McCain and his mother don't recall old lawsuits

[Mark E. Smith]

Source: AP

Sat Aug 16

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's divorce was amicable enough that
he an his ex-wife jointly brought a lawsuit 10 years later to recover damages for lost mementos, but it
wasn't amicable enough to prevent McCain's mother from suing his ex-wife to get back some personal
property.

Both lawsuits were settled out of court decades ago and before they went to trial, but records of them
are kept in the archives of the city courthouse of Alexandria.

Curiously, although the records clearly list the plaintiffs, McCain's campaign says that the Arizona
senator didn't know about or authorize the 1990 lawsuit with his ex-wife Carol, and that his mother's
1980 lawsuit was filed "unintentionally." And McCain's 96-year-old mother, Roberta, says she never
sued Carol.

But others involved dispute those assertions.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080816/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_old_lawsuits

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"That's right, you heard me, sue her! Mom wants her doilies back!"

[gateley]

1. How do you "unintentionally file"court papers? nt

[Enrique]

7. I hate when that happens

oops!

[FatDave]

10. Why just last week I accidentally divorced my wife.

Needless to say, I had a lot of explaining to do.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Don't git much colder than that...

"Hi, Carol? I'm dumping you for this blonde hottie-heiress. Can my Mom have her shit back? Oh, okay, I'll wait until you're out of the hospital before I sue you..."

McCain's father and grandfather are spinning like dradles in their respective graves over their creepy descendant...

[bdf]

12. That's "dreidel" (n/t)

[TwilightGardener]

3. What kind of woman would sue for personal belongings from her

daughter in law, AFTER McCain shamed and humiliated Carol by running around with Cindy and then leaving her--the woman who was disfigured but spent years trying to get him released from prison? Are McShame and his mother two cold, nasty pieces of work or WHAT?

[madmom]

4. The first thing I thought of when I saw the picture in the article was " What is

she doing, trying to project herself as the queen mum?" What is it with old ladies and their purses?

[qanda]

5. She's a piece of work....

"I have never heard of what you're talking about. ... I will put my hand on a Bible," she said, to attest that she had never sued Carol."

What does the Bible have to do with this? You can put your hand on a stack of Bibles, we still don't believe you.

[Supersedeas]

11. and that barely touches the surface

[CitizenPatriot]

6. the facts? court documents? there's nothing to see here! WAR is coming!

these people and their "bibles". good laugh for the day, Mrs. McCain. I see the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

[Enrique]

8. $1 million punitive damages for Easter eggs signed by Burt Reynolds?

yeah, there was other stuff too, but still...

Much of the property appears to be memorabilia of Carol's days running the White House Visitors Office under President Reagan, including several dozen wooden Easter eggs from the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, signed by such celebrities as Burt Reynolds and Brooke Shields.

(...)

The defendants argued the McCains were out of line in seeking punitive damages because there was no evidence anybody acted maliciously.

Darren McKinney, a spokesman for the American Tort Reform Association, said, "Plaintiffs' lawyers will routinely ask for significant damages to try and prompt a settlement."

[Prophet 451]

9. His mother is still alive?!?!?!

McCain is seventy-two, how old is his mum? Do they have her spend her nights in a bacta tank or something?