Cindy McCain is HOT! Jesus...she's a hot older woman.

[NoodleyAppendage]

[BlueStater]

1. McCain himself still looks like shit though

I truly am utterly baffled that the GOP is going to nominate this guy. I thought they couldn't stand him?

[NoodleyAppendage]

2. They are desperate to win. McCain beats Hillary in national polling.

They would vote for a shit sandwich if they thought it could secure the WH for another 4 years.

[SeattleGirl]

3. She is a beautiful woman. n/t

[Swamp Rat]

4. Nice glam shot

[ConsAreLiars]

5. Is there some sicko prize up for grabs?

If so, your affection for and attraction to some being that is bonded to a war mongering subhuman coward certainly gets my vote. Or if there is a "I am a superficial idiot" contest, well, then, again, you might get a vote, although that contest would put you into a a much larger class of fools, and it might be harder to pick you out.

[Itchinjim]

11. Hey it's Debbie Downer!

Sheesh.

[gateley]

6. She's beautiful inside, too.

I ready a story where she brought home a child from Bangladesh who needed medical treatment, handed the child to John, and said "this is our new daughter".

She's also very wealthy in her own right.

[amborin]

8. how?

did they just take the child in

without adoption paperwork and a home study, etc....

[JI7]

9. from wiki i think they decided to adopt after she brought her here

it says she brought to the United States 2 babies that needed medical care. and she decided to adopt one of them and the other one was given to a family friend.

[NNN0LHI]

21. Wonder what the child's parents thought about the "adoption?"

Guess we will never know.

And the other was given to a family friend? WTF is that? Here I got an extra kid I don't need you want one?

Don

[ProgressiveFool]

47. no kidding, makes them sound like puppies

adorable, but, in the end, possessions

[amborin]

51. you can't just "adopt"

in the US, especially children from outside the US

you need all kinds of legal and institutional certification from US govt and social work agencies, etc....

you need a home study, for starters

it takes months, and money

you can't just decide to keep a child that strikes your fancy

[gateley]

71. What is with you people? Did you ever hear about this from the McCains?

Is it possible that they may have done this as a loving gesture?

[gateley]

70. You know something,

when those of you who are slinging ugly things at the McCains, I'll listen to you when you send me the pics of the children YOU'VE adopted who wouldn't have had a chance otherwise.

[gateley]

69. Of course not. They LEGALLY adopted a child from Bangladesh and gave

her a chance for a good life. I'm sorry you have a problem with that. I shouldn't have even bothered answering your inane question.

[TahitiNut]

64. I suppose .. for a drug addict who stole her drugs from the non-profit she ran.

For a drug addict who helped in the Keating Five cover-up. For someone who belongs to a political party/ideology that would imprison anyone else for half the crimes she committed. But, golly! She too rich, connected, and good-looking to spend any time in jail, right?

Riiiight. :eyes:

[Stand and Fight]

7. True enough... I suppose.... n/t

[Flatline]

10. Nice repub trophy wife there is she from Stepford? n/t

[golddigger]

13. No, got to give her some credit...

She owns the number 1 Budweiser distribution company in the U.S.!

[blondeatlast]

14. That would be her daddy--and the biz is a major contributor to keeping "Right to be Screwed"

(aka "Right to Work") legislation strong in Arizona.

This nearly native AZ can't see anything beautiful about the McCain family--and her rat husband didn't even defend his own family against KKKarl Rove's tactics because he so desperately wants to be president.

[golddigger]

16. Hey, I don't like her much either...

I'm from Arizona. I was responding to the stephord wife comment. And her Daddy is dead. Also I hate McCain with a passion. I hope I made myself clear.

[blondeatlast]

18. I'm srry. I've lived here since before McCain gained prominence, know three families screwed by the

Lincoln Savings debacle.

It's personal with me and I'm a bit reactionary when I perceive any warmth for him (which I admit to being mistaken in this case--again, my apologies).

Far north Phoenix here--you? :hi:

[golddigger]

41. No need to be sorry and Hi...

I'm living in Oregon at this time. But lived in mesa for about 2yrs., before that lived in Bullhead city.:hi:

[The Straight Story]

12. I'd hit it

with my car :rofl:

[JuniperLea]

56. Your wife is lovely, The Straight Story...

I hope you aren't that hard on her when her beauty ages....


jeez

[VotesForWomen]

15. no she's not, but it's not surprising that you're shocked by the prospect of an attractive older wom

woman. given the amount of crazed hillary bashing you've done here, it seems like you may have some issues.

[MilesColtrane]

17. dupe

[MilesColtrane]

19. There's either an incredible amount of Botox, or an incredible amount of Photoshop...

...going on there.

She's definitely had her neck done since this picture was taken.

Pretty attractive on the whole. Too bad the political part of her brain doesn't work.

[WinkyDink]

49. I'm 5 years older and don't have that crepey neck.

[MilesColtrane]

67. Definitely the beginnings of a turkey wattle there...

[NNN0LHI]

20. She hooked McCain while he was still married to the mother of his children

Classy lady.

Don

[skipos]

22. Classy guy, that McCain. nt

[0007]

58. ......Especially when he has friends like Phil & Wendy Gramm

[blondeatlast]

24. She's pure ambition as well as anyone, but funny, we never hear that about her.

Her family is corrupt as hell, too--and have screwed the Arizona unions for decades by supporting Right to Be Screwed by your employer laws with big money.

[w8liftinglady]

37. the whole story

http://nalert.blogspot.com/2008/01/will-media-ignore-john-mccains-personal.html
When McCain returned to the United States in 1973 after more than five years as a prisoner of war, he found his wife was a different person. Carol McCain, once a model, had been badly injured in a car wreck in 1969. The accident "left her 4 inches shorter and on crutches, and she gained a good deal of weight."

Despite her injures, she had refused to allow her POW husband to be notified about her condition, fearing that such news would not be good for him while he was being held prisoner.

But, just a couple years later, McCain, while pondering a future in politics, met Cindy Hensley, an attractive 25-year-old woman from a very wealthy politically-connected Arizona family. While still married to Carol, McCain began an adulterous relationship with Cindy. He married Cindy in May 1980 just a month after dumping his crippled wife and securing a divorce.

McCain followed his young, millionairess wife back to Arizona.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

44. Nice guy, huh?

He dumps his first wife because she's become disabled.

Not an uncommon story, from what I understand.

[kskiska]

68. Carol McCain worked in the Reagan White House

(Stuff on divorce settlement, too)

(snip)

While he was imprisoned, Carol was in an auto wreck (1969), thrown through her car's windshield and left seriously injured. Despite her injures, she refused to allow her POW husband to be notified about her condition, fearing that such news would not be good for him while he was being held prisoner.

(snip)

While still married to Carol, McCain began an adulterous relationship with Cindy. He married Cindy in May 1980 -- just a month after dumping Carol and securing a divorce. The newlyweds honeymooned in Hawaii.

(snip)

McCain, 63, gave her his interest in homes in Alexandria, Va., and South Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., according to records of the divorce settlement obtained by The Associated Press and other newspapers.

The Arizona senator agreed to give her their furnishings, $1,325 a month in alimony, $300 in child support. He also agreed to pay an additional $500 monthly if she couldn't find a job.

She was subsequently employed in the Reagan White House, according to George "Bud" Day, McCain's attorney during the divorce. Day also was one McCain's cellmates when they were prisoners of war in Vietnam.

more…
http://www.usvetdsp.com/mcaindiv.htm

[KamaAina]

60. Said mother had been in a car accident while McCain was imprisoned

She had lost a couple of inches of height and was using crutches. (But at least she didn't have cancer, like the former Mrs. Newt Gingrich. :P )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain#Return_to_United_States

McCain promptly dumped her like a hot potato and took up with Cindy.

Repuke family values in action yet again. Imagine if a Dem had done that...

[lonestarnot]

23. Yeah a real career killer.

[Atman]

25. That's a nice picture, but "hot" is the last thing that comes to mind.

"SHHH! This is a library, young man!" comes to mind.

"I'm sorry, you're application has been denied." comes to mind.

"I'm afraid your account is overdrawn." comes to mind.

But HOT? Yikes.

.

[elehhhhna]

26. She is the smartest ex-pillhead I ever heard of.

Actually started her own medical charity, sending unsused drugs to third world countries. Did it for years. Unfortunately it's also how she copped her opiates.
She got caught and had to fold it.

She was as big a junkie as Limbaugh.

[mithnanthy]

30. Ex Pillhead, indeed!

That scandal has been well buried....I wonder if it will be resurrected during this campaign....

[elehhhhna]

31. wonder no more. it will be.

[blondeatlast]

39. Not in Arizona. If the Romney-McCain battle gets as intense as the Dem battle,

be assured that it will be resurrected. The charity, as elehhhhna says, was a sham to score her opiates and if it weren't for her station in life, she'd be doing very hard time.

Here's another great local story about the scandal and how McCain's influence quashed it:

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1994-09-08/news/opiate-for-the-mrs/

[w8liftinglady]

36. you got my curiosity up

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/18/drugs/
How Cindy McCain was outed for drug addiction

http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/cin_betrayal.htm

[blondeatlast]

40. I love dredging up the many scandals of Maverick McCain!

It's going to make this primary season survivable!

Greal local coverage of the story from Phoenix New Times, a highly respectable (at the time local, now national) alternative weekly who did some outstanding work on the S&L scandals, too.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1994-09-08/news/opiate-for-the-mrs/

[SOS]

50. Her opiate addiction is emblematic of our society

Wealthy Republican woman has opiate addiction, steals drugs, and is then whisked off to an astronomically expensive rehab. No legal problems whatsoever.

Poor guy, with the same addiction, gets caught with a bag of dope and is dumped into a jail cell with zero concern for his health. No rehab, no help, just a cell.

If you're going to be a narcotics addict in America, make sure you have lots of money.

"With liberty and justice for all"

[Elidor]

27. I hate to break it to ya, but...

That photo has been heavily retouched.

[paparush]

28. She Looks Pretty Intense In this Shot

[devilgrrl]

29. Oh get your hand out of your pants!

:eyes:

So it's safe to assume that you'll be voting for McCain?

:eyes:

But but but his wife so hot!!!

:sarcasm:

[mwb970]

32. She looks ice cold to me.

And the picture is totally phony. Typical Republican BS. Don't fall for it.

[Jennicut]

33. Overall, I think Cindy is allright

She did adopt a child from Bangladesh. She also really did not like her treatment by Bushco during the South Carolina primary in 2000. I've also read that she also does not enjoy campaigning very much and was never really into the idea of her husband running for office. On the other hand she had a small part in the Keating Five scandal and she also started seeing McCain when he was already married. I also think Mitt Romney's wive okay. She has MS but its in remition. Got to give her credit for working through that. But overall I like Michele Obama the best. Just a straightforward likable woman with two young daughters.

[Lorien]

34. She is very attractive

she also looks pretty intense. Shrewd, even. As a woman I see nothing wrong with that,certainly, but most men in America prefer their women vapid (esp. repug men).

[blondeatlast]

43. Shrewd is right--enough to set up a charity to feed her opiate habits.

Not well known yet on the national scene, but it's very well-known here (this alternative paper is very well respected in Arizona, especially for its investigative reporting, it beats our local MSM rag hollow):

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1994-09-08/news/opiate-for-the-mrs/

[El Pinko]

35. Yeah, she's gorgeous - so what?

Is there a proportionate relationship between attractiveness of a candidate or a candidate's spouse and their ability to effectively govern?

Don't think so.

Maybe her heart is black as coal and she's the one who sucked McCain dry of any warmth or humanity.

[Echo In Light]

38. The # of views on this thread speaks volumes

[0007]

42. To each his own!

Must be the personality 'eh?

[moondust]

45. 18 years younger than Johnny Boy.

Wikipedia:

Cindy Lou Hensley McCain (born Cindy Lou Hensley ca. 1954<1>) is the wife of United States Senator, from Arizona, and 2000 and 2008 presidential candidate John McCain. She is chair of Hensley & Company,<2><3> one of the largest Anheuser-Busch distributors in the nation.<2> Founder of the American Voluntary Medical Team, she is an active philanthropist and serves on boards of several charitable organizations.

~snip~

Hensley met John McCain in 1979 at a military reception in Hawaii.<9> He was the U.S. Navy liaison officer to the United States Senate, eighteen years her senior,<1> and in a somewhat troubled marriage to his first wife, Carol.<14> McCain and Hensley quickly fell in love;<1> he divorced Carol in April 1980, and he and Cindy were married on May 17, 1980 in Phoenix. Her father's business and political contacts helped gain her husband a foothold into Arizona politics,<14> and she campaigned with him door-to-door during his successful first campaign for U.S. Congress in 1982.<7>

~more~

[LostinVA]

52. Your point is?

My wife is 18 years younger than me.

[moondust]

57. I wouldn't call her an "older woman" as the OP did.

She's only in her early 50s.

[Jed Dilligan]

46. I wonder, though, if those fine, equestrian features

can actually move to form expressions.

[Marr]

48. Don't mean to be a jerk or anything, but if that image were Photoshopped any more it would

go in the "special effects" category.

[Alexander]

53. Look at her neck. She spends too much time in the sun.

A common problem here.

[JuniperLea]

54. She reminds me of Joanne Woodward!

My favorite actress of all time...

[Javaman]

55. eh, she looks a member of the mortar and spackle crew. nt

[Sugar Smack]

59. She looks like his TWIN FREAKING SISTER.

:scared:

[blondeatlast]

61. Photoshop does a face good, I gotta admit. nt

[krabigirl]

62. she looks plastic to me, like a lot of the women in Newport Beach or something

[kaybea]

63. There's at least one in every country club in America. . .

standard-issue WASP. Caddyshack, Mrs. Judge Smales prototype.

[Gato Moteado]

65. she's 53 but looks 70

yeah, real hot.

sorry, but i'll pass.

[ecstatic]

66. Whoa! 53! Why is her hair all white? I agree, I'd pass too nt