# Cindy McCain **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 10, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287 "2008-10-10T04:23:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/21 "2008-10-10T19:05:14Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > They asked her about McCain’s POW status and if it still effects them by asking: “No cold sweats in the middle of the night?” > > She replied, “Oh, no no no no no. My husband, he’d be the first to tell you that he was trained to do what he was doing. The guys who had the trouble were the 18 year olds who were drafted. He was trained, he went to the Naval Academy, he was a trained naval officer, and so he knew what he was doing.” This goes especially well when paired with their daughter Megan saying “No one knows what war is like other than my family. Period.” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/22 "2008-10-10T19:05:45Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > They asked her about McCain’s POW status and if it still effects them by asking: “No cold sweats in the middle of the night?” > > She replied, “Oh, no no no no no. My husband, he’d be the first to tell you that he was trained to do what he was doing. The guys who had the trouble were the 18 year olds who were drafted. He was trained, he went to the Naval Academy, he was a trained naval officer, and so he knew what he was doing.” This was followed by a representative of a veterans group saying that they already have a hard enough time diagonosing and treating PTSD without having a potential First Lady publicly acting like such a thing doesn’t exist in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/23 "2008-10-10T19:33:02Z")
She said she got a cold shiver down her spine when Obama voted “against funding the troops” but failed to mention any cold shiver down her spine when her own damn husband voted against funding the troops. She has no shame. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/24 "2008-10-10T19:48:25Z")
Her husband also refused to vote for the GI Bill. Does it bother her that her husband believes that a kid who gets his legs blown off by an IED has not done enough to deserve a college tuition? She is so full of shit. Fucking junkie. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/25 "2008-10-10T19:55:03Z")
[QUOTE=Cindy] She replied, “Oh, no no no no no. My husband, he’d be the first to tell you that he was trained to do what he was doing. The guys who had the trouble were the 18 year olds who were drafted. He was trained, he went to the Naval Academy, he was a trained naval officer, and so he knew what he was doing.” [/QUOTE] Except for the actual part where you had to fly the planes well. Yeah, he knew what he was doing. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/26 "2008-10-10T20:03:54Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > They asked her about McCain’s POW status and if it still effects them by asking: “No cold sweats in the middle of the night?” They should have asked if _she_ was the one with the cold sweats.\* \*withdrawal ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/27 "2008-10-10T21:05:15Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Her husband also refused to vote for the GI Bill. Does it bother her that her husband believes that a kid who gets his legs blown off by an IED has not done enough to deserve a college tuition? Riiiiiiiiiiiiight. Because it’s really as cut and dried as that. John McCain and anyone who voted against the bill wants those who were badly wounded to suffer more and doesn’t want to help them at all. If I recall correctly, you were already called on your idiotic position in another thread. But if you would have learned from that then you wouldn’t be an idiot. So, I guess it all makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/28 "2008-10-10T21:19:30Z")
I didn’t say he wanted them to suffer more, I said he does not believe they’ve done enough to earn a college education. That is a fact. McCain’s position is that serving one enlistment is not enough to merit a free college ride, regardless of what that person might sacrifice. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/29 "2008-10-10T21:55:21Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > Inheirted millions but still stole from a freakin’ _charity_ to feed her drug habit (she couldn’t find enough spare housekeeping money from one of their gazillion homes?), fucked around with maverick Johnny Mac while he was married to his starter wife, broke up that marriage but won’t claim her half-sisters from her father’s second marriage based on…what? her refined family values? Illegal immigrants stole all the money from the cushions of her dozens of couches! Have they no shame!??!?!?! -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/30 "2008-10-10T21:58:48Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > They asked her about McCain’s POW status and if it still effects them by asking: “No cold sweats in the middle of the night?” > > She replied, “Oh, no no no no no. My husband, he’d be the first to tell you that he was trained to do what he was doing. The guys who had the trouble were the 18 year olds who were drafted. He was trained, he went to the Naval Academy, he was a trained naval officer, and so he knew what he was doing.” Hey, I was in Vietnam and don’t have PTSD. I must have known what I was doing, also! And I was an enlisted puke, too. Fuckin’ elitist plane-crashing, prison slacker prick… ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/31 "2008-10-10T22:13:57Z")
And… The McCain campaign [attacks](http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/mccain_campaign_goes_after_mic.php)Michelle Obama. So, I guess Cindy’s drug use and theft are fair game now? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/32 "2008-10-10T22:34:55Z")
I guess the Obama children are next. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/33 "2008-10-10T22:38:27Z")
That Sasha looks sketchy. I don’t like those kids she plays with, either. I’m pretty sure her BFF is the one stealing the crayons sniffing the glitter glue. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/34 "2008-10-11T02:44:29Z")
Allegedly, Obama’s children did go to the same school as Ayers’ kids. Also, Obama’s kids are black. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/35 "2008-10-11T02:58:45Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I didn’t say he wanted them to suffer more, I said he does not believe they’ve done enough to earn a college education. That is a fact. McCain’s position is that serving one enlistment is not enough to merit a free college ride, regardless of what that person might sacrifice. Wait, is that right. I thought they didn’t ‘deserve’ college tuition if getting their legs blown off meant they couldn’t complete their term of enlistment. Are you saying they could get their legs blown off AND STILL COMPLETE one term of enlistment, and not get paid tuition? IOW, did it even matter if your legs get blown off or not during a single term of enlistment? You need to re-up for a second term before being eligible? Under McCain’s plan that is… But Webb’s package actually passed, right? ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/36 "2008-10-11T03:46:44Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > Aging trophy wife needs to shut the fuck up. She’s the LaBrea tar pits of morality. To nitpick, I think McCain qualifies as the aged trophy _husband_ in this scenario. She was the one with the coin. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/37 "2008-10-11T03:58:45Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > wore 100s of thousands of dollars of clothes and jewelry to the Republican Convention, What’s wrong with that? ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/38 "2008-10-11T04:34:08Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > What’s wrong with that? It makes it more difficult to call your opponent an elitist. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/39 "2008-10-11T06:22:48Z")
For their anniversary, he gave her an antique organ. (That’s **Diogenes** ’ joke. I was against it.) ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain/467287/40 "2008-10-11T10:40:56Z")
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