Slog - Comments on Maverick Moment of the Day http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1 It's old news that John McCain divorced his first wife, a former model named Carol Shepp, after he returned from the war in Vietnam to find her disfigured by a car accident. But some of the details of McCain's divorce and quick re-marriage to beer heiress Cindy Hensley McCain don't add up, according to today's LA Times. In his 2002 memoir, "Worth the Fighting For," McCain wrote that he had separated from Carol before he began dating Hensley. "I spent as much time with Cindy in Washington and Arizona as our jobs would allow," McCain wrote. "I was separated from... Copyright 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:45:59 -0800 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:22:02 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by monkey Some people believe in the sanctity of marriage so much that they do it repeatedly.

Yay for family values!

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071777 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071777 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:53:56 -0800 Comment by I'm black! Really! The only thing worse than bigamy is unintentional bigamy.

]]> I'm black! Really! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071801 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071801 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:02:23 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle It's not just that it's bigamy, it's that he was sleeping around on his wife and two little girls while parading around DC with younger women in public.

Family values?

Don't make me laugh.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071815 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071815 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:09:08 -0800 Comment by yuiop Who cares?

]]> yuiop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071841 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071841 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:20:12 -0800 Comment by Ursula Um, it's not bigamy at all, y'all. You can obtain a marriage license for your next marriage while your current one is being resolved; you just can't actually get married until after, which is what he did. Read it right.

This story is in the same vein as the 'Obama isn't an American citizen!' bullshit and I hope it dies a similarly quick death.

]]> Ursula http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071853 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071853 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:24:39 -0800 Comment by Ursula It's not bigamy at all, guys. You can get a marriage license for your next marriage while your current marriage is still being resolved; you just can't actually get married until after the divorce is finalized, which is what he did. Read the whole damn paragraph.

This is the left-wing equivalent of the 'Obama isn't a natural-born American Citizen!!!!' bullshit, and I hope it dies a similarly quick death.

]]> Ursula http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071861 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071861 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:27:48 -0800 Comment by Ursula Aw, crap. Sorry for the double-post.

]]> Ursula http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071875 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071875 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:34:21 -0800 Comment by lostboy What Ursula @5 said.  We have more than enough legitimate policy and character reasons to oppose McCain.  The man's already admitted to being a jerk about the divorce.  It happened nearly 30 years ago, and I suspect a lot of Slog denizens have little trouble forgiving themselves for similar past episodes of shittiness toward a partner.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071880 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071880 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:38:12 -0800 Comment by douglas i'm with ursula on this one (but you only have to say it once girl), this only shows that mccain isn't perfect and relationships are complicated. duh. it's not going to cost him any votes, particularly among the women hating right, better to drop it and move on.

]]> douglas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071881 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071881 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:38:33 -0800 Comment by laterite He's still a creep for doing it. And he has the temerity to still speak about "family values", that hoary old chestnut.

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071882 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071882 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:39:00 -0800 Comment by But I hear she gave GREAT head..... Wow, he must have been a real bastard to get the Reagans worked up about divorce.

What's even more interesting is that anyone would care who that dried up old skank Nancy Reagan would endorse. Remember, you can put skank in Chanel, but she's still skank.

]]> But I hear she gave GREAT head..... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071888 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071888 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:43:09 -0800 Comment by Ursula @10: What, you're surprised? These guys learn to mistreat women before they learn to walk. (See also GINGRICH, NEWT.)

]]> Ursula http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071905 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071905 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:50:52 -0800 Comment by Y.F. A Republican lying about his affair? No, go on!

]]> Y.F. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071964 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1071964 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:16:50 -0800 Comment by wench @8 - However, the fact that he takes responsibility for it yet continues to lie about it to make himself look good is something that should be reported.

]]> wench http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1072236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1072236 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:49:23 -0800 Comment by lostboy wench @8, this is starting to remind me of the rhetoric surrounding Clinton's impeachment.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1072309 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1072309 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:10:58 -0800 Comment by Canteen Boy That was using a calendar from Panama?

]]> Canteen Boy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1072312 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maverick_moment_of_the_day_1#c1072312 2008 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:22:02 -0800