Why is McCain hiding nearly all his finances?
Turns out John McCain keeps all his assets (save for one small checking account) in Cindy's name, and then refuses to disclose her assets. Slate has the scoop.
And that's pretty much it. Aside from a Wachovia checking account, in which he keeps between $15,000 and $50,000 (wouldn't some of that money earn more interest in a certificate of deposit?), all of the couple's assets are in Cindy's name. John McCain's tax return is so anemic, so marginal to the couple's actual financial situation, that he doesn't even take a deduction for interest on his home mortgage. Presumably Cindy does, since disclosure forms indicate that she has several mortgages.
There's nothing wrong with this per se. But with all the attention given to tax returns lately, why does this get completely overlooked? Especially when "proof" of "elitism" may lie within.
They'll turn his gold digging as honorable trait for a patriot / maverick / hero.
There might be a very simple explanation. John McCain is the drone candidate for the military-industrial-CONGRESSIONAL complex. North Vietnam would have done U.S. democracy a favor had they shipped this blabbering blob of protoplasm for PERMANENT residence to the Soviet Gulag. McCain is a blabbering blob because he speaks universally in platitudes without emitting any substantive statements.
Why?
Because the fucking Dem candidates and their supporters are too busy smearing eachother for these stories to get ANY traction.
Huffington, and now I fear C&L, are so much to blame for this. The perpetuation of the 24/7 smear-cycles will tear this race to shreds, and McCain will come out unscathed, and cinch the election.
This is so insanely disgusting... The Jesus will remember.
enor @ 1:
Yea, dumped his first wife for a rich good-looking babe. Used her daddy's money & influence to get him elected to congress & his campaign is almost entirely made up of special interest lobbyists.
A true patriot !@#$%^&*
Harold Roberts @ 2:
No doubt. He isn't worried about hiding "proof" of "elitism." He's worried about hiding "deposits" from "EADS" and "Blackwater."
You see, the problem Duke Cunningham had is that he was stupid.
To #2. I thought platitudes without substance was Obama's private domain. To #1: In America, are you not allowed to marry someone richer than yourself?
Jesus Hussein Christ @ 3:
Umm, how are C&L and Huffington Post responsible for "the Dem candidates" smearing each other?
And can anyone point out instances of Obama or Team Obama smearing Clinton? I just don't think its even, and everyone says they are both at fault.
Mike @ 6:
I think you must get your information from Fox News. By the way, currently we are not trying to paint Obama as "without substance;" he is now a black nationalist, whitey-hating, secret Muslim member of the Weather Underground. Please, get with the program.
the answer................prenup!
It's because he's the Republican leech who married his way into her fortunes.
So much for family values, sanctity of marriage and all that other bulls hit.
signed- someone who can only marry in one state (that I don't reside in).
Who needs proof of McPain's elitism?? He wouldn't even be the "presumptive" Republican/neo-con nominee if he didn't have the cash and the approval of the PtB
(Powers that Be). He wanted to be President so badly that he was willing to bastardize himself and swallow the humiliation of the 2000 campaign to get the job. He'd do anything to prove to his Daddy (in whatever realm he may reside) that he's worthy.
He's a spociopathic jerk just like the "Bushes" and if (or when) he gets elected (appointed/installed) we'll really be screwed.
Cindy bomb bomb mc cain remains me of the film "DEAD BECOMES HER" with Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis and Goldie Hawn.
ben @ 12:
---REMIND
For those people that voted for Bush 'because he is the type of guy they wanted to have a
beer with' can now hope to hang with a gigolo.
McVain: My finances are none of your business.
McVain Reporter: No problemo, J.M. Hey, J.M., when do we get more of those yummy BBQ'ed chicken wings?
So, Hillary must provide tax returns. Johann McPapen gets a free ride. WTFHITC? You'd think they'd at least have the balls to demand it of all candidates, not just the Woman Too Much of America Hates. I'm not really enthusiastic about any choice, but the sheer volume of hate of Hillary is making her an attractive candidate to me, just cuz. And I live in a small town on the Gulf Coast. What's that tell ya?
Maybe it's because even his wife doesn't trust him with her finances.
Maybe we should be subjecting McCain's wife to more scrutiny, as she obviously is the head of the household. Nothing wrong with that of course, unless the weaker spouse is RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT!
Look, this isn't an issue.
McCain is not a Democrat. Democrats are always assumed by the major news producers to be lying, cheating, pro-terrorist, anti-American near Communists who hate America. So if a Democrat pulled this, it would be on the news 24/7 along with demands that Candidate X denounce & reject their accountants.
John McCain is a Republican, a War Hero, and a Maverick.
Scrutiny? Schmutiny!
he's a total Wimp for hiding behind his rich wife's skirt , , ,
Remember the media going after Teresa Heinz,
four years ago for the same thing? She had
to disclose all her finances.
I'm still waiting for someone to explain what an "elitist" is.
Is it someone who values education? Reads a book? Is interested in saving the environment? Doesn't watch pro wrestling on TV?
I don't get it.
Is it true his money's hid in his wife's pachina?
BOOMER @ 20:
Boomer, you are a big silly person.
Teresa Heinz was an elitist ex-Republican foreigner married to a French-speaking surrender monkey.
Cindy McCain is an American blonde married to a lovable, cranky war hero.
If you don't get why Teresa had to show her money and Cindy gets a pass, well, maybe you're an elitist foreigner yourself.
The only thing I want to know about Cindy is, does the carpet match the drapes?
To Annoyed Canuck, I served my country,
and not as an elitist. How about you?
You'd probably call FDR a F**kin cripple.
Annoyed Canuck @ 23:
[emphasis added]
OT, but we have really got to lose the war hero thing.
I've a great-uncle (now deceased) who was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, escaped shortly thereafter ("Credit the Italians running the camp," was what Uncle Owney told me). He never considered himself a hero for being a POW.
I've an uncle who was wounded by shrapnel in Korea, then bayoneted by a PRC soldier. Uncle Paul is glad he survived, but I don't think he considers himself a hero.
So McCain gets shot down and captured and he's a big war hero?
Sorry, folks, but while I consider POW's courageous for what they must have gone through, heroes are guys who hold off full battalions by themselves, or fall on grenades. We've got to kill this GOP talking point by avoiding it's use. McCain was a POW, plain and simple.
BOOMER @ 24:
Known AC for quite a bit, and he's snarking (being sarcastic) you, BOOMER.
The whole matter makes the phrase "husbanding one's resources" take on a deeper second meaning.
The media never ask McCain tough questions.
But I guess it'd be hard to ask anybody any question if you had his dick in your mouth.
HA! I thought the headline said "Why is McCain hiding nearly all his fiancees?"
this is just some more of the same mcsame bullshit we
get from bush. these assholes have no moral backbones.
fuck everyone and get all he can for his whore wife and himself.
Andy K Jong Il @ 25:
Aren't they ALL hero's. I mean Richardson wanted to give ALL veterans "Hero" cards.
Gag me with a spoon, for gods sake already.
MCCain is a poser pure and simple. OK, maybe not so pure.
The Truth Hurts @ 21:
An elitist is anyone of the other political party who is smarter than you are. Remember George Bush, Andover, Yale, Harvard B School, summers in Kennebunkport, dad was president, grandpa was a fascist-leaning Senator? He wasn't an elitist because he was drug-addled, and therefor not smarter than the people who decided to vote for him.
Where is Vicki Iseman?
Cindy McCain?
I'd tap that.
He's doing it to hide assets. That is what couples do; he's a tax evader.
If this was Obama this would be "Breaking News" and sweety or BillO would be bringing in the panels for endless discussion.
Wachovia is under investigation for money laundering for latin american drug cartels. McCain has a checking account at Wachovia. See where I'm going with this?
Andy K Jong Il @ 25:
I also have POW relatives. They never referred to themselves as heros. They were just soldiers who were unfortunate enogh to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
McCain's faux campaign finance reform was all about putting obstacles in the careers of OTHER politicians.
So, if in your own article you admit there is nothing wrong with this why do you bring it up? If there is nothing wrong with this it is a non-issue and don't you think there are more important real issues to address?
Cindy McCain isn't releasing her taxes. She is doing the same thing Teresa Heinz-Kerry did in refusing to release her tax returns. The republicans whined about Heinz-Kerry but defended McCain. The democrats whined about McCain but defended Kerry..
I don't see the big deal.
Is it just me, or does McCain look like he's doing steroids? Look at those cheeks! Now look at Roger Clemens. Come on, now! I am sure there is a legitimate medical reason (??? !!! ???) but do we want a hopped-up president?
If he is using THEIR personal jet, it should be listed on HIS return. We all know the jet is HER 's and the expenses are being written off on HER return. Isnt this a tax issue NOT listing the jet on his return seeing he claims its their personal plane?
other people who would throw themselves onto grenades, are handy types to have around
Misty @ 43:
Do some reading on the rules concerning this and get back to us.
I agree with Senator McCain. His wife is a c#nt.
BOOMER @ 20:
IIRC, she never released her tax returns.
This is slightly off topic, but Cindy McCain looks 10x better when she doesn't pull her hair back so tight.
McCain has been ill served by the Democratic primaries.........he has no voice....
and there is no pressure.....BUT when it starts and it will.......he cannot be ready.....and that temper will be truly tested........the media know they have ignored him.....
and I suspect that he will soon be in the crosshairs..........
lookout below
Dave
Andy K Jong Il @ 26:
Yo, Boomer. I was indeed being sarcastic about Mrs. Heinz-Kerry's disclosure and Mrs. McCain's lack thereof. Not snarking you. I AGREE with your comment at @20, Boom.
Sometimes the hypocrisy of the sanctimonious Righties runs so thick, you just have to laugh at it. BTW I have not served my country, though my Dad and six of my uncles did in WW2. Between them they spent more than 30 years in uniform. And none of them ever talked about what they did.
Curious minds still want to know if Cindy's carpet matches her drapes.
That babe looks like an Ice Queen.
Who can blame Mc Same for marrying her? Free Budweiser, free Oxycodone, Mega bucks...good choice if you ask me!
this is a story i would like to hear more about.
Man, I wish I had a c**t like that.
An Average Joe @ 51:
The wife is the real power behind the McCain throne. She should run herself instead of propping up her puppet hubby.
John McCain isn't a hero because he was a POW - it's how he behaved as a POW.
McCain's North Vietnamese captors hoped to capitalize on their high-value prisoner (his daddy being a U.S. Navy Admiral and all) by offering him "parole" (early release).
Problem is, LT McCain remembered Article III of the "Code of Conduct" which states: "If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and to aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy."
He refused the early release unless his fellow prisoners received the same treatment and suffered years more torture as a result.
BTW: He signed a prenup. It's her money, not his.
Mark @ 56:
So merely following the rules makes you a "hero"? Wow. The bar is lower than I thought.
Why? Because he's a hypocritical douchebag.
Rusty Shackleford @ 57:
People become better or worse over time. They change like everything else. In the case of John McCain, running for President on who he says he was 35 years ago is probably necessary.
sulphurdunn @ 59:
True, true. People change. In the 1980s McCain showed that he was flexible on that whole "following the rules" thing.
McCain a war hero ha go read up on him www.veteransfromvietnamaganistjohnmcain. He is was a songbird.
The reason McLame is hiding his finances is because he's a crook & liar!
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