Demand Cindy McCain's tax returns! For ONCE, put the other guy on the defensive.

[blondeatlast]

We don't need to have a declared candidate to take the offense, we just need a glaring weakness in our opponent--and this one is so glaringly obvious it is blinding a lot of us.

Ms. McCain is and always has been an ACTIVE participant in her husband's political career; a consummate political opportunist who knows all the right people--she introduced him to powerful and wealthy Arizona political operatives; I'll let you figure out to whom I'm thinking of, it will not be difficult.

All of their assets are in her name (funny--Arizona residents Mr. and Mrs. Blondeatlast can't manage that one; community property state, yanno?), including the eight megamansions. I've seen the Hensley-McCain house in very tony north Phoenix (location, location, location!)--that baby is worth my entire HOA; not to mentione the Sedona "cabin" that would cover my entire suburban street and the similarly sized condo on tony Camelback and 24th Streets. Those are just the ones I've actually seen with my own eyes.

Now she's selling off holdings in "inconvenient" places. Now why would she need to do that--unless they would embarass OUR opponent?

Remember what they did to the previous Democratic First Lady? What they are doing now to the wife of our presumptive nominee? I do--and it makes me crazy-angry since Mrs. McCain has ALWAYS been active in her hisband's career. Heck she ruined a marriage to get where she is; but you don't even have to make a big deal out of that.

It was all fair game for them then--let's show them that payback is, well, umpleasant as all hell. It isn't "dirty" politics--it's their own politics being used against them and rightly so.

[OnTheRadio]

1. I don't think we should be going after Cindy mccain

anymore than the wingnuts hsould be going after Bill Clinton or Michelle Obama.

[blondeatlast]

4. You obviously don't know Ms. McCain's history as a homewrecker, stealer of drugs from her own

charity, political contributor and operative, and convenient distraction from DC's premier lobbyist fan.

But enjoy your deluded little world.

[blondeatlast]

6. What is wrong with demanding she make public a public record?

what on earth is wrong about that?

[annabanana]

11. He has put all his assets in her name. Her returns are a MAJOR indicator

of where his allegiances lie. I really think we are within our rights to demand this information.

[Kittycat]

12. But it's okay for you to go after Michele, Mr. 71posts in 1 day newbie?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=6007844

Welcome to DU, enjoy your stay Senior Trollio.

[stray cat]

2. Actually can people get together and demand it instead of the DNC?

Maybe a 527 to raise questions about whats in the closet? The GOP has already started the attacks on Michelle Obama.

[blondeatlast]

3. Self-delete, see reply below. nt

[blondeatlast]

5. I edited that part out--you are right, but I'm not sure how we can make it happen.

I hate 527s, but they may be the only way to make the point.

[wishlist]

7. The double standard infuriates me too- her activities are relevant to public

Of course we don't want to stoop to the level of the Repubs when it comes to spouses and personal matters, but there are serious integrity and hypocrisy issues with him talking about how he will run a transparent open White House while keeping Cindy's extensive financial and political dealings secret and off limits. Clintons, Kerrys, and Obamas have all gotten a great deal of scrutiny and coverage of their financial dealings and role of their wives while so far Dems and media are allowing the McCains to maintain secrecy.

[DesertRat]

8. k&r

[samplegirl]

9. I think this question should be the first out of whomever

commentates the debates........JUST AS RUSSERT DID.......practicaly demanding Hillary's. WHEN CAN WE EXPECT CINDY's tax returns.

[samplegirl]

10. John Anheauser McCain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7PfSEtiXPw

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

13. absolutely Cindy's tax returns should be released

and the we should be going after the other side with any and all tactics we can muster. It is critical for so many reasons that we win the election, can you say Supreme Court? I am very suspicious of people who tell us to lay off this and lay off that, perhaps they have ulterior motives or maybe they haven't been paying attention to history.

The other side has shown time and time again, they will do anything, and I mean anything to win. It is time for us, on the left, to fight back with everything and more we can dust up.

[Rosemary2205]

14. That's wrong. It was wrong with Theresa Kerry and it's still wrong.

Obama can beat the shit out of Grandpa on the issues. We don't need to treat Mrs. Grandpa like shit.

[blondeatlast]

15. She's far and away his biggest political contributor--all the assets are in HER name.

NOT the same issue by any means as Theresa Heinz Kerry, not at all.

[Honeycombe8]

16. Is it the norm for the spouse of a candidate to release tax returns?

If so, she should. It not, she shouldn't.

[blondeatlast]

17. Did you read the post? It outlines why she may be an exception. nt

[Mudoria]

18. Sorry.. not interested in her tax returns unless she plans

on running as VP or some other public office on her own.

[Meiko]

19. I could care less

about her tax returns.We should be concentrating on John McCain. If you think he can't win you are fooling yourself.

[VP505]

20. If you think

her tax returns are not relevant to concentrating on McSame your the one being fooled!

[rasputin1952]

21. There are several points here, but the most obvious being that

Theresa Heinz Kerrey was the focus of demands to give up her tax returns during John Kerrey's run for the presidency.

Another, which should concen people, is that her wealth is being used to secure a viable presidential run for John Mccain, therefore, it should be open to scrutiny.

To quote the RW screechmonkeys during the last presidential election cycle, "What does have to hide?"

[jmowreader]

22. You should care very deeply about her tax returns

I also want to see her banking records and Hensley & Co's business records--specifically the amount of beer they purchased from Anheuser-Busch and how much they paid for it.

We KNOW John McCain is corrupt. Google "Keating Five." There are probably other examples I can't name off the top of my head, but the Keating Five case proves he's a crook.

Now let's say I was a corrupt Republican politician whose wife was one of the richest women in Arizona. She has enough assets and cash flow that if I wanted to take a few extralegal campaign contributions, I'd have my benefactor purchase a truckload of Bud for...oh, seventy or eighty dollars a case.

We know McCain can be bought. What we don't know is how much buying was done recently, or how much of it was transacted through Cindy's company.