Un-fuckin’-real. I just want to get this straight. So, no, you don’t have any evidence that she’s a bimbo, and all of her charity work and the fact that, even though she was already rich she went through at least six years of college to get a degree in special education and taught special education at a low-income public school for several years, you still have the gall to say she has no depth? And, at least, you do acknowledge that the members of those boards aren’t socialites. Thanks for that. But for some reason, you think that Cindy McCain is the exception. Your partisanship is blinding you.
Call her a druggie, call her a thief, call her a homewrecker, whatever, I won’t argue. But by calling her a trophy-wife bimbo you’re showing your misogyny, and frankly, you should be ashamed.
It looks more like a scare quote than anything else when you quote a single word without “attribution”*.
*I’m sure someone, somewhere said this once, so I’m putting quotes around, just to let everyone know I didn’t come up with the word all on my lonesome.
Depends on how you define bimbo - one definition I use is any women who sleeps with another woman’s husband. You can have a PhD in Theoretical Physics, but knowingly sleeping with another woman’s husband makes you a bimbo. i.e. not all definitions of bimbo imply dumb.
what I said was that every socialite is on some sort of charity board, not that charity boards are exclusively comprised of socialites. :rolleyes: and no, I don’t consider a teaching degree and some socialite charity work to be indicative of any particular depth.
The term trophy wife, now firmly ensconced in the language, was coined by Julie Connelly…[who] wrote: “Powerful men are beginning to demand trophy wives. . . . The more money men make, the argument goes, the more self-assured they become, and the easier it is for them to think: I deserve a queen.”
McCain’s first wife, disabled and his age, apparently wasn’t the queen he felt he deserved after returning from overseas as a war hero. No, he deserved a slim, blonde, rich, special ed teacher (read: sweet and patient) who was also a former pageant winner, cheerleader, and sorority girl. Oh, and who was also 20 years younger than he was. And he didn’t just want a girlfriend, he wanted a different WIFE, and pretty badly- they got married just a month after he divorced Carol, and less than a year after meeting each other.
If that’s not the definition of trophy wife, I dunno what is. Also, she quit teaching after they got married and hasn’t since. No, now she smiles in pictures of disabled children in third-world countries and sits on the board of her father’s company. Yes, that’s very proactive of her. She’s a real go-getter, so independent and motivated!
You seem to be going out of your way to give her the benefit of the doubt.
That little girl is now a senior in high school - after much medical expense paid for by the MCains. And the friend who adopted the other sick little girl? He said that he never saw a bill for the extensive medical services she needed. John and Cindy McCain arranged to pay for it all.
To John McCain’s credit, very few people know the story because he refuses to use his kids for political gain. Just like his three sons in the military, one of which is in Iraq.
Yes, please keep going after John and Cindy McCain’s character. It makes you look petty and foolish. And note that Barack Obama doesn’t seem to share your low opinions of John and Cindy McCain. Smart man.
It doesn’t create an exception. I’m an adoptive parent, I know a lot of adoptive parents - and adopting a special needs kid does not make you a saint. In fact, adopting is a very selfish thing to do in a lot of ways.
Duuuuude. Just c’mon up dude, like, it’s Canada Day now, and we’re all home getting like, totally toasted. Later we’re gonna go see the fireworks, man, and it’s gonna be awesome.
Does the fact that John McCain has cheerfully sucked up to the people who were happy to take political advantage of attacks at him through that adopted child say anything about his character?
Ok, this may be a hijack, but does anyone know what McCain’s position is on adoption by gay couples? I noticed in the story Sam linked to that McCain was bothered by questions about his sex life during the adoption process.
Even though I dislike McCain and his party, I’ve mentioned in another thread:
Cindy McCain developed an addiction. She did some bad things. But she got found out, she apologized, made all the amends that I would consider necessary and has stayed clean AFAIK for many years.
In my mind, the issue is closed and I don’t hold this against her.
Now, whether she looks like an animated corpse is another matter :rolleyes:
I don’t understand why there is so much interest in the spouse.
Our current Prime Minister has been in for 9 years (ok this is probably her last year). From her bio http://www.primeminister.govt.nz/frame-biography.html we no little about her other half, it’s just never been relevant.
