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Why is it fair to criticize Cindy, but not Michelle?
Criticize away, certainly many have for petty things. However, there is nothing petty about Cindy funding McCain's excursion into politics. She still holds the keys to millions of dollars, therefore she is extremely relevant.
You're U.S. Senator John McCain, and you've got a big problem.
Your wife, Cindy, was addicted to prescription painkillers. She stole pills from a medical-aid charity she heads and she used the names of unsuspecting employees to get prescriptions
Wow I know it is old but it was requested and certainly didn't come from the Obama camp!
But after a week, there is no glossing over huge gaps in the image that has been spun for the public:
• Cindy McCain lied about drug treatment she claims to have undergone. Although she told reporters she went into a residential drug treatment program earlier this year, she told investigators she had treatment during 1991 and 1992. Whom did she lie to--investigators or reporters?
• If Cindy McCain did undergo treatment before 1994, as she told investigators, the senator's claim that he didn't learn of his wife's addiction until this January simply defies credibility.
• Cindy McCain and Jay Smith lied about her status with federal prosecutors. She told a Tucson reporter she had already completed a pretrial diversion program. Smith told another reporter that the case had come to "resolution." In fact, Cindy McCain hasn't even been accepted into a diversion program.
• Jay Smith misled the Arizona Republic when he said that Gosinski had, in an act of retribution, tipped federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents after failing to get a cash settlement. In fact, Gosinski was talking to the DEA 11 months before he ever filed his wrongful termination claim.
• Tom Gosinski no longer has a civil lawsuit against Cindy McCain. It died of neglect this summer.
While the stories told by the senator, his wife and his hired guns are rife with inaccuracies and inconsistencies, everything Tom Gosinski says seems to check out.
John and Cindy McCain are now attempting to return to lives of privilege and prestige. If she gets into a diversion program and lives by its rules, she'll have no criminal record.
Meanwhile, one volunteer doctor who wrote prescriptions at Cindy McCain's behest is under investigation. He could lose his license.
And Tom Gosinski, the man who knew too much, is under criminal investigation, working two jobs and trying to put his life back together.
Forgot to add this to help provide something other then UTube to the discussion. This is from the previously referenced article
Why is it fair to criticize Cindy, but not Michelle?
I think it is equally unfair to criticize either of them, perhaps the OP is trying to level the playing field a little. I try to fall back on the two wrongs don't make a right school of thought, but I can see why after reading just a few pages of the 195 posts on "Is Michelle a Racist?" one might get a little frustrated. I personally would rather hang out with Michelle than Cindy, but that's my opinion, others may disagree.
Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain are study in contrast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain share a dislike of rough-edged U.S. politics. Each tried to talk her spouse out of running for the White House.
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Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain are study in contrast
