited]

21. You don't stay rich by throwing your money away on painkillers.

You look for a free supply wherever you can find it.

[Skittles]

25. even rich people can be addicted n/t

[Fleshdancer]

12. Sam probably read this Associated Press article:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-S1sWHm0tchtdMP5LcLywg5ZtMgD8VQ86M80

McCain is routinely ranked among the richest senators. But a prenuptial agreement has kept most assets in his wife's name. That arrangement served as a defense for McCain when the Senate ethics committee scrutinized a real estate deal involving his wife, her father and disgraced savings and loan owner Charles Keating Jr. McCain said at the time the separation of assets helped prove the deal didn't benefit him.

;)

[RB TexLa]

13. Who gets married without signing one?

[eleny]

15. Me, for starters

:P

32 years and counting.

[RB TexLa]

22. Well I don't know anyone who has, and don't say you. I don't know you, you are some letters on a

computer monitor.

[eleny]

32. Well, if you don't want to know, perhaps it's best not to ask

[orleans]

26. if his wife can't trust him why should the american people? n/t

[last_texas_dem]

40. Around 95-percent of couples

(At least, at the time of this 2003 article.)

>>>>>Why are there so few prenuptial agreements? A paper recently released by Heather Mahar, an Olin Fellow in Law and Economics at Harvard Law School, attempts to explain why only 5 percent of married couples have prenuptial agreements even though roughly 50 percent of marriages end in divorce. Mahar, a 2002 Harvard Law graduate, discusses her findings and her future research.>>>>

http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2003/09/25_mahar.php

[thereismore]

17. If she didn't trust him with her money, WHY SHOULD WE? nt

[RB TexLa]

18. How many people do you trust with your money?

[thereismore]

30. My wife, you moron. nt

[RB TexLa]

33. So everyone who keeps their finances apart from their spouse is a moron?

you do know you have just degraded a large number of people.

[thereismore]

34. Don't generalize. I called you a moron because you asked a moronic question. nt

[RB TexLa]

36. asking someone how many people they trust with their money is moronic?

ok

[thereismore]

37. The issue is about money between a husband and a wife. That is why your question was

moronic. It was deflecting attention elsewhere. How many people? When it's about a husband and wife, don't ask me how many people. It's moronic. But OK, I trust 1 person with my money, and that's my wife. Mccain obviously does not have the same level of trust with his wife. That was the point. Good enough for you?

[RB TexLa]

38. Not everyone trusts their spouse with their money, seems like you were making an assumption that it

is the norm to trust your spouse with your money.

[thereismore]

39. Yes that is correct. Was I wrong about the norm? Are you sure? nt

[ben_meyers]

19. Did you trust Kerry?

Maybe you didn't, this would be a non-issue.

[Skittles]

24. it's not trust, it's common sense n/t

[aquart]

20. Short leash.

[DCKit]

27. The OP stated that "short lease" was intentional. Get it? n/t

[blondeatlast]

28. This one never gets my jokes.

:shrug:

[madrchsod]

23. the only money is his senate pay

kinda sad in a way....

[JitterbugPerfume]

31. there are several reasond for a prenuptial agreement

and the most common is (probably) to protect your childrens inheritance.


Personally , I would never marry a man who didn't trust me .

[cynatnite]

35. I bet John Kerry signed a prenup, too...

my guess is a lot of people do when they marry someone rich. This is such a nonissue, IMO. It's like some folks are pulling crap out of thin air to make an issue out of it.

We've got tons of crap to hit McCain on. This is a waste of time.

[CTyankee]

41. Where a lot of money AND kids by previous marriage both enter into it.

Things can get VERY ugly when kids from someone's first marriage get less than they think they should, when their parent remarries and then dies, leaving some assets to the second spouse. I've seen this happen and it's not pretty. Many "nice" families get embroiled in the most disgusting money fights. It is happening right now to a very good friend of mine and it's sad...