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Who Didn't Need Vicodin in the Early '90s?
Ten years after John McCain became a perennial presidential candidate, and 14 years after the Phoenix New Times exhaustively documented the story of Cindy McCain's stage-managed addiction-confession (and less-publicized double-barrelled legal attack on the whistleblower who put her within arm's length of a 20-year jail sentence), the Washington Post flexes its reportorial muscle on the still-murky tale of how a senator's wife got away with asking the doctor of her international charity to write prescriptions for painkillers in the names of three of her unsuspecting employees.
So anything new here? Mostly, unusual skepticism about Cindy's always-shifting timeline and cause-effect explanations, plus extensive quotes from participants who rarely if ever go on the record, especially the whistleblower in question, Tom Gosinski.
"It's not just about her addiction, it's what she did to cover up her addiction and the lives of other people that she ruined, or put at jeopardy at least," Gosinski said in an interview this week. [...]
[Gosinski] eventually gave several lengthy interviews and provided The Post with a copy of his [early 1990s] journal. He subsequently cut off contact and asked that his name not be printed, saying he became frightened by the prospect of facing the McCain campaign on his own.
On Wednesday, he said he had changed his mind. He appeared at a news briefing in Arlington set up by a Democratic Party consultant.
Gosinski, a registered Republican, said that he sought help orchestrating a single media event because so many reporters wanted his story, but that he has had no contact with the Obama campaign or the Democratic National Committee.
He also signed an agreement with the Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a D.C.-based watchdog group, which will provide legal representation for him in the event of a lawsuit.
As always, I maintain that in a more just world, Vicodin and Percocet would be available over the counter. Anyway, so how is candidate John McCain on drug policy? He's one of the biggest drug warriors out there.
JMR|9.12.08 @ 9:34AM|#
I'll say it again, because the media's ignoring it again. The
National Enquirer's got actual journalists on the ground in
Anchorage, and
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/_palin_family_shockers_what_sarahs_really_hiding/celebrity/65407
they're doing some stuff the McCain campaign might have wanted to
do. Drugwar hypocrites abound, as usual... And my bet is the
Enquirer's just as on-the-money here as they were on Edwards, and
that fact pisses-off the "mainstream" media. Too bad, boys. The
tabloid scooped you again.
Fluffy|9.12.08 @ 9:35AM|#
Well, you know, there's not much to this Gosinski story.
After all, using your political influence to try to destroy someone
for disclosing true facts about your wife is exactly what a man of
honor would always do. Because the man of honor knows that when
wrongdoing is committed, the most important thing is to protect the
guilty and destroy those who know about it.
|9.12.08 @ 9:40AM|#
So, is Cindy still popping pilz? As a concerned voter I think that is important information I need to make an informed decision come November. I think John McCain should require his wife to piss in a cup every week. I'm not taking the word of a junkie, or her enablers.
|9.12.08 @ 9:40AM|#
Of course John McCain is one of the biggest drug warriors in the
country. He's From the Sixties. For conservatives who come From the
Sixties, drug policy is a proxy war for the hippies-vs-squares,
pro- vs. con- on Vietnam battles that defined their political
coming of age.
I sure hope we get to see more ads about Woodstock.
Matt Welch|9.12.08 @ 9:44AM|#
So, is Cindy still popping pilz?
Though she hasn't talked about it much this campaign cycle, in 2000
she claimed to be a weekly attendee at Narcotics Anonymous.
For conservatives who come From the Sixties, drug policy is a
proxy war for the hippies-vs-squares, pro- vs. con- on Vietnam
battles that defined their political coming of age.
So where does Joe Biden fit into that narrative?
|9.12.08 @ 9:50AM|#
So, is Cindy still popping pilz?
Though she hasn't talked about it much this campaign cycle, in 2000
she claimed to be a weekly attendee at Narcotics
Anonymous.
Not even close to good enough. Given her proximity to so many
people of influence. She needs to submit samples collected under
the direct supervision of an independent testing agency.
|9.12.08 @ 9:51AM|#
Was she hitting up the Vicodin or the Percocet? There's a big
fucking difference in the high between hydrocodone and oxycodone.
Not that I would know, of course.
After all, using your political influence to try to destroy
someone for disclosing true facts about your wife is exactly what a
man of honor would always do
He's protecting his wife, Fluffy. It's like chivalry, or something.
Super-honorable!
Matt Welch|9.12.08 @ 9:54AM|#
Was she hitting up the Vicodin or the Percocet?
Both! The Post story contains details.
|9.12.08 @ 9:57AM|#
This is old news to the lvers of freedom around here. The double
standard of drug law prosecution is all too evident to deny. Were
Cindy a lower middle class receptionist at that charity, she'd be
looking at a parole board about now.
The War on Drugs Poor People continues. John
McCain could have picked Radley Balko for a running mate and the
hypocrite would still not get my vote.
|9.12.08 @ 9:58AM|#
Both! The Post story contains details.
Hey, I'm starting to like Cindy. Only a master understands that you
take the hydro when you need to function and the oxy when you
don't. Not that I would know, of course.
|9.12.08 @ 10:02AM|#
So where does Joe Biden fit into that narrative?
Joe Biden got out of college before the 1960s turned into the
Sixties. It's interesting how the hippies took over at different
times in different places.
My dad told me that when he was at BC (class of 64), he'd never
heard of marijuana on campus. When he visited one of his professors
two years later, he told him that students smoking it in the dorms
had become the biggest problem on campus.
Chris Howell|9.12.08 @ 10:03AM|#
I blogged this story yesterday at:
http://chrishowell.com/2008/09/11/mccain-drug-abuse-cover-up/
Now with more video!
Now who is surprised that Cindy McCain is a drug hypocrite?
|9.12.08 @ 10:06AM|#
So, is Cindy still popping pilz? As a concerned voter I
think that is important information I need to make an informed
decision come November. I think John McCain should require his wife
to piss in a cup every week. I'm not taking the word of a junkie,
or her enablers.
Why stop there? I'd like to see every congressmen, all cabinet
members, POTUS and the VP and all of the SCOTUS judges subject to
random urinalysis and subject to prosecution should the results
come up positive. I lost one of my very best sailors over that.
This guy*, after getting popped on urinalysis and court martiled,
was an asset to the navy till the day his BCD was finalized.
* First class petty officer, 4.0 sailor, mid 20s and single.
Shocking that he might have done some cocaine at a party on the
weekend, isn't it? This still sticks in my craw 18 years later.
Anonymo the Anonymous|9.12.08 @ 10:06AM|#
She has repeatedly cited the stress of the Keating Five
scandal and pain from two back surgeries that same year as reasons
for her dependence on painkillers.
I'm glad to know it was because of stress and not because Vicodin
and Percocet are fucking awesome.
SIV|9.12.08 @ 10:07AM|#
Was she hitting up the Vicodin or the Percocet?
I doubt she was mainlining either. Have you ever tried to separate
the binder,filler and tylenol from the good shit in those pills?
Not that I would know anything about that.
|9.12.08 @ 10:07AM|#
Mister Welch, have you no shame? I mean really. What's wrong
with you? Why are you so obsessed with McCain? Do you, can you
focus on anything else? Are book sales really that important to
you? If so, do you really think anyone will buy your book based on
the drivel you've been posting lately?
Obama did coke. Palin smoked weed. Betty Ford drank heavily. Jackie
Kennedy was an addict. Every politician, every human being on earth
for that matter, is a hypocrite. Who gives a tinker's damn?
|9.12.08 @ 10:09AM|#
I doubt she was mainlining either. Have you ever tried to
separate the binder,filler and tylenol from the good shit in those
pills? Not that I would know anything about that.
Dude, that's what Oxycontin are for. Component separation is a pain
in the ass; why do it when they do it for you? Not that I would
know anything about that.
Anonymo the Anonymous|9.12.08 @ 10:14AM|#
Who gives a tinker's damn?
When this principle is enacted as the sum of U.S. narcotics law,
we'll leave Cindy McCain alone.
D.A. Ridgely|9.12.08 @ 10:14AM|#
The War on Drugs Poor People continues. John
McCain could have picked Radley Balko for a running mate and the
hypocrite would still not get my vote.
reason reader comments were a lot better back when
they used Virginia Postrel to make these sorts of points.
|9.12.08 @ 10:17AM|#
A "tylenol allergy" is a good thing to have when you are
"doctor shopping".
As is a codeine/Darvocet allergy.
|9.12.08 @ 10:20AM|#
As is a codeine/Darvocet allergy.
Yes, yes it is. Hypersensitivity reaction or constant vomiting both
work as good and fairly unverifiable excuses.
Fluffy|9.12.08 @ 10:21AM|#
When this principle is enacted as the sum of U.S. narcotics
law, we'll leave Cindy McCain alone.
I wouldn't be that tough on Cindy. John McCain can't pass laws
personally. [At the moment.]
If he even got up in the Senate and advocated enshrining this
principle as the sum of narcotics law, that would be enough for me.
If he went down 99-1, it would be enough for me. I would leave
Cindy alone after that.
But since he hasn't done that, fuck him and fuck her too.
|9.12.08 @ 10:26AM|#
"Who gives a tinker's damn?
When this principle is enacted as the sum of U.S. narcotics law,
we'll leave Cindy McCain alone."
Really? Do you know Obama's position on the drug war? Does anyone?
I hear his relatives back in Kenya just might be chewers of khat.
Is Obama in favor of legalizing khat?
|9.12.08 @ 10:26AM|#
Amazing how a bunch of "libertarians" are concerned about someone's personal drug use. Must be those "libertarian Democrats" we keep hearing about.
|9.12.08 @ 10:26AM|#
Yes, yes it is. Hypersensitivity reaction or constant
vomiting both work as good and fairly unverifiable
excuses.
Well, I actually have it for real. You give me two Tylenol 3 and
I'm down for the count for 4-6 hours; it's like having instant food
poisoning for me. I can't even get off the bed.
|9.12.08 @ 10:26AM|#
Why did this connection take my brain so long to make?
♪Sara, Sara,
Whatever made you want to change your mind?
Sara, Sara,
So easy to look at, so hard to define.♪
Oh well, better late than never.
Matt Welch|9.12.08 @ 10:29AM|#
Why are you so obsessed with McCain? Do you, can you focus
on anything else?
One usually has some interest in the topic of one's book. Further,
said topic remains very much in the news, and given that I have
more knowledge on the subject than most, I feel like I can add
contextual value to whatever new information comes in.
As for focusing on anything else, here are two recent articles
on other subjects; plenty more available at this link.
Are book sales really that important to you?
No.
Obama did coke. Palin smoked weed. Betty Ford drank heavily.
Jackie Kennedy was an addict. Every politician, every human being
on earth for that matter, is a hypocrite. Who gives a tinker's
damn?
On the abstract question, hypocrisy is a much more a serious charge
to those who cloak their political campaigns in slogans like
"country first," "cause greater," and "straight talk." On the
concrete question, I don't care, for instance, that McCain was a
serious booze-hound for the first four decades of his life; if
anything, it makes me like him more. What I care about in this
particular case is that he reportedly used the full force of
Washington heavyweights to lean on (and possibly smear) the
whistleblower who pointed out his wife's illegal activity. This
strikes me as conduct unbecoming. And it's an ongoing curiosity
that McCain seeks to have the federal government crack down on any
number of activities that either he or his close family have
engaged in.
|9.12.08 @ 10:31AM|#
"Amazing how a bunch of "libertarians" are concerned about
someone's personal drug use. Must be those "libertarian Democrats"
we keep hearing about."
That sounds about right to me.
|9.12.08 @ 10:32AM|#
And it's an ongoing curiosity that McCain seeks to have the
federal government crack down on any number of activities that
either he or his close family have engaged in
John and Cindy are the aristocracy, Matt. The rest of us are just
peasants. No hunting in the King's forest--except by the King.
|9.12.08 @ 10:33AM|#
"One usually has some interest in the topic of one's book.
Further, said topic remains very much in the news, and given that I
have more knowledge on the subject than most, I feel like I can add
contextual value to whatever new information comes"
Well feel again, buster, feel again.
Matt Welch|9.12.08 @ 10:33AM|#
Amazing how a bunch of "libertarians" are concerned about
someone's personal drug use.
I would be nothing but happy (and silent) if Cindy McCain was
gobbling Oxycontin as we speak. If she and her husband had left
others out of her private medicating practice we wouldn't be having
this conversation.
COld Water Extraction|9.12.08 @ 10:36AM|#
For those who want to get rid of the acetaminophen etc. First grind up the pills and mix it into hot water. Put your solution in the freezer until it is cool, but not frozen. The tylenol and fillers will be solidified and the opiods will be liquid. Strain out the solid stuff and drink the sweet opiate nectar.
Gorgeous Gus the Wonder Dog|9.12.08 @ 10:38AM|#
"Amazing how a bunch of "libertarians" are concerned about
someone's personal drug use."
Amazing how a bunch of "hypocrites" are concerned about someone's
personal drug use. There. Fixed it for you.
Fluffy|9.12.08 @ 10:40AM|#
"Amazing how a bunch of "libertarians" are concerned about
someone's personal drug use. Must be those "libertarian Democrats"
we keep hearing about."
That sounds about right to me.
John McCain has consistently advocated, and voted for, policies
that subject people to prison terms and asset forfeiture for
engaging in drug use, production, and trade.
But he does not want those policies and laws applied to his
wife.
Until that contradiction is removed, one way or the other, McCain
and his wife deserve to be rhetorically and politically brutalized
for this incident at every opportunity and at the highest possible
volume.
Gorgeous Gus the Wonder Dog|9.12.08 @ 10:43AM|#
"Until that contradiction is removed, one way or the other,
McCain and his wife deserve to be rhetorically and politically
brutalized for this incident at every opportunity and at the
highest possible volume."
Can you tell us Obama's drug war position? Can anyone?
Happy Jack|9.12.08 @ 10:45AM|#
Amazing how a bunch of "libertarians" are concerned about
someone's personal drug use
I don't think anyone cares about her drug use. It's her use of
connections to evade the consequences of forging prescriptions
that's at issue.
This is especially true if the guy gaming the system is the
system.
Fluffy|9.12.08 @ 10:48AM|#
Obama is equally deserving of scorn.
He acknowledges engaging in drug use as an adolescent. But I'm sure
there were black kids on the same street as Obama who got
caught with drugs, and who are now not only not running for
President, but have been stripped of their citizenship rights and
can't even fucking vote.
By not loudly and forcibly damning that disparity, Obama is
essentially endorsing a system where random chance assigns one guy
to be the next President of the United States, and another guy to
be a former felon who pumps gas and can't even vote, even when they
engage in identical acts. This is a sin against justice that is so
profound that it proves that Obama can't be trusted to value
any justice at all.
But at least Obama just relied on good luck to avoid the perils of
our drug law enforcement system. McCain's wife used rich white
chick married to a Senator privilege as her get out of jail
free card, and that offends me about 1000 times more.
Gorgeouse Gus the Wonder Dog|9.12.08 @ 10:51AM|#
"Until that contradiction is removed, one way or the other,
McCain and his wife deserve to be rhetorically and politically
brutalized for this incident at every opportunity and at the
highest possible volume."
I read that Michelle Obama received a bugus raise of $195,052
annually after Barack Obama was elected senator.
Obama has said he's against the corruption of special interest
money.
Brutalize in that direction for a while.
BakedPenguin|9.12.08 @ 10:51AM|#
Can you tell us Obama's drug war position? Can
anyone?
He sucks, too. However, there is still some hope that if elected,
he might stop the DEA assaults on MM facilities.*
*I am voting for Barr or else no one.
Heather|9.12.08 @ 10:54AM|#
Episiarch - you seem like you would be fun to party with! Not
that I would know anything about that.
And I agree with what Fluffy said.
Gorgeous Gus the Wonder Dog|9.12.08 @ 10:55AM|#
"But at least Obama just relied on good luck to avoid the perils
of our drug law enforcement system. McCain's wife used rich white
chick married to a Senator privilege as her get out of jail free
card, and that offends me about 1000 times more."
So you're compairing Obama to Cindy McCain? Makes about as much
sense as comparing Obama to Palin.
|9.12.08 @ 11:00AM|#
"Amazing how a bunch of "libertarians" are concerned about
someone's personal drug use. Must be those "libertarian Democrats"
we keep hearing about."
Did you read the Charlie Rangel post, chief? Amazing how a bunch of
"libertarians" are concerned about someone else not paying enough
taxes.
No, it is not. It is entirely predictable and appropriate for
"libertarians," or even libertarians, to be concerned when a
powerful government official exempts himself from the laws he
strives to impose on everyone else.
By not loudly and forcibly damning that disparity, Obama is
essentially endorsing a system where random chance assigns one guy
to be the next President of the United States, and another guy to
be a former felon who pumps gas and can't even vote, even when they
engage in identical acts.
A legitimate slam on Obama. I will, however, note the difference
between "essentially endorsing" the drug war via silence, and
loudly and ferociously endorsing its expansion via campaigning and
legislation.
Zeb|9.12.08 @ 11:13AM|#
This has nothing to do with Obama. McCain did things that should be criminal to keep his wife from getting busted. As far as I am concerned, she can pop all the pills she wants to.
|9.12.08 @ 11:22AM|#
A legitimate slam on Obama. I will, however, note the
difference between "essentially endorsing" the drug war via
silence, and loudly and ferociously endorsing its expansion via
campaigning and legislation.
Agreed. McCain and Biden are strident drug war supporters, while
Obama and Palin are not. Funny, ain't it.
|9.12.08 @ 11:24AM|#
Episiarch - you seem like you would be fun to party with!
Not that I would know anything about that.
Yes, I am. And I would know something about that.
Fluffy|9.12.08 @ 11:25AM|#
So you're compairing Obama to Cindy McCain? Makes about as
much sense as comparing Obama to Palin.
Senator McCain pulled strings [and probably more] to make sure his
wife did not go to jail.
I am comparing the two Senators, and using the occasion of his
wife's crimes as the vehicle for doing so.
A legitimate slam on Obama. I will, however, note the
difference between "essentially endorsing" the drug war via
silence, and loudly and ferociously endorsing its expansion via
campaigning and legislation.
This is true. That's a significant difference.
|9.12.08 @ 11:32AM|#
"Senator McCain pulled strings [and probably more] to make sure
his wife did not go to jail."
Who wouldn't?
|9.12.08 @ 11:35AM|#
Agreed. McCain and Biden are strident drug war supporters,
while Obama and Palin are not.
Actually, we know enough about Obama to say that he is not.
Palin? There isn't any record at all, as far as I can tell.
This isn't one of those "presidential candidate vs. running mate"
arguments, is it?
|9.12.08 @ 11:37AM|#
"This isn't one of those "presidential candidate vs. running
mate" arguments, is it?"
No, it's most likely generational.
Dagny T.|9.12.08 @ 11:38AM|#
that's what Oxycontin are for.
I thought they were filled with oxygen, and kept you from being
incontinent.
You guys have this down to a science. Impressive. (Obviously I'm
referring to your political analysis.)
Fluffy|9.12.08 @ 11:43AM|#
"Senator McCain pulled strings [and probably more] to make
sure his wife did not go to jail."
Who wouldn't?
Everyone would.
But if you are a drug war opponent, doing so makes you a person who
would go to the mat to help another person avoid an unjust fate.
This would make your actions morally praiseworthy.
OTOH, if you are a staunch drug war advocate, doing so makes you a
person who would go to the mat to make sure another person avoids a
punishment you yourself have asserted is just. That makes
your actions despicable, and makes you a scumbag.
By being a staunch drug war supporter, John McCain lost the moral
right to try to play the system to get his wife off easy. "Aw, come
on, everyone would try to help their wife! Who wouldn't?" Tough
shit.
|9.12.08 @ 11:48AM|#
I thought they were filled with oxygen
They
are.
and kept you from being incontinent
All opiates cause constipation, so you are correct. Too much
information, I know.
BakedPenguin|9.12.08 @ 12:02PM|#
Actually, we know enough about Obama to say that he is not
[a drug warrior].
Orly?
This is the moment when we must renew our resolve to rout the terrorists who threaten our security in Afghanistan, and the traffickers who sell drugs on your streets. No one welcomes war...
From the Huffington Posttranscript
of his Berlin speech.
Comparing terrorists to drug dealers is not the rhetoric of a
person who wants to de-escalate the War on Drugs. He compares
dealers to terrorists, and specifically, to the Taliban, whom we
are currently at war with. He may be better at the edges - he is
certainly less of a hypocrite than McCain - but without good
evidence to the contrary, Obama has to be considered a drug
warrior.
|9.12.08 @ 12:05PM|#
If the CPD were not a sham entity this or similar question would
come up in a debate.
Mr McCain, you have a long history of being a militaristic drug
warrior. During your time in congress you supported many laws that
encourage repeat drug users to be thrown in jail for long period s
of time. Would you support jail time for you own wife due to her
repeated drug usage? if not doesn't that make you a huge
hippocrite? how would you explain this to Mrs Juanita Jackson who
is here on temporary leave from her 20 year prison sentence for
possession of the same drugs your priveleged wife uses?
|9.12.08 @ 12:07PM|#
it is funny that he said specifically drug dealers are like the Taliban...since we gave $40 million to the Taliban in 2001 to theoretically fight the drug war on heroine.
Anonymo the Anonymous|9.12.08 @ 12:16PM|#
I thought they were filled with oxygen, and kept you from
being incontinent.
STEVE HOLT!
|9.12.08 @ 12:37PM|#
I thought they were filled with oxygen, and kept you from
being incontinent.
STEVE HOLT!
Shit, I was so busy being a smartass I missed one.
ktc2|9.12.08 @ 12:52PM|#
It always amazes me how "conservatives" can grasp how Clinton was prosecuted for lying about a blow job and not for getting one and yet they completely fail to grasp that libertarians don't give a damn about Cindy McCain's drug use, but what we do care about it John McCain's use of his political position to crush those who reported it.
|9.12.08 @ 1:01PM|#
Actually, we know enough about Obama to say that he is
not.
Palin? There isn't any record at all, as far as I can
tell.
If she were a strident drug warrior, we'd know.
This isn't one of those "presidential candidate vs. running
mate" arguments, is it?
No, it's more of a comment on the ages of those who have and have
not hitched their political wagon to that particular star. One on
each ticket. As I posted, "Funny, isn't it?"
JMR|9.12.08 @ 1:41PM|#
Oh, the horror. Libertarians are concerned about various *hypocrites* we'd ordinarily leave the fuck alone if they'd just, for once, advocate leaving US the fuck alone.
|9.12.08 @ 1:58PM|#
BakedPenguin, you do know that the Taliban now control the bulk
of the world's opium production, right?
He wasn't comparing drug traffickers to the Taliban - the Taliban
ARE drug traffickers.
libertarian democrat|9.12.08 @ 2:30PM|#
I think it's pretty clear that we object not to her drug use, but to the double standard coming from McCain: using political force to protect his wife and to throw others like her in jail.
|9.12.08 @ 2:57PM|#
On the topic of the biggest drug traffickers...what do ya'll
make of the CIA admitting that plane that crashed full of 3.7 tons
of cocaine last year was also used on rendition flights by the
CIA.
http://www.borderfirereport.net/michael-webster/new-revelations-on-cia-drug-planes.html
the government says white_terrorist are coming:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2778261/Next-US-terror-attack-could-be-by-white-Americans-or-Europeans.html
BakedPenguin|9.12.08 @ 3:21PM|#
joe - yes, I'm fully aware that most Heroin today comes from
Afghani opium. Just as you're fully aware that the way to ensure
that the Taliban gets as little of that money as possible is to end
the War on Drugs.
We can debate the definition of "traffickers", but the people
selling drugs "on your streets" are most certainly not the Taliban.
I think you're really stretching here to see Obama in the best
possible light.
Mr. Obvious|9.12.08 @ 3:29PM|#
I'm fully aware that most Heroin today comes from Afghani
opium. Just as you're fully aware that the way to ensure that the
Taliban gets as little of that money as possible is to end the War
on Drugs.
Hey, I know how we can prolong the war in Afghganistan
indefinitely! Let's subsidize the Taliban by handing them a
monopoly on the production of 90% of the country's wealth!
JMR|9.12.08 @ 3:32PM|#
And speaking of Afghanistan, the only way this whole drug thing can happen is massive corruption, including ALL sides, "friends" and "enemies." That's how it works, and why it needs to stop.
JMR|9.12.08 @ 3:39PM|#
"and less-publicized double-barrelled legal attack on the
whistleblower who put her within arm's length of a 20-year jail
sentence"
This is, if they have sense enough to use it, the logical attack
vector for the Obama side to use on this issue, because they DID go
after this poor guy, bigtime...
|9.12.08 @ 5:58PM|#
This is, if they have sense enough to use it, the logical
attack vector for the Obama side to use on this issue,
I would agree. Its one of the few attacks they can make that is
both (a) factually based and (b) not pre-programmed to boomerang on
them.
The danger, of course, is that it will too easily be seen as an
attack on Cindy, and as Obama has said, family is off limits. Its
not, of course, but it will be taken that way.
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