McCain's adultery should be fair game for the Obama campaign because

[msongs]

the republicans and their religious compatriots are officially family values phonies. And Jesus said adultery is a big really big no no as well. So if Bill Clinton can be called on his adultery by repubs, then McCain cheating on his first wife and kids should also be fair game because it speaks to his values and trustworthiness.

Of course there is the fake war hero thing McCain uses -he failed his mission , lost his plane, allowed himself to be captured, but i guess nobody is gonna call him on that either. Somehow being in prison makes one a hero.

Msongs
Riverside CA

[speedoo]

1. Obama alluded to McCain's adultery today in praising Biden.

When he talked about Biden, after his family tragedy "did not just be a Senator, he RAISED HIS FAMILY."

[Bucky]

13. I don't see how you can argue that refers to McCain's adultery

He was talking about Biden as a single father following a personal tragedy. The only time I know of that McCain took off from being a father was when he was in Hanoi.

Leave personal attacks to the pros. Dems always do better when we refocus on quality of life issues.

[speedoo]

16. He cheated on his wife and left her, after her terrible accident.

Which contrasts to how Biden behaved with regard to his sons after losing his wife.

It's not a personal attack. It's a statement of fact.

[Bucky]

17. These oranges are so much oranger than those apples.

I don't see how you can contrast one marriage breaking up with another in which one of the partners died. There's just not a point of comparison.

By the way, did you know that there are actual issues and policy differences being discussed this year? Some of them are quite important. Perhaps you could read up on them and make a contribution.

[speedoo]

18. Enough of your snark.

You can disagree with me, but there is no reason to embellish your disagreement with unnecessary bullshit.

(edit, spelling)

[northernlights]

19. issues and policy differences are important

but no one candidate votes 100% the way any given individual would prefer them to.

Character matters just as much. It's a matter of trust. We don't know what information they have that we don't when they make decisions. So we need people in the white house that we can trust to do what's best for the country, not the kind who use their positions to line their own pockets and fuck it to those of us who pay their salaries.

That McCain dumped his crippled wife to be gigolo to an heiress speaks volumes of his character...or lack thereof.

There are basically 2 kinds of people in the world: the takers and the caretakers. McCain is a taker. Biden is a caretaker.

Besides, the Rethugs made adultery and family values a key issue. Now they can live with it.

[libertad]

2. His personal behavior was pretty disgusting, wasn't Cindy , or whatever

her name is, like 19 or 20 years old when he started cheating on his wife with her?

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Cindy denied her half -sisters acknowledgment of their relationship

The story of her half sisters is pretty cruel.

[greenbriar]

5. 17

she lied

[peacebird]

3. there're some sailors who blame him for the Forrestal disaster too. And rumor has it that he was

the only sailor transferred to another ship the next day.

Over 130 sailors died in that and hundreds were wounded... Plus the planes and equipment that had to be jettisoned overboard.... Don't know how to find if this is true or just rumor, but here's a link...


http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_politics&Number=296179328&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=93&part=1

[msongs]

6. helped McCain when his father N grandpa were also admirals - protected like George W.. nt

[hedgehog]

11. Not true. The accident was caused by cutting corners in an effort to launch

planes faster, then aggravated by the use of unstable, out-of-date munitions that exploded in the fire.

My uncle by marriage was at Pearl Harbor, and he'll tell you all about how it was a set-up by FDR. Doesn't make it true!


We've got a lot of real stuff to go after McCain with, we don't need to manufacture stuff.

[peacebird]

14. thanks - as I said - i had read about it, but had no way of knowing if it was true or tin foil...

[mamalone]

7. Absolutely...

I think we should push the adultery very very hard. Face it, the strength of Obama's pro-choice credentials makes him a very very tough sell for most "values voters"... but reminding them constantly of McCain's betrayal of his first wife and his inability to keep his vows will level that playing field somewhat.

Plus it just shows what an utter smarm the guy is... does anyone really want someone like that running the country???





edited for clarity

[jesus_of_suburbia]

8. I agree. But I hate people who cheat (unless they have an agreement, which I assume McSame didn't)

Leaving your wife shows a HUGE lack of character in my opinion.

[liberaldem4ever]

10. Especially since she was disabled while he was in Vietnam

And since she gained weight and had a limp, she didn't turn him on anymore. So he just cheated on her until he found Cindy and her money, and then he divorced his poor wife. What a sorry piece of work he and Cindy both are. Bleech. :thumbsdown:

[hedgehog]

12. I've seen the pictures of his first wife before and after. If she gained weight,

it doesn't show!

[liberaldem4ever]

15. She looks good to me and she looks like a nice person too

He probably just used it for an excuse for his cheating. What an sorry ass McCain is.

[Konza]

9. Joe Biden buried his first wife, McCain abandoned his

So I don't want to hear any "Family Values" bullshit from these bastards.

[Canuckistanian]

20. If Edwards' indiscretions are news

Then McCain's should be a blockbuster. That is, if it ever gets any air time.

[w4rma]

21. Of course it's fair game. Everything is fair game in politics to somebody.

In general, the trick is targeting the folks whom need to hear this without annoying the folks who don't think the topic should be touched.