Winning Strategy for John McCain

[Geo]

I'm sitting here watching Fox News. John McCain is discussing the Arizona Immigration legislation. He mentioned the new legislation would help address illegal drug issues in Arizona.

So I am watching this and it hit me. I know what he could do to ensure a win in his senate race. He should declare that he is for the legalization of marijuana.

He's already demonstrated that he is willing to roll the dice (just loom at the Palin vp pick). He has already demonstrated that he is fine painting himself the opposite of what he always stood for (he's never considered himself a maverick).

He could justify this as being the drastic means we need to solve state budget issues and to rid the region of drug cartel violence. He would garner votes he'd never get from all over the political continuum. Leno's people would be calling. He would get national exposure. And after it worked he could skate into the white house if that's what he wanted. We're heading in this direction anyway. He would get the credit for making it happen.

 

[Lake View Too]

I know McCain is the kind of desperate opportunistic politician that would do anything to try to get elected (see Sarah Palin), but I don't think even he is mavericky enough to do this. Please put the bong down and step away...

 

[Geo]

The whole point of the post is exactly what u said- that McCain is desperate and will say and do anything to get elected.

I think you might have missed that this was tongue and cheek. But the more I think about it, the more I actually think it would work.

 

[Bob]

i will help my brother with the yellow teeth.....for a fee

 

[Geo]

Haha. I should have posted a thread that said- McCain winning strategy: Whiten!

 

[AlphaCrab]

GPS Political Navigation for John McCain:

Continue as far as you can go on Right Avenue, then take a sharp right and hang another right onto White Street. You have arrived at your destination!

Career politicians of either party--doncha just love 'em!

 

[Yzarctoo]

Dear Geo and Bob,

Haha. I should have posted a thread that said- McCain winning strategy: Whiten!

in regards to Bob's 'yellow teeth comment"

Hey guys, You two sound like bullies on the playground...making fun of someone's physical looks...something I thought Liberals and mature adults didn't approve of...

McCain gave up years of his life defending his country, defending your rights to speak out like you do on these forums...making fun of someone's physical look, be it his yellowing teeth... due to his age, years without a toothbrush, (or whitening toothpaste) bad prison food, torture, etc....why not go after him because he can't raise his arms above his head because of the torture he endured for years , or maybe laugh about his limp from all those beatings, those physical traits should be good for a few more" Ha Ha Ha moments" from you two.

I don't mind you bashing someone for what they say, or even if you don't agree with their political views, ...but I really think it is a low blow, and in very poor taste to make fun of someone's physical look and I'm really disappointed in both of you!!!!

 

[Geo]

in regards to Bob's 'yellow teeth comment"

Hey guys, You two sound like bullies on the playground...making fun of someone's physical looks...something I thought Liberals and mature adults didn't approve of...

McCain gave up years of his life defending his country, defending your rights to speak out like you do on these forums...making fun of someone's physical look, be it his yellowing teeth... due to his age, years without a toothbrush, (or whitening toothpaste) bad prison food, torture, etc....why not go after him because he can't raise his arms above his head because of the torture he endured for years , or maybe laugh about his limp from all those beatings, those physical traits should be good for a few more" Ha Ha Ha moments" from you two.

I don't mind you bashing someone for what they say, or even if you don't agree with their political views, ...but I really think it is a low blow, and in very poor taste to make fun of someone's physical look and I'm really disappointed in both of you!!!!

I agree with you about his war injuries. Poking fun at his inability to raise his arms would be in poor taste. But in the age of HD television and Crest White Strips, if you are a public figure and/or you are on TV, there's no excuse (not even if you were a POW) for having nasty white teeth.

You are entitled to mind or not mind this. I make zero apology for it.

 

[Bob]

in regards to Bob's 'yellow teeth comment"

Hey guys, You two sound like bullies on the playground...making fun of someone's physical looks...something I thought Liberals and mature adults didn't approve of...

McCain gave up years of his life defending his country, defending your rights to speak out like you do on these forums...making fun of someone's physical look, be it his yellowing teeth... due to his age, years without a toothbrush, (or whitening toothpaste) bad prison food, torture, etc....why not go after him because he can't raise his arms above his head because of the torture he endured for years , or maybe laugh about his limp from all those beatings, those physical traits should be good for a few more" Ha Ha Ha moments" from you two.

I don't mind you bashing someone for what they say, or even if you don't agree with their political views, ...but I really think it is a low blow, and in very poor taste to make fun of someone's physical look and I'm really disappointed in both of you!!!!

McCain's money
Net Worth: $40.4 million

Where he got it

McCain wouldn't exactly be poor were he on his own. As a senator he earns $165,200 a year, and he has a $54,000 Navy pension. And then there's publishing.

"Faith of My Fathers," his autobiography, was on bestseller lists for 24 weeks in 1999.

Since then he has produced about a book a year, recently "Hard Call," about good decisions and how historic figures made them.

In 2006 he took in about $225,000 in royalties, but over the years, income from books has totaled about $1.7 million, all of which he has donated to charity.

He can afford to be generous. His wife Cindy is the chairman of Hensley & Co., the Anheuser-Busch beer distribution business she inherited from her father. As an only child, Cindy is in charge of the family trusts.

Although she only has to report that she has a salary of $1,000 or more, her income from investments in 2006 came to about $3.7 million.

Where it goes

Except for checking accounts, all the McCain assets are in Cindy's name or those of their dependent children. Nearly $5 million sits in two generation-skipping trusts.

She receives the income, but the principal passes to her heirs. One holds mostly J.P. Morgan mutual funds and Anheuser-Busch stock, while a second trust has only Arizona municipal bonds.

Other trusts that benefit Cindy contain a variety of stocks, bonds and mutual funds. She also owns shares in two large medical buildings in Phoenix, a guesthouse near the couple's home in Sedona and an investment property in Coronado Beach, Calif.

Another $6 million in J.P. Morgan funds is held in the name of their four children.

How he could do better

In the Navy, McCain no doubt learned to keep things tidy, and the couple's finances are shipshape. They - and Cindy's father - "have clearly given a great deal of thought to their estate," says Christopher Cordaro, wealth manager at RegentAtlantic Capital.

Cordaro has just one worry: "Everything except $50,000 is in her name or in trust for her and the children," he says. "I'd advise the senator to keep Cindy very happy - or have a good prenuptial agreement."

 

[Bob]

senator for life john mccain's net worth, $40,000,000......teeth whiteners, 20 bucks. you make the call homey.