The McCains' PDA Moments (SLIDESHOW)

During the past week's Obama and Biden PDA slideshows, many commenters drew comparisons to the McCains and their relative restraint. See a slideshow of Cindy and John in action below.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The McCains on their wedding day May 17, 1980.

See the Obama PDA slideshow Part I and II.

See the Biden PDA slideshow.

Comments

[amak16701]

The two pictures of them from 2000 are sweet; they actually look like a happy couple...but it goes noticeably downhill from there.

[mcashton0]

WOW No warmth there. Do you know why they have so many houses? She doesn't live with the Senator, they have no relationship.

[luvangelHussein330]

Decent pics... I must say I'm a bit spoiled by the Obamas so for me they are just decent pics no feeling...but you can tell there is an understanding there....something

[jameshki]

Behind the demands and glitz of the political curtain is a sad couple. Their public appearances seem like routine political exercises. Poor Cindy, i can somehow feel that emptiness. She wants to be genuinely part of McCain but he seems to be on his own with little room for a partner. There you got yourself a true maverick. Sad, sad, sad...

[binq56]

Except for the McCains, they all look like couples who trust one another. I cannot speak to "love" but the body language is clear. Cindy and John are not comfortable with each other. A freind who is a psychologist pointed this out at the convention and again at the debates. She wants to be wanted and he doesn't seem to care. Narcissists don't have room for anyone else.

[ISU 09]

As I read through some of your posts, I couldn't help but wonder if you are mind readers... How can you determine what people feel for each other or what they are thinking? Some people do not find it necessary to oogle and fondle each other in public to show their feelings for the other person to know they care, and maybe they prefer to show their acts of love in private. This may be the case with the McCains; I'm not going to act like I know them. You people have no place saying whether or not two people are in love-- that is decided by those two people! And how do you know the perceived public "expression of love" shown by the Obamas isn't a front? We have no way of telling; and I'm not going to act like I know them either. So, in the end your opinions about what you "see" and how YOU interpret what you see may be near, or indeed VERY far from the truth-- Just something to mull over!

[haleypie]

I think everybody acknowledges that body language is not an exact science. It is definitely open to interpretation. And what you're seeing here is people expressing their interpretations. I guess we should all say "In my opinion" or "It appears to me" before our comments, but since this is an opinion page, it can be presumed that folks are stating their opinions as opposed to intimate knowledge about the relationships of these public figures.

[indalay]

As I looked through these pictures, I kept thinking "He's just not that into you." Sad...

[mollybeejay]

LOL, I agree with you. There is absolutely no warmth, no passion, no spark at all between them. I was watching them very carefully after the debate. There is NOTHING there. It is so sad.

[Meah]

Cindy is ALWAYS there. That is what is so strange. Maybe because of the lobbiest lady friend he had? Or she REALLY wants to be first lady? Or he looks younger with her around? I mean he lives in Virginia, and she lives in Arizona and California. They are apart a lot. I kind of feel sorry for both of them. Neither seems very happy.

[dollyblue]

That white-blond hair does her no favors. She should go back to a medium blond that won't age her.

[Zenfull]

Wow, do we really know the real John McCain? These photos now raise a question in my mind. I have heard that John McCain has a terrible temper. Cindy married John McCain because she was ambitious. She had plenty of money and good looks, so it's clear to me that she married him for what she didn't have...fame. He told her he would run for President one day and she'd be the First Lady. This lady has masked her true feelings. This is not a happy marriage and she is acting the part of dutiful wife, alot like Pat Nixon or Betty Ford. I now wonder about the real reason for all those injuries. Any honest woman who looks at these photos cannot help but see that this is not the man you want in the White House.

[quick2no]

During the Republican National Convention, when Cindy came out on the stage with her husband after his speech, he said "come here, baby." It was easy enough to read his lips on that one. He might be hard to live with, I don't know. But they do have a deep and abiding love for each other. That is obvious.

[Rhondayes]

It is always surprising to other races the love held between African American marriages. Other races and cultures are so very use to what they have been told about African Americans and what they have seen on television or in movies, not THINKING that the writers are young jewish white guys that "know" about blacks through the media and television. It is all distortion.

If you are blessed to be given the opportunity to learn the true love held with black couples through the media attention on the Obamas, SEE THE TRUTH. Unfortunately, this is why young black girls are so often easily mislead into believing the predators that prey on them "love" them. They want what Michelle and Barack have.

[monicaangela]

Cold, sad, and without love. Why didn't they share the spotlight with some of their kids, I notice the one daughter is with them sometimes on the stage, the pictures that were chosen did not show a happy couple or a happy family life. Cindy seems to have a lot of broken bones. I'm sorry to hear she's had a stroke, it doesn't appear either one of them are in good health. If I had their money, I think I would retire to one of my homes, and leave all of this stress behind.

[MrPragmatic]

What srtikes me is that they actually both look happy and healthy in the 2000 pics. And in particular, Cyndy looks more authentic than she does today. It is obvious from the more current shots that Cyndy is very unhappy. JM now looks like a mean old man, sorry to say.

[yasmeen]

it boggles the mind that mccain never makes eye contact with his wife, nor even looks at her even when hugging or kissing her. he is always looking at something else. so fake!! i feel sorry for her. the obamas are not newlyweds. they just celebrated their 16th, but they are so much in love (you CAN'T fake this) it's like they're on their honeymoon. even when they posed for the ebony magazine cover i was fooled into thinking it was a real shot of them by a reporter until i read it....they weren't posing...
they were really feeling it, especially him. he seemed to lose himself in her.