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Buster
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Note on PCness;
"Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous
mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is
entirely possible to pick up a Turd by the clean end."
Buster
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Buster
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Observations from Ireland..
We in Ireland cannot figure why you Americans are even bothering to hold
a presidential election this year.
On one side, you have a cackling bitch who is a lawyer, married to a
disbarred lawyer, running against a lawyer who is married to a cackling
lawyer bitch who is not proud of her country.
On the other side, you have a war hero who loves his country, is married
to a good-looking woman with big boobs, who owns a beer distributorship
worth 100 million dollars.
I say, is there really a contest here?'
Silverbird
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Nahh, the women are just either bitches or rah rahs. Still looking for an equivalent title for a man; SOB is an insult to the mother so that doesn't work. :toung:
Buster
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This is an example all of us should follow. We need to be more hands on than just using our mouth.
There's a lot of extra information in the Snopes link which is not included here.
This is an interesting article as not much was known about her. She was on Leno the other night and it was an interesting interview. It turns out that she is a character as she is or has been a race car driver and is also a pilot. She flies John around the country to his rallies. After hearing that about her and reading this I now have a lot of respect for her.
Election 2008: Cindy Hensley McCain has been disparaged as a trophy wife, a Barbie, an heiress with fancy purses, even the Paris Hilton of politics. But there's more to the picture than meets the eye.
Yes, Mrs. McCain is the perfectly coifed blonde standing dutifully behind the senator during his speeches. And yes, she wears stylish clothing and carries a Prada purse. And it's true she doesn't say much. But feminist critics who write her off as a "stand-by-your-man" shrinking violet are selling her short. In many ways, Cindy McCain stacks up sturdier than Hillary Clinton or Michelle Obama. And she'd make a more impressive first lady.
Mrs. McCain: More than meets the eye.
While Obama's wife has been hating America, complaining about the war and undermining our troops serving in Afghanistan, McCain's wife has been worrying about her sons who actually are fighting or planning to fight in the war on terror. One, in fact, was until a few months ago deployed in Iraq during some of the worst violence.
You don't hear the McCain's talk about it, but their 19-year-old Marine, Jimmy, is preparing for his second tour of duty. Their 21-year-old son, Jack, is poised to graduate from Annapolis and also could join the Marines as a second lieutenant. The couple made the decision not to draw attention to their sons out of respect for other families with sons and daughters in harm's way.
Cindy also says she doesn't want to risk falling apart on the campaign trail talking about Jimmy who was so young when he enlisted she had to sign consent forms for his medical tests before he could report for duty and potentially upsetting parents of soldiers who are serving or have been killed.
The McCain's want to make sure their boys get no special treatment. Same goes for their five other children, including a daughter they adopted from Bangladesh. During a visit to Mother Teresa's orphanage there, Cindy noticed a dying baby. The orphanage could not provide the medical care needed to save her life. So she brought the child home to America for the surgery she desperately needed. The baby is now their healthy, 16-year-old daughter, Bridget.
Though all seven McCain children including two Sen. McCain adopted from his first marriage are supportive of their father, they prefer their privacy to the glare of the campaign trail. Another daughter, Meghan, 23, helps him behind the scenes.
Cindy McCain not only cherishes her children, but also her country, which in an election year filled with America-bashing, is a refreshing novelty. She seethed when she heard Michelle Obama's unpatriotic remarks that she only recently grew proud of America. "I am very proud of my country," Mrs. McCain asserted.
She also may be tougher than the other women in the race. While Hillary thinks she's come under sniper fire on mission trips abroad, Cindy has actually seen violence. She witnessed a boy get blown up by a mine in Kuwait during a trip with an international group that removes land mines from war-torn countries.
Mrs. McCain also is a hands-on philanthropist. She sits on the board of Operation Smile, which arranges for plastic surgeons to fix cleft palates and other birth defects. She also has helped organize relief missions to Micronesia.
During a scuba-diving vacation to the islands, Mrs. McCain took a friend to a local hospital to have a cut treated. She was shocked, and saddened, by what she saw. "They opened the door to the OR, where the supplies were, and there were two cats and a whole bunch of rats climbing out of the sterile supplies," she recalled. "They had no X-ray machine, no beds. To me, it was devastating because it was a U.S. trust territory." As soon as she returned home, she arranged for medical equipment and teams of doctors to be sent to treat the island children.
Michelle Obama may contribute to CARE, which fights global poverty and works to empower poor women. Cindy sits on its board.
While the Democrat women talk about helping the poor and needy, Cindy McCain actually rolls up her sleeves and does it. Who's the out-of-touch elitist?
http://www.snopes.com/politics/mccain/cindy.asp
Silverbird
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Sigh, does it really matter? The wives aren't running for President, and I really don't think that they should be involved with their spouse's job, which a "wife debate" would mean they *should* be. Spouse of the President doesn't make you the voice of the people, we vote for the candidate. Don't we have more serious issues to discuss? If it was an issue, first husband candidate Bill would have been an issue for being a goat (to match "trophy wife" and "bitch").
Silverbird
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That's my point, he is a goat, and he wasn't being scrutinized in the same way the "first wives" are, they are looked at on whether they are a good spouse, or else his personal conduct *would* have been an issue that would be used by other campaigns as an example of a very bad example of First Spouse.
I still stand by my view that a debate gives the impression that somehow the position of First Lady is a political position. It isn't.
luv2read
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Hillary made First Lady a political position with the Hillary Health Care Plan.
Silverbird
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Shrug, she's not the first, Eleanor Roosevelt, Abigail Adams, for instance. There have been political first Ladies. But making it mandatory through having them debate I think is a badddd idea.Last edited:
luv2read
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Agreed on all counts. Both First Ladies' pet projects were given political play as a payoff for putting up with their husbands' bad behavior.AHHH... but GREAT media entertainment. :nuts: It has great potential for campaign impact too. However, Michelle would be well advised not to engage Cindy in a televised formal debate, if she really wishes to get the oportunity to do the wild thing in the Oval Office.
Silverbird
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Media Entertainment? What about this, invite them both to the Leno show. Cause it's entertainment, not News. At best, Entertainment Tonight. We can see which one sings "Wild Thing" better.PERFECT! :nuts:
Buster
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luv2read
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OK. We have trophy wife and bitch for first wife categories. How about "trophy stud" and "hound" for first husband?- Status
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