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Cindy McCain stories: 44 news summaries

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Cindy McCain Declares War
on Migraines

Launches public campaign on behalf of headache research

Sep 14, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cindy McCain has publicly survived everything from miscarriage to stroke to a painkiller addiction—but the malady she took aim at last week was one she's endured in secret: migraines. “I’ve missed part of my life,” she told an American Headache Society luncheon. “People don’t... More »

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migraines • medical research • Cindy McCain • headaches

 Meghan 
 McCain 
 'Bratty' at 
 DC Dinner 



Political daughter brings extra guest

May 11, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Woulda-been first daughter Meghan McCain didn't exactly get the royal treatment she was expecting at Saturday's White House Correspondents dinner. She showed up to the exclusive event with two tickets and a party of three, prompting a security guard to question her. "Doesn't he even know who the fuck ... More »

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entertainment • John McCain • Cindy McCain • Meghan McCain • White House Correspondents Dinner • Wanda Sykes

 McCain Crushes
 Cindy's Dancing Dreams 

Mrs. McCain won't compete on reality show

Jan 16, 09 11:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Sorry, McCain fans. Your candidate is back in the Senate rather than moving into the White House, and you can't even take solace by watching his wife on Dancing With the Stars. Cindy McCain had been in talks with producers since Thanksgiving and “wanted to do it very badly,... More »

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John McCain • reality TV • Dancing with the Stars • Cindy McCain

 NYT Slaps Reporter 
 for Facebook Source 

Reporter reprimanded for messaging minors

Nov 16, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Backlash against the New York Times reporter who contacted minors on Facebook to locate sources has led Times public editor Clark Hoyt to declare, “I would not have sent the messages.” Jodi Kantor, author of last month’s unflattering front-page profile of Cindy McCain, reached out to classmates... More »

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John McCain • New York Times • Clark Hoyt • Cindy McCain • campaign • Election 2008 • reporting • conservatives • liberal media

 Enquirer 'Catches' 
 Cindy McCain 
 in Tryst 

Tabloid says wife cheating for years on GOP candidate

Nov 12, 08 2:01 PM CST
(Newser) - The National Enquirer says it has caught Cindy McCain “passionately” locking lips with a long-haired, “washed-up ‘80s rock musician” type. The tabloid revealed its “world exclusive” spy photos—admittedly grainy—of the pair at a 2006 music festival in Phoenix. A Huffington Post reader shed doubt... More »

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John McCain • politics • marriage • presidential politics • affair • National Enquirer • Cindy McCain • campaign • cheating • Sarah Palin

 McCains Urge Unity, 'Good Will' 

Vanquished GOP candidate presses supporters to 'get our country moving again'

Nov 7, 08 2:56 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain released his first public statement today since conceding the election, congratulating President-elect Barack Obama and urging supporters to work together with the new administration, the Hill reports. “Although we were disappointed with the results,” the joint statement with wife Cindy said, “we must move beyond... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Cindy McCain • Election 2008 • President Obama • statement

OPINION

The Makeover Palin Should Have Had

High-end duds totally at odds with GOP target (or Target) audience

Oct 23, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - That the GOP dressed up “a no-frills hockey mom” for her star turn is fine, but that they dressed her up in Neiman's, Saks, and Barneys is “mind-boggling evidence of a tin ear for the symbolism of popular culture,” style maven Robin Givhan wails in the Washington ... More »

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John McCain • fashion • shopping • presidential campaign • Oscar de la Renta • Cindy McCain • Robin Givhan • Neiman Marcus • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Barneys New York • What Not to Wear

McCain to NYT: Don't Mess With the Missus

Fuming campaign suggests paper find Obama's 'drug dealer'

Oct 18, 08 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The McCain campaign and the New York Times are at it again after the paper published a partly unflattering profile of Cindy McCain today, Lynn Sweet reports for the Chicago Sun-Times. Mrs. McCain’s lawyer fired off an angry letter at the Times, asking why it drudged up old stories... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • New York Times • Michelle Obama • Cindy McCain • media bias

Cindy McCain Seeks Return
to City That Shunned Her

Candidate's wife fights hard for husband despite distaste for political life

Oct 18, 08 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cindy McCain is giving her all to get her husband into the White House despite the tough time the capital has given her in the past, the New York Times reports. When she moved there early in her marriage, the young political wife found herself ostracized by cliquey congressional wives... More »

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John McCain • Washington DC • Cindy McCain • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Carol McCain

McCains Get Free Cell Towers at Ranch

Ethics lawyers cite his Senate post overseeing telecom industry

Oct 16, 08 12:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Verizon and AT&T provided portable cell phone towers to John McCain's Arizona ranch free of charge soon after he launched his presidential bid, the Washington Post reports. The companies say it's a unique situation—a modern candidate has to be plugged in, after all—but ethics lawyers say it's... More »

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ethics • John McCain • Verizon • Cindy McCain • cell phone towers • AT&T

OPINION

For Tough Election Coverage, Tune In During the Day

Tune into Ellen and The View for TV's most penetrating look at politics

Oct 13, 08 6:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The days when politicians could take refuge on daytime TV, hiding behind softball interviews and happy talk about favorite recipes, are over, Rebecca Traister writes for Salon. Tracing the trend from soaps through Phil Donohue to Oprah and Ellen to the unrivaled supremacy of The View, she observes, "... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • The View • Oprah Winfrey • Cindy McCain • daytime talk show • Ellen DeGeneres • Election 2008

 Guess How Many Cars I Own? 

13 rides pack McCains' garages, including 2 Jeeps, a pickup, Caddie and foreign cars

Sep 22, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The McCains own almost twice as many cars as they do houses, and a few members of the fleet are foreign—despite John McCain’s recent assurances to Detroit that "I've bought American literally all my life.” Thirteen cars are registered to John and Cindy McCain, Newsweek discovered... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Michelle Obama • Detroit • Cindy McCain • hybrid car • US automakers • cars

Clinton Takes
In The View
on Monday

Ex-prez likely to get warmer reception than McCains did last week

Sep 19, 08 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton is scheduled to appear Monday on The View, where he hopes to get a more friendly reception than John and Cindy McCain did Sept. 12. The GOP candidate and his wife are still fuming about their treatment, the New York Post reports, with the wife of the Republican... More »

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John McCain • The View • Bill Clinton • Whoopi Goldberg • Cindy McCain

Cindy McCain Blasts View
After Grilling

It's 'out of sync' with mainstream America, says aspiring first lady

Sep 15, 08 2:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newspapers and TV shows like The View are out of sync with the average American’s political beliefs, wannabe first lady Cindy McCain has declared. She blasted the media the day after she and hubby John McCain were grilled on The View about misleading campaign ads and the undisclosed number... More »

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John McCain • The View • Barbara Walters • voters • Cindy McCain • Joy Behar • campaign advertising • Election 2008

Cindy's Addiction: It Claimed Several Other Victims

Misuse of charity embroiled doctor, aide

Sep 12, 08 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cindy McCain is open about her painkiller addiction in the early 1990s—to a point, the Washington Post reports in an account of that period. Though she speaks of it frequently as a story of personal struggle, what she doesn't say is that she was in serious legal jeopardy for... More »

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John McCain • drug addiction • Phoenix • charity • doctor • Cindy McCain • prescription painkillers

McCains Dish About
Family Life

Cindy, John and eldest daughter spill about dirty jokes and checking in

Sep 11, 08 1:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The McCains are hardly the average American family, but Cindy still wants that gas tank filled when the car comes back. Cindy, a reticent John, and eldest daughter, Meghan, 23, spilled the beans to People about McCain family life:
  • On messing with mom: “Sometimes I just like to
... More »

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John McCain • Cindy McCain • Meghan McCain • interview

 Cindy McCain, 
 Lonesome Cowgirl 

Candidate's wife likes her privacy, and her past isn't easy to unravel

Sep 10, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cindy McCain is a classic Western loner who chose to raise her kids as a self-styled “single parent” in Phoenix rather than join John in Washington as he served in the Senate. She may be a size zero, but she has "unusual grit": she drives a race car,... More »

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John McCain • drug addiction • New Yorker magazine • privacy • Cindy McCain • Election 2008

opinion

 For Political Wives,
 It's All in the Dress

McCain, Obama make statements with style

Sep 6, 08 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - First lady fashions are more than trivial concerns: Their choices reflect on presidential campaigns and hold the power to spark new trends, writes Robin Givhan in the Washington Post. Cindy McCain "has endorsed the status quo" by turning to White House veteran Oscar de la Renta, while Michelle... More »

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fashion • Michelle Obama • Oscar de la Renta • Cindy McCain • Robin Givhan • fashion designer • first lady

 Cindy Cries 
 'Sexism' in 
 Palin Uproar 

McCain rips media, can't recall Palin's 'whining' zinger at Clinton

Sep 3, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cindy McCain "absolutely" believes sexism is behind the media scrutiny of Sarah Palin, the beer heiress told ABC's Good Morning America, complaining that the Palin coverage is "insulting" and "outlandish." McCain, however, said she didn't remember Palin deriding Clinton's "whine about that excess criticism" as... More »

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Hillary Clinton • sexism • Good Morning America • Cindy McCain • media bias • Sarah Palin

Cops Nab 100 as RNC
Protest Turns Violent

Delegates inside convention asked to donate for Hurricane Gustav

Sep 1, 08 9:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police arrested more than 100 demonstrators outside the scaled-down Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., today, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. A crowd of 10,000 marched peacefully through 90-degree heat until bands broke off to smash windows and harass delegates. Police tossed tear gas and concussion grenades as... More »

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Laura Bush • Cindy McCain • protesters • Hurricane Gustav • Republican National Convention

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