On May 9, 2:06=EF=BF=BDam, "Clave" <ClaviusNoSpamDam...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Cindy McCain's Business Relation****p With Charles Keating and Why She
> > Must Disclose Her Finances
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>http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/Mark%20Nickolas/blog/&blogId=3D2084
> > May 8, 2008
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > First, as was well do***ented 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.
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> Funny thing, but the conservative punditocracy has been rather quick to
> challenge this secrecy.
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> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD Trusts and income this large, even if only partly
cont=
rolled
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD by a potential future First Lady, matter. We've
alread=
y seen
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD how (she) effectively helped finance her husband's
cam=
paign,
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD at least in its bleaker moments.
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD -- Andrew Stuttaford, National
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iew
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> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD Making (her) tax returns public would confirm that
she=
's
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD (Senator McCain's) sugar daddy (sugar mommy?). It
woul=
d also
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD strike a blow against (her husband's) populist
rhetori=
c by
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD detailing the lavish lifestyle he and his wife
enjoy..=
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> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD -- Matthew Continetti, The
Weekly =
Standard
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> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD "(this is) politically critical, because no previous
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD presidential candidate relied so much on his
spouse's =
wealth"
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD and without his wife's money, "it is fair to say
(he) =
would
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD not be his party's presidential standard-bearer and
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obably
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD would not even be a U.S. senator today."
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD -- Robert Novak
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> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD "...with her husband seeking the presidency, her
finan=
cial
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD dealings, as well as his, ought to be as open as
possi=
ble.
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD Keeping her returns private would set a bad
precedent.=
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD Imagine a future presidential candidate whose spouse
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as
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD complicated business dealings or federal contracts,
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ooses
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD to file a separate tax return, and refuses to make
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public.
> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD -- The Wa****ngton Post
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> BEG pardon -- those were all written about John Kerry's wife in 2004.
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> She *did* release her tax returns.
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> Jim
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WOW! THIS IS EMERGING AS A *HUGE* SCANDAL!!!
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