McCain’s tax breaks for donating to his kids’ elite schools.
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McCain’s tax breaks for donating to his kids’ elite schools.
Ken Silverstein of Harper’s takes a look at Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) charitable contributions, noting that the senator is essentially the sole donor to the John and Cindy McCain Foundation, and his wife is its chairman and president”:
Between 2001 and 2006, McCain contributed roughly $950,000 to the foundation. That accounted for all of its listed income other than for $100 that came from an anonymous donor. During that same period, the McCain foundation made contributions of roughly $1.6 million. More than $500,000 went to his kids’ private schools, most of which was donated when his children were attending those institutions. So McCain apparently received major tax deductions for supporting elite schools attended by his children.
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pretty clever… it’s probably on advice from his financial planner
February 29th, 2008 at 10:36 amor accountant… you know, the pros who figure out ways for
the wealthy to avoid paying taxes…
it’s also pretty devious…
February 29th, 2008 at 10:36 amFrom the linked article:
“His wealth is tied to Cindy Hensley McCain, his second wife and heiress to Hensley & Co., a major Anheuser-Busch distributor.”
Um…how come four years ago Kerry was constantly under fire for being married to a wealthy woman, but McCain hasn’t been similarly hammered?
Naturally, McCain can do whatever he wants with his money, as long as it isn’t for any illegal activities. But I would have more respect for him as a candidate if he was more concerned about public schools than private ones.
February 29th, 2008 at 10:37 amI assume that in addition to the foundation’s charitable contributions to these schools, that the McCains paid tuition for their children — the same as any other parents?
If the McCains got a pass on tuition because of the money coming from the foundation, this would be a problem, because it would amount to a tax write-off to send his kids to fancy schools. But if he paid tuition and then made the contributions on top of that, he’s entitled to the tax deduction as for any charitable contribution. I don’t agree with his priorities, but it’s legal.
February 29th, 2008 at 10:43 amhow come four years ago Kerry was constantly under fire for being married to a wealthy woman, but McCain hasn’t been similarly hammered?
Well, Teresa was outspoken and had a foreign accent. Cindy is just a braindead, addicted trophy wife so she doesn’t draw fire because she is a typical republican spouse.
In addition, Teresa’s fortune comes from ketchup; Cindy’s comes from beer. Republicans worship beer but ketchup is for commoners.
And Teresa’s foundation contributes to “subversive organizations” while Cindy’s supports “elite” ones.
It’s all pretty logical (in a knee-jerk reactionary republican sort of way) when you think about it.
February 29th, 2008 at 10:43 amBut on the flipside, Hillary is dragging her feet on releasing her tax returns, because she’s ummm, “so busy.” Geeze, my last seven years of returns are at my fingertips in a filing cabinet.
February 29th, 2008 at 10:47 amDo you think this will hit the mainstream media? I doubt it.
Tom makes a good point about Teresa Heinz Kerry’s fortune being so heavily investigated, whereas Cindy McCain’s is not.
The deal with McCain’s foundation and the benefiting of his own children’s schools was a pretty sweet deal for him wasn’t it?
February 29th, 2008 at 10:48 amI am fairly confident that McCain’s deal with the schools is not illegal, it’s just unethical.
February 29th, 2008 at 10:50 amIOKIYAR
I am sure that Poppy Bu$h made use of charitable donations in order to get his wastrel son, GDumbya, through a number of schools with passing grades. He probably had to do the same thing for Neil.
February 29th, 2008 at 10:52 amPhoto Caption: You talkin’ to me?
February 29th, 2008 at 10:54 amUm…how come four years ago Kerry was constantly under fire for being married to a wealthy woman, but McCain hasn’t been similarly hammered?
Comment by missmolly — February 29, 2008 @ 10:37 am
Umm… IOKIYAR?
February 29th, 2008 at 10:55 amCaption: Max Headroom?
February 29th, 2008 at 10:56 amkaty; I did not get a response yesterday on my question.
I do advocate the death sentence for our own war criminals. We hung others for the same crimes at the Nuremberg & Tokyo war crimes tribunals.
Do you believe that Americans should be exempt from the same standards of behavior that it applies to others?
February 29th, 2008 at 10:58 amBut on the flipside, Hillary is dragging her feet on releasing her tax returns, because she’s ummm, “so busy.†Geeze, my last seven years of returns are at my fingertips in a filing cabinet.
Comment by Badmoodman
Care to offer a link for this? I seriously doubt that she hasn’t released 7 years of tax returns.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:02 amgi-gi, it’s good to know that your children are getting the education that you so obviously didn’t receive as young person. Perhaps they will even be able to break out of the cycle of ignorance that is so apparent in your postings here.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:03 amAgain, what is wrong with that?
Comment by good_golly — February 29, 2008 @ 11:00 am
February 29th, 2008 at 11:03 am———————-
It’s quite simple: if the school is a non-profit and personal donations are tax-deductible, why would the Maverick filter the money through his “charitable” foundation? It seems like a wasted, unnecessary step, to me.
Don’t all rich people do this with their money?
I mean, they are rich right, and they have meant to control there wealth by making tax law just great for them.
So my question is, why would someone like McBush cater so much to lobbies, if he has so much money?
I mean even with them jowels, nuts are cheap, so he don’t need the money, is he just just want to have more ducots than every one else. Oh I forgot, he has an R behind his name.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:04 amIf you like McCain’s, you’ll love Barbara Bush’s:
http://www.truthout.org/ cgi-bin/ artman/ exec/ view.cgi/ 58/ 18598
I’ll give money directly to my son Neil and get a tax deduction for doing so….
February 29th, 2008 at 11:05 am#15: “Care to offer a link for this? I seriously doubt that she hasn’t released 7 years of tax returns.”
- - I don’t know how far back it goes but all you had to do was watch the last debate where Hillary was questioned on that very point by Russert. Her tax returns are not public.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:05 amSmells like Bab’s contribution in response to Katrina, she donates money to buy her son’s software.
There’s a difference between donating for charity and manipulating the tax system for personal gain.
I bet McCain’s kids got pretty good grades. With a “C” average bought and paid for with Daddy’s money, a man could do wonders. Hell even a chimp who pukes on his shoes could be President.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:07 amWealthier parents at the school write larger checks and get their names on buildings and such. Again, what is wrong with that?
Comment by good_golly —
So what’s your non-profit called?
The Good Golly I’m a Priviledged Snot Foundation?
February 29th, 2008 at 11:07 amThere’s many links. Here’s one: http://news.aol.com/ story/ _a/ obama-suggests-clinton-show-tax-returns/ n20080207231809990032
February 29th, 2008 at 11:07 amBeat me to it Terry. Ahhhhh the compassion of Babs.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:09 am#14 - “So, what’s wrong with that? I send my kids to a private school for which I pay tuition.” Comment by good_golly — February 29, 2008 @ 11:00 am
Did you start a “Good Golly & Wife Foundation” to be used for providing assistance to children going ot private schools, to which you donated 99% of the funds?
Did your own children receive 50% of the fund you “donated” to the “Good Golly & Wife Foundation”???
The difference is that you never claimed your private school expenditures as “charity.” Sen. McCain did, and that “charitable giving” ended up going to support his own children.
I don’t see you being as openly hypocritical as Sen. McCain has been with his so-called “charitable giving”.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:09 am#17 - “It seems like a wasted, unnecessary step, to me.” Comment by Vet — February 29, 2008 @ 11:03 am
Maybe unnecessary, but far from wasted! It proves even further that Sen. McCain is not the right person to lead the United States as President.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:11 ami did answer you, uncle ho
February 29th, 2008 at 11:12 amhttp://thinkprogress.org/ 2008/ 02/ 28/ gop-telecom-cash/ #comment-4282914
He has some of the poorest voting records for the poor and poverty stricken in congress,including votes for health care, headstart programs but he can give to a private school. You REICH WINGERS still want him in the white house so he can maintain the status quo for the poor. You REICH WINERGS disgust me!!!!
February 29th, 2008 at 11:12 amSo if she’s disclosed her finances as required by election law, why should she make public her tax returns? If you have a problem with a charitable donation she’s made then lets talk about it. If you’re trolling, try changing your bait.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:13 am“McCain’s tax breaks for donating to his kids’ elite schools.”
Can there be any other running mate than Santorum? They’re perfect, pampered bookends.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:13 amComment by goon_golly — February 29, 2008 @ 11:00 am
Private school? Sure you do, goon. Paid for by your fabulous job, which seems to consist of haunting TP’s threads for hours on end. Very plausible about you and your three cars and your gated community and your private school education . . .
No, seriously. Pigs do not fly.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:15 amoh, now i see you asked another question…
no, i don’t think it’s wrong… kind of a silly question, actually…
not sure how you came to that conclusion…
like putting words in another’s mouth… not cool…
February 29th, 2008 at 11:16 amand meaningless…
Cindy is just a braindead, addicted Stepford wife so she doesn’t draw fire because she is a typical republican robo-spouse.
Comment by tom — February 29, 2008 @ 10:43 am
There — fixed it for ya…ever notice how Cindy doesn’t blink and has that Stepfordesque look in her eyes??? Be afraid — be very afraid…
But more to the point — one would think that a truly charitable foundation could find more charities than just one or two private schools, which the foundation’s principles’ kids attend, to support. I don’t know, maybe Katrina victims? Disabled veterans or the families of our killed in action from the Iraq occupation? Homeless vets living under bridges? Darfur refugees?
Oh that’s right, I forgot — none of those actually exist in the Repuglican worldview…
February 29th, 2008 at 11:16 amMcElitist is just another out-of-touch with reality reich-winger that has no common ground with real Americans.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:18 amPrivate school? Sure you do, goon. Paid for by your fabulous job, which seems to consist of haunting TP’s threads for hours on end. Very plausible about you and your three cars and your gated community and your private school education . . .
Comment by gummitch — February 29, 2008 @ 11:15 am
Ever notice that every reich-wing troll claims to be a wealthy elitist?
February 29th, 2008 at 11:20 amThis is an obvious tax dodge. He and one other ‘donor’ are the only contributors? And one third of the expenditures the foundation makes are to his kid’s schools?
February 29th, 2008 at 11:21 amMaybe legal, but not a high ethical standard here.
He should have just donated the money from his wallet.
#29: If you’re trolling, try changing your bait.
- - Yanno, I’ve been posting here since almost the beginning and I post something on some subject virtually every day. If you haven’t seen the name Badmoodman man before you could be more observant. And if you have seen my posts then you know I’m definitely not a troll, thankyouverymuch.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:24 amEver notice that every reich-wing troll claims to be a wealthy elitist?
Comment by Dr. Matt — February 29, 2008 @ 11:20 am
Always fabulous, simply fabulous lives they lead. I’m working on a troll profile, actually, and this is right near the top of the list.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:26 amkaty; I missed your earlier response, but saw it via your link.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:29 amComment by gummitch — February 29, 2008 @ 11:15 am
I thought the same thing, gum. Don’t know why Gigi’s comment struck me as a lie, but it just did. It wasn’t even really the source, although we know Gigi is dishonest. It was more just something in the wording, and how conveniently Gigi’s narrative seemed to fit the current TP thread.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:29 amMorons. Many people of wealth have charitable foundations. Most wealthy folks plan on giving away most of their cash over their lifetimes rather than have the government confiscate it via the death tax. If one wants their nest egg to benefit schools, cancer or AIDS research, or whatever rather than have the government confiscate it and drop it in the big black hole of government spending, isn’t that a better use of money?
I donate to the private schools my neice, nephew and cousins go to. The government makes this a tax deduction, too, to encourage folks to contribute and donate.
I’m not sure why you think donating money to schools is a problem. I bet most of your elected Democrats send their kids to private schools, too. Why don’t you look into that and write your complaints? Losers.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:34 amComment by muckdog — February 29, 2008 @ 11:34 am
Pull on your hip-waders, y’all. Muckie’s here.
**yawn**
February 29th, 2008 at 11:37 amTom makes a good point about Teresa Heinz Kerry’s fortune being so heavily investigated, whereas Cindy McCain’s is not.
This is another “made to order” campaign advertisement for the Democrats. All they need to do is to quote the Republicans who were questioning Teresa Heinz’s fortune and then ask “Why aren’t they interested in Cindy McCain’s fortune”.
I think that the Democrats, besides highlighting McCains questionable dealings with lobbyists, also need to highlight the hypocracy of the Republican party as a whole.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:37 amCare to offer a link for this? I seriously doubt that she hasn’t released 7 years of tax returns.
Comment by Bobwurst
The issue is not the past seven years, the issue is the current year’s tax return. Obama has released his. Clinton said in the last debate that she would be releasing hers after she is the candidate, but when pressed she said she would release it “sooner”. Now she is back to “after I am the candidate”.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:40 amYanno, I’ve been posting here since almost the beginning and I post something on some subject virtually every day. If you haven’t seen the name Badmoodman man before you could be more observant. And if you have seen my posts then you know I’m definitely not a troll, thankyouverymuch.
Comment by Badmoodman
February 29th, 2008 at 11:40 amSo what’s your point? I don’t care what your name is anymore than you care what my name is. How are Hillary’s tax returns connected to McCain’s tax deductions? Are you claiming that Hillary gives to mcains school? Are you claiming that hillary took a tax deduction from Mccain?
It’s quite simple: if the school is a non-profit and personal donations are tax-deductible, why would the Maverick filter the money through his “charitable†foundation? It seems like a wasted, unnecessary step, to me.
Comment by Vet
I suspect that he may be double-dipping. He get’s a tax break for donating to his charitable foundation and then the charitable foundation gets a tax break for donating to the school. Since he owns the charitable foundation, it sounds like double-dipping to me.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:42 amThe issue is not the past seven years, the issue is the current year’s tax return. Obama has released his. Clinton said in the last debate that she would be releasing hers after she is the candidate, but when pressed she said she would release it “soonerâ€. Now she is back to “after I am the candidateâ€.
Comment by bilbobaggins
Fair enough on the 7 year thing, I wasn’t building a strawman there, for some reason when I was typing I thought that was part of the post. But why do you want to see her W2s? do you seriously think that she’s investing in Halliburton or something? I guess that Bill’s involvement with the Charlyle Group is problematic, but is it a deal breaker, and how is this related to mcain giving to his kid’s school?
February 29th, 2008 at 11:45 amHAHA,
He still spent hundred’s of thousand’s of dollars in real money. he basically decided to invest in education instead of handing over the money with the idea the government knows better.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:45 amYou folks need to look up charitable foundations on the google. You sound completely ignorant of them. Well, that’s pretty much status quo for you on most every topic. LMAO.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:45 amHe has some of the poorest voting records for the poor and poverty stricken in congress,including votes for health care, headstart programs but he can give to a private school.
Yup, McCain was as America’s worst for Children.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/27/mccain-children/
Apparently the only children that McCain cares about are his own.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:46 am#46 - “The private school is expensive, but well worth it. I pay for it in large part by keeping my spending low. I’m hopeful I’ll make up that expense when my kids earn college scholarships for their hard work.” Comment by good_golly — February 29, 2008 @ 11:41 am
Here’s one point on which I agree with Good_Golly. One doesn’t have to be a rich elitist to attend a private school.
Good_Golly still pays taxes which fund the public schools in his community, but he saves and sends his children to private schools.
I attended a military school (New Mexico Military Academy) and I turned out (relatively) OK.
Well, I guess that’s still debatable! ;-)
February 29th, 2008 at 11:47 amThere — fixed it for ya…ever notice how Cindy doesn’t blink and has that Stepfordesque look in her eyes??? Be afraid — be very afraid…
Botox.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:48 amHe still spent hundred’s of thousand’s of dollars in real money. he basically decided to invest in education instead of handing over the money with the idea the government knows better.
Comment by Roger_Roger
Well we’ve certainly learned that REPUBLICAN government doesn’t know better. We’ll all be better off when the dems start cleaning up come Jan 20
February 29th, 2008 at 11:48 am#51 - “he basically decided to invest in education instead of handing over the money with the idea the government knows better.” Comment by Roger_Roger — February 29, 2008 @ 11:45 am
Yeah, like the Federal Government knows better on our military or government!
/sarcasm
February 29th, 2008 at 11:48 amCan you say, “tax shelter”? This looks pretty sleazy. Normally, I wouldn’t want to question any charitable foundation, but three things make this different.
1. His wife is the head of the foundation and, no doubt, doesn’t work pro bono.
2. The poor, suffering children being helped all own yachts.
And 3. Nobody else donates to the foundation (OK, that c-note excepted,) so it’s really not a foundation at all, but another cynical way to look out for #1.
http://newsprism.wordpress.com
February 29th, 2008 at 11:51 amBobwurst, I’ll connect the dots that you don’t seem to be able to. Clinton’s tipping point may have come when it was announced that her $5 million loan to her campaign came from a fund she shares with Bill Clinton. That puts into play for the general election business deals by the former president that transformed him from an indigent to a multimillionaire and might be of interest in their income tax returns, which the Clintons refuse to release.
Don’t the Dems need a candidate who is vetted properly?
February 29th, 2008 at 11:51 amI’m not sure why you think donating money to schools is a problem. I bet most of your elected Democrats send their kids to private schools, too. Why don’t you look into that and write your complaints? Losers.
Comment by muckdog
As usual the moronic troll completely misses the point. No one is objecting to his donating money to a private school. It’s how he went about making those donations. Why couldn’t he just write a check to the school? Why did he need to filter it through his foundation? Probably because by filtering it through his foundation he gets to double dip.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:52 amIt’s a tax-deductible way for Cindy to support her drug habit.
Being a drug addict is only a problem if you’re not wealthy, white, and connected.
Sorry, inmates. Cindy sends her disdain.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:52 amCaption contest:
February 29th, 2008 at 11:55 amMcCain to photographer, “Can you make it look like one of those Saturday Night Live photos of Steve Martin? I’m going for the “hip college” vote!”
Straight Talk Express has quite a few curves in it.
But then again when has a republican ever told the truth about anything anyway?
February 29th, 2008 at 11:56 amComment by good_golly — February 29, 2008 @ 11:45 am
HAHA,
He still spent hundred’s of thousand’s of dollars in real money. he basically decided to invest in education instead of handing over the money with the idea the government knows better.
Comment by Roger_Roger — February 29, 2008 @ 11:45 am
You folks need to look up charitable foundations on the google. You sound completely ignorant of them. Well, that’s pretty much status quo for you on most every topic. LMAO.
Comment by muckdog — February 29, 2008 @ 11:45 am
February 29th, 2008 at 12:01 pmDo any of you three retarded stooges understand the point is not about accumulating wealth , or where McLame’s money goes per se’ ; it is the idea that this wrinkled old senile pandering twit is being”charitable” or viewed as altuistic , when that is simply not the case.
Yea, private school kids are so “pampered†and elitist — like that Obama guy.
/snark off
Comment by good_golly
Someone needs to teach this moron troll what “snark” means. It obviously doesn’t get it.
It is obviously trying to say that Obama is “elitist” because he went to a private school. What it misses is that Obama went to a private school on a scholarship, not because his grandparents bought his way into the school. Obama earned his way into private school.
Obama responded to Inouye’s comments in an interview with KITV on Feb. 16.
http://www.mauinews.com/ page/ content.detail/ id/ 500864.html?nav=5031
February 29th, 2008 at 12:01 pmAlways fabulous, simply fabulous lives they lead. I’m working on a troll profile, actually, and this is right near the top of the list.
Comment by gummitch — February 29, 2008 @ 11:26 am
Gigi is having a hissy fit because we are laughing at her while she pretends to be a wealthy elitist Floridian.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:02 pmGiGi is full of it, she is paid to disrupt TP by the RNC.
Kids, if she does have them I feel sorry for them to be in the same house as that scumbag.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:04 pmI thought the same thing, gum. Don’t know why Gigi’s comment struck me as a lie, but it just did. It wasn’t even really the source, although we know Gigi is dishonest. It was more just something in the wording, and how conveniently Gigi’s narrative seemed to fit the current TP thread.
Comment by ralph the wonder llama — February 29, 2008 @ 11:29 am
Anyone that goes out of their way to advertise their so-called wealthy elitist status to strangers is no doubt a liar. Especially since every reich-wing troll at TP claims to be a wealthy elitist.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:05 pmHe still spent hundred’s of thousand’s of dollars in real money. he basically decided to invest in education instead of handing over the money with the idea the government knows better.
He still spent hundred’s of thousand’s of dollars in real money. he basically decided to invest in his children’s education instead of handing over the money with the idea the government knows better.
There, I fixed it for the moronic troll.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:05 pmI never claimed to be wealthy or elitist-comment by GiGi
Ah, then she admits to being a $2 whore in a run-down trailer park?
February 29th, 2008 at 12:10 pmAh, then she admits to being a $2 whore in a run-down trailer park?
Comment by Uncle Ho — February 29, 2008 @ 12:10 pm
A 2 dollar whore has more integrity than a troll like gigi.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:11 pmIf I were very “well-off”, hanging out here (no offense to the nice people) would not be found on my to-do list.
Trolls are the comical dog poop we step in when we come to share this “spreakers’ corner” of the public park. Smelly and inconvenient yes, but not too big a price to pay for the advantages of a public forum.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:19 pmDOES THIS SURPISE ANYONE? THIS GUY IS A CROCK AND HE KNOWS IT, HE’S JUST GOT A BUNCH OF IDIOT REPUBLICAN VOTERS FOOLED. I DON’T TRUST HIM ANY FARTHER THAN I COULD SEE HIM!
February 29th, 2008 at 12:22 pmDr Matt; heh, you are probably right. :-)
February 29th, 2008 at 12:24 pmMcCain is a Liberal - said so himself.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:29 pmMcCain is a Liberal - said so himself.
Comment by tombaker — February 29, 2008 @ 12:29 pm
“Liberals” do not pander ; especially to religious groups ……
They also do not torture , nor do they condone it ; they also do not back down from that type of stance ……….
February 29th, 2008 at 12:31 pmMC - just a little trollbaiting on my part - there’s a story afoot of McMaverick calling himself a “liberal republican” at an appearance.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:35 pmMC - just a little trollbaiting on my part - there’s a story afoot of McMaverick calling himself a “liberal republican†at an appearance.
Comment by tombaker — February 29, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
As if there’s such a thing as a “liberal Republican” …………?
February 29th, 2008 at 12:37 pmexactly - ironic, innit?
February 29th, 2008 at 12:56 pmexactly - ironic, innit?
Comment by tombaker — February 29, 2008 @ 12:56 pm
Nah , it’s sad , actually ; McInsane has tried to claim so many different things about himself , he probably doesn’t even know who is himself any more …………..
February 29th, 2008 at 12:58 pmit’s also funny that McMaverick has to pay those schools that much to keep his kids enrolled - they must be the kind of students he was
for most, simply paying tuition is enough. johnnymac has to bribe the school.
but, truth be known, most of that money is likely going to pills and cosmetic surgery.
February 29th, 2008 at 1:01 pmit’s also funny that McMaverick has to pay those schools that much to keep his kids enrolled - they must be the kind of students he was
for most, simply paying tuition is enough. johnnymac has to bribe the school.
but, truth be known, most of that money is likely going to pills and cosmetic surgery.
Comment by tombaker — February 29, 2008 @ 1:01 pm
Yeah
Got to keep that Stepford wife looking like a mannequin , after all…….
February 29th, 2008 at 1:13 pmHow much does a vanity license plate cost gg?
Cause thats what I think about people that pay to have their name put on buildings. Like McVain.
February 29th, 2008 at 1:22 pmDon’t the Dems need a candidate who is vetted properly?
Comment by Badmoodman
This posting is way too late to expect a response, Badmood, I’m guessing that you’ve moved on. (I was in and out this morning) but here goes:
You’re making a huge leap here from not releasing more info than is required to not being vetted properly. Do you really think she has a skelition in that closet? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a Hillary fan. (I wanted Edwards, but that didn’t work out) I voted for Obama in my primary. I’m not happy with Hillary’ for a lot of reasons from her war stances, to her canned zingers that she can’t quite pull off. But I’ll gladly vote for her over anyone from the republican side of things.
February 29th, 2008 at 2:13 pmYou obviously don’t understand tax laws.
Comment by good_golly — February 29, 2008 @ 11:45 am
You obviously don’t understand ethics, or any other laws.
February 29th, 2008 at 2:31 pmGiven that she lied, cheated, forged, and stole from the non-profit she ran years ago, in order to support her drug habit, and was apparently and obviously never rehabilitated, I wonder that her husband thinks it is wise to hand her another non-profit to chair? Will he put her on any government commissions, too?
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/ 1994-09-08/ news/ opiate-for-the-mrs/
What else has she siphoned off in the meantime?
February 29th, 2008 at 4:34 pmSo what is with Ms Cindy and those things she wears around her neck. I mean she has sweaters on up to the ear. I saw her a couple of weeks ago and it looked like she was doing a remake of Ming robes from Flash Gordon.
Do you think they have an open line with a trough going to her brian and just kind of shovel the drugs in, just wondering?
February 29th, 2008 at 5:21 pmWell, if you don’t like it, write your congresspeople and have them change the tax laws.
LMAO
February 29th, 2008 at 10:23 pm