Cindy McCain drug addict who, Phoenix Dr.s claim at least 3X sought medical attention for injuries

[seemslikeadream]

http://www.counterpunch.com/

Why did Cindy McCain become a drug addict who, Phoenix doctors claim, at least three times sought medical attention for injuries consonant with physical violence?



Does anyone one here have a subscription to Counter Punch?

I'd really like to read this headline article.

I had a feeling this was domestic violence, does this look like a hand shake injury to you?

[glowing]

1. That link takes you to an article about playing with the constitution.

Do you have a direct link to the story of abuse?

[Cleita]

2. I don't have a subscription, but she puts vibes out to me of

battered woman, if not physical, at least mental battery from a bad tempered and controlling spouse.

[progdonkey]

6. even some guys who abuse their wives...

keep it restricted to when they're home. They can at least control themselves enough to wait until they're alone to explode. McCain is so far gone that he has no problem calling her a cunt and trollop in front of other people at fancy dinner parties. How bad must it be when no one's around if that's how he is when people are around?

He has a well-known temper problem and she has a well-known drug problem, specifically with painkillers. That right there is a textbook example of the framework of an abusive home life.

[glinda]

16. THIS NEEDS TO BE OUT THERE

If they have the Doctors who know about this it should be out there publicly some how. I never thought the explanation that a fan shook her hand too hard was viable. The wrap was too big. I think McCain is a psycho suffering from his War Wounds and incarceration. I mean... take a look at child offenders who many times experienced sexual assault as a child to begin with. McCain may well be into torture. May well be into violence. May well be a total nut job. Did he ever get treatment? We know Cindy never got treatment.

[Orrex]

3. Whatever.

She probably walked into the door. And tripped over the coffee table.

[seemslikeadream]

4. or falling down one of the set of stairs of her many mansions

[Orrex]

5. Good point. Figure at least two flights of stairs per mansion

That's a lot of stairs to fall down.

[sattahipdeep]

12. A Condo

:hi: seemslikeadream

[seemslikeadream]

15. sattahipdeep

:hi:

[chitty]

19. Man that picture is huge.

can you downsize it a little?

[saracat]

7. Wow. Sorry that is just sick.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

8. The first thing I thought of when I saw her in a cast was -

could it be abuse?

[MzNov]

10. Their story was carpal tunnel. Which could be true.

I have one of those wrist/arm thingies. But why would she parade around with it on the stage. There is no need for that, unless shaking hands really does hurt her wrist. YEAH RIGHT. Very strange!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

18. I heard that an over enthusiastic supporter shook her hand and jarred her wrist.

On edit...just saw an article where it said that her sprain was on the wrist where Cindy had surgery for carpal tunnel... and yes, how the hell does she get carpal tunnel???

[MzNov]

11. On second thought, how would a rich non-working woman

get carpal tunnel? I doubt she sits 8 hours a day on a computer, or plays a piano, or lifts heavy articles. both of these two frauds suck!

[rebel with a cause]

14. Tennis, golf, dominatrix use of a whip ;)

Okay seriously, arthritis could cause problems with the hands and wrist without much usage. But I doubt that is her problem. The abuse thing could be likely, if you look at the interactions between the two it seems she has both fear and disdain of him.

But abusers are never easy to define. Some people (usually men) will not abuse in public and keep their abusive action hidden in the home. Then there are other people (usually men) who are verbally abusive to their significant other in public while being respectful, sometimes even submissive, in the home. The abused person will also sometimes come across as verbally abusive in public, because they know the abuser will not do anything to them in front of people, so they get a bit of revenge at that opportunity. It is all complicated and cannot be easily defined without some working knowledge of the two people.

We can speculate, but that is all we can do at this point and time. :shrug:

[MzNov]

17. he just seems to me to be the typical abuser.

Bad temper, total hatred of women, etc. I never grew up in an abusive situation thank the goddess, but from what I've seen in friends' families, McCane fits the profile. And she seems to fit the enabler. But it's just my opinion and besides something like this will never come out unless she does it herself. Just not likely. Too bad. Everyone loses.

[rebel with a cause]

20. Personally, I think of him as a typical a**hole.

and with typical a**holes anything and everything is possible. But I also see her as a scheming controller, and I don't trust scheming controllers. That is my problem with the abuser scenarios. There are different types of abuse and there are co-dependents that strife on acts of abuse. With his acts of temper and her schemeing what could we expect if they were in control of the country, especially because it has become clear that you do not get mccain without someone needed there to control him. With this in mind, the two of them are scarier than him alone. Then you add palin and her hubby and the whole thing becomes a nightmare.

[WhiteTara]

21. race car driving

or maybe plane flying

[EFerrari]

9. Are there any photos of the McMores relaxing at parties?

Because that's something that never really happens in that situation, relaxing -- unless you manage to get a little high.

[CitizenPatriot]

13. she really doesn't stand for much

that I can admire. I dislike the way she doesn't work to make the world a better place, with all of her privilege, etc. BUT, for some reason, I have always felt sorry for her. She seems miserable, and I doubt she has the strength of character to sort out the problems and take care of herself emotionally.

McCain is clearly a verbal abuser....and I wouldn't doubt he finds himself easily losing control of his temper (as has been reported enough times by enough people to be assumed to be a character trait) and when alone with her, I can imagine he yanks her around, a shove here and there, etc. I don't see him as the fist-punching powerless drunk many associate with a batterer, but there are other more insidious versions of spousal abuse: he is a control freak, with a lot at stake. He fits the profile of wealthier batterers quite well, as does she. They tend to not leave bruises on the face as often, and the abuse is not as "brutal" though it can often be more lethal, if that makes sense.

It is sad, and let me just say to her:

Cindy, you don't deserve to be mistreated or talked down to by the man who swore to love and cherish you.

I see such sadness on her face when he is standing there with Palin and it makes me so uncomfortable I can hardly watch.

On this issue, I am not a Democrat - just a woman, seeing another woman in pain and wishing I could help her feel better about herself before it's too late. I don't want her husband to win this election, but that doesn't change my support for her as a woman.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

22. A person in a glass box: never free and ever criticized.

Seriously, I feel badly for that poor lady. I doubt she's ever felt like a whole person in spite of her intelligence and beauty because she probably bucked "the game" and was subject to persistent criticism.

I'm not going to go after this one.

[MiniMe]

23. Unless we have proof, this is a non-story

I will say that the pink cast looks awful with that orange skirt though. Yuck.

[seemslikeadream]

24. Did you get to read the article?

That's what I was asking for