C&L's Cindy McCain Tax Return Watch!
By John Amato Friday May 09, 2008 2:45pm
If there's nothing to see then show me the money. This is Day 1 of C&L's Cindy McCain Tax Return watch. The media howled for Clinton and Obama to release their information, but McCain's media remains silent on this one.
Media Matters calls on the Washington Post and WSJ to ask about it. Will they listen? Hahahaha
Dear Mr. Hiatt,
On May 4, 2004, The Washington Post printed an editorial headlined "Teresa Heinz Kerry's Taxes." In this editorial, the Post called for Sen. John Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, to "make her tax returns public" in the interest of transparency. From the beginning of this year to the date of this letter, the Post editorial board has not made the same request for the release of Cindy McCain's tax returns or even noted that Sen. John McCain's campaign has refused to release such documents. The Post's silence on this issue is notable, since Cindy McCain's personal fortune has reportedly played a role in her husband's political career and current campaign for president...read on
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Why don't you (or MoveOn or Brave New Films or Democratic Underground or whomever) start a petition? I'd sign it for sure.
The Republicans cannot afford to lose this one in Nov.
Anything goes and nothing matters as far as they are concerned.
How dare ANYONE ask a reich-winger to have the same level of transparency of a Democrat. What audacity.
C&L’s Cindy McCain Tax Return Watch!
Can you hook us up with the '24' sound effect like Chris 'Bozo' Wallace did for 'Obama watch'
I agree with Senator McCain. He wife is a c*nt.
Meanwhile, The Pentagon is spending approximately $14 million per day on oil ($98 million per week, $5.1 billion per year) to stay in Iraq. The U.S. Department of Defense is now the world’s single biggest consumer of petroleum.
the great plutocracy!!!
YOU MUST WATCH THIS VIDEO!!!!! YOU MUST!!! AGAIN WATCH THIS!!!!
McCains an airman so he likes this stuff also.
On Aug. 12, 2007, four F-16CJ fighters took off on an 11-hour mission from Iraq to Eastern Afghanistan, crossing the airspace of six different nations, before dropping more than a dozen precision-guided bombs on Taliban targets. The crews of the record-breaking flight received the coveted Clarence MacKay Trophy for 2007, an award given annually for "the most meritorious flight" of the year.
http://www.misawa.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123097577
I love it!
I'm going to write a letter to the editor of the local paper. I suggest everyone do the same.
Tax returns or not,just look at her lifestyle and what is already known. She/him can never relate to the American people. We must send them and repubs. packing. What do they care if gas prices go up,it doesn't effect them at all.
wisedup @ 10:
As far as they’re concerned, we’re now just hopeless oil addicts driving a monster gas-guzzler up to the pump — and they’re buds in the Middle East are perfectly happy to collect our cash which they can then use to cherry-pick our prime assets.
McCain is not a real bright man and has a terrible temper and would probably be in prison or living under a bridge if it wasn't for his sugar-mama and her family's fortune. I just wish I could shake this ominous feeling that he actually has a shot at the presidency because the media and the dnc decided this was the year to run our "First". I'm not convinced that America is yet enlightened enough to elect a woman or a black man. I so hope I'm wrong.
Teresa Kerry owns ketchup. We did not need to see her tax return to know she is richer than God.
Cindy McCain owns beer. We don't need to see her tax return to know she is richer than God.
drago @ 13:
Whats even weirder is many of the people demanding to see her tax return drink her beer and don't even realize it.
i hereby predict a landslide for the democrats in the election. the republican party
will split into at least two parts which will never be united again. don't cha just love it?
Breaking News:
Obama takes super-delegate lead:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7394311.stm
Sorry off topic
Way to go ,John, Hold their feet to the fire over this. I still remember the crap they started with Teresa in 04.
IndridCold @ 16:
Doesn't matter. The voters he needs in Nov aren't going to base their decision on a Celebrity endorsement or because the Super Dupers are going with him.
McChickenshit is the best example of Republican Hypocrisy.
#6 L.A. Confidential Says: "Meanwhile, The Pentagon is spending approximately $14 million per day on oil ($98 million per week, $5.1 billion per year) to stay in Iraq. The U.S. Department of Defense is now the world’s single biggest consumer of petroleum."
Glad someone finally pointed this out. Ships at sea have to refuel every 72 hrs. Fighter jets use insane amounts of fuel. Maintaining a worldwide military presence is contributing to the rapid dwindling of oil reserves.
But the same people profiting off of the oil are the same people profiting off of military contracts and war profiteering. Eisenhower warned us about this; the military-industrial complex is draining our treasury and resources and keepng us in endless war for nothing more than their own greed.
Where does it end?
Legalities aside, equal treatment is in order here. With proper exposure, McCant may lose his xanax buzz.
L.A. Confidential @ 18:
You're right. It doesn't matter.
What matters is this: you can't keep doing things the same way and expect different results. We rail at high gas prices, the continuation of the war, a lack of some coherent foreign policy, a retreat from emphasis on taking care of people in our country, and adherence to our Constitution. Yet we keep "electing" the same rich, old, white men with their tired strategies (or lack thereof) to represent us, even though we know they are greedy, shady and dishonest.
I'm going to do every legal thing within my power to see that John McSame isn't elected. How about you?
Oh that's right...IOKIYAR
roooth hussein @ 20:
I truly don't know at this point.
The fact is, America’s wealth and power has long rested on the abundance of cheap petroleum.
Maybe we'll get lucky and it will be mentioned on one of the
Sunday Talk Shows tomorrow morning (after the first 25 minutes
are taken up by Rev. Wright talk)
That said, if i could find a casino that's taking odds that none
of the shows mention it, i'd be all over that bet.
roooth hussein @ 20:
Reanimate Ike's corpse, give him a rocket launcher, and send him off to Washington.
I don't get it.
Why should we get to see any politician's tax returns?
She just doesn't want everyone to know the bundle
she spends on plastic surgery in order to keep her
fading looks from catching up to her husband's.
RobertD @ 22:
Of course. The point I'm trying to make is Obama's idealism base isn't going to be enough to put him over the top. I don't see "how can we win over the people (older voters) who are afraid of losing their lifes work" being discussed much. All I continue to see is Clinton supporters are dinosaurs, evil, aren't hip, want to destroy our future, are no different then Bush, and bullsh*t like that.
L.A. Confidential @ 29:
Obama's supporters come off to the voters they want to get on their side like the crew in Clockwork Orange most of the time it seems.
sylvester mcmonkey mcbean @ 27:
Because they're being paid with the public's money--our tax dollars. It's essential to know how they derive their income because it often reveals potential conflicts of interest when they deal with certain industries, corporations or donors, too. Finally, it reveals whether or not they are using loopholes to get around paying their taxes when they're raking in huge sums of money, which many politicians (and other inordinately wealthy people) do.
I don’t get it.
Why should we get to see any politician’s tax returns?
Go to a right wing message board and ask that question. If history
is any indicator, they will be exponentially more prepared to answer
that philosophical conundrum.
Just don't expect to get any answers if you pose the question in
a way that even remotely involves McCain as a context.
sylvester mcmonkey mcbean @ 27:
"Presidential Tax Returns
Individual income tax returns — including those of public figures — are private information, protected by law from unauthorized disclosure. Indeed, the Internal Revenue Service is barred from releasing any taxpayer information whatsoever, except to authorized agencies and individuals.
Like all other citizens, U.S. presidents enjoy this protection of their privacy. Since the early 1970s, however, most presidents have chosen to release their returns publicly. In the hope of making this information more widely available, the Tax History Project at Tax Analysts has compiled an archive of presidential tax returns..."
Private Returns, Public Rewards: The Politics of Tax Records
L.A. Confidential @ 29:
I understand your point. And I don't believe idealism is enough, either. I was very disappointed when my candidate (Edwards) was forced out of the running because I felt--and still do--that no one else offered the possibility of looking at policy priorities differently--especially social policies.
Obama has his work cut out for him--without even trying last night, I heard three talking heads refer to him and his supporters as "eggheads" while flipping through channels--the same "it's bad to be smart" crap we were hit with when Gore ran against Bush. He can't rest on the "change" theme, I'll give you that. My belief, though, is that, were she to become the nominee, Clinton would have her own issues to overcome--different than Obama's but no less significant. We could argue about that, but there's my feeling.
Regardless, when the time comes--and I read enough of your posts to know you know this--if left-leaning/Democratic/progressive/liberal/what-have-you voters don't unify behind one of these two, those people who are "losing their life's work" will lose a hell of a lot more than what they have. I'm not trying to sound like a preacher; I just don't think the way government is functioning (or malfunctioning) in the U.S. is sustainable. A relative few may profit off a McCain administration, but most will be hurt by his lack of vision and his back-assward priorities.
It took a huge amount of soul-searching for me to come to the conclusion after Pennsylvania that I'd support Clinton. But I would. The gap between either Democrat and McSame is too great.
33 miss_kitty
Although it's no longer an oddity to have politicians disclose their own tax records, it is an oddity to demand a candidate's spouse, who has a seperate income to disclose theirs. The only reason I can think of doing so is in a criminal investigation where there's suspicion that a suspect is hiding their ill-gotten booty into their spouse's accounts to avoid detection.
It's my understanding that cindy mccain has an ill begotten booty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_2m-4e4tyA
Maybe Fox "News" will have a "McCain Tax Return Watch" (like their "Obama Watch") with a daily counter......... Oh, what am I thinking. McCain's on their side. Of course they won't!
ysbaddaden @ 35:
But the real question remains," Can She Shake That BOOTY?!
boom shakalaka boom shakalaka boom ba boom.
L.A. Confidential @ 30:
I don't think Obama's staunchest supporters are trying to sound like a$$holes, even though we may come off that way. Many of us simply want to believe he's the best hope we have at shaking up the misguided policies and dogma this country follows right now. So some of us overreach sometimes. I think all sides (including supporters of those no longer in the race) have been guilty of it at times. Truth be told, one person clearly doesn't have this much power to reshape things. The Congress is going to be much more important--and I'm not at all hopeful about them, given what I've seen since the '06 elections. I'd happily trade Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi for a utility infielder and a player to be named later.
Can someone explain what's the big deal about finding our how much money someone has. obama bitc*ed and moaned about Hillary Clinton and now every one is complaining about Cindy McCain....if I remember correctly the was a heck of a fuss raised by democrats because the republicans wanted to know how much Kerry had.
I would like to know where the money for obama's state senate campaigning came from but he won't tell anybody. Is is because he is the good old boys anointed one.
37 mudshark
How do ya think she stole him away from his wife?
ysbaddaden @ 40:
Money, how else?
Hold not thy breath.
Cindy looks like a tight angry rich poodle who believes the rules are for other people.
....If there's nothing to hide, then why not let the peons really see her multi-millions?? Obviously, there's much to hide which is precisely why Botox Cindy isn't handing over the goods.
If she fails to become transparent before the election, McCain will totally tank and even the lockstep, reichwingnutjobs won't be voting for him. When people are starving and losing their jobs, the very last thing they want to see is some Stepford Botoxed Bimbo named Cindy McCain acting like a pampered poodle. Maybe it's time to dig up some dirt on McCain's "womanizing" while still married to his first wifey-poo? Cindy, the Botox Mistress, in the white house?? I think that's enough to tank him right there. She's as "plastic" as a Barbie Doll and her botox is no longer working in her favor.
By the end of the summer, John and Botox Cindy will become totally irrelevant to the american landscape. Besides, he will be needing chemo for his invasive melanoma by then and she will need another total face lift.
bibimimi: Great minds think alike! We both came up with a comparison with a "poodle". I guess it's because that's what comes to mind when people see her....a pampered pet poodle. I think the Mistress-ing needs to be fully explored when Johnny My Friends McTorture was still married. Then we can fully explore Vicky Iseman while we're at it, too.
Where the hell is Vicky Iseman????? What ever happened to McCain's new mistress? Guess they threw her off the plane??
Mudshark: It certainly wasn't her beauty, that's for sure. Up close, she's anyone's "worst nightmare" - forget about Hamas. He's got his own right there next to him.
As for holding out on the american people and not coming clean, the longer the countdown goes, the greater discrediting she (and he by association) will receive.
I hope she holds out until November. In actuality, the longer she holds out, we will be able to calculate just what she believes his chances of winning are.....why expose your evils if the sadsack old geyser doesn't have a snowball's chance of winning in the first place??
marko @ 7:
Thanks for that.
Love the photo: Caption could be - "why the hell did I get that last botox treatment? I can't wrinkle my brow to squint from the sun".
Does anyone here have the details on McCain's illicit affair with Botox Bimbo while he was still married?
I'll bet his first wife has plenty to spill....and spill she will when it comes down to crunch time.
It is all a ploy to sap our indignation. They get us to expend political capital over silly things, instead of keeping our powder dry to fight the true fight.
Cindy McCain is filthy rich and I envy her status in life. I am just a working stiff but my 401K is heavily invested in mutual funds which include oil corporations and weapons manufacturers who make obscene profits from war. The longer the Iraq War continues, the bigger the value of my investment portfolio grows, and the more likely I will be able to retire to a lakefront home and sip martinis as I enjoy evening sunsets.
To use a GOP talking point, "If they've got nothing to hide... " --->Exxxactly!
Sugar-Momma Cindy pays for hubby's presidency. She wants the glamour, she's got 'everything else' already.
50 99Luf Balloons Says: It is all a ploy to sap our indignation. They get us to expend political capital over silly things, instead of keeping our powder dry to fight the true fight.
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Good point. There are far too many distractions. No one is talking about ISSUES. Was this the intenet; the one-party system?
51 drago Says: Cindy McCain is filthy rich and I envy her status in life. I am just a working stiff but my 401K is heavily invested in mutual funds which include oil corporations and weapons manufacturers who make obscene profits from war. The longer the Iraq War continues, the bigger the value of my investment portfolio grows, and the more likely I will be able to retire to a lakefront home and sip martinis as I enjoy evening sunsets.
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While you're all peaceful, sipping those martinis, felling satisfied with yourself, think how many innocent people died gruesome deaths for your pleasure. Really contemplate their faces in their last few breaths, as they experienced hell-on-earth, and never saw another sunset. Can you do that for me?
[Deleted. We love your posts Big Dick, but the ALL CAPS thing has to stop-Sitemonitor]
Marge @ 39:
are you a laughbim democrat?
One reason McCain and his wife won't release her returns, is because a specific dollar amount can then be used when calculating how his proposed programs would affect his own family. His wife's fortune puts him in an awkward position; he's pushing a large reduction in the Estate Tax, which, if enacted, could potentially be a multi-million-dollar savings to his (and her) heirs - at a time when he's also supporting an open-ended military engagement that's currently costing the treasury (and US taxpayers) about 16 billion dollars a week. Theresa Heinz tax records weren't as relevant, since Kerry wasn't pushing to substantially reduce his own family's tax burden during the '06 campaign.
Oops, make that 16 billion a month.
marko @ 7:
the great plutocracy!!!
YOU MUST WATCH THIS VIDEO!!!!! YOU MUST!!! AGAIN WATCH THIS!!!!
Yes Marko thanks.
www.ted.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3xlb6_0OEs&feature=user
McGoo declared he made $400G's in 2007. On a politicks salary?
Be nice if all American's tax returns are made public. I'd like to see McGoo's tax returns for the past 30 years and invest in some of his money making companies.I'm told politicians are paid off by inside info on hot stock options. His wife is hiding something big--as $1 declare in 2007 tax return.
We need a strong leader for once who can unite our country. We need to privatize each area in order to preserve capitalism in America. McCain knows exactly the importance of war and its impact on our economy. We need a 100 years of war and a draft as an component for our economy. Perhaps with enough Republican support we can even privatize our military to Black Water after all they are the real heroes in this war and the only outfit who is able to effectively win the war on terror. McCain understand the importance of Black Water and privatizing for a stronger America.
#62 Hal = Dick Cheney. How the hell's it hanging... Dick?
Is she a natural blond?
Cindy inherited her wealth. A true Republican.
i don't care if this bitch releases her tax information or not i would not vote for her lying sack of shit husband for anything!
hal
Is a fucking idiot!
You call yourselves a new organization? TABLOID AT BEST! Shame on you! When will you ask pretinent questions that speak to the issues, rather than questions that speak to the inane? You are not even the National Enquirer-you have an opinion, not a source of fact, and have no right calling yourself a news organization. Joke, yes, news, grow up.
WHo you talking to Gordo? WP or C&L?
Lying piece of shit republicans think its fine if a candidate's spouse does not release tax returns only if its a fellow republican.
They pulled this shit of Kerry and Ferraro but now its ok cause its Cindy McCain.
What is Cindy McCain hiding?
mcCain's double standard....
http://www.commondreams.org/views/021400-102.htm
Although we all want to see Mrs. McCrazy's tax return, I like to look at the bigger picture! The bigger picture being, after McLame gets his head handed to him on a platter in Nov., Cindy is going to divorce his OLD,sorry ass and find herself a much younger man to help her count her money. Did Crash McCrazy have to sign a pre-nuptial agreement?Hey Cindy, how 'bout buying me a beer,huh?
65 LANCE NORCAL Says: Is she a natural blond?
And more importantly and impunitely, do cuffs and collars match?
99Luf Balloons @ 59:
Those of you who are promoting TED.com do realize they gave Bill Clinton their humanitarian award for health relief in Rwanda, right? Ted.com has lost all credibility.
Sorry- the ted bashing was off topic.
However- Cindy knows and John knows they have violated campaign fundraising which is why she will never release her tax information. SHe could take a page out of Hillary's book though-
Check this out:
PART ONE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq8aopATYyw
PART TWO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMfUajhL24I&feature=related
Cindy has nothing to worry about- if Hillary can get away with felony campaign fundraising fraud then Cindy can as well.
Here's the Wikipedia link to Cindy's bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_mccain
A quick reading will tell you that during her life she has been both a philanthropist and a drug abuser. The latter might have happened to anyone who had undergone the surgery she did. But, to feed her habit she stole from the charity she had created.
And, while she can't be said to have lied about the whole thing, she certainly tried to cover it up first by firing her charity exec (who had caught her thievery) for 'budgetary' reasons -- yeah... Then she made a private deal with the US Attorney. She only revealed the whole thing after a newspaper was about to blow the whistle.
So -- is someone this slick (Slick Willy doesn't even come close), and who has $300 mil to play with, trustworthy with her taxes? I think we know the answer. McChick (er, McHen) is not worthy of being first lady. She's simply got a deceitful personality hidden inside her occasional good intentions such as the charity and the adoption.
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