Cindy McCain Unleashed: From Calm to Combative

Cindy McCain, who has largely remained soft-spoken and optimistic during public appearances on her husband's behalf, has joined the attack dogs of the McCain campaign in recent days.

Just as McCain and Sarah Palin and prominent GOP supporters like Rudy Giuliani have stepped up their negative attacks on Obama this week, Cindy McCain took "one of her most personal shots yet at Barack Obama today" during a rally in Pennsylvania.

"The day that Sen. Obama cast a vote to not to fund my son when he was serving sent a cold chill through my body let me tell you," Cindy McCain said in introducing the GOP ticket. "I would suggest Sen. Obama change shoes with me for just one day. I suggest he take a day and go watch our men and women deploying."

In general, the McCains have avoided discussing their two sons' military service during the campaign. Younger son Jimmy McCain is a Marine who has already served a tour in Iraq. His brother, Jack, is at Annapolis.

Palin later invoked her own son's service overseas in suggesting that Obama did not understand the cost of war, comparing him unfavorably to McCain and his military heroism during Vietnam.

"God bless him, he spent five and a half years as a POW, and he knows the cost of war because he paid those costs himself," she said of McCain. "And as a mother of one of those troops, yup, that's exactly the kind of man I want as commander in chief."

And yesterday, Mrs. McCain made waves and stunned political observers when she stridently claimed that Obama had waged "the dirtiest campaign in American history."

Her newfound aggressiveness is obviously sanctioned by the campaign - a McCain aide said last night that the Republican nominee "wholeheartedly agrees with his wife's assessment."

Comments

[jimmadison]

The biggest problem with her comments are they aimed at the wrong guy. Beyond the Senate "inside baseball" world of multiple votes on bills, amendments, etc., that have led both Obama and McCain to vote against "funding the troops" (the Washington world of "I was for the bill before I was against it"), she's missing the point. If it had been up to Obama, her sons wouldn't be in harm's way in Iraq to begin with. And if Obama does have his way in January, her sons would be coming home much sooner than the open ended commitment, her husband is calling for.

[terriett]

Cindy McCain looked and sounded drunk or heavily sedated. Her words were slurred and ego -centric. She seems to be a woman of extremes: She is either avoiding the crowds at McPalin rallies, or standing behind her husband, mugging the kinds of facial expressions which would make a three year old embarrassed. And her clothes and hair! I thought that a woman with all of her millions could avoid looking like a before model of "what not to wear."

[StateofTaxes]

I'm confused about Sin-dee's statement; when she speaks of "her" son, is she speaking of the son of the woman that she took McCain from to begin with? (I don't recall that she and McCain had any sons?)

[Rnactivist]

Yea Cindy and your husband wants to keep us in this war till we "win". so how many get to die till we achieve that goal??

[ErnestineBass]

Cindy reminds me of that tune "She's Got Bette Davis Eyes".

Only ~She's got ice blue alien eyes~.

[dlbdpb]

It's more like "she's got Bette Davis' face", if you don't know what Bette Davis looked like, well her eyes were the best part of her face.

[Clarabell]

She was so animated -- and sounded about 16 years old.

[Pragmatus]

Cindy dear, please--go back into your peroxide bottle. You're not being helpful sweetie, in fact you are merely adding to the shrillness. The McCain campaign already sounds like a hundred sopranos having a bitchfight, no need to turn the tweeters up any more.
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[HARVIN]

WHAT IS REAL? When a chimpanzee looks into a mirror, it sees a chimpanzee. When I look at Mrs. McCain, I see a snake-haired, fanged, poison spitting, forked-tongued Gorgon. I wonder what Cindy sees when she looks into her mirror?

[ErnestineBass]

Until the old man started going downhill, she was looking at the next First Lady.

[blood1]

Mrs. McCain can speak if she wants, but she must expect some criticism when she is caught speaking in half truths. I don't know if she thinks there won't be blowback when everyone knows that her husband also voted against this bill....same cold chill...same shoes?

Sorry Cindy, what goes around comes around and now you are wearing that same poopy color of brown that has been coming from all the campaigners with whom you spend so much time.

[MyDogJack]

Are these McCains ever going to tell the truth? She should probably check her husbands voting record.

It was the Republicans who put our soldiers in harms way for all the wrong reasons in the first place.

My Army Ranger son-in-law is heading back with his combat unit for 2nd Iraq tour and I pray he'll stay safe with every fiber of my being. His first tour was filled with horrific events and he was injured several times, shot once. What he has been through is more traumatic than most American Neo-Con hatemonger republicans could ever imagine let alone endure. This will be part of our family forever.

Cindy McCain can take her feined outrage and direct it at herself. She makes me SICK!

[HopeObama08]

That woman is so ugly in and out.

[IPhilFree]

I AM MAD AND I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE....MY HUSBAND, MY BABY DADDY... DID NOT VOTE FOR THE SAME BILL I ACCUSED OBAMA....Palin and I Don't read, so how were we supposed to know.

I wonder if she was told her husband did not vote for the same bill that she says put her Son and other Military Troops in Danger. There are some unintelligent people out there who maybe do not have access to the internet and who only listens to Fox News, who believe in the scare tatic.

Cindy McCain you made millions off of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Scandel, how much did you make this time. As an taxpayer that just got screwed twice over by your your husband who knows a thing or two about bailouts, I would like to know where I really should have put my money.

Thanks for pointing out how unpatriotic Obama, which in turn means your Husband is the same. What makes it worse is that your husband had a personal stake, his son. Even though you son has never seen combat, I am glad you have pointed out the unpatratriatism of both candidates.

Just looking at your angry face, I don't see how your husband can stand himself at this moment. He put his son's life at risk according to, how can you live with this man....LOL you are very very funny. Can you for once

[Puller58]

Somebody hid her pills.

[cynicalgal]

Need a laugh? See the new SARAH PALIN BARBIE DOLL:

http://www.Vaboomer.com

[azbob1940]

Cindy is really pissed at her husband and she's taking her wrath out on Obama because he was the closest male around to rail on!. She had just finished reading the Rolling Stone article that chronicled, along with many other things, John McCain's whoring around all over the world! She was especially pissed when John was asked, by another Navy officer, why he had chosen to to go to Rio. His answer was "there is a better chance to get laid there." (At that time McCain was the father of 3 children!)........................................... On a serious note, everyone should read the Rolliong Stone article.
Here is the link: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain