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Interestingly the blogs are having a hayday over McCains conflicting statements on whether he voted for GW or not- again calling into play his credibility and wishy washiness.....
But if this article is correct (and I see no reason to doubt it, since it accurately describes GW :wink: :lol: )- McCains image just went up a couple of points in my view, in that he is a better judge of people than I thought he was.... :wink: :lol:
Did he or Didn’t he?
Saturday, May 10, 2008
First, Arianna Huffington (in an interesting article about how McCain has dramatically changed) claimed that McCain told her at a LA dinner party that he did not vote for George W. Bush in the 2000 election.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/what-john-mccain-told-me_b_100183.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/me-and-mccain-hero-worshi_b_100378.html
Next, McCain denied that report, and claimed that he did indeed vote for Bush.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=176RAqennIc
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/05/05/mccain_denies_huffington_vote.html
And now, two independent sources who were at the same dinner party as Huffington claim that McCain did indeed say that he did not back Bush in 2000.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050902642.html
Interestingly, McCain has never denied that he ever said those things at that dinner party 8 years ago. So, was he lying then to cozy up to celebrities at a dinner party or is he lying now?
But if this article is correct (and I see no reason to doubt it, since it accurately describes GW :wink: :lol: )- McCains image just went up a couple of points in my view, in that he is a better judge of people than I thought he was.... :wink: :lol:
McCain to Me in 1999: Bush "As Dumb as a Stump"
Posted May 9, 2008 | 06:01 PM (EST)
As a lawyer might say (OK, I am one), I have no personal knowledge of whether John or Cindy McCain voted for George W. Bush in the 2000 election. However, now that that has been called into question by Arianna Huffington (who says no) and Huffington's truthfulness has in turn been questioned by the McCain campaign (although not yet by the McCains), I can offer the following anecdote as admissible hearsay shedding a little light on the subject:
Over the Fourth of July weekend of 1999, I had the good fortune to accompany my then fiancée (and now happily my wife) to the McCain vacation home in Sedona where she was interviewing them for a Home and Garden Television show. The interview itself was entirely apolitical, focusing on fabrics and furnishing in their lovely Oak Creek abode, topics about which I do recall the senator was less than comfortable discussing.
Always the goods hosts, the McCains also invited us to spend the day with them, including for barbeque, a favorite of John's. And as McCain flipped burgers, I could not help but ask his views about then candidate George W. Bush.
"He's as dumb as a stump," McCain offered. We then went on to discuss other matters (including Vietnam) but that quote remains seared in my memory.
So how the McCains actually voted that November is between them and their voting booth. But if John McCain did end up voting for Bush, then by his own admission he voted for a stump.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-meyerhoff/mccain-to-me-in-1999-bush_b_101069.html