Cindy McCain: "I will become the new Princess Diana!"

[Bluebear]

What's this "if I become First Lady" shit, dear? What's stopping you from becoming a big humanitarian NOW, without conditions? Surely there are more charities you could form and then steal from, darling.

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Cindy McCain, wife of Senator John McCain, says she wants to become a figurehead for humanitarian work like the late Diana, Princess of Wales, if she makes it to the White House.

"She was a great inspiration to me and to the British people as well," Mrs McCain said of Diana. "She was a remarkable person and had a loving heart."

She said if her husband, the Republican presidential nominee, beat Senator Barack Obama in the November election, she would make humanitarian work her priority.

"I intend to make that the focus of what I do," she said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/johnmccain/2195589/Cindy-McCain-%27inspired-by-DIana%27.html

[Oceansaway]

1. in her dreams....n/t....

[Bluebear]

3. Tell me about it. Talk about a lofty self-image. nt

[niyad]

2. what a load of codswallop, you drug-addicted twit.

by the way, is that pic photoshopped? I mean, we KNOW she doesn't actually bake or anything, so what is the deal?

[Bluebear]

6. That picture is as authentic as her cookie recipes. nt

[Warpy]

28. I dunno, the disposable aluminum pan

tells me she defrosted it all by herself!

[Sequoia]

57. Ha, ha...so true!

A real cook would put it in a glass pan to show off.

[Oceansaway]

9. she thinks she's Betty Crocker...n/t...

[SpiralHawk]

18. Betty Crock O' Crap is more like it

[xxqqqzme]

83. her housekeeper did it - nt

[pt22]

4. See there?...she's already made the pie higher.

:shrug:

[babylonsister]

5. Did she bake that pie?

:rofl: It goes 'so' well with her dress! :D

[dogday]

7. What do you bet she plagiarized the recipe for the dish she is holding? eom

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Cindy will go out in minefields?!

That takes guts and integrity. Who knew?

[AspenRose]

40. I can't believe they used the word "figurehead."

Diana, for all her other faults, walked the walk. She wasn't a "figurehead" in her humanitarian causes.

Sorry, Cindy. "Figurehead" is probably as close to doing Diana's work as you'll get.

[CBGLuthier]

10. why now?

Born with a silver churchkey in her hand why does she wait until she is over halfway through her life to do anything good?

Poser.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

11. Cindy = Zorak, except I'd probably have a beer with Zorak

[Matariki]

85. woot for Zorak!

"Can I snack on your head?

[nam78_two]

12. Oh please go steal some more recipes off of Kraft's site or something-sheesh.nt

[Bluebear]

15. What, you don't believe that she will go through minefields and comfort AIDS victims!

You cynic!

:hug: n78t

[nam78_two]

22. Heh

I am bad :D. Hope you are doing good BB :hi: :hug:.

[11 Bravo]

13. Holy shit! Think of the drugs I can steal if I'm First Lady. Fuck all that charity shit!

[hedgehog]

14. CIndy McCain did personally adopt and raise an abandoned child

and arranged the adoption of another girl. Do you really want this election to turn on a debate as to how charitable Cindy is, or do you want to stick to the War, energy policy, health policy etc?

[Bluebear]

19. Do *I* want this election to turn? Uh, I didn't tell the world I am the new Princess Diana. nt

[hedgehog]

27. Attacks on Cindy don't help us. They just offend people who will

vote for her out of sympathy.

[Bluebear]

32. Well, if any undecided is reading DU who is offended by Cindy's article, sorry.

[nam78_two]

36. I have to respectfully disagree

It is debatable imho in these things what helps us and what doesn't
But if Cindy McCain doesn't want some (fairly mild) mockery of her absurd statements like this one, imho she would do well not to yammer on about Michelle's "patriotism" and other such nonsense.

She is a public figure, wife of a man who wants to be prez, has a fairly sketchy past (drug theft from her own charity, book-keeper during the Keating mess etc.)-it is to be expected that when she says absurdities like this she will be mocked from the left :shrug:. I don't see how it is in such poor taste. Can you imagine the blood-bath the media would have if one of the Dems was married to someone who stole drugs from her own charity?

Good on her for adopting the kid definitely, but imho given how shady some of her charities have been, I don't have that much compunction engaging in some relatively mild mockery of these statements of hers regardless. She would do well not to "go there" honestly regarding some of her charitable work.

http://harpers.org/archive/2008/05/hbc-90003001

[lolly]

71. True, she adopted a child

And now she and her husband are kissing up to the d**k who used the child to slime them in 2000.

Diana had her share of problems, but I can't imagine her kowtowing to someone who had treated one of her kids like that.

[niyad]

52. vote for "HER"??? uh, hedgehog, she isn't running for anything.

[stanwyck]

53. ??? I'm not sure you know how democracy works

Cindy's name won't be on the ballot.
Are you thinking maybe of a Mrs. America contest? The Pillsbury Bake-Off?
What exactly are these sympathy votes you're referencing?

[hedgehog]

56. oops - I should have typed her husband! None the less, you're

all forgetting onew of the basic rules of the game - It's OK if you're a Republican! Cindy can do whatever she wants, Michelle must be perfect! Our best bet is to keep the focus on the issues.

[stanwyck]

74. You're right, Hedge

there is way too much silliness when it comes to the potential First Ladies. These women are continually attacked over the most inane issues.

[Bluebear]

75. Yes, here we are, "attacking" her.

You don't think her calling herself the next Princess Diana is a little too precious?

[stanwyck]

78. Can't say that her comments helped my opinion of her

My general impression isn't that positive. She had an affair with a man who had been married for 18 years with three children. I sympathize with her personal challenges with drug addiction and health problems. However, her self-righteousness in the wake of the grossly distorted Michelle Obama comments about being proud of America smack not of true patriotism but of self-serving nationalism. And I have more respect for a woman like Michelle Obama who has achieved success privately and professionally because of her intellect and drive. Cindy reminds me a little of Dubya and Molly Ivins comment concerning him: "He was born on third base and acts like he hit a triple."
However, the personal attacks on First Ladies do tilt toward the ridiculous. Baking cookies. Hair styles. Dresses. And our obsession with their "causes". Remember poor Nancy Reagan desperately attempting to find her cause? She had the ill-fated "Foster Grandparents" program which she let fade away before she stumbled into the "Just Say No" campaign.
It's time to drag the whole First Lady brand into the 21st century. And Cindy is NOT the woman to do that. Michelle is.

[Beaverhausen]

89. She didn't call herself that - at least not in the article in the OP

[L0oniX]

73. UHM ...no one will be voting for her. She's not on the ticket.

[Lance_Boyle]

81. I would be more than happy to see millions upon millions of

"sympathetic" republicans write in Cindy McCain's name for the presidential race.

[bdamomma]

16. .......................

:puke:

[Disturbed]

25. Ms. McLame can say & do whatever. I don't care.

Sen. McLame is the focus.

John McCain embraces GW Bush & his failed policies.

The short list

Iraq,

Top end tax cuts

Privatization of Social Security

Unraveling employer based health care,

Cuban embargo.

Illegal Spying on Americans

Busholini Policy of Torture

Veto of new GI Bill

Offshore oil drilling

Denying Habeous Corpus



Feel free to add to this list.

[BrklynLib at work]

17. .....

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

[Book Lover]

20. You mean become a neurotic publicity hound?

Go for it, sister.

[JaneQPublic]

21. Quick, let a drunken Frenchman take her for a drive.

Okay, that was mean. But what she said was really insane.

[FloridaJudy]

23. See? It's true!

Drug abuse really will addle your brain. Let this woman be a warning, kids.

[goforit]

24. Yah Cindy..go clean up those landmines in Afghanastan!!!

[IntravenousDemilo]

26. Well, we all know how THAT turned out.

And she did marry a man much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much older than herself. Maybe that's what she was really talking about.

[malaise]

29. Hey Cookie Monster grabber

You'd have to be born again and I don't mean the Fundie experience either.

[DailyGrind51]

30. Like Dan Quayle was the "New J.F.K"?

[ColbertWatcher]

31. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! n/t

[SharonRB]

33. She couldn't clean Princess Di's toilets

How dare she compare herself to her!

[Initech]

34. Mr. 100 years of war instantly discredits any humanitarian efforts she does.

[AndyA]

35. Not in a million years, Cindy.

You aren't even in the same league as Princess Diana.

You and your Mrs. Smith's Frozen Pie. Some nerve!

[symbolman]

37. "I could steal drugs AND Recipes with total Impunity!"

I bet she thinks you actually get a crown at this point, coming into office after McChimpy, and what with Xanax Lady wearing rich castle funiture material and drapes as clothing..

At least she sorta dresses Better than the Other Pill Lady squatting in our White House, who either looks like a LayZBoy, or Chairman Mao. What is it with these women and Commie looking clothes?

"Gee, that's nice Cindy, you DO Realize that McPissed is Not running for King? Now... Go sit on the nice pie! Good girl! Now Roll Around in it.. Even Better! What a Good Girl! Next let's try drinking WATER for a Change.."

[Bluebear]

38. 'I bet she thinks you actually get a crown at this point'

OMG you have me in stitches, bad boy!

[symbolman]

55. Im glad you had a laugh

but I'm almost serious :)

Poor widdle rich girl..

[damntexdem]

39. How about the new Princess Leiah?

Get that woman a lightsaber!!!

[momster]

87. And some Cinnabons

That hairstyle didn't create itself, you know!

[Ilsa]

41. I wonder what she'll do if she loses?

I love your comment in the OP! She has the resources to do all of that now without political disruption and govt interference.

[ReadTomPaine]

42. Sorry Cindy, but you're more Malefacent than Cinderella.

[MiniMe]

43. What is she going to do? Sell her cookie recipies?

:puke:

[Ilsa]

44. I bet she's just looking for a reason to don her tiara. nt

[ellie]

45. I think she is scary looking.

[Omaha Steve]

46. More like Paris Hilton

Oops. Did I type that out loud? :-)

[Dukkha]

47. you mean she's going to die in a car chase through a tunnel?

[LynnTheDem]

48. Dear "always been proud of my country" Cindy;

"Always been proud" that during your own lifetime, black Americans weren't allowed to vote, and doing humanitarian work only if you become first lady?

Republicans; stupidest MFers on earth. It's really that simple.

[TheCowsCameHome]

49. All she has in common is the Mercedes, only Cindy's the wreck here.

[Bluebear]

50. --ouch--!

[Riddler]

51. This raggedy husband-stealing hussy couldn't carry Di's nail polish

[Cascadian]

54. She's not human! She's a fembot Stepford wife! n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

58. God, I sure hope so.

:thumbsup:

[Kool Kitty]

59. Cindy, give the pie back to Rachel Ray, ditch the black

lace, and snap out of it. You become a humanitarian when you do good things for other people and don't expect to be patted on the back for it. You do it because you want to, because it is the RIGHT THING TO DO, not because it is the politically expedient thing to do.

[drbtg1]

60. Once more:"Whether she's stealing drugs,stealing cookie recipes,or stealing someone else's husband,

is this the type of person you want as first lady?"

It needs to be said over and over and over again.

[kitty1]

61. Why does she have to be in the WH to do humanitarian work...

Is she going to forgo all these potential causes if McCain doesn't win?
Cindy;
If your heart is in the right place, start by doing something for all those poor Iraqi orphans. Some with missing limbs.
Do you think your compassionate husband would have a problem with that?

[Swamp Rat]

62. Cindy McCain is a cyborg.

:hide:

[SoCalDem]

63. "4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie"..Cindy's "newest" recipe?

yummmmmmo :)

[JuniperLea]

64. That is just sick!

[Bluebear]

67. ----

:spray:

Talk about your over-the-hill "Princesses"!

[JuniperLea]

68. Baby Jane was my first thought...

The first time I saw a picture of Baby Cindy:)

[Bluebear]

69. "I'm writing a letter to Daddy...."

[JuniperLea]

70. Ok, that is just creepy! LOL!

I love that movie...

[Vickers]

65. Oldest. Princess. EVAR.

I do hope there aren't any peas under the mattresses at the White House.

[Solly Mack]

66. so she's going to die in August too?

[L0oniX]

72. BARF...

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[Supersedeas]

76. has her eye on those things important to the Oligarchy--appearances

[Blue_Tires]

77. not touching this one...no freakin' way

[HughMoran]

79. She's a air-headed twit

I'll be glad when the McCains are sent packing.

[Marie26]

80. I feel sorry for her

Don't know why, but I do.

[Imagevision]

82. Cindy McCain: "and I promise never to wear the same clothing twice...

[Matariki]

84. Mrs Sweeney Todd!

I don't even want to think about what she has in that meat pie. :P

[Bluebear]

86. The Worst Pies in Scottsdale

[Beaverhausen]

88. She did not say she'd "become the new princess Diana." She said she is inspired by the work ...

...Diana did. I say, good for her. Too bad she won't get to be first lady.

What will Michelle Obama's focus be?

[Bluebear]

91. >>What will Michelle Obama's focus be?<< I dunno, write her!

[opihimoimoi]

90. One Canardly window dress SHIT and nobody told her....."If..." my ass.

Her Shallowness is so evident as Lake Sahara....its pathetic to see what lengths peeps go through to wear them "Crowns"...

"Bad Form girl, Bad Form"

maybe she thinks "we" .....are like her??? To be Shallow is OK?....normal....