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Breaking news on Countdown today, The New York Times is reporting that top advisers from Senator John McCain’s 2000 presidential campaign allege that they were convinced he was having a romantic relationship with Vicki Iseman, a telecom lobbyist, and that they had to “intervene to protect McCain from himself.”
This story, which was actually covered by Matt Drudge on December 20, 2007, while denied by both McCain and Iseman, it’s the last thing the unpopular candidate, who is trying to court the conservative base of his party, wants to hear. This alleged scandal raises major doubts about McCain’s ethics and also leaves him open to attacks from both Democratic and Republican candidates. Could this be the reason Mike Huckabee is still hanging around and Mitt Romney merely suspended his campaign instead of ending it altogether?
Jane Hamsher says: No jokes about “lobbyists” and “pork.”
John Amato: So much for the Straight Talk Express. Oh, and isn’t there a little problem about McCain’s “ethics” now? You know, giving favors to lobbyists and all….Chuch Todd on MSNBC said that it seems like the NY Times didn’t print all they had.
Bob Bennett is calling McCain, the last honest man on H&C. There is a rumor that The New Republic was working on the story and that prompted them to run it now…This should get really interesting…
Filed Under: Campaigns/Elections, Election 08, John McCain, Republican Party, Scandals
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How could it possibly put McCain’s ethics in doubt. He has none. After his vote against the anti-torture bill I thought that was obvious to all.
McClenis
I was wondering why his wife looked like they sewed that smile onto her face.
Lobbyist ‘Bares’ All on Mr. Straight Talk Express —
An ‘intimate’ exclusive from Vicki Iseman herself
yawn…who cares…
McCain: “I did not have sex with that woman.”
HA-ha.
(I believe him. Like I believe everything he says.)
What woman in her right mind would fuck John McCain?
A thuglican woman.
My friends, once an adulterer, always an adulterer. My friends.
BTW….why isn’t this on CNN and Fox?
Oh I forgot, it is not Hillary Clinton.
Unless it is definitively proven he was getting sex for favors. I DON’T FUCKING CARE! It has no bearing on anything. I hope we’ve learned something from the ’90’s
Ewwww. McCain plus sex. Sleep is going to be difficult tonight…
…happy thoughts…happy thoughts…
Politically Lost @ 12:
She’s a telecom lobbyist and he just voted in favor of telecom immunity. I’d say that’s a classic conflict of interest.
Telecom lobbyist, huh? No wonder the repugs are looking for ‘protection’!
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We have found McLover’s weakness.
Blonde skinny women with money.
This bullshit from the media was wrong with B.Clinton and it’s wrong now.
I don’t give a sh*t about a candidates personal life, give me the issues. Now the lobbying stuff, theres where you got some stick.
It’s been a while since a Republican Congressmen got in trouble for his love of women.
Mitt Romney would be proud.
Will this get him kicked off the island?
Loubie @ 16:
I believe your story about as much as I believe ol’ half dead McNutJob could even get it up for this woman. It’s all bullshite. The only “girlfriends” half dead Repubs have, are women with money or connections. Not sex. They go to bathroom stalls in airports for that kind of thing.
Viva Viagra!
Milfy!
Kiva @ 6:
Really.
That’s Hot!!!
Vannity is now defending McLame.
He maybe too old to cut the mustard but he can still lick the lid.
LOL,looks like johnny’s in the dog house now. How sad for his wife,now she has to have all their dirty laundry dragged out into public.Oh Well,I guess he has it coming to him.But I still feel some sympathy for her.But Not For The Republican’t party. This is just too good to pass up.
His statement sorta left out how his current wife was picked up mid stream during a marriage.
McCain was on the Straight Shaft Express with her.
Does Huckabee even have a mathematical chance for delegates?
Someone on another blog suggested McCain actually leaked this story himself, just so people will stop thinking he’s too old to be president.
moogy @ 28:
He barely stays awake long enough to give a speech. Doubt very highly there was sex of any kind with this woman. Now, lobby cashola, that’s a diff story, and that is something that should be investigated. But sex? No thanks. Listened to that shite for too long with the Clintstones, and look what it did for them. It got Wet Willy elected a second time cuz the electorate was disgusted at the politicians attack squad. Keep it up Dems, and ol’ McCantStand will be the next sympathy Prez.
I am going to clench my teeth some more my “frenjs”. j
I guess his left arm isn’t the only thing that’s stiff…
Oh please, does anyone in their right mind take this BS seriously? Just another Rovian plot to puff up Old Melanoma and his alleged “sex appeal” in the eyes of American women… As that Valley Girl said awhile ago, “Gag me with a spoon…” And to think that the great news reporter and commentator and part-time sports commentator, Mr. KO, managed to waste most of his 2/20/08 show on this propaganda. He fell for it… I guess that you can fool KO some of time…
What percent of the nation’s front pages would this be on if it was about Obama?
A Republican that likes Vagina?
I thought they had gone extinct.
Alot of conservatives hate him already,this will push them over the edge.Then they’ll blame it on Bill Clinton.
This whole thing stinks. Unless this relationship resulted in malfeasances between the firms she (the lobbyist) represents and things he may have done under his committees that benefited them, I really don’t care. The NYtimes should have put it all on the table. This crap came out last December and then disappeared. Why the story now? What’s different? *sigh* w/e
Oh boy Lougie’s back.
If you ask me, his virility could be a campaign winner.
Clinton survived a impeachment, mostly because folks were pretty impressed
that the old boy still had it in him.
While, for McCain this doesn’t amount to much of a platform, it could be considered
an excellent tentpole.
Anybody else watching the Moon right now?
CD @ 39:
LMFAO!
I was thinking something similar, that I bet the RNC is just happy it was a woman!
Follow the money. Did this relationship with this lobbyist affect his voting patterns?
I smell blood in the water.
Chris Gamble @ 18:
Monica Lewinski was not a lobbyist.
Ridiculous story…Who cares? This is not germane to his candidacy.
Nicole Belle @ 14:
Bingo! Sexual misconduct is really irrelevant in this case.
Pictagoras @ 33:
Pure comedy gold!
He’s finished. Go Huckabee!
McCain voted to impeach Clinton over a bl@w j@b. How Karma has a way of catching up with you. I look forward to listening to his teary-eyed “I am dropping out of the race speech.”
p.s. what does the link with her name do?
loubie, it looks like you are jealous of Sinclair. You wanted to be the one in the back seat giving.
soothsayer @ 50:
St johnny ain’t that smart. neither are his advisers.
Eric Almighty @ 38:
At least 100%, maybe more.
I still wouldn’t read the story, but if Hillary was caught with a female lobbyist, I would have to.
mo_dem @ 44:
Quite s ahow with the eclispe.
Also, McCain fails the “ick” or “creepiness” rule of dating: (thanks XKCD)
(( {Age} / 2 ) + 7)
Mrs. Lovejoy:
Won’t somebody PLEASE think about the children?
(muhahahahaha)
mo_dem @ 44:
yeah, it’s almost gone now.It’s a little cloudy here but I can see it.What planet is passing in front of it.Thanks for the reminder,I had forgotten about this.thanks again.