I Would Suggest that Cindy McCain Change Shoes with Any Middle Class American

Sorted under 2008 election, Iraq war, politics on October 14, 2008

At a recent McCain/Palin rally in Bethlehem, PA, Cindy McCain made a speech where she said:

“I’m proud of my sons, but let me tell you, the day that Senator Obama cast a vote not to fund my son when he was serving sent a cold chill through my body. I would suggest that Senator Obama change shoes with me for just one day, and see what it means.”

First of all, Cindy McCain is not the first person in this Republican choke hold to the top to make this remark; in fact, she probably was not smart enough to come up with it on her own, so she took it from Governor Sarah Palin, who was most likely told to say it by Senator McCain or one of the Bush speech writers lending Palin a hand with all of this political talk business. On October 2, 2008, during the vice presidential debate in St. Louis, Missouri, Palin said:

“I know that the other ticket opposed this surge — in fact, even opposed funding our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Barack Obama voted against funding troops after promising that he would not do so,”

So let’s take a closer look at this particular, horribly misleading remark (although Obama has already disproved this remark several times, but you know, people don’t listen to him and would rather get their information from a camp that has been proven to have made over 62 different false and misleading points about Obama throughout this campaign.)

Obama, along with 13 other senators, voted against a war-spending plan that would have provided emergency funds for American troops overseas on May 24, 2007. The reason Obama voted against this plan was because, he said:

“We must fund our troops, but we owe them more. We owe them a clear, prudent plan to relieve them of the burden of policing someone else’s civil war.”

Now, what Palin and Cindy McCain failed to mention is that Senator Obama supported and voted for an earlier version of that bill which would have provided the same funding for American troops, but had established a timeline for Bush to begin bringing them home.

Also, as a side note, Biden had also voted for that version of the plan as well.

Now guess how McCain voted on this war spending plan? Yeah, he didn’t, so doesn’t that make McCain, a former POW and also a father of a deployed American soldier just as bad as Palin and the McCains are trying to make Obama out to be? Yeah, I think so.

So now that we know the point both Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain made about Obama is bullshit, let’s take a look at how a woman who is an heiress to an estimated $100 million beer company, who makes approximately $6 million a year, has the right to compare herself to average, middle-class citizens who have sons and daughters currently deployed or who have been deployed themselves.

If we know anything by now, it is that the McCains make enough money where John McCain seriously cannot recall just how many houses he has, so why does Cindy McCain think it is okay to compare herself, a woman with potentially 11 different homes, to a family who is struggling to pay their mortgage on their one and only home, or perhaps even their rent on their one apartment? Because her family and your family both have deployed family, although she will rest her head on $800 sheets and you will be laying awake all night wondering what bill is important to pay this month or if you can afford to put gas in the car and buy groceries? While Cindy McCain makes bold statements, do you think she would change shoes with you, or any middle class citizen with deployed family? I wouldn’t count on it and neither would the many military spouses (most of which who coincidentally support Obama) Cindy McCain offended with her statement.

“When millionaires such as Cindy McCain act as if they understand our lives, and the lives of everyday military families and veterans, we get upset,” said Himel-Nelson.

Perhaps the next time Cindy McCain feels the need to publicly offend middle class, military families, someone should ask her why John McCain received a 20% rating from Disabled American Veterans (Barack Obama received an 80% rating) and a D grade for his voting record on issues such as additional funding for combat body armor and for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other medical treatment by the non-partisan group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. (Barack Obama received a B+.)



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  • Dude - I'll take her shoes - they've got to be Malano Blanc's (did I even spell that correctly?)
  • Dee
    What I cannot get is how so many people buy into the patently false crap. Is it gullibility, stupidity or just blind faith.
  • How about trading places with me. I don't own a house yet and I want to feel rich and powerful. Let me have my 15 minutes of fame.
  • Jim
    You are disgusting and are clearly full of class envy. You don't understand that Cindy's father gave up everything to start a business that turned out to be successful. It is the American dream. You also have no clue how much work Cindy McCain has done for the poor in our country and others. She even adopted an orphan. She has done more than you could ever hope and this blog is an embarrassment.

    Where are the "chicken hawk" cries? Oh, thats right...can't say that anymore because the entire republican ticket has sons serving in iraq. You are soooo full of it.
  • So if you're wealthy you don't have a right to be concerned about your deployed son, or to voice it? By the way, the Obama's and the Biden's are millionaires, too. The only people in this race who are not millionaires are the Palins! So why is Sarah Palin castigated when the RNC buys her campaign clothes because she doesn't have and can't afford the wardrobe that all the other millionaires in this race wear? (And ALL the political elites in Wash DC wear, also)? Oh, I guess if you're a Republican it doesn't matter whether you're rich or middle class - just shut your mouth and get out of the way of the coronation of the pure-as-driven-snow-always-right-never-ever-lies-will-make everything-perfect messiah Obama.
  • interesting post..
    I'm a fan of Obama..
  • Thanks for the excellent post. Sometimes I am tired of listening about politics. Most of the politicians are not honest.
  • you couldn't have said it better, she should try and change shoes with any middle class citizen; let her see things from that perspective...
  • hmm... I'm not so sure of who to do for to be honest!

    Obama does seem good but is that just hope & change? And hope doesn't really get us anywhere... hardwork does.
  • I second the motion on everything, even with just the very title of this piece. I don't see see how a woman who's never experienced what it's like to be middle class would ever understand the needs of the middle class.
  • i vote obama,,
    obama can quickly refresh image of america that has not apreciate with war accident..
    than obama can quickly make friendship with Islam then it will make peace full in the word,,
    i love peace full man..=)
  • I wouldn't worry too much about Cindy McCain - you won't hear anything of her again when they lose the election in November, as it''s looking increasingly likely they will do.

    Lets face it, if the Democrats can't win this election they may as well give up on politics and become a lawn tennis club

    So what will prevent them from winning? Firstly, race. It's clear that this won't be clear until the results as a lot of people will simply not admit that they won't vote for a black person.

    The second, is a terrorist attack. What's the betting the Bin Laden releases a recording between now and election day? Or, perhaps, an outrage takes place on American soil?
  • oh and obama buying into the fake kill him story is any better? I like how you nitpick one comment made by cindy mccain but barack obama lying doesnt get a mention? and john mccain does not know how many houses he has because they are not his houses.
  • People like the McCains can never relate to poor people because they have never been poor. It is such a simple thing. Cindy McCain annual income is more than most will make in a lifetime. I simply cannot understand why people cannot understand that the wealthy do not have our best interests at heart. Their only interest is in preserving their wealth.
  • Obama said it right. Our good men and women are doing the job they shouldn't do. I hope this will change soon.
  • IF only there was a first lady debate between Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain.
  • I am just going to try to figure out who will screw the middle class people the least...because you know they're going to screw us some how regardless of who is sitting in the Oval Office
  • i think cindy mccain should stay in iraq or live in a hut in india for a while...
  • Somebody should make a list of the bills that both Obama and McCain voted for and against during their terms in the Senate. This will let the people know who to choose and who is telling the truth.
  • Very interesting post! I agree that Cindy McCain should stay in Iraq.. that would be fun lol!
  • Excellent post. This outraged me as well - especially because of McCain's vote against the Webb GI bill. His insulting reason was that making college too attractive will harm our military retention rates. It's appalling.
  • Politics at its finest as always, you just don't know who to believe half the time. It's hard to tell who's twisted what.
  • As ever there is this strange psychological phenomenon at play here wherein voters form opinions based upon preconceived ideas and heresay rather than hard fact. Cindy McCain's attempt to garner support from military families has clearly backfired.
  • It's unfortunate that with all the information we recieve regarding the candidates people will believe what they want. Even if a candidate has been proven wrong nobody cares because they're going to vote for who their going to vote for. So, what does this all mean? I'm wouldn't be surprised if we had another Bush / Kerry / Florida incident.

    Dawn
  • BLane
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMy6rBDI-qc

    Cindy McCain's own "fund my son" statements turned against her
  • I think Cindy Mccain should go live in Iraq for a week.
  • Why are Republican women so much more badass/interesting than their male counterparts? I mean, no way would I vote for Palin (through McCain) and no way do I agree with Cindy McCain's assertions in her speech at the RNC.
  • I totally don't understand how "supporting the troops" equals "making them fight a war no one believes in until they all die." The McCain campaign is exactly like in the book 1984 where the government just makes it up as they go along, and people eat it up because they're oppressed or idiots or both.
  • Excellent post. This outraged me as well - especially because of McCain's vote against the Webb GI bill. His insulting reason was that making college too attractive will harm our military retention rates. It's appalling.
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