The media never even questioned the lobbyist woman McCain was banging

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/94445/media_salivate_over_edwards'_affair%3B_shrug_shoulders_over_mccain's_alleged_infidelity/

Media Salivate Over Edwards' Affair; Shrug Shoulders Over McCain's Alleged Infidelity

<snip>Many people, especially in the press, jumped to defend McCain against the evil New York Times on that one and there has been no follow up. But considering how everyone is excusing the flogging of this Edwards story on the basis of the fact that he lied to the press, I'm not sure it's in the country's best interest not to ask McCain about this again and talk to the women herself. What if it comes out that it was true after he's president? Why surely the press will be as honor bound to obsess over it as they were about Clinton and now Edwards, right? It's not about the sex -- it's about the lying, remember? (They've been saying on a loop that John Edwards was a breath away from the presidency, after all and he got about four delegates.)

I personally don't care who any of these people are sleeping with (especially McCain). Marriage is a very complicated institution and I don't pass judgment on how others conduct theirs. I think this is all bullshit. But if the media has decided that even a failed politician who has no chance at the presidency can be subject to this kind of scrutiny, then they need to be a little bit more vigilant about pursuing someone who is the nominee of his party and has been very publicly linked to a specific woman by the paper of record, not the National Enquirer. If these are the rules, then this guy is a far more likely subject of scrutiny than Edwards.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Or Cindy.

[gratuitous]

2. Well, Straight-Talkin' Johnny Maverick denied it

So that's all there is to it. Of course, Edwards denied the initial reports, but those bulldogs of the Fourth Estate kept after it. That's because Edwards doesn't serve up barbecue to the reporters. But it's not like you can just buy off reporters with barbecue. You gotta serve liquor, too.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. Yer right ..... they don't even have many pictures of her.

Prolly cuz she's a repubican lobbyist and everyone knows they're immune to scrutiny by our crack media.

[BrklynLiberal]

4. "If these are the rules, then this guy is a far more likely subject of scrutiny than Edwards. "

and that's the truth...

[HEyHEY]

5. When did he have his affair?

[NNN0LHI]

9. Supposed to be ongoing through last year according to the Times

[HEyHEY]

11. Wow, old men can have affairs.

[arthritisR_US]

6. I think this SHOULD be out there front and center because

he IS running for the presidency.

[dbonds]

7. For McCain it was about the motives of the person that exposed it.

McCain's fidelity was never questioned. I feel every day like it is time for a media revolution, tear down the wall.

[KharmaTrain]

8. The Iseman/McCain Affair Screwed Many People

...even if sex wasn't involved. The lady was a lobbyist whose clients paid big bucks for the "access" to Gramps and a "helping and" that helped them get billions in "deregulation", tax breaks and other perks. Even if there wasn't sex (and c'mon the dude's 71...is there anything left??) she sure made sure her Johnny was taken care of with all sorts of other "benefits" (money).

Thanks to DUer MagickMuffin for providing this list of Iseman clients:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4689424

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
Alger County, MI
Alion Science and Technology
Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy
Alonzo Mourning Charities
American Coastal Coalition
American Pacific
Ansul Incorporated
Arcata Associates
Arison Family Trust
ART of Leadership
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
Atlantic City School Board, NJ
Barr Financial Group
Bay County, Florida
BearingPoint, Inc.
C4SI, Incorporated
CACI, Inc.
Carnival Foundation
Carnival Long Beach
Cernium, Incorporated
CH2M-HILL
Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County
Chippewa County, MI
Christian Network, Inc.
City of Atlantic City, NJ
City of Aztec, NM
City of Boca Raton, FL
City of Clearwater, FL
City of Cocoa, FL
City of Dallas,TX
City of Deerfield Beach, FL
City of Delray Beach, FL
City of Hampton, VA
City of Hialeah, FL
City of Hobbs, NM
City of Homestead, FL
City of Key West, FL
City of Lake Mary, FL
City of Lauderdale Lakes, FL
City of Lauderhill, FL
City of Maitland, FL
City of Melbourne, FL
City of Miami, FL
City of North Miami Beach, FL
City of Oldsmar, FL
City of Oviedo, FL
City of Pembroke Pines, FL
City of Petaluma, CA
City of Plantation, FL
City of Rio Rancho, NM
City of Riviera Beach, FL
City of San Rafael, CA
City of Sanford, FL
City of St. Cloud, FL
City of Treasure Island, FL
City of Virginia Beach, VA
City of Winter Park, FL
Clark Construction
Coalition for Natural Health
Columbia Union College
Community Rehabilitation Center
Computer Sciences Corporation
CONMED, Inc.
Contra Costa County, CA
Cruise Lines International Association
Dow AgroSciences LLC
Dr. David Wu on behalf of Master Wan Ko Yee
Duval County Public Schools, FL
Dynamic Animations Systems, Inc.
Earth Technologies Forum
Earthshell Corporation
EC-MAC
Edward Waters College
Fairfax County Water Authority, VA
Fairfax County, VA
Falcon Safety Products
Fire Fighting Foam Coalition
Florida Inland Navigation District
Foundation for Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Fred Olson Caribbean, Ltd.
Fresno County, CA
Friends of the NC State Museum of Natural Sciences
Glendale Community College
Global Technical Systems
Golden Gate Bridge Hwy & Transportation District
Grand Valley State University
Halon Alternatives Research Corporation
Halon Recycling Corporation
Hawkeye Community College, IA
Hendry County, FL
HFF, Inc.
Hillsborough Community College, FL
Hillsborough County, FL
Hispanic Broadcasting
Homer Center School District, PA
Houston Independent School District
Hudson Technologies, Inc.
i2Telecom
International Climate Change Partnership
ION Media Networks
Jacksonville Aviation Authority, FL
Jacksonville Port Authority, FL
Jovon Broadcasting
Kansas Gaming Limited
Lake County, FL
Las Vegas Convention Authority, NV
Lea County, NM
Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc.
M&M Energy
M.R. Beal and Company
Manatee County Port Authority
Marin County, CA
Marion County, FL
Melbourne Airport Authority, FL
Mendocino County, CA
Mercy Ships
Miami HEAT Academy
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Miami-Dade County, FL
Michigan Capital Fund for Housing
Monroe County School District, FL
Mosaic Fertilizer Company
National Motor Freight Traffic Association
Navajo Agricultural Products Industry
New Energy and Development
New Mexico Tech, NM
Noblis
Okaloosa County, FL
Operation Warm
Orange County, FL
Orion Refining Corporation
Orlando-Sanford International Airport, FL
Osceola County School Board, FL
Osceola County, FL
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Palm Beach Community College
Palm Beach County School Board, FL
Payment Programs Management Corporation
Point Coupee Parish School Board, LA
Port of Miami, FL
Potomac Partners DC on behalf of Grologo
Prince George County, VA
Referentia Systems, Inc.
Religious Broadcasters
Rio Rancho Public Schools, NM
Riverside Hospital, Washington, DC
Ross Baruzzini
S.Seminole & N.Orange County Wastewater Authority
Saga Communications, Inc.
San Bernardino City Unified School District, CA
San Juan County, NM
Sandoval County, NM
School District of Philadelphia, PA
Select Remedy
SemGreen
Seminole County, FL
Silver Companies, VA
SMI, Inc.
Sonoma County Parks and Recreation, CA
Sonoma County Water Agency, CA
Sonoma County, CA
Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District, CA
Stevens Institute of Technology
SYKES Enterprises
Tampa Port Authority, FL
TerreStar Networks
Thompson, Cobb, Bazilio & Associates
Total Living Network
Town of Jupiter, FL
Town of Windemere, FL
Transportation Agency of Monterey County, CA
Trex Enterprises
Tulare County Association of Governments
Tulare County, CA
U.S. Awami League
University of Nevada - Las Vegas
University of Texas Pan American
Univision
VFIM, Corp.
VSE Corporation
Washington Policy Analysis
Washington Workshops
Waste Control Specialists
West Coast Inland Navigation District, FL
Westbury Union Free School Dist., NY
WILL Interactive, Inc.

Remember, it was Gramps own people who termed their relationship as "inappropriate". And we still haven't found out why.

Cheers...

[AndyTiedye]

10. Different Rules for Republicans

[WheelWalker]

12. Problem is, the concept of McCain having sex is just not credible. nt

[riverdeep]

13. When I think of what could possibly have been going through Edward's mind,

when he thought he could have an affair, pay her, etc. and think it would not be found out, this is the only thing I can think of.

Think about the media and Bush. They were startlingly uncurious about a guy who never had a successful business, went AWOL, took vast quantities of drugs, had a wife who committed vehicular homicide and walked away, and was a figurehead governor whose greatest thrill seemed to come from signing death warrants. Maybe Edwards looked at that and thought the same thing would happen to him. He made the fatal flaw of not only doing something stupid he was SWD, Stupid While Democrat.