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Cindy McCain to travel to Rwanda

Cindy McCain will travel to Rwanda next week.
Cindy McCain will travel to Rwanda next week.

(CNN)— Cindy McCain said Monday she will make a humanitarian trip to Rwanda next week.

The wife of presumptive Republican nominee John McCain plans to spend four days on the ground in the war-torn African nation on a trip organized by the non-partisan ONE campaign, as part of a group visiting USAID health clinics, schools, and an orphanage. Former Senator Tom Daschle will be joining the trip on behalf of Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign.

Daschle and former Senator Bill Frist are co-chairmen of the group’s ONE Vote ‘08 initiative.

Last month, Cindy McCain – who has long been involved with international relief organizations - made a similar journey to Vietnam with Operation SMILE.


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soundoff (206 Responses)
  1. jp/michigan

    Why doesn't Michelle Obama join Cindy McCain on the trip? What organizations to help fight poverty, helping children does Michelle Obama belong too?

    July 7, 2008 04:15 pm at 4:15 pm |
  2. Puzzled

    How many kids in the U.S. has she helped?

    July 7, 2008 04:16 pm at 4:16 pm |
  3. Linda of Atlanta

    What has Cindy McCain accomplished during these visits besides getting good pictures? The media continues to say "she has long been involved in these kinds of humanitarian efforts". What has been her precise involvement and what specific accomplishments has she achieved?

    July 7, 2008 04:17 pm at 4:17 pm |
  4. Lynn

    Mrs. McCain has been involved in humanitarian causes for years. I am sure as first lady she would continue to be involved. She will be a very good first lady. I don't know why all of the negative comments on her. So she had a problem with PX drugs, so has a lot of other people.

    July 7, 2008 04:19 pm at 4:19 pm |
  5. ANGIE

    hope she doesnt come back hey cindy have you donated any of your millons to those children????

    July 7, 2008 04:19 pm at 4:19 pm |
  6. The Patriot

    Substance over Hype.

    McCain '08

    July 7, 2008 04:19 pm at 4:19 pm |
  7. Johnny Mac is bad cheese gone worse

    Is this one of those self-appointed vacations to get a little "work" done to maintain that fresh amphibian look?

    July 7, 2008 04:20 pm at 4:20 pm |
  8. Dave

    Great, another photo opportunity to hug starving babies. Cindy get a life. Why don't you go to Nigeria? You can't because they don't accept that BS.

    July 7, 2008 04:20 pm at 4:20 pm |
  9. Al, NY NY

    hey Cindy. Time for another visit to the plastic surgeon. Those bags under your eyes and those neck wrinkles are startin' to really show!!

    July 7, 2008 04:20 pm at 4:20 pm |
  10. Hussein

    going for a photo-op just like her Husband does in Iraq .......

    July 7, 2008 04:20 pm at 4:20 pm |
  11. Ex-Republican for Obama

    If she helps so much, then why wouldn't she share her tax records? The only thing she has ever done was ruin the sanctomony of marriage by stealing an ill womans husband. Now the cheating SOB is running for President. With morals like that, I can NEVER vote for McCain, his pathetic leadership skills are icing on the cake.

    July 7, 2008 04:20 pm at 4:20 pm |
  12. Calvin "Hussien" Coolidge

    It's a shame that so many "Reagan Democrats" would loose their everloving minds if Michele Obama made a trip to Africa.

    July 7, 2008 04:21 pm at 4:21 pm |
  13. Joe Reg

    For a photo ops!

    Maybe she will change her mind and adopt an African orphan.

    July 7, 2008 04:21 pm at 4:21 pm |
  14. Nina De Ponca

    Why is this relevant to the campaign?

    July 7, 2008 04:21 pm at 4:21 pm |
  15. RickytheGriff

    And Cindy tells them:

    "Let 'em drink beer"!

    July 7, 2008 04:22 pm at 4:22 pm |
  16. JIM...TX

    jp/michigan......Michelle doesn't need to go to Africa or anywhere else to put on a face. You racist fools/republicans would slime it up somehow in order to feed your own warped egos.

    July 7, 2008 04:23 pm at 4:23 pm |
  17. Don in Georgia

    The McCains are this country's only hope to return to our greatness. We need return to the way things were a 100 years ago.

    July 7, 2008 04:23 pm at 4:23 pm |
  18. sarah

    at least mrs. mccain tries to help others unlike mrs. obama ,whose husband gets earmarks in spending bills thru the senate so it helps michelle and her family. i suppose they have donated quite a lot of money to their church to help fund those hate filled racist anti american sermons.

    July 7, 2008 04:24 pm at 4:24 pm |
  19. Martha Hussein Baker for Barack

    Kudos for her good deeds, but this will not get her husband elected. What kind of charity work does Mrs, McCain do when the press isn't watching?

    OBAMA for President '08

    July 7, 2008 04:24 pm at 4:24 pm |
  20. Sue

    Cool...Maybe she can Bake some "Home Made Cookies with her...

    July 7, 2008 04:24 pm at 4:24 pm |
  21. Ginger Lynn - Rockford IL

    Can you imagine the sophomoric, divissive rhetoric that SOME "hard working" Americans would spew if Michele Obama was going to Africa?

    Might be OK for her to travel to Chechnyia though.

    July 7, 2008 04:25 pm at 4:25 pm |
  22. Derek in Seattle

    Maybe if we're lucky she'll stay there.

    July 7, 2008 04:26 pm at 4:26 pm |
  23. J

    This is politics. Any logical person can see that.

    July 7, 2008 04:26 pm at 4:26 pm |
  24. Susan

    She's going to scare all those poor children.

    July 7, 2008 04:26 pm at 4:26 pm |
  25. Monica for Obama in Indiana

    Puzzled, I was wondering the same thing.

    jp/michigan, this blog is titled 'cindy mccain'. I am sure that Michelle is busy here helping all the people she can. Remember Michelle has always been a working Mother with a job , and not a beer heiress.

    July 7, 2008 04:27 pm at 4:27 pm |
  26. California Gold

    Memo from Rwanda to Mrs. McCain: "Stay home. We need your money more than your presence."

    July 7, 2008 04:27 pm at 4:27 pm |
  27. Former HC Girl

    Cindy McCain is a first lady that we would be proud of. She is an all around American. MO couldn't come close to her.
    MCCAIN 08
    PUMA PAC

    July 7, 2008 04:27 pm at 4:27 pm |
  28. OOPS!!!

    CNN)— Cindy McCain said Monday she will make a humanitarian trip to Rwanda next week........They would love to see COUSIN IT!!!!!

    July 7, 2008 04:27 pm at 4:27 pm |
  29. AQ

    I didn't realize they had 5 star hotels in Rawanda. Is this what she does to make herself feel better about being a spoiled rich kid who has no clue about the real world unless there's a photo op and a chance at the White House invovled?

    July 7, 2008 04:28 pm at 4:28 pm |
  30. lil

    I think there are enough needed people here in the USA to keep both
    ladies busy for a while dont you.

    July 7, 2008 04:28 pm at 4:28 pm |
  31. Linda Esen

    jp/michigan ;July 7th, 2008 4:15 pm ET

    Michelle Obama has been working in Community Development in CHICAGO FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.... WHY SHOULD SHE GO HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD TO HELP NON-AMERICAN CHILDREN AND PEOPLE IN NEED. CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME ;JOHN MCCAIN AND HIS WIFE NEED TO KNOW THAT THESE INTERNATIONAL PHOTO-OPS ARE IRRELEVANT TO THE NEEDS BACK HOME. HOW ABOUT OPERATION SMILE HERE IN THE US

    July 7, 2008 04:29 pm at 4:29 pm |
  32. jeff

    She adopted a child from Bangledesh that had a severe cleft palate, for one, you nitwit

    July 7, 2008 04:29 pm at 4:29 pm |
  33. CLINTON 08 VP

    CINDY, GOING TO MAKE PUBLICITY IN ORDER TO OBTAIN MORE VOTES FOR YOU HUSBAND? HOW "HUMANITARIAN" OF YOU...

    UNITED WE'RE STRONGER

    OBAMA (P) & CLINTON (VP) 2008-2014

    NO TO "BUSH II" (MCCAIN), NO TO MR. WAR, MR. DEATH, MR. OOPS I BUMP MY HEAD A LOT, YOU ARE "WAR-SICK" BEACAUSE OF VIETNAM, YOU CAN'T BE PRESIDENT!

    July 7, 2008 04:29 pm at 4:29 pm |
  34. M.S. Indiana

    How about doing some humanitarian work here in united states ??
    even in AZ there is big need for help
    and lets not forget the Katrina victims...

    July 7, 2008 04:30 pm at 4:30 pm |
  35. Linda from Prescott AZ

    I think that's great. Now, will someone here please feed our little ones who are living in poverty and homeless.

    July 7, 2008 04:30 pm at 4:30 pm |
  36. James, Redlands, CA

    JP/Michigan-
    It's easy to travel all over the world when you have no children and you're worth over a 100 million dallors. Michelle has two children to raise while her husband is in a Presidential campaign. Besides, this article is about Cindy McCain. Why can't you just be glad she finds things to do to fill up her time while she helps others?

    July 7, 2008 04:30 pm at 4:30 pm |
  37. A SONGBIRD SANG IN VIETNAM

    Typical botox-barbie – like her husband, just wants photo-ops in foreign countries.

    Send a check and stay home with your kids.

    Mexican nannies must be tending her family.

    July 7, 2008 04:30 pm at 4:30 pm |
  38. South Park Conservative

    And cue snarky comments... NOW!

    July 7, 2008 04:31 pm at 4:31 pm |
  39. Peter E

    Yes, and my friend just came back from Thailand. Can I get a CNN headline for that?

    July 7, 2008 04:31 pm at 4:31 pm |
  40. terri

    I'm so sure she cares about the people of Rwanda!! NOT

    Just another photo Op.

    FAKE FAKE and FAKE

    July 7, 2008 04:32 pm at 4:32 pm |
  41. Matt--NE

    Behaving like a First Lady already.

    You'll be a great one Cindy!

    July 7, 2008 04:32 pm at 4:32 pm |
  42. Enlightened Voter

    While it is a noble jester, you and I both know she needs that for tax write off purposes because GWB not only cut taxes for large corporations and the wealthy but extended their tax loopholes allowing them to write off more. That is why John Mcwar supports those rich tax cuts. meanwhile you and I suffer and he still doesn't want to cut OUR taxes like Obama will, he wants to continue the GWB tax cuts. It's scandalous.

    July 7, 2008 04:32 pm at 4:32 pm |
  43. Peter E

    Why is this news again? Is it because CNN doesn't have enough political issues and candidate records to talk about?

    July 7, 2008 04:33 pm at 4:33 pm |
  44. Independent-Minded American

    How many of such trips did she take before her husband begun running for president?

    How does she propose to help these poor people once her husband becomes president? Or will she conveniently forget about them?

    This makes for great photos and nothing else.

    BTW, there are lots of people starving and living in poverty in Arizona and all over the US of A!

    July 7, 2008 04:33 pm at 4:33 pm |
  45. JeffRob

    Cindy McCain's facial maneuvering could be called "Operation SMILE".

    July 7, 2008 04:34 pm at 4:34 pm |
  46. leighton

    I expect people who say they're helping Africa to be above being used as a PR opportunity for a presidential candidate. i find this is very distasteful.

    July 7, 2008 04:35 pm at 4:35 pm |
  47. Desiree

    There is something about her that just looks so not natural to me.

    July 7, 2008 04:35 pm at 4:35 pm |
  48. jeremy

    who cares?????

    July 7, 2008 04:35 pm at 4:35 pm |
  49. Frantz (Atlanta)

    In the middle of a campaign? OK!

    Is she seeking the black votes for her husband? Maybe she should travel to south central or new orleans. Or maybe Haiti, at least its located in th western hemosphere.

    Rwaanda, Columbia, Canada, and Mexico? Did I miss something with regards to the electoral map?

    July 7, 2008 04:36 pm at 4:36 pm |
  50. Bill in Virginia

    Yawn...

    July 7, 2008 04:37 pm at 4:37 pm |
  51. California Gold

    JP/Michigan. Mrs. Obama is busy raising her young children. It's ok if she puts her children before charitable work in foreign countries.

    Mrs. McCain raised her children at home in Arizona where she lived across the street from her parents. Mrs. McCain put her children ahead of Washington poltiical scene and charitable work in foreign countries. The McCain children are now adult age.

    Perhaps when Mrs. Obama's children are in their 20's she too will involve herself in charitable work in foreign countries.

    July 7, 2008 04:37 pm at 4:37 pm |
  52. S. Boatman Warrensburg Mo.

    Maybe This Time She Wont Steal Their Medication!

    July 7, 2008 04:38 pm at 4:38 pm |
  53. R.I.F.

    jp/michigan July 7th, 2008 4:15 pm ET

    I guess they don't have too many of them in Michigan but in places like here in Texas, people who are worth $100 + million usually get involved in "socialite" events because they don't have to WORK for a living. I'm not knocking it at all but just know that its a lot easy to get involved in a ton of charities when you have $100+ million and don't have to work for it than when you just paid back student loans a couple years ago like Michelle did. Also please note that Micelle is involved in many charitiy and community organizations and if you would take time out to research you could find out for yourself instead of just throwing out hate speech. She also sits on the board of some charities. Get a clue.

    July 7, 2008 04:39 pm at 4:39 pm |
  54. Mickie in PA

    Sorry my posts are not allowed on CNN – McCain and Cindy are too protected! Careful what you say.

    July 7, 2008 04:42 pm at 4:42 pm |
  55. Saad from NJ

    If she really cares for the extremely unprivileged children of Rwanda, God bless her.

    If she is doing it for other gains but ends up bringing some goods for them and leaves a few of them in a better state than they are now, still God bless her.

    July 7, 2008 04:43 pm at 4:43 pm |
  56. Tellin' It Like It Is

    Cindy McCain must be running low on her prescription drugs. Isn't that how she got addicted in the past? Stealing prescrition pain killers from her own organization and when she got busted, all she got was a slap on the wrist thanks to Daddy and Hubby? Think I'm lying? It is a fact that is easy to research. Freedom of Information Act is a beautiful thing.

    July 7, 2008 04:44 pm at 4:44 pm |
  57. rice, bryan

    maybe she can tolaerate black kids more than mcbush. but in all reality what in world does she think she will get accomplished? is this another case of lets worry about what is going on somewhere else when we have serious problems here that need to be addressed?

    July 7, 2008 04:44 pm at 4:44 pm |
  58. jd

    Will she wear her chanel suit?

    July 7, 2008 04:44 pm at 4:44 pm |
  59. Pat in Los Angeles

    She's a good woman ... always has been. The only thing I have seen Michelle Obama do is appear on The View!

    July 7, 2008 04:45 pm at 4:45 pm |
  60. mmd

    I AM HAVING A HARD TIME DESCRIBING CINDY LOOKS. SHE IS QUITE UNATTRACTIVE.

    July 7, 2008 04:45 pm at 4:45 pm |
  61. David Goldman

    THE RWANDANS BETTER HIDE THEIR PAIN PILLS,

    IF THEY HAVE ANY, CINDY ROBS THE POOR FOR

    THE RICH, HERSELF.

    July 7, 2008 04:46 pm at 4:46 pm |
  62. Stella

    jp/michigan the article is about CINDY McCAIN not Michelle Obama. Why should Michelle join Cindy anyway? You're not an Obama supporter so why are you wondering about Michelle Obama? Worry about Mrs. McCain and leave Mrs. Obama alone.

    July 7, 2008 04:46 pm at 4:46 pm |
  63. Not Fooled

    She's bringing them all beer to numb the pain. She'll probably pop a couple Oxy's so she can zone right out with them.

    Sick of her...sick of her broken down, woman hating, old spouse....sick of them all.

    July 7, 2008 04:46 pm at 4:46 pm |
  64. Edward

    So when Michelle Obama goes somewhere its genuine? Dont forget Cindy McCain adopted a child from SE Asia

    July 7, 2008 04:47 pm at 4:47 pm |
  65. Wake Up

    Shes looking for ways to divert the medias attention away from her past drug addiction. By the way, great job CNN and Anderson Coooop (I love you Anderson) :-) on villainizing the Mccains and the history of Cindy's drug abuse and hyping up Mrs. Obama and her family's rich history in the peice done Friday/this weekend. It was very obvious to me but I loved it! Awesome!

    July 7, 2008 04:48 pm at 4:48 pm |
  66. saga4obama

    McCain pandering for the Black vote?
    Rwanda...watch your drugs kiddies.
    Cindy McCain to the Rwanda kids...i wish i was that thin, my you look great!
    Cindy McCain to Rwanda...this Buds for you
    Cindy McCain to her tour guide...do you have anyone poorer, i mean i came all this way, i need a good photo op for John.
    ___________________________________________________
    no all jokes aside, Mrs. McCain has done some good for kids...is she a first Lady? i don't think so, i worry about a relapse. also, she has a few to many skeleton...pluse the poor lady married below her

    July 7, 2008 04:51 pm at 4:51 pm |
  67. H

    Rwanda is NOT "a war-torn African nation" CNN! get it right ... be good journalists and report the FACTS.
    Rwanda is a beautiful country that is rebuilding itself and on a path to prosperity, stability, security and recovery after the 1994 genocide.
    I'm sick and tired of the image American media loves to project whenever they talk about Africa: war this, AIDS that, tribal killings this, famine that .... NO, NO and NO.

    July 7, 2008 04:51 pm at 4:51 pm |
  68. Enlightened Voter

    Hey Don in Georgia and sarah – I honestly feel sorry for your ignorance but you will learn in either this life or the next and you'll both remember those words.

    July 7, 2008 04:51 pm at 4:51 pm |
  69. Abby

    I think this Photo-op may backfire and they boo her!!!

    July 7, 2008 04:51 pm at 4:51 pm |
  70. tren

    Why not go to the ghetto in Detroit, Bronx and other poverty stricken areas the US consisting mostly of minorities. That's a humanitarian effort that needs to be made.

    July 7, 2008 04:51 pm at 4:51 pm |
  71. Bob Indianapolis, IN

    I'm sure those starving kids would all like a nice cold Bud!

    July 7, 2008 04:52 pm at 4:52 pm |
  72. Dr.Mimi De La Cruz

    FOR THE NONBELIEVERS OF CINDY'S GOOD WILL TOWARD

    THE POOR, REMEMBER THAT SHE DID RELIEVE THEM OF

    THEIR PAIN PILLS & TOOK THEM FOR HERSELF. AND HER

    HUSBAND MCMORON, HE RELIEVES US OF OUR TAX

    DOLLARS. SHE IS PROBABLY TRAVELING THERE ON OUR DIME.

    July 7, 2008 04:52 pm at 4:52 pm |
  73. James in NYC

    OOOOOOOOh, now I will vote for McSame!

    July 7, 2008 04:52 pm at 4:52 pm |
  74. CW4Barak

    This is just for a political photo op....but it will also show a lot of suffering people in Rwanda who could go for years and years on what she spends for just one month on one of her credit cards!!

    July 7, 2008 04:55 pm at 4:55 pm |
  75. Jeff Brown

    Bid deal... what is barbie going to do there?

    July 7, 2008 04:57 pm at 4:57 pm |
  76. jean HUISSEIN

    WE AFRICAN DON'T NEED THEM. EITHER MC SHAME OR HIS ELITIST AROGANT WIFE. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT SHE IS LOOKING FOR A REASON TO CLAIM TAX CUT FOR THIS TRIP.

    July 7, 2008 04:57 pm at 4:57 pm |
  77. MARYANN Oswego IL

    Good for you Cindy..a lot of people defending Michelle ...Didn't she do charity work at her church with REV Wright???? 20 years worth with her 2 innocent little girls and her husband sitting besides her....

    July 7, 2008 04:59 pm at 4:59 pm |
  78. Bob Stephens

    I wonder how much Botox this woman has put in her face. Her expression never changes.....

    July 7, 2008 04:59 pm at 4:59 pm |
  79. DJ, LA, CA

    Guilt because she is has more money than she knows what to do with

    July 7, 2008 05:00 pm at 5:00 pm |
  80. Farrell, Houston, Tx

    Martha Stewart is a convicted felon, but she couldn't travel to the U.K., what's up with that?

    July 7, 2008 05:00 pm at 5:00 pm |
  81. saga4obama

    Don in Georgia July 7th, 2008 4:23 pm ET

    The McCains are this country's only hope to return to our greatness. We need return to the way things were a 100 years ago.
    _____________________________________________________
    Don i know what your intention is here, but it was lost in the humor of your ignorance....100 years ago? check your history books, Google 1908...hahahaha sooo funny
    yep kids with people like Don, who needs Al qaeda
    the McCain supporter speaks...and America needs a shower right after

    July 7, 2008 05:00 pm at 5:00 pm |
  82. MM

    Please. The nasty remarks are so out of place. It is great that she is trying to do some good. As someone w/a lot of money she should do so. Period. Will that make me vote for her husband? Nope.

    July 7, 2008 05:03 pm at 5:03 pm |
  83. Jason

    Rwanda is not war-torn. There was Genocide in 1994. That ended after 100 days. Why does the Western Media like to categorize African countries as war-torn even when they are not

    July 7, 2008 05:03 pm at 5:03 pm |
  84. Tom

    Let hope this round of charity work with nonprofits doesn't end up in another Federal probe of Cindy stealing narcotics pain meds.

    July 7, 2008 05:03 pm at 5:03 pm |
  85. Shotta Nic

    I'd like to see Cindy get down and dirty helping kids in the inner city (like SS Chicago). Not taking anything away from her, but photo ops are a bit different than non-publicized work in the ghetto.

    July 7, 2008 05:05 pm at 5:05 pm |
  86. FYI !!!!!!

    Former HC Girl_
    Cindy McCain is a first lady that we would be proud of. She is an all around American. MO couldn't come close to her.
    MCCAIN 08 PUMA PAC
    FYI---Michelle Obama has been working in Community Development in CHICAGO FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS…. WHY SHOULD SHE GO HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD TO HELP NON-AMERICAN CHILDREN AND PEOPLE IN NEED. CHARITY BEGINS AT
    HOME

    July 7, 2008 05:06 pm at 5:06 pm |
  87. Dick Spix

    Oh JOY...another Blonde BIMBO

    July 7, 2008 05:07 pm at 5:07 pm |
  88. Cathy in MD

    Okay. That's it. I'm sold. I'm voting for Cindy McCain.

    July 7, 2008 05:08 pm at 5:08 pm |
  89. Johnny

    She's going there to tell the kids scary stories, like she used to do on that "Tales From The Crypt" program. The kids'll like her, she's very good. "Welcome, ghouls and boys! Eeee-hee-hee-hee!"

    July 7, 2008 05:10 pm at 5:10 pm |
  90. Mike, Syracuse, NY

    Glad to see so many of you Obama supporters taking the high road. FYI, Cindy McCain has been involved in humanitarian causes for more than 20 years, and has made dozens of trips like this long before the Presidential campaign. She started an organization to bring medical care to impoverished countries in the 1980's. At least she is not just talk like Obama. And where has Michelle been the last 20 years? Wright's anti-American, racist church and yaking it up on The View.

    July 7, 2008 05:11 pm at 5:11 pm |
  91. Anita from Arizona

    Honestly, who cares what the spouses are doing. They're not running for president.

    On a personal note, though. I can relate more to Michelle than Cindy. Michelle and I have a lot more in common in relation to our personal lives growing up and the way we think. So if I based my vote on that, Cindy doesn't have a prayer. Michelle stands next to her man. Cindy stands behind hers.

    July 7, 2008 05:11 pm at 5:11 pm |
  92. Linda

    She looks as plastic as her husband.

    July 7, 2008 05:12 pm at 5:12 pm |
  93. MMN - Milwaukee WI

    Its good a gesture for Cindy but it’s a tad too late. Rwanda happened during Clinton years and Darfur is happening under Bush’s watch.

    I am more interested in what policy either of the candidates will have for Africa and in particular what they plan to do with the Darfur region in the Sudan or maybe we can wait for the election in 2016 and the wife of some candidate running for office then will visit the desolate Darfur region after untold human suffering.

    July 7, 2008 05:12 pm at 5:12 pm |
  94. Micky

    This is the first time I have ever heard about this. I am a registered independent (hispanic). I think this is great. I am ashamed that the news did not report this sooner.

    McCain gets my vote. He is real – as least as real as a politician gets.

    By the way, why did everyone say that the news would flip if Michelle went to Africa? Hasn't she ever gone before? Hasn't she ever done anything charitable except that church.

    July 7, 2008 05:12 pm at 5:12 pm |
  95. mitchell hussein martin

    they will just send their cardboard cut out of her,to rwanda,like they do all of her other appearances.why cant these people campaign here in america?afraid of being heckled?hahahaha!

    July 7, 2008 05:12 pm at 5:12 pm |
  96. Will, NJ

    I like how she could probably sell her necklace to feed Rwanda and yet she just smiles and waves.

    July 7, 2008 05:15 pm at 5:15 pm |
  97. Independent-Minded American

    She's hot!

    July 7, 2008 05:15 pm at 5:15 pm |
  98. Roofin Reality, Houston, Tx.

    An Obama supporter,

    And yes, we know about her stealing drugs and going public just before it hit the fan as she was about to be investigated,.

    I simply wish her safe travels.

    Now, how about that from a Christian who supports Senator Barak Obama?

    July 7, 2008 05:16 pm at 5:16 pm |
  99. Pam

    SICK OF THAT WITCH

    July 7, 2008 05:17 pm at 5:17 pm |
  100. Vegas Barbie for Obama

    Cyndy looks like she could do with a nice big nourishing meal herself.

    July 7, 2008 05:17 pm at 5:17 pm |
  101. not important

    Shame on Bill Clinton. Rwanda genocide should have never happend. Shame on Bill and Hillary.

    July 7, 2008 05:19 pm at 5:19 pm |
  102. Pat Riot

    The difference between the McCains and the Obamas. The McCains donate their own time and money to charity...The Obamas just want to tax you and give all your money to government charity.

    July 7, 2008 05:20 pm at 5:20 pm |
  103. GTFOOH

    For what?

    July 7, 2008 05:21 pm at 5:21 pm |
  104. jc

    Why so many nasty comments towards Cindy McCain? She has been involved in international support organizations and has donated tons of her time for these causes. Its not like this is the first time she is doing it – right in the middle of a presidential election. She has been doing these things for years. What has she done to deserve so many angry and bitter comments from some of these bloggers?

    July 7, 2008 05:21 pm at 5:21 pm |
  105. Boston For OBAMA

    Why does she have to go to other countries to aid children. We have many many needy children here in America. Does she sell her beer in places other than the US?

    July 7, 2008 05:23 pm at 5:23 pm |
  106. jon

    she needs to stop the beer going to our youth and parents making them deliquent. why visit africa how about the good old usa people are starving here as well due to low pay and no medical ins no benefits loss of jobs. dwi

    July 7, 2008 05:23 pm at 5:23 pm |
  107. Vig

    Now we will see the copy-cat Michelle Obama do something similar. Cindy McCain has a history of humanitarian works. Michelle Obama doesn't, also she has a self-reported disdain for this country and she has the nerve to want to be first lady?

    July 7, 2008 05:24 pm at 5:24 pm |
  108. Sharon

    John had an affair with Cindy while being married to his first wife. In fact, John had many affairs. After divorcing his first wife who was in an accident and then in a wheelchair, he married Cindy a month later.

    These are not the morals we want in the White House.

    July 7, 2008 05:24 pm at 5:24 pm |
  109. Jason of Indianapolis

    Well DON FROM GEORGIA, we true Americans aren't looking back a 100 yrs. . So go home and cry on your pillow, LITTLE MAN!!!

    July 7, 2008 05:25 pm at 5:25 pm |
  110. Larry, Hazleton, Pa

    I am sure that she will fit right in – why not do some work while she is there and help build a home or 2 – maybe dig a well to have a drink – or I have plow a field – now that would be something – go for it.....

    July 7, 2008 05:25 pm at 5:25 pm |
  111. aware

    Cindy McCain will make an excellent First Lady! :)

    McCain 08 – the only wise choice!

    July 7, 2008 05:25 pm at 5:25 pm |
  112. Kathy in Michigan

    Pandering..........

    She stole life saving drugs from the poorest people in the world when she was using drugs, now the Bush policies on aids drugs, genocide and trade at their worst, she goes to Rwanda.

    I am not impressed. Here's a suggestion, let her stay there for a month and spend $750,000 like she did in May here in the US. And she and John McCain have the nerve to call Senator Obama ELETE!!!!

    WHAT HYPOCRITS.............

    July 7, 2008 05:26 pm at 5:26 pm |
  113. Farrell, Houston, Tx

    This gives Cindy a chance to get away from the angry outburst of old man McCain and I'm sure she hopes America will take him for good.

    July 7, 2008 05:26 pm at 5:26 pm |
  114. Hollywood4

    the issues are what we should be focusing on and not someone's facial features or good deeds. its time for this country to come together for the greater good of our nation and say no more. if you keep doing what you been doing you will keep getting what you been getting. if you don't like the way the Bush administration has been running the country then you would be a fool to vote for McCain, but our country is in trouble and we need to wake up and realize that sooner or later our country will be depleted, defeated, demoralized, and disrespected by a president who has no concern for anyone not very well off.

    July 7, 2008 05:27 pm at 5:27 pm |
  115. Brandon Hillary Democrat for Mc Cain-Pa

    Now there is a true lady in every sense of the word-
    Not that rat woman thing running Michelle Obama.

    July 7, 2008 05:28 pm at 5:28 pm |
  116. Bibek

    A political move aimed at winning peoples' heart.

    You're not fooling us anymore.

    Obama '08

    July 7, 2008 05:29 pm at 5:29 pm |
  117. Obamista

    Maybe she'll be able to spend another $750,000 on her wardrobe...

    July 7, 2008 05:32 pm at 5:32 pm |
  118. Naomi, NY

    Oh please, Cincy Lou is going there for a photo opportunity. She'll smile, pick up the little babies and pretend she likes people of color. Give me a break. We've got your number Miss $700,000. shopping spree gal.

    July 7, 2008 05:37 pm at 5:37 pm |
  119. nitro

    The Patriot says substance over hype. Whats the substance that shes taking over to Africa? Is it Cocaine, LSD, PCP I dont know. Once a drug addict always a drug addict.

    July 7, 2008 05:38 pm at 5:38 pm |
  120. David Goldman

    CINDY IS THE BRITNEY SPEARS OF POLITICS.

    July 7, 2008 05:38 pm at 5:38 pm |
  121. Jo Ann

    who cares where she goes hope they keep her over there.

    July 7, 2008 05:38 pm at 5:38 pm |
  122. Marshall

    Who cares? Or is she checking on the workers?

    July 7, 2008 05:39 pm at 5:39 pm |
  123. BC FOR OBAMA

    Hey Sara, the only one hate filled is you!

    Obama 08,12

    July 7, 2008 05:39 pm at 5:39 pm |
  124. Marie in California

    Cindy McCain is a good woman who has done much to benefit the world, even though she is modest about her many contributions and accomplishments. I had to read up on her to find out about all she has done over a lot of years and, as a result, I really admire her.

    Was for Hillary – now for McCain!

    PUMA

    July 7, 2008 05:39 pm at 5:39 pm |
  125. Enlightened Voter

    Thank you California Gold for stating the truth. Too bad some people are too ignorant to realize it. Oh well...one day

    July 7, 2008 05:39 pm at 5:39 pm |
  126. STILL VOTING FOR HILARY!

    Good for cindy! I am not a mccain fan, or obama for that matter, but she is doing all the things she needs to be, and I beleive she does it from the heart. She has always been involved in Humanitarian efforts.

    July 7, 2008 05:39 pm at 5:39 pm |
  127. Nancy

    Stop insulting Africa...

    July 7, 2008 05:40 pm at 5:40 pm |
  128. Not Buying It

    Why go all the way over there for a photo, Cindy? Just pick up some minority kids on your way to get a pedicure; it will save time and money.

    LOL, Cindy said she's been working on her charity for about 27 years, around the same time John McSame ran for office. She's not fooling anyone–she's plastic and fake and phony.

    I know given the choice Rwandans would rather see Michelle, not her.

    July 7, 2008 05:41 pm at 5:41 pm |
  129. Harry "Hussien" Reems

    Somebody said that she's hot? ... well not really ...

    July 7, 2008 05:42 pm at 5:42 pm |
  130. Nell, KY

    Better Rwanda than my hometown. I hope she doesn't come here for a photo opt. I don't like her.

    July 7, 2008 05:42 pm at 5:42 pm |
  131. Vince

    Please Cindy, just send the check, stay home. They don't need you over there using them as props.

    July 7, 2008 05:43 pm at 5:43 pm |
  132. Sam M.

    Wow, the bimbo can actually fly all by herself?

    How evolved of her!

    July 7, 2008 05:47 pm at 5:47 pm |
  133. Michelle

    Cindy McCain has been doing charity work all her life–so stop the moronic comments.

    July 7, 2008 05:48 pm at 5:48 pm |
  134. JS

    Cindy McCain has been doing these trips for years, long before her husband ever ran for President. This is never about a photo-op for her at all, people need to get their facts straight. No matter what your politics are, she is doing her thing and now gets to shine a brighter light on these issues...

    July 7, 2008 05:51 pm at 5:51 pm |
  135. bern

    Probably thinks she can buy Rwanda.

    July 7, 2008 05:53 pm at 5:53 pm |
  136. Sherri

    I do not support Senator McCain. I do not like Cindy McCain. She was involved with John McCain prior to his divorce from his first wife. I would never trust her, ever. I don't trust him either, as he speaks of family values when the foundation of his family started by shattering his original family.

    This is however a good use of a very wealthy woman's time and money. If she can make a difference in Rwanda, great.

    July 7, 2008 05:53 pm at 5:53 pm |
  137. Randy

    This is admirable, but I would guess it's pretty much pandering. I'm not saying theirs nothing wrong with that, since those people in Rwanda do need any help they can get.

    July 7, 2008 05:53 pm at 5:53 pm |
  138. nice

    she is going to distribute narcotics

    July 7, 2008 05:54 pm at 5:54 pm |
  139. Pam

    Cindy: Okay, hand me a little brown baby, so I can take the picture and get out of here.

    Aide: But Cindy, I thought you wanted to be here.

    Cindy: Are you kidding, there's a pair of Gucci shoes in Italy with my name on it. Wait a minute, I need some phony tears. Okay, you can take my picture, now.

    July 7, 2008 05:55 pm at 5:55 pm |
  140. Cindy's Face Is On Too Tight

    Dear Marie in CA,

    Good riddance, you sound like a Cincy Lou supporter–plastic and phony.

    July 7, 2008 05:56 pm at 5:56 pm |
  141. Vig Is A Pig

    Yeah Vig,

    Michelle has the nerve to want to be the first lady, and I have the nerve to VOTE for her husband so that she can be.

    Michelle Obama, my next beautiful first lady.

    July 7, 2008 05:59 pm at 5:59 pm |
  142. Al

    Spouses should have no impact on a reasonable person's vote – Abraham Lincoln's wife (and mother) were crazy, he turned out fine – methinks.

    Besides, some of the finest wives have married horrible men (not saying McCain is "horrible" but it proves the point that we vote only for one president, not two).

    July 7, 2008 06:00 pm at 6:00 pm |
  143. Lesley

    What about charitable work here in the USA? And what's this about Budweiser selling to a foreign owner? How does that help this economy?

    July 7, 2008 06:00 pm at 6:00 pm |
  144. Cindy Lou Goes Slummin'

    That thief, lock up the medication.

    July 7, 2008 06:01 pm at 6:01 pm |
  145. leftist Obamanation

    "The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter" – Winston Churchill

    Boy do the Obamabots prove that with each blog.

    July 7, 2008 06:02 pm at 6:02 pm |
  146. saga4obama

    oh guys this is so funny....

    July 7, 2008 06:02 pm at 6:02 pm |
  147. Cindy Lou You Are Not True Blue

    Now, now, let's give her a chance. Maybe she can change the world, one fake photo at a time.

    July 7, 2008 06:03 pm at 6:03 pm |
  148. leftist Obamanation

    Good for her.

    Both Obamas are too busy blowing their own horn over doing absolutely nothing for their country or any other.

    July 7, 2008 06:03 pm at 6:03 pm |
  149. Canuck

    why so anti-woman everyone? ooops, i forgot, she's a republican. nice open mind libs.

    July 7, 2008 06:04 pm at 6:04 pm |
  150. Phantom of the Oprah

    The difference between a quiet , humble doer and a loud-mouth hateful complainer.

    Contrast Cindy to Michelle.

    Wow.

    July 7, 2008 06:05 pm at 6:05 pm |
  151. Leah DiMarco, Texas

    Why do they keep sending her overseas? Why hasn't she done some 'good-works photo-ops' here in the USA? There are many people here in the USA living in poverty – let's see her do something here in the USA for Americans. Let's see the press interview her and spin her words like they have with Michelle Obama!

    Obama '08

    July 7, 2008 06:05 pm at 6:05 pm |
  152. Dem Still for Hill but now ONLY for Hill

    She is no Hillary... but neither is Barack or Michelle.

    So she will do just fine.

    July 7, 2008 06:06 pm at 6:06 pm |
  153. Wendy

    Give me a break! Some one needs to call Cindy and tell her all the Holiday Inn's are full. Who's paying for this ttrip? What a disgusting political trip. Stay home and send the money.

    July 7, 2008 06:06 pm at 6:06 pm |
  154. CALI DUDE

    How much of this has she done since John's last lost to George Bush?

    How much did she do this before John's current campaign?

    How much will she do after Johnny loses and goes marching home again..?

    hurrah?

    lol :P

    July 7, 2008 06:07 pm at 6:07 pm |
  155. Jenny, Rio Vista, CA

    People are now asking why there are so many nasty remarks about Barbie's grandmother.

    Let me see.........maybe people are fed up with the way YOU all treat Michelle Obama. What goes around comes around.

    Michelle didn't steal her husband from a sick woman, she didn't steal drugs, she didn't steal recipes. Can the same be said about Barbie's granny. I think not.

    July 7, 2008 06:09 pm at 6:09 pm |
  156. No Thanks

    If Cindy were dessert, she'd be a recycled fruitcake.

    July 7, 2008 06:09 pm at 6:09 pm |
  157. people make no sense

    They better check the medicine and aid or she might steal again.

    July 7, 2008 06:11 pm at 6:11 pm |
  158. Staice Hussien Allen Texas

    to STILL VOTING FOR HILARY!
    I understand that you may not know how the voting thing works so let me help you. Hillary is not on the ticket. If you write her name in her still will not win. Your vote WILL NOT COUNT. Hillary is a Democrat, she will be voting for Obama herself!
    Who is also a Democrat? If Obama Loses this election because of mean spirited bitter people like you, our economy will get worst. And you people will be the blame. Get the Picture! Got over it!

    July 7, 2008 06:12 pm at 6:12 pm |
  159. NoBama

    Our future first lady. What a gal!

    July 7, 2008 06:15 pm at 6:15 pm |
  160. pam Eugene OR

    Cindy, you should stay home and try to do something about the thousands of people you have laid off. Maybe your time and money are better spent in the USA.
    John you also need to remember while you are traveling around the globe that there are elections going on here and you aren't doing so well.

    July 7, 2008 06:15 pm at 6:15 pm |
  161. Jason

    For all of you haters she has been doing humanitarian missions for over 20 years it is not something she STARTED doing when he started running for President. IDIOTS read and learn before you post and lie.

    July 7, 2008 06:15 pm at 6:15 pm |
  162. Just wondering

    Is this were Michelle Obama travelling to Rwanda what would Obama supporters have to say about her I wonder?

    July 7, 2008 06:16 pm at 6:16 pm |
  163. DM, Arlington TX for Barack Obama 08

    Wow, she showing off that she has the money and the resources to do what ewver she want's when ever she want's what a lady. Why do she make a trip to West Virgina an show off her wealth there or New Orleans they would really be impress with her money her in the US.

    Now, is her company about to layoff 600 to 1000 employees? Can they take the trip with her?

    July 7, 2008 06:16 pm at 6:16 pm |
  164. American

    Why are Mr. and Mrs McFlip Flop always out of the country. Do they not realize that americans are suffering from the poor economy here as a result of his twin Bush? Try focusing on America McLames.

    July 7, 2008 06:17 pm at 6:17 pm |
  165. G M

    Four days in Rwanda is site seeing. You can't really do or see much of anything in that short time. I have been to the neighboring
    country of Uganda and those countries are so big and everything is so far apart you can only go one or two places in a day. I spent 17 days there and traveled with a local professional driver in a modern SUV from the college, while doing my research and only visited a few sections of the country and attended a few functions. Traveling alone took hours.

    July 7, 2008 06:17 pm at 6:17 pm |
  166. Another old white woman for Obama

    I just recalled who she reminds me of: Cruella DeVille.
    Yes has always been involved in affairs. Humanitarian (She stole drugs from the poor) and extra-marital (John left his crippled wife for her). Charity begins at home Cindy.

    July 7, 2008 06:23 pm at 6:23 pm |
  167. Scott

    She looks like a bat.

    July 7, 2008 06:24 pm at 6:24 pm |
  168. Wendy

    I think she should get an ear tuck before she goes. She kind of looks like Dumbo...Something just doesn't look right with her. I think it might be one too may tucks and pulls. I only hope I can grow up to have half the plastic surgery. What a wonderful role model for all the young woman through out the world. Long live the Botox!

    July 7, 2008 06:30 pm at 6:30 pm |
  169. adam

    Giving away money she didn't earn and bragging about it

    July 7, 2008 06:32 pm at 6:32 pm |
  170. Shannon

    There are many, many, blighted and poverty stricken areas right here in the U S of America. Why isn't Cindy McCain visiting any of those areas right here in her own country? I thought John McCain was running for president of the United States, not the world.

    Also, I think people like Cindy McCain visit other countries because you don't have to actually do anything or accomplish anything, you just have to go there. Whereas here in our country, she would actually have to accomplish something or prove that she had made a difference.

    Who knows, maybe she will charge $732,000 on her credit card for them, and not just spend the money on herself.

    July 7, 2008 06:33 pm at 6:33 pm |
  171. Cheryl

    Don't forget those credit cards, CIndy....

    July 7, 2008 06:34 pm at 6:34 pm |
  172. Hillary supporter backing McCain

    I cannot believe these blogs – not just this one. Everyone is so nasty.

    July 7, 2008 06:35 pm at 6:35 pm |
  173. Paul

    Why is she going to Rwanda? Are there prescription drugs she can steal from a local charity?

    July 7, 2008 06:41 pm at 6:41 pm |
  174. Proud American

    The McCains can travel to the ends of the world but I still dont want them as the leaders of the U.S.

    July 7, 2008 06:42 pm at 6:42 pm |
  175. McCain=the draft

    Hey, Cindy is worth 100 million. She doesn't have to worry about going to work, so she's free to globe trot. I hope she's using her own jet. The McCains are more interested in helping the people of other countries. This elite couple cannot identify with the average american, that's for sure!

    July 7, 2008 06:42 pm at 6:42 pm |
  176. CALI DUDE

    Yeah,

    Why are her Eyes always kinda Chinese like? :)

    Guess she can afford to stay Stoned 24/7...

    July 7, 2008 06:48 pm at 6:48 pm |
  177. attilathehun

    There are some really ignorant people posting here.

    July 7, 2008 06:48 pm at 6:48 pm |
  178. Rusty, Portland

    Don't see Michelle the Belle making any humanitarian trips. Of course all she cares about is getting into the White House.

    July 7, 2008 06:50 pm at 6:50 pm |
  179. Enlightened Voter

    Hey Brandon Hillary Democrat for Mc Cain-Pa – You are so ghetto minded, but then most republicans are. I guess you are just being true to you and your 'type'.

    July 7, 2008 06:53 pm at 6:53 pm |
  180. vick

    hahahaha who cares come on CNN Cindey is no body to us please REPORT HOW MCCIAN FLIP FLOPS ON ISSUES.

    July 7, 2008 06:55 pm at 6:55 pm |
  181. Apples falling from the Obama tree

    With every nasty blog from an Obama supporter, John McCain gets one step closer to the White House.

    July 7, 2008 06:58 pm at 6:58 pm |
  182. Mike, Syracuse, NY

    @ Jason, I agree. Too bad there isn't an IQ test required for voting. None of the Obama bloggers here would be eligable to vote.

    July 7, 2008 07:00 pm at 7:00 pm |
  183. HG

    Hopefully she stays there. Its seems she likes to help those around the world when there are many in need here. We dont need a President or First Lady putting the needs of any other country first besides ours. We are already seeing the affects from this one.

    July 7, 2008 07:02 pm at 7:02 pm |
  184. David

    Cindy McCain,

    You don't look human, lay off the makeup. You look like the incognito alien in the movie Mars Attacks.

    July 7, 2008 07:03 pm at 7:03 pm |
  185. Cindy's Not Smarter Than Us

    Dear Jason,

    We didn't say she started doing humanitarian trips when John McCain started running for president. We said she started going on humanitarian trips when John McCain started running for an office in Congress. You read the facts.

    July 7, 2008 07:04 pm at 7:04 pm |
  186. Robert in Seattle

    Who really cares what this opiate theiving crazy beer baroness is doing. Her hubby will bail her out if she gets into trouble anyway.

    July 7, 2008 07:07 pm at 7:07 pm |
  187. Cinderella Is A Phoney

    She can go to Rwanda, but do we HAVE to hear about it. It's a fake, phoney trip so that the public can believe she really cares about people–uh huh, she doesn't. Yes, I know she wants us to think that she does, but we don't.

    -and I'm done.

    July 7, 2008 07:08 pm at 7:08 pm |
  188. Amy

    Who cares about Mrs McFacelift? McBush take your plastic wife and her plastic credit cards back to the Senate.

    Obama '08

    July 7, 2008 07:09 pm at 7:09 pm |
  189. CALI DUDE

    vick,

    Lets just call him FLIPPER?

    McFlipper

    Hey.. Can someone tell me why our economy always fails when a Republican is President?
    There is a definate pattern of this.

    July 7, 2008 07:09 pm at 7:09 pm |
  190. Uh Huh

    Cindy hon,

    We wouldn't believe you're going to Rwanda for humanitarian reasons if our lives depended on it. Oh wait, we do depend on it, and that's why we're voting for Barack, not your husband.

    July 7, 2008 07:11 pm at 7:11 pm |
  191. Matt, Canoga Park

    CNN censors. Why is it ok to mock and belittle the McCains on your blogs but to do the same with Obama and their supporters and you get your comment cleared out?

    Say all you want about McCain and his past but bring up Baraks drug abuse and get censored.

    Could this have something to do with Obama paying you to have only good articles about him. Please don't ever call your "news" organization unbaised. You have become far worse than Fox ever was.

    July 7, 2008 07:13 pm at 7:13 pm |
  192. stacy

    forget her drug sins and transgretions, woman is meek and sophisticated unlike other wife, rich but caring.

    July 7, 2008 07:17 pm at 7:17 pm |
  193. Brad - California

    And why is Cindy McCain newsworthy? You're going to give your OLD man a boost and it isn't gonna work. Americans are astute enough to know that you don' tgive a $#%& about what happens in Rwanda. Go back to your beauty salon and designer clothes.

    July 7, 2008 07:18 pm at 7:18 pm |
  194. EDW

    You ask what Michelle has done with her life?
    Simply being a faithful wife, great mother, and a role model is what she has done however that is not all. She is a very smart woman and has contributed a lot to her community. She has done many charitable works as well, without the trust fund of an beer heiress.

    July 7, 2008 07:22 pm at 7:22 pm |
  195. Concerned

    Wow she really needs a touch up...Mrs McBush better watch out, old McWalkingCain cheated on his first wife with Cindy for a younger woman..she looks a little long in the tooth now....thats why he's always traveling.

    July 7, 2008 07:23 pm at 7:23 pm |
  196. ANA G. LOS ANGELES. CA

    not news

    July 7, 2008 07:23 pm at 7:23 pm |
  197. Anonymous

    In the upcoming election. Obama will be beaten like a red-headed stepchild ! ! !

    July 7, 2008 07:24 pm at 7:24 pm |
  198. Larry Sinclair

    Next we will be hearing the rumor about how Barack Obama left his white live-in girlfriend. Oh wait, that's true.

    July 7, 2008 07:24 pm at 7:24 pm |
  199. USA FOR OBAMA

    Cindy will get more affection from the people in Rwanda than from her husband. She follows McCain around like a puppy dog. He always walks ahead of her and doesn't help her off HER plane. He shows NO affection at all.

    July 7, 2008 07:27 pm at 7:27 pm |
  200. Anonymous

    Obama is running for a Bush third term. Shh... Oh yeah, and he's a warmonger. And senile. Allegedly.

    July 7, 2008 07:31 pm at 7:31 pm |
  201. ben

    That's not a very good picture of Cindy. Then I guess, with her money it doesn't really matter.

    July 7, 2008 07:31 pm at 7:31 pm |
  202. The secret's out

    Obama is running for a third Bush term. Shh... oh yeah, and he's a warmonger. And senile. Allegedly.

    July 7, 2008 07:32 pm at 7:32 pm |
  203. E. C., Houston, Texas

    Americans should be proud to have Cindy McCain in such a position to represent this great Nation. There is no way that the McCains will not end up in The White House this November. Any person on this board who makes cracks about Senator McCain and his first wife has not read the true facts. Enlighten yourself, and READ! You may learn something other than nasty, crude, hateful comments against the McCains.

    July 7, 2008 07:34 pm at 7:34 pm |
  204. HBO

    Does the crypt-keeper come to mind when you look at the picture?

    Helpa-Brother-Out

    July 7, 2008 07:34 pm at 7:34 pm |
  205. Robert in Seattle

    Thieving, Aldultering Family Values Republicans. When are the Christians going to stop drinking the Right Wing Koolaid and take care of the US? Dems have a platform much closer to what Jesus would have. Get real, either your with God's plan or your a blind sheep voting for the Republicans.

    July 7, 2008 07:35 pm at 7:35 pm |
  206. Dan

    Puzzled July 7th, 2008 4:16 pm ET

    How many kids in the U.S. has she helped?

    More than Michelle Obama, the cheapskate that donates less than 1% of her income, or less than the average American that makes 50k per year. Cindy McCain was doing things like this before she entered the public eye, so its a lot less likely to be pandering.

    Cindy McCain has an adopted child... more than many of us could claim. So what if she went to rehab for painkillers? I'd rather a First Lady that overcame a PRESCRIPTION drug addiction than a President that snorted Cocaine and smoked Marijuana.

    July 7, 2008 07:35 pm at 7:35 pm |