19 August, 2008

McCain's ignore kin

read today---NPR reports that, despite what she says, Cindy McCain is not an only child. Turns out Cindy's dad, beer distributor Jim Hensley, had a daughter named Kathleen with his first wife, before he met and married Cindy's Mom.

But not only does Cindy routinely deny the woman's existence, multimillionaire Daddy Dearest gave his first child only $10,000 and a few bucks for college tuition, but no share of his vast estate. And Cindy has never rectified the slight.

Imagine how devastating it must be for Kathleen and her son to hear Cindy say last month, ""I'm an only child. My father was a cowboy, and he really loved me very much, but I think he wanted a son occasionally."

As Cindy lays her head on one of the many pillows on the many beds in one of the eight homes she shares with husband John, does she ever ponder how unfair it is to deny your own kin?

Or does she simply forget about Kathleen in the same way she ignored John's first wife -- the one he was married to when he met Cindy?
John Edwards certainly gives adultery a bad name. But John and Cindy have found a way to give marriage a bad name, too.

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