John McCain Had An Affair With A Lobbyist Named Eisman?
What is this I'm hearing about John McCain having or had an affair with a lobbyist named Ms. Eisman? Apparently his aides had to intervene so they could "save McCain from himself". They had to block the woman's access to him. Is anyone else familiar with this story, and can you shed some light?
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http://au.answers.yahoo.com/answers2/frontend.php/question?qid=20080220171601AAvp3G8NY Times Report Links McCain To Lobbyist
Both Iseman, McCain Deny Romantic Relationship
During John McCain's first presidential run eight years ago, advisers became concerned over the Arizona senator's relationship with a female lobbyist, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
McCain, 71, and the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, 40, both denied they ever had had a romantic relationship, the paper reported on its Web site.
However, the report went on to say that even the appearance of a close bond with a lobbyist had McCain's advisers worried. Iseman was attending fundraisers with McCain, was often seen in his offices and in at least one occasion flew with him on one of her client's private jets, the Times said.
Staff members moved to block the woman's access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity.
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http://www.wpxi.com/politics/15360264/detail.htmlMcCain/Lobbyist Story In The New York Times Finally Drops
20 Feb 2008 08:17 pm
There's lots of fairly well-reported innuendo about a lobbyist named Vicki Iseman and a well-written recapitulation of the case against McCain as a good judge of optics... ... but nothing to suggest that McCain compromised his political principles. That said, the interest will be intense because the story was so heavily anticipated. And the wink-wink-nod-nod assertion that McCain allegedly acknowledged unspecified "improprieties" to some aides is bound to be the part of this that kicks for a while.
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Mr. McCain, 71, and the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, 40, both say they never had a romantic relationship. But to his advisers, even the appearance of a close bond with a lobbyist whose clients often had business before the Senate committee Mr. McCain led threatened the story of redemption and rectitude that defined his political identity.
That February, Mr. McCain and Ms. Iseman attended a small fund-raising dinner with several clients at the Miami-area home of a cruise-line executive and then flew back to Washington along with a campaign aide on the corporate jet of one of her clients, Paxson Communications. By then, according to two former McCain associates, some of the senator’s advisers had grown so concerned that the relationship had become romantic that they took steps to intervene.
A former campaign adviser described being instructed to keep Ms. Iseman away from the senator at public events, while a Senate aide recalled plans to limit Ms. Iseman’s access to his offices.
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http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/02/mccainlobbyist_story_in_the_ne.phpNY Times reports on relationship between McCain and female lobbyist
in the news
VickiisemanThe New York Times has dropped a bombshell into the 2008 presidential campaign:
Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers.
A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, in his offices and aboard a client’s corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself — instructing staff members to block the woman’s access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity. ...
Mr. McCain, 71, and the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, 40, both say they never had a romantic relationship. But to his advisers, even the appearance of a close bond with a lobbyist whose clients often had business before the Senate committee Mr. McCain led threatened the story of redemption and rectitude that defined his political identity.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21mccain.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hpMore:
http://www.blueoregon.com/2008/02/ny-times-report.htmlHoly, Fuck! McCain is banging The Vancome Lady!
"Ya know what? Nuh-uh, Grampa!"