Tag: Cindy McCain
Posted on Fri Sep 12, 2008 at 01:51:10 AM EST
Tags: John McCain, Cindy McCain (all tags)
Now that Cindy McCain's prescription drug abuse is back in the news, let's take a look at Sen. John McCain's drug warrior record:
John McCain is a hawk in the war on drugs. One standard for his wife, another for everyone else.
His voting record on drugs, after his wife's problems: [More....]
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Posted on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 09:09:28 PM EST
Tags: John McCain, Cindy McCain, SAFER (all tags)
When I first heard today of the new website Drug Dealer Cindy, I thought it was going to be about Cindy McCain's past struggles with prescription drugs. It's not. It's about her family beer distributing business, Hensley & Company.
The site and the video are the work of Safer Choice, a Colorado organization whose goals I've supported in the past.
This new site makes me a little uneasy. I'd almost rather it was about the sweetheart deal Cindy McCain got for her prescription drug violations that others don't get -- and if her husband is elected President, won't get.
SAFER in the fine print says the site is not an attack on Cindy McCain but on the hypocrisy of our laws that tolerate alcohol abuse while punishing users of marijuana, a less harmful substance.
Sorry, SAFER, I see it as an attack on Cindy McCain and I think it will be viewed as mean-spirited. I'd rather you stick to attacking our unjust laws and the politicians who pass them. That's John McCain, not Cindy.
Raw Story has more.
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Posted on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:00:03 PM EST
Tags: John McCain, Cindy McCain, 2008 (all tags)
Everyone knows Cindy McCain, the heiress wife of John McCain, was addicted to pain pills. CNN's 360 tonight highlighted it in a profile of her tonight.
But Cindy McCain wasn't just addicted to pain pills. She was investigated federally for stealing pain pills from a medical charity she headed and for having prescriptions filled in the names of the charity's employees. She admitted it. One of the doctors who wrote the prescriptions for her lost his license.
Mrs. McCain, through her lawyers, was able to get federal prosecutors to let her enter a diversion program and avoid jail.
Diversion is common in state courts for first-time offenders. It isn't in federal courts.
Here are some articles from that time period:
John McCain is a hawk in the war on drugs. One standard for his wife, another for everyone else.
His voting record on drugs, after his wife's problems:
More....
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