May 08, 2008
Cindy McCain: I Won't Ever Release My Tax Returns
Cindy McCain, wife of the presumptive GOP nom, told Today's Ann Curry this a.m. that she will never release her tax returns -- not even if her husband wins the highest office in the land. She said it's a privacy issue and that she has always filed separately from her husband. Cindy McCain is heiress to the Hensley liquor fortune.
"I am not the candidate," she told Curry.
Here's a clip of the interview, circulated by the DNC:
DNC Chairman Howard Dean pounced on McCain's statement. "What is John McCain trying to hide?" Dean said in a statement released by the party. "Throughout this campaign, he has acted like his own calls for openness and accountability apply to everyone but himself. Now he thinks he can bring that same double standard to the White House. Whether he is skirting the FEC, withholding his tax returns, or stocking his campaign with the same Washington lobbyists he attacks on the campaign trail, John McCain is showing that he doesn't respect the voters enough to be honest with them. John McCain may not like it, but the American people have a right to know about the well documented links between his political career and the McCains' business ventures. John McCain's refusal to meet the standard of every other candidate seeking the office is one more reason he's the wrong choice for America's future."
Posted at 01:42 PM
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Florida & Michigan knew full well that they were breaking the rules, so why give them anything, afterall, Dems never win Florida in the general election.
tally | 05.08.08 03:11 PM
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Cindy McCain is imperious and arrogant. The presidency is not a monarchy. The public has every right in the world to see the tax returns of the spouse of a presidential candidate. If John and Cindy can't stand the heat, they need to get out of the kitchen.
jerry | 05.08.08 04:09 PM
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Cindy McCain is a very arrogant rich woman. She needs to come clean with her tax return to ride on the straight talk express.
Cindy | 05.08.08 10:39 PM
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Dean is such a coward attacking the wife of a candidate. Cindy's money doesn't fund her husband's campaigns and never has. John McCain HAS released HIS tax returns little Howard. Dean's screams sound like desperation!
DeanSUCKS | 05.09.08 10:25 AM
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McCain is involved in another scandal..
NYT: McCain pushed legislation that benefited top donor
Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers.
Initially reluctant to support the swap, the Arizona Republican became a key figure in pushing the deal through Congress after the rancher and his partners hired lobbyists that included McCain's 1992 Senate campaign manager, two of his former Senate staff members (one of whom has returned as his chief of staff), and an Arizona insider who was a major McCain donor and is now bundling campaign checks.
Erin | 05.09.08 12:12 PM
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Hey Erin, how is the federal corruption trail going for Obama's major fundraiser, supporter, and land-swap neighbor Tony Resko?
DemoRATS | 05.09.08 01:51 PM
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