Remember Vicki Iseman?

[stevedeshazer]

The lobbyist alleged to have had an affair with Grampa McCain?



Looks like she reached a settlement in her $27 million lawsuit against the NY Times. What did she win?

Well...

Her lawyers get to write an op-ed. :rofl:

'NY Times' Settles Lobbyist Lawsuit Over McCain Report

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003943100

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NEW YORK Vicki Iseman, the Washington, D.C., lobbyist who had sued The New York Times for $27 million over an article last year that she claimed wrongly depicted her as having an affair with Sen. John McCain, has reached a settlement with the newspaper.

The settlement, which does not include any payment, retraction or apology from the Gray Lady, includes an agreement for the Times to post an online Op-Ed from Iseman's attorneys. Executive Editor Bill Keller will counter with his own Web essay.

Washington Bureau Chief Dean Baquet told staffers in a memo Thursday that the settlement essentially vindicates the Times' reporting, noting to them that "We paid no money. We did not apologize. We did not retract one word of the story, which was a compelling chapter in the tale of Senator John McCain and his political rise."

He adds: "The story stands as a powerful examination of a presidential candidate who cast himself as an ethics reformer and scourge of special interests, yet seemed blind at times over the course of his career to appearances of conflicts of interest."

more at link above....

[deaniac21]

1. We used to be in love.

[bertman]

2. " . . . yet seemed blind at times over the course of his career to appearances of conflicts

of interest."

Oh, really?

[seafan]

3. I like to reminisce.

Well, well. Jeb Bush is also connected to Alcalde & Fay (Vicki Iseman's firm), February 21, 2008


'NY Times' Settles Lobbyist Lawsuit Over McCain Report , February 19, 2009

[stevedeshazer]

9. Good one.

[Metta]

4. Chickens come home to roost. Happy karma to her and her lawyers.

they're lucky this is all they got handed to them.

[blondeatlast]

5. I sooo love this! And it's an ON-LINE op-ed; not even in the print edition!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Love it, love it, love it! :rofl:

[stevedeshazer]

10. And the editor gets to reply.

So much for the $27 mill.

[blondeatlast]

16. The left wing blogs have to get the word out--this is really pretty humiliating for her

and her lawyers.

So why can't I stop snickering? I'm soooo ashamed... (Must I bother to add the NOT?!)

:rofl:

[Bozita]

6. This Vicki Iseman?

[stevedeshazer]

13. Yeah. Is that a chastity belt belt she's wearing under her nightgown?

Whoa.

[badgerpup]

18. CHASTITY BELT? Oh dear...

...and here I was just thinking that women should not wear lacy-textured panties under a clingy revealing gown like that...

Not sure if that's considered a fashion faux pas, but it doesn't fly aesthetically.
IMHO...:shrug:

[Bryan]

7. A well-judged case

Then again, there's the other side to consider; if a newspaper suggested that McCain was schtupping you, wouldn't you sue them down to the silver in their fillings?

[Richard Steele]

14. Not if I WAS actually schtupping him.

Looks like I'm smarter than her, no?

[blondeatlast]

8. Two more recs and the "Greatest" page will be a little bit brigher. nt

[JeffR]

11. One more now

[MrPerson]

12. Hey? Would it not be great if she actually did an interview?

You know - answered questions.

[stevedeshazer]

15. Matt Lauer would pile on if she were a Democrat.

It would be the lead story on the Today Show.

[Olney Blue]

17. Just when we thought it was over.... more publicity for the "affair."