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<p>When Bill Clinton was still president, George Bush campaigned on a platform of “restoring dignity to the White House.” Character had become an issue because of Clinton’s womanizing. Clinton was of course impeached for telling lies and depending on legalisms in hiding or defending his activities, even though many considered that his actions while reprehensible were far short of the standard required for presidential impeachment.</p>
<p>Wouldn’t it make sense for the Republican Party at least to apply some of the same impeachment-related character standards to the life of McCain? Many Republican-aligned pundits have already maligned Obama’s character because of his association with a man of suspect ideas. But there are other actions that speak much more directly to a man’s character, wouldn’t this be agreed?</p>
<p>Ross Perot, the billionaire who paid for McCain’s first wife’s medical bills and knew both McCain and his wife well, on McCain:</p>
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<p>Some of McCain’s acquaintances are less forgiving, however. They portray the politician as a self-centred womaniser who effectively abandoned his crippled wife to ‘play the field’. They accuse him of finally settling on Cindy, a former rodeo beauty queen, for financial reasons.</p>
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<p>[The</a> wife John McCain callously left behind | Mail Online](<a href=“The wife John McCain callously left behind | Daily Mail Online”>The wife John McCain callously left behind | Daily Mail Online)</p>
<p>Putting aside for a second the question of the fact that McCain sought out Hagee’s support and endorsement and how this matches up against Obama’s long-term association with Wright, I’d say given the Republicans’ track record of being scandalized by certain character issues and “guilt by association,” they need to examine these facts from McCain’s life.</p>
<p>What spurred my interest in this story was also the fact that I had drinks with a woman whose father was in McCain’s flight class. When I asked her if he liked him and would vote for him, she demurred and said that he would support Obama. She wouldn’t say whether her father liked McCain.</p>
<p>Finally, on the topic of deceit, raised by one of these quotes, look at this video – especially the parts where he talks about how safe Iraq is. He talks like a practiced liar, IMO. If you don’t believe in his being a liar, you have to at least admit that he’s problematically forgetful; that would be an extremely nice (read: delusional) interpretation. Again, at the least, he’s a horrible panderer:</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - The Real McCain 2](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLfsG8XKWfw]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLfsG8XKWfw)</p>
<p>(Excuse the largely recycled post from another thread, but it’s appropos.)</p>