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About 'lincoln trail college'|...and, of course, Ladmo. He was mad about something, dad was. Not Ladmo and his Lincoln-esque top hat, where is Waldo shirt. He was upset, you see, because he just...







About 'lincoln trail college'|...and, of course, Ladmo. He was mad about something, dad was. Not Ladmo and his Lincoln-esque top hat, where is Waldo shirt. He was upset, you see, because he just...








U.S.

Senator               John               McCain,               the               2008               Presidential               nominee-presumptive               of               the               Republican               Party,               has               a               legendary               temper               and               apparently               has               even               dropped               the               "C-Bomb"               on               his               wife               Cindy               in               public.

Former               U.S.

Senator               Robert               Smith               (R-NH),               a               colleague               of               McCain               on               the               Senate               Armed               Services               Committee,               said,               "I               have               witnessed               incidents               where               he               has               used               profanity               at               colleagues               and               exploded               at               colleagues....

He               would               disagree               about               something               and               then               explode.

It               was               incidents               of               irrational               behavior.

We've               all               had               incidents               where               we               have               gotten               angry,               but               I've               never               seen               anyone               act               like               that.."               John               McCain               himself               admits               to               having               anger-management               issues,               when               he's               not               denying               it.

In               his               autobiography               Worth               the               Fighting               For,               the               Arizona               senator               wrote,               "I               have               a               temper,               to               state               the               obvious,               which               I               have               tried               to               control               with               varying               degrees               of               success               because               it               does               not               always               serve               my               interest               or               the               public's."
               McCain's               memoir               was               published               in               2002.

Like               he               has               proved               with               his               stands               on               many               issues               over               the               years,               John               McCain               is               very               changeable               --               much               more               the               typical               politician               than               his               press               and               self-declarations               would               lead               the               casual               observer               to               believe*               --               and               one               of               the               issues               he               has               flip-flopped               on               is               his               characterization               of               his               temper.

The               Baltimore               Sun               in               its               March               20,               2008               issue               quoted               McCain               as               denying               he               is               a               hothead:               "Just               because               someone               says               it's               there,               you               would               have               to               provide               some               corroboration               that               it               was.

Because               I               do               not               lose               my               temper.

I               do               not."
               He               elaborated               further               on               the               issue:               "Now               do               I               speak               strongly?

Do               I               feel               frustrated               from               time               to               time?

Of               course.

If               I               didn't,               I               don't               think               I               would               be               doing               my               job.

But               for               someone               to               say               that               McCain               became               just               angry               and               yelled               or               raised               my               voice               or               -               it's               just               not               true.

It's               simply               not               true."
               To               paraphrase               Shakespeare:               Methinks               the               Senator               doth               protest               too               much.
               The               assertion               that               he               is               master               of               his               temperament               is               curious               as               two               days               before               the               Sun               article               was               published,               he               admitted               he               has               anger-management               problems.

Speaking               in               Sottsdale,               Arizona,               McCain               admitted,               "I               have               had               a               bad               temper               in               my               life."
               Former               Senate               Majority               Leader               Bob               Dole,               in               an               appearance               on               Larry               King's               cable-TV               talks               show,               said               of               McCain               that               "...he               does               have               a...

I               guess               you               could               say               temper.

But               I               always               sort               of               rationalized               that               because               the               poor               guy               had               been               locked               up."               Dole,               who               until               McCain               is               formally               nominated               in               September               2008               at               the               Denver               GOP               convention               ranks               as               the               oldest               man,               at               73,               to               ever               run               for               President               on               the               ticket               of               a               major               party,               told               King               that               McCain               "can               control               it.

It's               not               a               problem               anymore."
               A               new               biography               about               the               GOP               Presidential               nominee,               The               Real               McCain               by               Cliff               Schechter,               reveals               a               disturbing               incident               in               which               a               hot-headed               John               McCain               humiliated               his               wife               in               front               of               campaign               aides               and               the               press               with               a               monumental               blow-up.

According               to               the               book,               "Three               reporters               from               Arizona,               on               the               condition               of               anonymity,               also               let               me               in               on               another               incident               involving               McCain's               intemperateness.

In               his               1992               Senate               bid,               McCain               was               joined               on               the               campaign               trail               by               his               wife,               Cindy,               as               well               as               campaign               aide               Doug               Cole               and               consultant               Wes               Gullett.

At               one               point,               Cindy               playfully               twirled               McCain's               hair               and               said,               'You're               getting               a               little               thin               up               there.'               McCain's               face               reddened,               and               he               responded,               'At               least               I               don't               plaster               on               the               makeup               like               a               trollop,               you               c--t.'               [EXPLETIVE               IS               NOT               DELETED               OR               MODIFIED               IN               THE               BOOK]               McCain's               excuse               was               that               it               had               been               a               long               day.

If               elected               president               of               the               United               States,               McCain               would               have               many               long               days."
               There               are               many               other               incidences               of               the               flaring               up               of               John               McCain's               incendiary               temper               detailed               in               the               book.
               During               the               2000               Republican               Presidential               contest,               when               McCain               was               running               against               Texas               Governor               George               W.

Bush               for               the               nomination,               Senate               Majority               Leader               Trent               Lott               circulated               stories               that               McCain's               six               years               in               a               North               Vietnamese               prison               camp               had               made               him               mentally               unstable.

In               fact,               McCain's               psychiatric               evaluation               after               being               released               from               captivity               revealed               that               he               had               not               suffered               psychological               damage,               but               interestingly,               it               highlighted               the               fact               that               McCain               had               anger-management               issues               before               becoming               a               prisoner               of               war.

His               Navy               head-shrinker               commented               that               McCain               believed               that               he               had               learned,               during               his               incarceration,               to               better               control               his               temper,               which               had               been               a               problem               in               the               past.
               John               McCain's               Senate               colleague               Hillary               Clinton,               after               running               her               "It's               3               A.M.

In               the               Morning/Who               Do               You               Want               Answering               the               Phone?"               political               attack               ad               targeting               Barack               Obama,               vouched               for               herself               and               John               McCain's               "experience"               in               being               able               to               handle               the               tough               issues               that               could               arise               for               a               President               &               Commander-in-Chief               during               the               wee               small               hours               of               the               morning.

(One               would               like               to               ask               Mrs.

Clinton,               married               to               the               greatest               Lothario               to               occupy               the               Oval               Office               not               surnamed               either               Harding               or               Kennedy,               if               such               problems               to               be               dealt               with               at               3               A.M.

in               the               morning               include               police               or               press               reports               of               her               hubby               Bubba               busted,               Eliot               Spitzer-like,               in               a               late-night               reveries               with               scarlet               women.)               However,               the               fact               remains:               the               personality               of               John               McCain,               despite               the               endorsements               of               Hillary               and               Bill               Clinton,               seems               very               brittle               indeed.
               The               Clintons'               affection               for               McCain               is               almost               as               strange               as               Hillary               Clinton's               burying               the               hatchet               with               Richard               Mellon               Scaife,               the               man               who               financed               the               "vast               right-wing               conspiracy"               she               blamed               for               her               hubby's               sex               scandal               that               led               to               his               impeachment.

The               same               year               that               Bill               Clinton               became               only               the               second               president               in               history               to               be               impeached               by               the               House               of               Representatives               for               high               crimes               and               misdemeanors               --               1998               --               John               McCain               not               only               called               their               then-teenage               daughter               ugly               but               also               intimated               that               Hillary               was               a               lesbian.

Attending               a               Republican               fund-raiser               in               Washington,               D.C.,               McCain               rhetorically               asked,               "Why               is               Chelsea               Clinton               so               ugly?

Because               Janet               Reno               is               her               father."
               John               McCain               seems               to               be               the               eternal               flyboy,               with               his               crude               humor               and               even               cruder               language.

In               the               military,               pilots               are               fabled               for               their               immaturity.
               To               see               John               McCain               in               person,               as               I               did               during               the               2008               New               Hampshire               Presidential               primary,               is               to               see               a               man               who               is,               in               Army               parlance,               "Tightly               wrapped."               He               is               not               as               impressive               in               person               as               I               expected.

The               most               charismatic               men               I               have               ever               met               on               the               hustings               are               Ronald               Reagan               (1976)               and               Bill               Clinton               (1992):               Those               two               definitely               had               what               is               called               charisma.

I               am               a               left-wing               Democrat               and               was               so               back               in               high               school,               but               when               I               shook               hands               with               the               then-ex-Governor               and               former               host               of               Death               Valley               Days               (the               latter               seemingly               a               higher               achievement               to               us               Baby               Boomers               who               were               suckled               as               children               by               the               boob               tube),               even               though               I               despised               everything               he               stood               for,               I               was               overwhelmed               by               his               presence.

Ronald               Reagan               was               a               star:               Warmth               just               exuded               from               the               man.

I               never               had               a               grandfather,               and               in               the               seconds               that               I               shook               Reagan's               hand               --               after               getting               over               the               visual               shock               of               the               bad               dye               job               that               had               transformed               his               knotted               and               combined               locks               into               an               unnatural               shade               of               red               --               as               soon               as               he               focused               his               attention               on               me,               I               thought,               "Wow!

This               man               is               like               my               grandfather.

Why               can't               the               Democrats               have               someone               like               him?

Where's               Gregory               Peck               when               you               need               him?"
               I               hate               to               say               this,               being               a               Reagan-basher,               but               the               man               exuded               --               sincerity.

Warmth               and               sincerity,               and               a               certain               --               graciousness.

He               had               grace,               which               I               had               seen               once               when               meeting               Princess               Diana's               father               on               a               trip               to               Althorp               in               the               early               1980s.

Earl               Spencer               met               my               brother,               my               mother               and               myself,               who               were               touring               his               castle,               tourists               for               cash,               and               he               was               very               gracious.

There               wasn't               any               phoniness               or               contempt               in               the               old               aristo.

Ronald               Reagan               had               that               grace,               that               noblesse               oblige.

For               those               seconds               of               our               meeting,               it               seemed               as               if               he               genuinely               cared               about               me,               and               I'm               sure               --               looking               back               --               that               he               did.

It               was               his               gift.

He               was               blessed               with               charisma               and               possessed               a               physical               aura               that               actually               could               embrace               you.

He               had               grace.
               Bill               Clinton               also               has               that               charisma,               but               rather               than               Reagan's               sincerity               and               grace,               Bubba               wowed               you               with               a               smirk               that               hovered               just               beneath               the               surface               and               then               bubbled               up               for               a               brief               appearance,               before               diving               back               down               into               the               pool               of               his               psyche.

(Narcissus               into               the               pool               did               gaze....)               .

It               was               as               if               he               was               winking               at               you,               and               letting               you               in               on               the               joke.

Bubba               was               no               aristocrat               either,               so               there               was               no               sense               of               noblesse               oblige.

He               was               more               in               line               with               Jesse               Jackson's               mantra,               "From               the               outhouse               to               the               White               House."               Rather               than               to               the               manor               born,               Bill               Clinton               was               one               of               life's               big               lottery               winners.
               I've               seen               Bill               Clinton               three               times               in               my               life,               and               shaken               hands               with               him               twice               (most               recently               during               a               rally               on               the               eve               of               the               New               Hampshire               primary),               and               he's               still               got               it.

Charisma,               that               is.

Rather               than               coming               off               across               as               a               grandfather               (he               was               roughly               the               same               age               in               2008               as               Ronald               Reagan               was               in               1976),               Clinton               seems               like               a               beloved               Big               Brother               or               a               favorite               uncle,               an               uncle               that               would               slip               you               his               used               copy               of               PLAYBOY.

as               long               as               you               didn't               tell               you               mother.

(Plausible               deniability,               they               call               this               in               Presidential               politics.)               Like               Ronald               Reagan,               he               connects               to               people.
               Let               me               tell               you,               there               are               politicians               I               have               seen               --               Richard               Nixon               and               Jimmy               Carter               --               that               did               not.
               The               first               President               I               ever               saw               was               Lyndon               Baines               Johnson,               on               the               hustings               in               his               1964               "L.B.J.

for               the               U.S.A."               election               tour,               standing               large               and               waving               at               the               crowd               while               I               was               perched               on               the               top               of               my               father's               shoulders.

I               was               four               years               old.

I               think               I               was               more               impressed               by               his               Lincoln               Continental               than               I               was               by               him,               he.

being               so               far               away,               maybe               about               50               yards               distant               --               a               huge               gulf               of               space               for               a               kid,               filled               as               it               was               with               an               enthusiastic               crowd.

His               Presidential               limo               was               newer               than               my               father's               1959               Lincoln,               and               it               had               the               fabled               "suicide               doors"               that               my               father's               '59               Linc'               lacked.

It               was               the               car               that               Kennedy               was               killed               in,               every               kid               in               the               crowd               knew,               or               was               one               just               like               it,               a               thought               that               likely               went               through               every               person's               head               just               before               the               Big               Texan               stepped               out               at               an               intersection               in               downtown               Manchester,               New               Hampshire               before               the               roiling               mass.

It               was               just               like               a               parade,               one               of               the               premier               events               of               kiddom               in               the               early               1960s,               before               Vietnam               made               patriotism               a               causality               of               war.

My               father               had               said               one               night               at               the               dinner               table               that               L.B.J.

had               killed               our               beloved               President               John               F.

Kennedy,               a               demi-god               in               New               England,               being               a               Mick               and               a               Catholic               from               neighboring               Massachusetts               (my               mother               was               Irish               Catholic),               but               that               didn't               stop               him               from               taking               the               family               out               to               see               the               Main               Man               that               afternoon               in               Manchester.

The               L.B.J.

remark               came               after,               much               after,               if               my               memory               serves               me               correctly;               it               is               not               always               felicitous               these               days,               now               that               I'm               in               my               late               40s,               older               than               J.F.K.

was               when               he               was               assassinated               in               L.B.J.'s               home               state               of               Texas,               a               decade               older               than               my               parents               were               when               they               took               the               kids               out               to               see               the               President               of               the               United               States,               when               that               was               about               as               big               an               event               a               lifetime               could               handle,               outside               of               love               and               marriage,               going               off               to               war               or               suffering               through               the               Great               Depression.
               I               went               to               a               Barack               Obama               rally               held               in               a               high               school               gymnasium               in               the               waning               days               of               the               2008               New               Hampshire               primary,               and               it               was               the               most               people               I'd               seen               at               a               political               event               in               the               Granite               State               since               L.B.J.'s               whirlwind               stop               44               years               before.

While               I               saw               the               lineaments               of               greatness               as               Obama               wound               up               and               delivered               his               campaign               pitch,               I               was               not               overwhelmed               as               I               had               expected               to               be               by               the               hype               coming               out               of               Iowa.

Frankly,               I               was               disappointed               and               more               than               a               little               dismayed.

I               was               expecting               John               F.

Kennedy               ,               but               there               was               a               little               too               much               of               the               Stepford               candidate               about               Barack               Obama,               something               a               little               too               calculated               and               slick.

(A               traveling               journalist               told               me               the               next               day               at               a               Bill               Richardson               rally               that               what               the               voters               were               seeing               in               New               Hampshire               was               but               a               simulacrum               of               the               man               who               had               taken               Iowa               by               storm.

Obama               was               exhausted               by               the               time               he               had               reached               New               Hampshire,               so               my               negative               judgment               likely               was               unfair.)
               And               perhaps,               John               McCain               was               exhausted               too               when               I               saw               him               at               a               rally               at               the               plaza               next               to               Manchester               City               Hall,               several               blocks               north               of               where               L.B.J.

had               made               his               own               campaign               stand.

McCain               flubbed               his               lines,               which               he               admitted               to.

He               was               dog               tired,               it               seems               in               retrospect,               though               he               was               holding               up               well.
               John               McCain               in               the               flesh               is               much               the               same               as               one               sees               on               television,               but               what               struck               me               most               was               how               short               his               appearance               was,               as               well               as               the               fact               that               there               seemingly               were               more               press               personnel               than               "civilians"               at               the               event.

He               was               90               minutes               late,               and               his               appearance               entailed               about               10               minutes               of               speaking,               followed               by               about               10               minutes               of               glad-handing               while               making               his               way               back               to               his               "Straight               Talking               Tour"               bus,               while               Ron               Paul               supporters               heckled               him.

I               tried               to               make               my               way               through               the               crowd               to               shake               his               hand,               but               it               was               too               thick               and               lacked               the               fluidity               one               can               use               to               dodge               and               weave               through               to               get               within               hand-shaking               range               of               a               popular               candidate.

I               became               stymied               by               the               two               Japanese               newsmen,               who               were               welded               in               place               to               the               ground,               as               they               were               taking               a               picture               of               themselves               with               a               cellphone               camera,               the               Gothic               facade               of               the               Manchester               City               Hall               serving               as               the               background               for               their               snapshot.

Stopped,               I               wondered               what               kind               of               world               I               lived               in.

Frankly,               the               Presidential               nomination               process               --               and               I               have               had               44               years               experience,               off               and               on,               as               a               participant               or               as               an               observer               in               the               front               lines,               nearly               a               whole               life               time,               so               my               opinion               must               have               some               validity               --               has               become               insane.
               John               McCain               has               a               curious               appearance,               almost               malevolent.

Unlike               Reagan               and               Bill               Clinton,               both               of               whom               are               big               men,               John               McCain               is               not               physically               impressive,               and               in               place               of               the               granite               jaw               that               should               be               the               hallmark               of               the               war               hero               his               commercials               tell               us               he               is,               there               are               two               chipmunk-like               appurtenances,               one               on               each               side               of               his               face.

The               aren't               quite               jowls:               It's               as               if               he's               storing               something               rectangular               in               his               cheeks,               such               as               copies               of               the               deluxe               paperback               edition               of               the               Declaration               of               Independence               and               Constitution               of               the               United               States               the               Ron               Paul               people               were               handing               out.

Each               of               the               little               books               had               cost               $5.00,               according               to               the               price               tag.

I               wondered               about               Ron               Paul's               success               at               raising               money               on               the               Internet               and               how               it               paid               for               these               nice               little               books.
               Rather               than               the               grandfatherly               kindness               of               a               Ronald               Reagan               (and               McCain               was               careful               to               bring               Reagan               up               during               his               stump               speech),               he               looks               more               like               the               grumpy               old               neighbor               who               would               try               to               give               a               small               kid               a               kick               in               the               ass               for               "trespassing"               on               his               property               to               snatch               an               apple               from               his               tree.

I               am               talking               of               my               own               childhood               in               the               1960s,               when               a               neighbor               could               kick               you               in               the               ass,               this               being               before               the               proliferation               of               lawsuits               that               has               dampened               down               spontaneous               outbreaks               of               violence               among               the               middle               class.

He               strikes               me               as               what               Mr.

Wilson               likely               would               have               been               if               Dennis               the               Menace               was               a               tragedy               instead               of               a               comedy,               or               if               someone               wrote               one               of               those               post-post-modern               novels               only               college               professors               and               their               unfortunate               students               read,               if               it               had               delved               into               poor               old               Mr.

Wilson's               psyche               and               shown               him               to               be               a               frustrated               old               fart               barely               able               to               dam               up               his               anger               from               past               frustrations               and               transgressions.

Mr.

Wilson               struggling               with               the               better               angels               of               his               nature               to               keep               from               becoming               a               pederast               or               child-killer.

Such               is               a               liberal               arts               education               in               the               21st               Century.
               Another               character               John               McCain               reminds               me               of               is               old               Mr.

MacGregor,               brandishing               his               rake,               trying               to               skewer               Peter               Rabbit,               a               particularly               horrific               image               from               my               childhood               I               have               never               forgotten.

I               can               still               see               Peter               on               the               page               of               the               Beatrix               Potter               classic,               squeezing               through               the               bottom               rung               of               the               garden               fence,               a               look               of               sheer               terror               on               his               lupine               face,               with               the               vicious               MacGregor               in               pursuit.

Such               are               childhood               nightmares               engendered!

Hearkening               back               to               our               literary               analysis               in               the               last               paragraph,               we               can               picture               John               McCain               as               Mr.

MacGregor,               and               Peter               Rabbit               as               "The               Other"               --               the               "gook"               (as               McCain               still               calls               the               Vietnamese)               in               black               pajamas,               the               Shia               (or               is               it               Sunni,               John?)               "towel-head"               in               Iraq,               or               a               fellow               Republican               whom               he               disagrees               with,               violently**               --               the               Rabbit               symbolizing               the               bugaboos               in               McCain's               psyche.

(This               is               not               Elwood               P.

Dowd's               pooka               Harvey               we're               talking               about               here.)               Except:               Instead               of               a               rake,               if               John               McCain               gets               possession               of               The               Garden               by               being               elected               President,               he               will               have               a               nuclear               arsenal               to               use               against               his               trespassers.
               Mr.

MacGregor               with               his               finger               on               The               Button.

Think               about               it.
               There               was               some               nut               at               the               Manchester               McCain               rally               with               a               sign               declaring               BOMB               BOMB               BOMB               BOMB               IRAN!

referring               to               the               novelty               song               from               the               Iranian               Hostage               Crisis               of               the               late               1970s               that               reportedly               is               a               favorite               of               the               Arizona               Senator.

One               of               the               sincere               types               in               the               crowd               asked               the               nut,               "Do               you               think               that               sign               is               constructive?"               while               the               nut               moved               off,               indulging               in               the               same               salty               language               John               McCain               used               to               belittle               foes               --               and               apparently               friends               and               loved               ones               --               alike.

I               wondered               why               the               sane               person               even               bothered               to               address               a               true               believer               in               John               McCain.

Only               in               America,               I               thought,               could               a               reactionary               like               McCain               be               tagged               as               a               liberal.
               Later               that               night,               after               checking               in               on               Bill               Richardson               (who               never               seems               to               be               able               to               get               his               necktie               right),               I               did               The               Hillary               Clinton               Experience               on               election               eve,               several               hours               after               she               had               "cried"               in               a               visit               over               at               the               seacoast               and               generated               big               headlines.

Let               me               tell               you:               That               woman               is               as               tough               as               nails.

If               you               were               going               to               get               in               a               bar               fight,               you               could               do               worse               than               having               Hillary               cover               your               back.

There               are               many               criticisms               I               could               level               at               her               (and               have),               but               her               presence               at               her               pep               rally               was               rock               solid.

She               was               as               tough               as               any               Vietnam               vet               sergeant               major,               playing               out               his               30-year               string,               whom               I               met               back               in               my               days               in               Pharaoh's               Army               in               the               1980s.

I               could               see               why               people               have               said               that               without               Hillary,               Bill               Clinton               would               have               remained               the               most               popular               professor               at               the               University               of               Arkansas               Law               School.

To               borrow               the               parlance               of               boxing,               she               reminded               me               of               an               old               pug               of               whom               it               could               be               said,               "Wakes               up               in               the               morning               and               pisses               razor-blades               &               s---s               hot               gravel."
               John               McCain               seems               tough,               but               the               vibe               he               gives               off               is               strangely               off-kilter,               as               if               he               could               break.

There's               a               brittleness               about               him.

He's               the               kind               of               guy               who,               being               relied               on               as               an               ally,               might               turn               around               and               sock               you               on               the               jaw.

There               is               a               certain               disquiet               in               those               eyes,               and               in               the               tension               of               that               overly               set               jaw,               bulging               at               the               jowls               with               a               copy               of               Ron               Paul's               Constitution               on               each               side               (something               the               war-monger               McCain               would               devour               whole               rather               than               respect,               I'm               afraid;               our               Founding               Fathers               were               hostile               to               maintaining               a               standing               Army               and               to               foreign               entanglements).

John               McCain               is               not               as               rock               solid               as               Hillary               Clinton               appeared               that               night               before               the               New               Hampshire               primary               vote,               although               to               be               fair,               Hillary               seems               closer               and               closer               to               a               crack-up               herself               since               Obama's               string               of               victories               after               Super               Tuesday,               even               after               her               Ohio               win               and               "the               cup               if               half-full"               performance               in               Texas.

The               Presidential               nominating               process               is               insane.
               Incidentally,               Cindy               McCain               does               look               like               a               trollop,               even               16               years               after               the               incident               with               her               husband               and               the               reporters.

I               had               heard               that               old               John               McCain               had               taken               a               hot-looking               broad               to               wife               after               dumping               his               first               missus,               but               the               woman               I               saw,               while               pretty,               had               the               look               of               a               retired               Vegas               showgirl.

Or               a               former               high-class               hooker,               now               gone               somewhat               to               seed.

She               looked               older               than               her               chronological               age,               even               with               the               make-up,               and               I               was               shocked               to               discover               when               researching               McCain's               bio               that               she               was               actually               the               heiress               from               a               family               with               a               humongous               personal               fortune               (which               was               the               secret               of               McCain's               political               success).

Like               I               said,               rather               than               looking               like               a               high-class               heiress,               she               looked               like               a               former               showgirl               cum               high-priced               call               girl.

A               trollop.
               Thinking               about               this,               it               makes               you               wonder               about               their               marriage,               whether               John               McCain               --               who               has               used               his               wife               Cindy's               family               fortune               and               connections               to               carve               out               a               successful               career               in               Arizona               politics               that               has               brought               him               to               within               hailing               distance               of               the               Oval               Office               --               is               a               gold-digger.

He               certainly               has               done               precious               little               of               substance               during               his               time               in               the               House               of               Representatives               and               the               Senate,               and               he               seems               to               be               egotistically               focused               on               the               White               House               as               an               end               to               itself:               John               McCain               wants               to               be               President               for               the               sake               of               being               President               and               Commander-in-Chief               (thus               beating               out               his               father               and               grandfather               both               four-star               admirals,               in               rank               and               achievement),               rather               than               for               the               opportunity               to               do               good,               which               was               the               driving               force               behind               Robert               F.

Kennedy               and,               apparently,               Barack               Obama.
               John               McCain               has               enjoyed               a               charmed               life               with               the               press,               as               he               offers               them               access               and               is               highly               quotable.

However,               those               who               know               him               and               have               dealt               with               him               are               not               so               warm               towards               the               Arizona               Senator.

Former               Senator               Bob               Smith               says,               "[McCain]               had               very               few               friends               in               the               Senate.

He               has               a               lot               of               support               around               the               country,               but               I               don't               think               he               has               a               lot               of               support               from               people               who               know               him               well."
               Former               U.S.

Representative               John               LeBoutillier,               who               was               on               a               Congressional               task               force               dealing               with               prisoner               of               war               issues,               said               of               McCain,               "People               who               disagree               with               him               get               the               'f---               you.'"               From               his               personal               experience               dealing               with               McCain,               LeBoutillier               concludes,               "I               think               he               is               mentally               unstable               and               not               fit               to               be               president."
               A               1999               editorial               by               the               Arizona               Republic,               commenting               on               McCain's               planned               run               for               the               Republican               nomination               in               2000,               said               that               the               nation               as               a               whole               would               soon               know               what               Arizonans               knew,               that               John               McCain               possessed               a               "volcanic"               temper.

Expressing               doubts               as               to               whether               McCain               possessed               the               "temperament"               to               be               President               of               the               United               States,               the               Republic               said               that               the               people               of               the               United               States               would               one               day               acquire               what               was               general               knowledge               in               the               Grand               Canyon               State:               That               in               addition               to               being               "sarcastic               and               condescending,"               the               editorial               stated,               "McCain               often               insults               people               and               flies               off               the               handle."
               One               can               assume               that               during               the               long               campaign               season               yet               to               come,               the               American               people               will               learn               this               lesson,               first-hand.
               Footnotes:
               *               John               McCain               was               an               enthusiastic               supporter               of               the               2003               Invasion               of               Iraq               from               the               beginning,               saying               that               U.S.

troops               would               be               greeted               as               liberators.

He               has               rewritten               his               history               to               suggest               he               was               a               harsh               critic               of               George               W.

Bush's               war               plans               until               General               David               Petraeus'               surge               strategy.
               **The               Real               McCain               by               Cliff               Schechter               details               an               incident               between               John               McCain               and               U.S.

Representative               Rick               Renzi,               where               the               two               got               into               a               fist-fight               when               Renzi               objected               to               be               called               "boy"               by               McCain.

Renzi               told               McCain               to               back               off               from               the               name-calling,               but               McCain               --               in               character               --               physically               attacked               him.

Like               two               schoolboys               who               bond               over               a               playground               fight,               McCain               and               Renzi               later               became               fast               friends.
               Sources:
               Baltimore               Sun,               "The               Swap:               McCain               on               humor               and               temper:               'I               will               get               angry'"
               Huffington               Post,               "New               Book:               McCain               Once               Physically               Attacked               Fellow               Congressman"
               NewsMax,               "John               McCain's               Temper               Preceded               Vietnam               "
               The               Raw               Story,               "Book:               McCain               temper               boiled               over               in               '92               tirade,               called               wife               a               'c--t'"






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