"lc" <lol777a@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Cindy McCain's Business Relation****p With Charles Keating and Why She
> Must Disclose Her Finances
> http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/Mark%20Nickolas/blog/&blogId=2084
> May 8, 2008
>
> On the Today Show this morning, Cindy McCain defended the McCain
> campaign's decision to withhold her tax returns, saying they would
> never make her tax returns public--not even if she becomes First Lady.
>
> I think that's a serious problem and an untenable position for John
> McCain (R) to maintain. Considering that McCain fa****ons himself as a
> fighter for more public transparency, and the fact that both Barack
> Obama (D) and Hillary Clinton (D) have released their family's tax
> returns, this will dog McCain for the entire general election. Earlier
> today, the Democratic National Committee called on McCain to do what
> his opponents have already done and release his wife's returns.
>
> First, as was well documented in a 20,000 word profile by the Arizona
> Republic on John McCain back in 1999, it was Cindy's own money that
> was used to get McCain elected to Congress in the first place.
Funny thing, but the conservative punditocracy has been rather quick to
challenge this secrecy.
Trusts and income this large, even if only partly controlled
by a potential future First Lady, matter. We've already seen
how (she) effectively helped finance her husband's campaign,
at least in its bleaker moments.
-- Andrew Stuttaford, National Review
Making (her) tax returns public would confirm that she's
(Senator McCain's) sugar daddy (sugar mommy?). It would also
strike a blow against (her husband's) populist rhetoric by
detailing the lavish lifestyle he and his wife enjoy...
-- Matthew Continetti, The Weekly Standard
"(this is) politically critical, because no previous
presidential candidate relied so much on his spouse's wealth"
and without his wife's money, "it is fair to say (he) would
not be his party's presidential standard-bearer and probably
would not even be a U.S. senator today."
-- Robert Novak
"...with her husband seeking the presidency, her financial
dealings, as well as his, ought to be as open as possible.
Keeping her returns private would set a bad precedent.
Imagine a future presidential candidate whose spouse has
complicated business dealings or federal contracts, chooses
to file a separate tax return, and refuses to make it public.
-- The Wa****ngton Post
BEG pardon -- those were all written about John Kerry's wife in 2004.
She *did* release her tax returns.
Jim
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http://nitpicker.blogspot.com/2008/05/right-wing-magazines-attack-cindy.html
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