Wonder what he was hiding?
In 1986, when then-Rep. McCain was running for the Senate seat vacated by Barry Goldwater, he quietly began remodeling a $500,000 house in central Phoenix owned by his wealthy father-in-law James Hensley. The $225,000 project — which included the construction of a 4,000-square-foot addition, swimming pool, jacuzzi, cabana and barbecue — held political peril for McCain, who was already fighting charges that he was as an opportunistic carpertbagger.
The new house was located in Phoenix’s fourth congressional district — outside of the first district in Tempe which he represented at the time.
AP caught wind of the work at 7110 North Central Ave. shortly before the general election and dispatched a reporter to examine blueprints at the planning department. They found the permit applicants were listed as Hensley and a mysterious “Mr. Smith.”
The reporter tracked down McCain’s plumber, who told him he’d been told Mr. Smith’s first name was “Eldon.”
Eldon Smith, it turned out, was John McCain.
Yes, this is much more mysterious than what Obama is hiding about his relationship with his terrorist friend Ayers. Please keep posting about McCain’s homes, Oliver. Your new obsession is hilarious.
Obviously, he was trying to avoid an embarrassing spotlight on his wife’s wealth, which you are providing now, 22 years later.
Hmmm…speaking of 22 years….what was going on with Biden 22 years ago?
Hair transplant?
Yes, this is much more mysterious than what Obama is hiding about his relationship with his terrorist friend Ayers.
Yes, as mysterious as his birth certificate. You’re adorable.
speaking of 22 years….what was going on with Biden 22 years ago?
Being involved in a savings and loan scandal? Oh, wait.
Obviously, he was trying to avoid an embarrassing spotlight on his wife’s wealth
Ahahahahahahahaha
That’s going to be an awesome ad: “I left my crippled wife for the rich heiress I was screwing on the side, but I’m really embarrassed about it. McCain ‘08!”
Ayers?
Obama was 8? 10? when Ayers was blowing shit up.
Who really thinks they were accomplices?
So it’s OK for a president to be friends with a guy who was “blowing [America] up” and only regrets not doing it more? Obama ‘08!!!
Just John…
Nobody thinks they were accomplices.
By your logic, I guess it would be OK for Obama to pal around with Charles Manson.
Yes, this is much more mysterious than what Obama is hiding about his relationship with his terrorist friend Ayers.
I agree with August. Your adorable.
Don’t worry oliver, when he remodels the white house, it will definitely be listed under John McCain…..
Seriously, if this is the best the democrat party can come up with, McCain is a shoe in….
Good one! From Politico, centrist’s central.
This McCain and his wife are the scum of the earth. Time to reveal their unearned income based on lying and cheating.
Senator Stevens, as another one, did no more than this and yet the Republicans threw him under the bus.
The reason that the Crypt thinks it’s not too important is that it’s revelation of McCain’s posing as someone else to avoid??? something (like not really living in his district? or avoiding taxes or what? ) Is that it didn’t effect that particular election….(as I said, “Even a Pit bull dog could have gotten elected in Arizona over any Dem. at the time”.)
Now it’s different, if he’d posed like that now as a Senator, he’d get the Steven’s treatment… and he’s running for President in a nation split down the middle –red or blue– thus people need to know more about McCain’s lack of character.
Like his ghost written stories about crosses in the dirt. All Fake!
btw, the savings and loan scandal was cooked up by the Republican White House, the Reagan White House. Since the complicit Democrat Senators and House-members were afraid of actually going after the UberPresident (his Fascist minions at arms to protect him), they threw a few Senators under the bus in an offering to distract the people from the real culprits (in the White House and Corporate America) in order to avoid cultural wars and such. McCain and some other guys were thrown over as being too close to only one of the many involved in the mess. While noted Republicans and Democrats were deeply involved in the S and L, the Keating Five had little to do with what caused it all–rabid Deregulation of the Financial System. (and the Clinton’s had nothing to do with it either but Republicans tried to blame them…but came up only with pornography for their amusement..)
Seriously, if this is the best the democrat party can come up with, McCain is a shoe in….
A shoe in what?
mccain has always been money hungry…and his wife w/all her fancy clothes and hair dos
is the same…in spite of his fancy costing suits (at least to me) he still looks like a carpet bagger…mealy mouthed just like phil baby graham…i know he probably went thru hell as a prisoner of war…but that was years ago…what has he done for arizona except fill his own pockets…phoenix is even falling out of love w/him
“A shoe in what?”
His own mouth, maybe? At least that’s the impression I get from listening to Zero McItahundred-Bombomiran.
By your logic, I guess it would be OK for Obama to pal around with Charles Manson.
Better than palling around with Osama, like McCain.
This bunch is laughable!
You can’t even stay on point long enough to bitch out McCain for renovating his house (!)
“Data”Dave starts on the ad hominems in the first sentence, and the rest are riffing on my choice of words.
How about a little something on Joe Biden and his comment that The Obama doesn’t have enough experience to be president?
You guys are doomed…..
Duh – Primary candidates rag on each other in every election and end up on the ticket together. Will your predictions be just as apocalyptic if Sen. McCain picks Romney? I don’t recall them being exactly civil.
Parth when these two candidates stood out as the contenders, I was really worried. McCain is not even close to being a perfect candidate, while on the surface, in front of a teleprompter, Obama looks great.
Now, as we see more about how much less Obama is, as well as his tired Chicago style politics, the democrats have taken what should be a walk-away lead and turned it into a horse-race.
When Obama finally gets the guts to go head-to-head with McCain, he is going to get creamed.
I feel better and better each day about the Republican chances for a win, how many of you feel the same about the Democrats?
It’s gut-check time kiddies, and McCain is carrying all the momemntum…
It’s gut-check time kiddies, and McCain is carrying all the momemntum…
Just precious.
When Obama finally gets the guts to go head-to-head with McCain, he is going to get creamed.
Whaddya say we hold off on this crap til after the first debate?
Thats the point Duros, McCain wanted to start the debates months ago….The Obama refused….
But I am ok with it….I am pretty confident in the outcome, how about you?
Oh, yes, I’m quite confident.
Thats the point Duros, McCain wanted to start the debates months ago….The Obama refused….
Of course Obama refused. Debating that early would be unsporting of him.
I’m glad guys like duh feel so confident. Maybe they’ll be too ashamed to show up here after the first debate.
Duh, did you watch any of the GOP debates during the primary? Did you see how happy he got when he remembered to say one of his tag lines, like “I’ll follow Osama to the gates of hell!” Followed, of course, by that weird gigglegrin he does. He got away with that while debating the likes of Romney and Huckabee. Don’t think it will work with Obama.
The only way McCain can win in the debates is by losing. Then the audience might think Obama was picking on a confused old man. You know, like Jack McCoy lost that case when the old guy cried in that “Law and Order” episode.
Not an accomplice?
then why do y’all keep bringing him up?
McCain was Ron Mexico before Michael Vick was
Um…are there any actual reporters reading this? Did McCain put a false name on a public document? If so, would this have been a crime?
Please…actual reporters…ask actually relevant questions.
“I’ll follow Osama to the gates of hell!”
Am I the only one who has a problem with that statement? If he meant he would pursue Bin Laden to the gates of Hell, why would he say it like that? One usually says it like that when you mean you would do anything for someone.
Like Paulie Walnuts:”Tony Soprano? I’d follow that man to the gates of Hell.”
Anybody else wondering? Or did he say it that way because he was a POW?
This isn’t the first time he’s used that fake name. He uses fake names all the time when he’s with his 6 secret other families.