Cindy McCain...Very Interesting!

[Luke_Wilbur]

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Bet you would have never guessed this one! No matter your politics. The media will never tell of this, so pass it on.

 

There was an article in the Wall Street Journal on Cindy McCain, John's wife. All I ever saw was this attractive woman standing beside John. I was surprised how talented and involved with world problems she is. This is a summary of the article.

 

She graduated from Southern Cal and was a special-needs teacher.

 

After her Dad died she became involved with his beer distributing firm and is now the chairwoman. Sales have doubled since she has taken over from her father.

 

They have a marriage prenuptial agreement, her assets remain separate. She is involved around the world clearing land mines - travels to these countries on a detonation team and service on their board.

 

They have a 19 year old serving in Iraq , another son in the Naval Academy , a daughter recently graduated from Columbia Univ. , an adopted daughter in high school, and a son who is the finance guy at the beer firm.

 

Raised kids in Phoenix , Arizona rather than Washington DC . (better atmosphere) He commuted.

 

In 1991, Mrs. McCain came across a girl in an orphanage in Bangladesh . Mother Teresa implored Mrs. McCain to take the baby with severe cleft palate. She did so without first telling her husband. The couple adopted the girl who has had a dozen operations to repair her cleft palate and other medical problems.

 

They have a Family Foundation for children's causes.

 

She's active with 'Halo Trust' - to clear land mines, provide water and food in war ravaged and developing countries.

 

She will join an overseas mission of 'Operation Smile', a charity for corrective surgery on children's faces.

 

She has had two back surgeries and became addicted to pain killers. She talks openly about it which she says is part of the recovery process.

 

I'm surprised the media is so quiet about her attributes. She sounds more capable than Hillary or Obama. We would really get two for the price of one. A person with business and international experience. John did work for the firm for awhile when he left the Navy. She, however, has the real business experience. Very interesting.

 

This is an example all of us should follow. We need to be more hands on than just using our mouth/

This is an interesting article as not much was known about her. She was on Leno the other night and it was an interesting interview. It turns out that she is a character as she is or has been a race car driver and is also a pilot. She flies John around the country to his rallies. After hearing that about her and reading this I now have a lot of respect for her.

 

Election 2008: Cindy Hensley McCain has been disparaged as a trophy wife, a Barbie, an heiress with fancy purses, even the Paris Hilton of politics. But there's more to the picture than meets the eye.

 

Yes, Mrs. McCain is the perfectly coifed blonde standing dutifully behind the senator during his speeches. And yes, she wears stylish clothing and carries a Prada purse. And it's true she doesn't say much. But feminist critics who write her off as a 'stand-by-your-man' shrinking violet are selling her short. In many ways, Cindy McCain stacks up sturdier than Hillary Clinton or Michelle Obama. And she'd make a more impressive first lady.

 

Mrs. McCain: More than meets the eye.

 

While Obama's wife has been hating America , complaining about the war and undermining our troops serving i n Afghanistan , McCain's wife has been worrying about her sons who actually are fighting or planning to fight in the war on terror. One, in fact, was until a few months ago deployed in Iraq during some of the worst violence.

 

You don't hear the McCain's talk about it, but their 19-year-old Marine, Jimmy, is preparing for his second tour of duty. Their 21-year-old son, Jack, is poised to graduate from Annapolis and also could join the Marines as a second lieutenant. The couple made the decision not t o draw attention to their sons out of respect for other families with sons and daughters in harm's way.

 

Cindy also says she doesn't want to risk falling apart on the campaign trail talking about Jimmy who was so young when he enlisted she had to sign consent forms for his medical tests befo re he could report for duty and potentially upsetting parents of soldiers who are serving or have been killed.

 

The McCain's want to make sure their boys get no special treatment. Same goes for their five other children, including a daughter they adopted from Bangladesh . During a visit to Mother Teresa's orphanage there, Cindy noticed a dying baby. The orphanage could not provide the medical care needed to save her life. So she brought the child home to America for the surgery she desperately needed. The baby is now their healthy, 16-year-old daughter, Bridget.

 

Though all seven McCain children including two Sen. McCain adopted from his first marriage are supportive of their father, they prefer their privacy to the glare of the campaign trail. Another daughter, Meghan, 23, helps him behind the scenes.

 

Cindy McCain not only cherishes her children, but also her country, which in an election year filled with Ame rica-bashing, is a refreshing novelty. She seethed when she heard Michelle Obama's unpatriotic remarks that she only recently grew proud of America 'I am very proud of my country,' Mrs. McCain asserted.

 

She also may be tougher than the other women in the race. While Hillary thinks she's come under sniper fire on mission trips abroad, Cindy has actually seen violence. She witnessed a boy get blown up by a mine in Kuwait during a trip with an international group that removes land mines from war-torn countries.

 

Mrs. McCain also is a hands-on philanthropist. She sits on the board of Operation Smile, which arranges for plastic surgeons to fix cleft palates and other birth defects. She also has helped organize relief missions to Micronesia

 

During a scuba-diving vacation to the islands, Mrs. McCain took a friend to a local hospital to have a cut treated. She was shocked, and saddened, by what she saw. 'They opened the door to the OR, where the supplies were, and there were two cats and a whole bunch of rats climbing out of the sterile supplies,' she recalled. 'They had no X-ray machine, no beds. To me, it was devastating because it wa s a U.S. trust territory.' As soon as she returned home, she arranged for medical equipment and teams of doctors to be sent to treat the island children.

 

Michelle Obama may contribute to CARE, which fights global poverty and works to empower poor women. Cindy sits on its board.

 

While the Democrat women talk about helping the poor and needy, Cindy McCain actually rolls up her sleeves and does it. Who's the out-of-touch elitist?

[JT Allen]

Interesting indeed.

 

After some due-diligence research, I've found everything I looked up about Cindy McCain true re. this email.

 

To digress, after watching Obama's and McCain's respective interviews on 60 Minutes last night (and being an admitted 'Lefty') I think I agree with the author of this email: Cindy McCain would be a better president than either Barack or John.

 

While, imho, McCain skirted the issues a bit during the interview and Obama struck me as more reasonable, progressive, articulate and, well, 'sharper', I must say I was shocked by the humility and kindness Senator McCain exuded during his interview in Phoenix; "salt of the earth" as 'they' say.

 

Too, I don't think it was an act.

 

Although I'll be voting for Obama, I have a brand-new, immense respect for Sen. McCain ... and thanks to this email I'm responding to, for Mrs. McCain as well.

 

I'm truly and duly impressed: good article/email about Mrs. McCain ... along with being very heart-felt.

 

/JT Allen

[Raven]

Thank you Luke for sharing the e-mail about Mrs. McCain.

 

I have read and seen several videos about Mrs Obama, and after reading the post, she has nothing on Mrs. McCain.

 

I think the e-mail also proves that someone around a public figure can have a private life, without criticizing our country, or degrading others to make themselves look good.

 

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