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*NEW CONTENT ADDED* McMaverick's Scandals & Follies 1) McCain’s Penchant for beauty queens! What is it with this guy? *1st wife was a beauty queen, when she was in an accident and disabled he had an affair with... *2nd wife Cindy McCain, rodeo beauty queen and multi-million dollar heiress to a beer empire *His latest acquisition & beauty queen & 2nd runner up to Miss Alaska, Sarah Palin 2) Keating 5 (1989) - 21,000 elderly people lost their life savings in the collapse of Lincoln Savings Bank, which many blamed on 5 senators, including John McCain. McCain & his croonies were investigated by the Senate Ethics Committee. McCain was further criticized for accepting personal gifts and holidays from Keating, accepting free use of Keating's private jet, as well as accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign finance from Keating. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five 3) McCain’s campaign manager, lobbyist Rick Davis received monthly payments of $15,000 from the struggling mortgage giant, Freddie Mac up until Feb 2008. despite the fact that Davis lied and said the association ended three years ago. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/23/AR2008092303359.html 4) Quote "Mr. McCain has done more than any other member of Congress to shape the laws governing America’s casinos. “Mr. McCain portrays himself as a Washington maverick unswayed by special interests, referring recently to lobbyists as “birds of prey.” Yet in his current campaign, more than 40 fund-raisers and top advisers have lobbied or worked for an array of gambling interests — including tribal and Las Vegas casinos, lottery companies and online poker purveyors.” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/us/politics/28gambling-web.html?_r=1&hp 5) I think the fact that the so called “hero” left his first wife because she became disabled tells it all, but read it for yourself: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-callously-left-behind.html **And people have the gall to say he has integrity! HAHAHA 6) McCain’s alleged affair with a lobbyist, posted by the NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21mccain.html?_r=1&ei=5065&en=30275248afff65bf&ex=1204174800&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin 7) McCain voted AGAINST creating a national holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. http://www.kutv.com/content/news/topnews/story.aspx?content_id=bf65dda1-a3d5-4aa9-9fea-14b430d93cce PALIN’S FAILINGS 1) ABC has exposed Palin’s debate night lie about divesting Alaskan invested funds out of Sudan. http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5948944&page=1 2) The entire investigation into TrooperGate scandal started six months before Palin was vetted. And the details are outlined by an Alaskan resident: http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/what-is-mccain-thinking-one-alaskans-perspective/ 3) Numerous reports have surfaced about Palin firing pretty much everyone after becoming mayor. All reports indicated she hired her high school chums to fill key positions.

http://washingtonindependent.com/3671/the-reform-candidate

(firing of Wasilla police chief)

http://www.newsweek.com/id/158738

(firing of Wasilla police chief)

http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/515512.html

(attempted to fire Wasila librarian) *and YES she did TRY to have certain books pulled from the library*

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html?incamp=article_popular_3

4) We’ve all questioned Palin’s intellect, especially given her recent interviews? Her education background: It took Palin SIX years and FIVE colleges to get a bachelors degree in Journalism! And she had the nerve to critize Katie Couric! http://www.adn.com/palin/story/516085.html **If Obama had this level of education he wouldn’t have even made it to where he is. Amazing how SOME people can just get by with a minimal amount of intelligence & education.** 5) McCain repeats over and over again how he “fought earmarks” in Washington. Well that is interesting considering how much Palin requested in earmarks as mayor AND governor:

http://wcco.com/politics/reality.check.governor.2.808822.html

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-earmarks13-2008sep13,0,1324706.story

6) Palin’s track record with minorities, especially African Americans in Alaska is also less than stellar:

http://www.phillyimc.org/en/node/75216

http://www.phillytrib.com/tribune/index.php?view=article&id=297:palin2-10-03-08&option=com_content&catid=2:the-philadelphia-tribune&Itemid=3

http://sarahpalintruthsquad.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/sarah-palin-and-african-americans-in-alaska-history-of-african-americans-in-alaska/

7) Let's not forget Palin's ties to a controversial church: Quote "Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending them out on a task that is from God. That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan." They also support ‘converting’ gays. *http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/palin_church_speech_shows_inte.php

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26567170/

*http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/02/1327574.aspx (there is a video of the speech) 8) The Palin's membership in the Independent Alaskan Party, the group that wants Alaska to secede from the U.S.A *http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/members-of-frin.html *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwvPNXYrIyI MCCAIN/PALIN SCARE TACTICS Ayers – Obama was EIGHT YEARS OLD when Ayers was creating bombs. There is no evidence of association.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21mccain.html?_r=1&ei=5065&en=30275248afff65bf&ex=1204174800&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/jpodhoretz/2640

Rev. Wright – Simple scare tactics. If you can equate a sermon about race by a minister to Obama being a scary black man….well there is no hope for you anyway! Neither McCain or Palin can profess to being concerned about ‘civil rights issues.’ See above… They have consistently used smear tactics to try and scare ‘some’ people into believing Barack Obama is Muslim, Arab, Socialist, etc. etc. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/opinion/21kristof.html?ex=1379736000&en=cbb2445e0cf1e7f0&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink Barack Obama is a bi-racial man who is the child of single mom. Unlike McSame & Pafailin he recognized the value of education and excelled at it. Since when does being educated put you out of “touch” with regular folks? He paid for Harvard with student loans…same as most of us. He was on food stamps as child. He grew up in adversity (aka black man in America) and thrived. That puts him more in touch with “regular folk” than McCain who is worth $150 million dollars & Palin is just clueless. Obama/Biden '08 ONE WIFE. ONE HOUSE. ONE CAR!