VIDEO: Lying about Barack Obama runs in the McCain family

By GottaLaff

How admirable. Gramm-pa has now gotten his own daughter to lie on his behalf:

Daughter Megan claims NOW endorses her dad.

The McCain camp will say anything to get elected, even if it's not true. Yesterday 10/31/08 wife Cindy and daughter Megan appeared on FOX and Friends. Megan told this whopper, which Gretchen Carlson let go without comment, as it fit perfectly with the talking point they were trying to sell (Sarah Palin is a feminist).

National Organization for Women PAC Endorses Obama-Biden

STATEMENT OF KIM GANDY
Chair, National Organization for Women Political Action Committee (NOW PAC)

September 16, 2008

It is with great enthusiasm that I announce today, on behalf of the nation's oldest and largest women's rights organization, that the National Organization for Women Political Action Committee (NOW PAC) proudly endorses Sen. Barack Obama for President of the United States.

It's so comically easy to disprove these lies. Do they still not get that these new-fangled inventions like YouTube, computers, Tee Vee Machines, radios, and telephones exist? Communication happens, Gramm-pa. Deal.

Mrs. Gramm-pa McCain: Vietnam vets with PTSD were 18-year-olds who didn’t know what they were doing.

By GottaLaff

Is Cindy McMealTicket really this stupid? This is a new low:

Q: You met your husband after his POW days. To what extent is that still with you - or is it a part of history?

McCAIN: My husband will be the first one to tell you that that’s in the past. Certainly it’s a part of who he is, but he doesn’t dwell on it. It’s not part of a daily experience that we experience or anything like that. But it has shaped him. It has made him the leader that he is.

Q: But no cold sweats in the middle of the night?

McCAIN: Oh, no, no, no, no, no. My husband, he’d be the first one to tell you that he was trained to do what he was doing. The guys who had the trouble were the 18-year-olds who were drafted. He was trained, he went to the Naval Academy, he was a trained United States naval officer, and so he knew what he was doing.

Good to know that Gramm-pa has no symptoms, and that all that training paid off. Then there was this little tidbit:

I’ll be very frank with you: I leave the politics to my husband and to his group — although I’m very involved in it, don’t misunderstand me...

Oh really? Is that right, Cin? Is that because you're not "alert" enought?

MC: You were addicted to painkillers in the early ’90s. What’s your advice to others?
CM: Beware. Beware. It’s not anything that I ever thought I could succumb to, and it happened without my even knowing it. But I’ll tell you what it has done for me: It’s made me a much better and more alert mother.

Beware is right. Beware of hypocrites:

MC: What would be your priority as first lady?
CM: Serving a cause greater than your own self-interest.

You might think about suggesting that to your husband and a few of his 82521650 lobbyists.

Compare this Cindy McCain post to the Michelle Obama post below

By GottaLaff

Night and day. Apples and oranges. Class and classless:

One day after she told a Tennessee newspaper Obama is running the "dirtiest campaign in American history," Mrs. McCain criticized the Illinois senator for voting against a bill to fund troops in Iraq, a regular line of attack from her husband’s campaign.

“The day that Senator Obama cast a vote not to fund my son when he was serving sent a cold chill through my body, let me tell you,” she told a Pennsylvania crowd before introducing her husband and Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin.

“I would suggest Senator Obama change shoes with me for just one day. I suggest he take a day and go watch our men and women deploying," she also said, to boisterous cheers from the campaign.

If Senator Obama were to change shoes with McMealTicket or Gramm-pa for one day, he'd have to find at least a few hundred dollars to afford them.

A CNN fact check deemed the charge that Obama voted against troop funding "misleading."

Gee, really? Quel surprise.

Oh, and by the way, Mrs. McMealTicket, your husband's little notions of war, torture, funding and any and all things in between don't exactly scream support for your son.

Obama wants our soldiers home and alive. Obama wants to focus on our real enemies. And if Obama were to set so much as one toe into your or Gramm-pa's Ferragamo's, the only thing he'd end up with is horrific judgment and a case of the gout.

Cindy McCain: Obama has "waged the dirtiest campaign in American history."

By GottaLaff

I didn't realize what a horrible person Obama was.Thank the good lord that Cindy McMealTicket has finally set the record straight:

Cindy McCain said today that she expects her husband to clear the record at tonight’s debate and let America know where he truly stands.

McCain, who stopped to visit a half-dozen children at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt today, said the presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has "waged the dirtiest campaign in American history,” and her husband Sen. John McCain will use tonight’s debate to correct the distortions.

Did you hear that? "In American history!" There has never, ever, in the history of this country, been a bigger sleazebag than that nasty, out-of-control, slur-throwing Barack Obama. My stars! How'd he end up leading in all those polls, then? How'd he earn that "compassionate" attribution? He sure is good at fooling those dumb American voters, isn't he?

Whoever said that Republicans are masters of projection* was dead on.

*projection: the attribution of one's own ideas, feelings, or attitudes to other people or to objects; especially : the externalization of blame, guilt, or responsibility as a defense against anxiety

H/t: TPM

BREAKING: McCain covered up Cindy's drug use/theft, blocked DEA probe of her charity: VIDEOS

By GottaLaff


Via DKos:

A whistleblower is coming forth against John and Cindy McCain, and the picture he is painting is not a pretty one. You've probably heard about Cindy McCain stealing prescription drugs from her charity in the 1990s. Today, Tom Gosinski, her former employee and a close friend of the McCain's, came out on the record about the entire sordid episode. And it appears that McCain used his Senate staff and resources to cover up Cindy's drug use, and potentially to prevent the Drug Enforcement Agency from investigating his wife's theft of illegal prescription drugs.

More:

UPDATE: Gosinski is apparently releasing his journal entries from the time period in question, according to this Raw Story article.

UPDATE 2: Snud has written a diary with a lot more detail on this. Take a look and recommend.

More:

John McCain certainly used his political connections to begin a campaign of intimidation against Gosinski, because at the time - this was after the Keating 5 scandal - another major scandal would have derailed his career. Gosinski stayed quiet out of fear until today; a recent fight with cancer has strengthened his resolve. As he told me today, if he can beat cancer, he can go on the record regarding how the McCain's do business.

More as I find it:

There are lots of unanswered questions, but the basic contours of the story are clear. John McCain used his position as a Senator to help his wife abuse illegal drugs and avoid being searched by customs, and somehow his wife managed to avoid any charges by the DEA or the state (which has mandatory minimums in cases like this) on drug charges despite ample evidence. Did the DEA or the state not file charges against her because of political pressure? Did they keep this on the Federal level to avoid mandatory minimums for Cindy McCain because of political pressure from McCain? Did John McCain and/or his Senate staff tamper with a criminal investigation of his wife and her conspiracy to fraudulently obtain illegal drugs?

Whether illegal or not, and an investigation by Congress should happen, this is clearly a massive and overreaching case of both corruption on a personal sordid level and an abuse of power. And you might be seeing Gosinski on mainstream media soon.

Via Raw Story, Gosinski:

"I have never been so aware of the amount of insincerity behind a political campaign as I am now with John McCain's reelection campaign," he writes on Sept. 3, 1992. "Everything Cindy McCain does is politically motivated and driven by the almighty 'photo op.' I am convinced that Cindy McCain could give a rat's ass about the citizens of the third world countries or the victims of natural disasters."

Cindy Lou McCain's Big Speech: A Preview

By GottaLaff

J Sid's wheels came off years ago, Cindy:

On John McCain's character:
"It's going to take someone of unusual strength and character - someone exactly like my husband - to lead us through the reefs and currents that lie ahead. I know John. You can trust his hand at the wheel."

Noun. Verb. Country first:

On Americans' duty to their country:
"That duty is what brings me before you tonight. And it's much larger and more important than just me or John or any of us: It's the work of this great country calling us together - and there is no greater duty than that, no more essential task for our generation — right now."

Noun. Verb. Blahblahblah:

On John McCain leading by example:
"Forgiveness is not just a personal issue: it's why John led the effort to normalize relations with Vietnam retrieve the remains of our MIAs… to bring closure to both sides. That's leadership - national leadership. And it's leading by example."

N. V. Straight Talk:

Personal reflections on John McCain:
"If Americans want straight talk and the plain truth they should take a good close look at John McCain…a man tested and true…who's never wavered in his devotion to our country…a man who's served in Washington without ever becoming a Washington insider…who always speaks the truth no matter what the cost…a man of judgment and character…a loyal and loving and true husband and a magnificent father!"

She's one banana short of a bunch. At least.

Cindy McCain's $300,000 Outfit

Via Watertiger.

Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100

Wow! No wonder McCain has so many houses: his wife has the price of a Scottsdale split-level hanging from her ears.

And while I'm thinking about it, can the media please stop pretending that line about the difference between a pitbull and a soccer mom is some sorty of Lenny Bruce comic gem and not a tired old Rush Limbaughesque slur most recently used on Hillary Clinton? Dumbasses.

Cindy Lou Hensley McCain says Sarah Louise has experience because she lives near Russia

By GottaLaff

Via Think Progress:

Today on ABC’s This Week, Cindy McCain tried to rebut the criticism that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) has no national experience by taking a talking point from Fox’s Steve Doocy. McCain pointed to the fact that Palin’s state is near Russia:

It doesn’t appear that Palin has ever even traveled to Russia, despite her state’s proximity. In fact, she didn’t even have a passport until 2007, when she visited troops stationed in Kuwait and Germany. She has also visited Ireland.

Cindy Lou Hensley McCain, you wouldn't recognize "a great mind" if you lived with one... which you don't.

I live in a state (California) that is the closest in proximity to Mexico. I've even traveled there, yes, more than once. I guess my vast experience heretofore qualifies me to be commander in chief.

Cindy Lou Hensley McCain is offended

By GottaLaff

Cindy McMealTicket is offended. Why? Did someone call her a freeze-dried version of Cruella DeVille (I mean other than on this blog)? Did one of the little people not recognize one of the designer names tattooed across her forehead? Did one of her gardeners fail to manicure the foliage of her 7, 8, or 9 homes? Did a servant forget to cut the crust off one of her watercress sandwiches? Was one of her crystal carafes of beer not chilled "just so"?

Hellz no. She's upset because that big meanie Barack Obama showed some true grit and challenged his opponent, Mr. Cindy, during the biggest night (to date) of a fiercely-fought election! Banish him! Now!

ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: Democrats' attacks on her family's wealth are unfair and offensive, Cindy McCain said today in an interview airing tomorrow on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."

So-o-o, those attacks on Barack's wife, his background, his so-called "celebrity" and presumptuousness were fair game? Got it. Moving along...

For nearly two weeks, Democrats have repeatedly hit Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for saying he is unaware of how many houses he owns, calling the presumptive Republican presidential nominee out of touch with everyday Americans. In his acceptance speech at the Democratic convention on Thursday, Democratic nominee Barack Obama turned up the heat on McCain, saying he "doesn't know" about the lives of middle-class Americans.

Truth hurts, don't it, C Lou?

"I'm offended by Barack Obama saying that about my husband," said McCain's wife Cindy. When asked if Obama went too far in his criticism of McCain, Cindy responded, "I do. I do. I really do."

McCain also said beer the distributorship her father built, which is the source of much her family's wealth, typifies the American Dream.

I'll give her that one. It is true that Americans dream about having a life like hers. And dream... and dream...

"My father had nothing. He and my mother sold everything they had to raise $10,000," she said. "I'm proud of what my dad and my mother did and what they built and left me. And I intend to carry their legacy as long as I can."

Um, C Lou? Your legacy? Obama's legacy? No comparison. And the very fact that your legacy includes what they "left you" speaks volumes.

Here's the response we were hoping for:

The Obama campaign is not backing down. "The fact that John McCain does not know how many houses he owns when millions are struggling to stay in the only house they have shows he's out of touch with the lives of real Americans," said Obama spokeswoman Linda Douglass Saturday afternoon. "McCain is promising to double down on the economic policies of George W. Bush which have benefited corporations and CEO's while leaving middle-class families behind. John McCain just doesn't get it."

Neither does C Lou.

Michelle Obama talks about speech-writing, child-rearing and relating to Cindy McCain

Imagine if this had been Michelle Obama

By GottaLaff



Had Michelle Obama gone to Tbilisi, she would have been blasted for being absolutely presumptuous, blatantly uppity! Imagine inserting herself into an international crisis and "playing First Lady"! There would go Obama's run for office... again! The very idea! Where's the fainting couch?

But.

Cindy McMealTicket is the blonde and rich and white Republican who owns who-knows-how-many homes, and is married to a P.O.W., so it's all A-okay.

The American Dream.

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Mrs.Vice President Biden

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