Comments on Advance Indiana™: Tabloid Outshines Mainstream Media Again

Sean,Some additions to your list:Grover Cleveland ...

2008-08-11T06:36:00.000-05:00

Sean,

Some additions to your list:

Grover Cleveland (D) - paid off a mistress who had his child. At least he fessed right up to it when confronted with the story. Very refreshing.

Warren Harding (R) - "Multi-tasker", including in the White House during his Presidency.

FDR (D) - Affair from (at least)1918-1945. Eleanor's opinion about having a girlfriend be darned.

Dwight Eisenhower (R) - It's OK during wartime, right? George Marshall may have threatened to demote him over it. Somebody was a busy bee if the boss finds out about it.

Hey Sean I caught the sarcasm! It is amazing when ...

2008-08-11T00:37:00.000-05:00

Hey Sean I caught the sarcasm! It is amazing when I post the people that take it seriously when your trying to make a joke! My favorite president is still Nixon! I would have loved to sit in with that guy while he was talking to a psychiatrist. He opened up the western world to China and ruined the office of the presidency all in a couple of terms! Truly a head case to be studied!

Hey money77 ... yeah I know. I've long said that ...

2008-08-10T21:44:00.000-05:00

Hey money77 ... yeah I know. I've long said that I thought Carter was a good and decent man but a horrible, horrible president.

In the past several years though he has said and done enough stupid things that I've started to second guess that opinion a bit.

And I was kind of being a bit tongue in cheek with Carter and Nixon on those lists. ;-)

Hey Sean lets not group Carter in with the rest of...

2008-08-10T13:22:00.000-05:00

Hey Sean lets not group Carter in with the rest of the silly Democrats! I read the article when it was first published in Playboy and he stated that like all men he "Lusted in his heart" after woman but he never cheated on his wife. Say what you want about his Presidency but Jimmy was and still is a good man!

I think Jon missed the sarcasm in my notes after t...

2008-08-10T11:50:00.000-05:00

I think Jon missed the sarcasm in my notes after the Nixon entry. ;-)

And somebody did mention Gingrich.. and wasn't there something about Rudy too?

Sinclair's story has been covered by the tabloids,...

2008-08-09T15:03:00.000-05:00

Sinclair's story has been covered by the tabloids, including the mysterious murder of Donald Young, the choir director at Trinity Church of Christ who Sinclair claims told him he had an intimate relationship with Obama a short time before he was found shot to death.

"What I find most interesting is that McCain has l...

2008-08-09T13:05:00.000-05:00

"What I find most interesting is that McCain has little of his own personal wealth, so he bought off his former wife's silence with Cindy's property and money? Ouch."

Kinda like John "I served in Viet Nam" Kerry?

Nixon (R) - Not a cheater (and not a crook? LOL)Fo...

2008-08-09T12:29:00.000-05:00

Nixon (R) - Not a cheater (and not a crook? LOL)
Ford (R) - Not a cheater.
Reagan (R) - Not a cheater.
Bush Sr. (R) - Not a cheater.
Dole (R) - Not a cheater.
Bush Jr. (R) - Not a cheater.

Nixon...Are you kidding me? Only the most corrupt administration since Harding!

Ford...A great man.

Reagan...There were allegations of infidelity. He was also a divorcee.

H.W. Bush...Tabloid allegations of an affair.

Dole...A good fellow didn't agree with him politically.

W. Bush...Alcoholic and alleged coke addict. Admitted that he was not the person he is today (morally) before he was 40. Still, has sent thousands to die in Iraq for no apparent reason other than politics.

"Clinton lied but nobody died," the late Julia Carson. Yes, I know all the ridiculous allegations about Vince Foster, etc. So don't even try it.

Not even being in politics at the time of his divo...

2008-08-09T11:11:00.000-05:00

Not even being in politics at the time of his divorce, what 'silence' was he buying, exactly?

ALthough boring and mundane, perhaps they simply didn't want to be married to each other and there was nothing sinister or secretive about it. From all accounts they seem to have had an amicable divorce.

I wish the tabloid would dig into the Larry Sincla...

2008-08-09T10:53:00.000-05:00

I wish the tabloid would dig into the Larry Sinclair story. I don't believe he's making it up and the Obama camp is going through extraordinary lengths to keep the story out of mainstream news.

Thanks for covering it here, Gary. I wish you would do an update for audiences here in Indianapolis. As you know, much more has happened since Larry's National Press Club conference.

Sorry Bart Lies, I was mixing up McCain and former...

2008-08-09T10:03:00.000-05:00

Sorry Bart Lies, I was mixing up McCain and former Republican Speaker Newt Gingrich's stories.

What I find most interesting is that McCain has little of his own personal wealth, so he bought off his former wife's silence with Cindy's property and money? Ouch.

"the right wingers salivating over this story negl...

2008-08-09T09:56:00.000-05:00

"the right wingers salivating over this story neglect to mention (maybe they didn't know??) that John McCain cheated on his cancer-stricken wife with an heiress over 20 years younger than him."

No, they DIDN'T, vox populi. THAT'S a DAMN lie. That story was ALL OVER the MSM, print and video. The only stories they DON'T cover are those involving democrats or liberals.

If Vox is going to tell stories, tell the entire s...

2008-08-09T07:47:00.000-05:00

If Vox is going to tell stories, tell the entire story.

Carol McCain was wheelchair-bound due to an auto accident, she was not 'cancer stricken'.

And John's divorce settlement provided for her continued medical care, leaving her quite well-off, the way it sounds:

http://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-chapter5.html

"Carol, who remains on good terms with her former husband, generally has avoided reporters interested in hearing her side of the story."

"She did briefly address her divorce to Timberg: "The breakup of our marriage was not caused by my accident or Vietnam or any of those things. I don't know that it might not have happened if John had never been gone. I attribute it more to John turning 40 and wanting to be 25 again than I do to anything else."

"In the divorce settlement, McCain was generous with Carol, the mother of their daughter Sidney and two sons, whom McCain had adopted. Among other things, McCain gave Carol the rights to houses in Florida and Virginia and agreed to provide insurance or pay for additional treatment she was expected to require."

vox populi and i think the right wingers seem to o...

2008-08-09T06:49:00.000-05:00

vox populi and i think the right wingers seem to overlook Newt's indiscretion with a congressional staffer at the same time they were hanging bill clinton out to dry in the impeachment debacle. I hate to become a Bible quoter but Paul wrote, "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God". I think private lives of politicians and hollywood stars would best be left private. our societies attraction to reading trashy stories about others only underscores its ignorance toward the real issues that need to be addressed and solved. It is a shame we all can't concentrate on the solving our nations problems instead of reading sleezy stories online and in the Enquirer.

I was an Edwards supporter and am deeply saddened ...

2008-08-08T23:02:00.000-05:00

I was an Edwards supporter and am deeply saddened by what happened. At the same time, the right wingers salivating over this story neglect to mention (maybe they didn't know??) that John McCain cheated on his cancer-stricken wife with an heiress over 20 years younger than him.

AI, as a long time reader of your blog, I applaud ...

2008-08-08T22:57:00.000-05:00

AI, as a long time reader of your blog, I applaud you for raising the issue of a double standard towards liberals/Democrats within the MSM. I sincerely believe what goes on between two consenting adults should stay as just that. It strikes me as unfortunate that it depends on the letter after your name whether or not your personal life gets aired out.

"I think this President has shown a remarkable dis...

2008-08-08T20:08:00.000-05:00

"I think this President has shown a remarkable disrespect for his office, for the moral dimensions of leadership, for his friends, for his wife, for his precious daughter. It is breathtaking to me the level to which that disrespect has risen." -- John Edwards regarding Bill Clinton, Feb. 12, 1999.

Keeping in mind I'm not a partisan hack (at least ...

2008-08-08T19:40:00.000-05:00

Keeping in mind I'm not a partisan hack (at least not D or R) I have noticed a trend:

Kennedy (D) - Cheater
Carter (D) - "Lusted in his heart"
Clinton (D) - Cheater
Edwards (D) - Cheater

Nixon (R) - Not a cheater (and not a crook? LOL)
Ford (R) - Not a cheater.
Reagan (R) - Not a cheater.
Bush Sr. (R) - Not a cheater.
Dole (R) - Not a cheater.
Bush Jr. (R) - Not a cheater.

So either one group is just so dumb they always get caught or even their wives can't trust them?

I will not apologize because there's nothing to ap...

2008-08-08T19:23:00.000-05:00

I will not apologize because there's nothing to apologize for. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut sometimes.

In this case, I will gladly eat crow however. Baked with feathers, please.

If I were Ms. Hunter, I'd be very afraid. Involve...

2008-08-08T19:22:00.000-05:00

If I were Ms. Hunter, I'd be very afraid. Involvements with politicians have a habit of resulting in mysterious 'suicides.'