Countdown: McCain In Bed With Lobbyist. No, Really In Bed With Lobbyist
By Logan Murphy Tuesday Feb 19, 2008 9:12pm
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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...
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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.
bradda @ 57:
It's being eclipsed faster than McCain's reputation.
More yellow journalism and politics of personal destruction. Cheap shot, typical of the current climate in our culture. This should be about policies and principals, not personal lives. And truly, McCain will fail on his policies & principles, if that sort of thing even matters in our sick society anymore.
This is about ethics - and the icing is that it's also about him philandering.
So it's a Win Win for Dems.
And what's with Iseman if McCain is the best she could find in DC of all places????
mudshark @ 59:
You can see Saturn off to the side. If you have a decent telescope or binocs you can see the rings. Really cool.
Waaaah??" This will help his campaign...not hurt it.
"My friends...I can still do it. "
"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…."
You call that a FAVOR?!? EWWWWWW.....
bradda @ 63:
too cloudy here for that.
would selecting jeb bush as his v.p. be viewed as an attempted suicide?
Additionally, Mr Olberman has lost a small measure of respect from me for airing this story.
Oh, and for the record, normally I wouldn't care about McCain's dalliances, as long as nobody gets hurt and it was a mutually and lucidly agreeable decision.
But the big juicy schadenfreude, especially for someone who chastised the Lewinsky fiasco, was too dee-licious to pass up
>;-)
ohdave @ 45:
And an adult at that.
BTW If McCain wears diapers during sex is it because he's kinky or old?
mudshark @ 66:
Look to about 7 oclock from the moon, thats Saturn.
I don't understand why the McCain camp would want to shut this story down? If anything, it proves he really is a true Conservative!
Johnny2Bad @ 64:
Yes He Can!
To think he would change his vote because of a sexual relationship is short-sighted. An inference can be made that an affair would affect policy, but its only an inference.
Not to mention, he would have to have the mind of a solipsistic teenage romantic to let a little naughty fun on the side affect his votes.
Has anyone read the story close enough to realize this supposed affair happen in 2000?
Chuck @ 52:
Karma is a beautiful thing.
tz @ 61:
He will fail on his principles? Oh, you mean like the principle that should probably be in play before you screw a lobbyist who is most likely trying to garner influence with you? Those principles?
CD @ 39:
They have. Look at him.
Looks like the lobbyist firm unlinked her. I smell a rat!
if this is the kind of thing that passes for political "news" then we're in deep kimchi. what does it matter of it's true, or if boinked monica, or if kennedy boinked marilyn monroe, or if FDR boinked his wife's secretary, or ...
bradda @ 63:
Regulus is just to the North of the Moon too, constellation of Leo. Saturn is to the left of the moon
RayC @ 75:
it still speaks to his ethics, especially as a member of the Family Values party. My friends.
Why would the NYT run this story? I have always thought the Times and Post to be somewhat right leaning. I can't figure out why they would do this UNLESS it is to help position Huckabee. I could see running hit pieces during the General Election campaigning but now?? It doesn't make any sense.,
RayC @ 75:
Ok, then. "My friends...seven years ago, I could still do it!"
In the unlikely event that McCain should become President shouldn't some money be budgeted for a special prosecutor. Forty two million should be sufficient.
The first time, it was in an A-4 over North Vietnam...once again, McCain goes down in flames.
bradda @ 71:
I just tried.....no such luck.but thanks anyway.
Mike @ 86:
Actualy he crashed another plane before that so this is his thir......his also got shot down in 2000. This is his fourth time going down in flames.
Go outside and check out the Eclipse.
Pretty
I could care less about what McCain's romantic affairs are, as long as they are legal.
But were was McInsane about President Clinton's impeachment? H-y-p-o-c-r-i-t-i-c-a-l, yes? And...so....with the newsie damage done now doesn't Senator Clinton have a much better chance to win? Doesn't this hurt the Great O and the argument that only he can walk on water, heal the sick, raise the dead and beat the Republicans? Did Boma just get Bamaed? Or will Mitt duck into a phone booth and put on his magic underwear and shout "Here I come to save the day" or will Huckleberry Hillbilly have HIS miracle. LOL, will Rudy come back from the Dead and run again? Interesting times, no?
CD @ 88:
Total Eclipse of the old Fart.
I could see someone younger, But McCain?!?!?!
Nah!
He's so damned old, he's gotta use a road map to keep from peeing on his feet.
:lol:
When will these politicians learn that it's not about what you do with your dick...it's about acting like a dick.
Much like with Clinton, it's not about the sex, but the CRIME or CRIMINAL ACTIVITY that comes with it.
I'm not sure of the legality of the lobbying scene, but McCain being intimately involved with a telecom lobbyist...and then voting in favor of telecom immunity...that sounds criminal to my mind.
Hey, he's heterosexual. I think this is a positive development.
Hannity is really pathetic. 20yo story which he said 20 times but he was almost jerking off to that grainy tape of Murtha like it was his daddy's secret porn film stash.
I am more concerned about how many times am I going to hear a Republican say something to the effect of: "Unlike some I have always been proud to be an American" or "I don't that much about Obama but I know his wife has never been proud to be an American" This story has all the ear marks of Kerry is a flip flopper or Gore said he invented the Internet.
and this is just the beginning.....I have a feeling things are going to get a whole lot uglier.
Jared Wolfhope @ 96:
Gotta follow up with Hannity just added he is a war hero. Murtha wasn't? WHAT A TWIT.
So whats the next economy scam?
Any guess on the "life" saving bubble?
tz @ 61:
L O B B Y I S T!
Don't miss the important part of the story.
L O B B Y I S T!
He'll lose votes for this, which is good for Obama. Conservatives don't take affairs lightly.
Charlieboy @ 91:
Wow!
You must be going straight to heaven!
You are speaking in tongues!
L.A. Confidential @ 100:
Whats McCain going do to to put money in ur' pocket?
Besides take it from your pocket.
RayC @ 97:
If McCain becomes the Republican candidate, and this seems inevitable, I don't think flip-flopper is a term they're likely to use. Not when Pa Kettle is a black as he is.
Hmmm... now what was it I was saying about McCain being "this month's Giuliani"?
Chris Gamble @ 18:
i agree 100 million percent. i flipped on countdown tonight to be enlightened and all i see for the first five minutes is this garbage. it's like monica lewinsky again but not as sexy.
and this is the crap that passes for breaking news in today's world.
dave @ 102:
Are you kidding?!?!?!?!??!!?
Peter G @ 92:
HaHAHA
Couldn't care less about the sex, but the lobbyist thing bothers me. Why is McCain given so much ethics cred? Mr. Keating Five says he changed his spots, but I'm not buying it.
Uh-oh. Here comes the Straight Cock Express!
Oh this stuff is popping up just now in 08 while McCain is running for president? Hey I'm no McCain fan but this one smells like an rotten egg stored away for just this moment.
Let me guess Johnnys Money Tree Plantations
Conservatives don't take *public* affairs lightly. Private ones they take very lightly. Well, they snort cocaine lightly while enjoying them anyway.
A Rebublican man sleeping with an ADULT.....WOMAN.....
How refreshing.
RayC @ 97:
Note the about equal element of truth in these claims too, which is, of course, none at all.
Butch @ 114:
He's quite the rare one.
FINALLY!
Democrats going after the RepubliCON!
VegasRage @ 111:
So, are these "aides" named?
St.McBush'08 Communications Director Jill Hazelbaker:
Can you say Jack Abramoff? http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/5/14/13220/6198
We should be a little happy...
at least he has a pulse.
Canada to inherit Satellite Debris
"To my considerable surprise, it's on an ascending pass that will take the debris cloud across central Canada a few minutes later."
Hell lets just dump our space junk on the neighbors. Now thats American. Like dumping your trash in the neighbors yard.
Those of you who cannot distinguish an affair that has no bearing on one's political life, and an affair with a telecom lobbyist are making me question our collective intelligence.
Butch @ 120:
The real question is does he have rythm?
dave @ 102:
To be strictly correct Conservatives don't take the exposure of affairs lightly.
McCain married "Cindy Lou" when she was 26 and he was 44.
So the woman who is 18 years his junior became unappealing to him and it was time to go after younger material.
Way to go, McCock.
mo_dem @ 44:
Yep!
It's great, isn't it?
I believe he is currently learning a sense of rythm from Bill...who is taking lessons from Obama..
An Average Joe @ 126:
Awesome lineup!
mo_dem @ 44:
Yes! It is one of the very few clear nights here in the Pacific Northwest.
L.A. Confidential @ 128:
Other Americans’ are participating in their ever-enduring, catatonic sleepwalk. Eclipse? Oh yah that was on Idol!
this is a non-story, and a set up of obama
the NYT threw this out there because there's an even more sleazy story floating about obama in the rumor world
everybody is getting duped.
wait till you see the obama story when they throw it out there, after giving this set-up a few days to settle in
unbelievable
and then all of us (and the olbermans) who spent time talking about unfounded nonsense, will have to do the same in regard to obama.....or else become a hypocrite like the righties
i haven't read the NYT story, but from this olberman clip, there's zero there.....nada
At least she's hot. XD
She does look a bit sinister tho.
I can say that cuz I'm no straight talk express. Even if the story is bogus, cat's out of the bag and it's going to hang over him like a dark cloud. Boy, things can't get any better than this. lulz.
L.A. Confidential @ 121:
Don't feel too bad. Toronto is still shipping its garbage to Michigan landfills.
I guess BB missed the flat out lies that McHorny was making about Mutt's war stance.
I wonder what Captain Blowhard and Bombastic Lad have to say about this?
mo_dem @ 44:
Completely overcast here in Houston. :(
Bob Bennett is calling McCain, the last honest man on H&C.
if mcliar is the last honest man, then i am a virgin hooker in las vagas.......
From the Times:
I wonder if anyone will ask McCain about this directly. I'd like to know if he gets angry. I've heard he has a temper. If anything would rile him, this would.
be careful everyone, this is a set up for obama
there are some nasty sex rumors out there on obama
unless they've got photos of mccain and his hussy, they shouldn't play in this slop....
it's a setup, they're gonna slam obama in a few days
dadams @ 137:
REALLY?????
moogy @ 28:
FYI:
Plenty of guys that age and older still get it up without pills. St. John probably does, too. He had the best of the deal- he got pussy and money at the same time and only had to sell a little piece of his soul, which many politicians do without a second thought.
This will do to the McCain campaign what the cocaine allegations did to dumbass back in '00.
Oh my God, he fucked her eyes all crazy in that photograph! Poor girl, never fuck a corpse!
Telecom is the operative word here. Don't really care if or what they do in bed. By the way, did you know that Mukasey's son is a partner at the Guiliani law firm which is representing Verizon? Can you hear me now? I think I'll go try to look at the moon--it's cloudy here.
Does anybody know what happened to Tweety tonight? Maybe he and O'Reilly were out yucking it up over their recent performances.
Peter G @ 133:
Made in USA Hamilton beach blenders, (breaking after a couple of protein shakes ) or good ol' Black and Decker products? (Good for about a month before ready for the landfill)
McCain is Dropping Loads
Do you think that, maybe, this is a red herring?
Something cooked up by the GOP/MSM to make folks forget that McCain is older than Reagan was when he took office?
Call me paranoiac but these folks will stop at nothing.
I wonder, does McCain's fembot wife has the emotion chip installed or not?
VegasRage @ 111:
Not to mention all the election "irregularities" that keep popping up on both sides. So when is the first honest US election?
Does this not strike anyone else as anything more then a petty smear tactic? I wonder who leaked this to the press, and if it doesn't work are they going to go back to saying he fathered a black child? Whoever leaked this is no better then Dubyah.
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