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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! Let us use this site to learn more about PD...leave your political opinions at the door! Hugh in Dallas PD '07 ----- Original Message ----- From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 6:02 PM Subject: Stem Cells & McCain's 1st wife > Written by Don C. Reed: > > STEM CELLS, AND JOHN MCCAIN'S FIRST WIFE > > When Bill Clinton fooled around, the Republicans fought with all their > strength to impeach him. . > > But when John McCain cheated on his crippled wife, the GOP nominated him > for President. > > Did you know about McCain's first wife? A former swimsuit model, Carol > McCain was tall, willowy, beautiful-until a terrible car accident. > > Flung through the windshield of her car, Carol McCain lay on the frozen > ground all night. Her pelvis was broken. Both legs and an arm were > shattered, she had massive internal injuries- the doctors despaired for > her life. > > Fortunately for Carol , Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot took over her > medical bills: paying for her six months in hospital-- and 23 operations, > necessary just to keep her alive. So many bone fragments had to be removed > from her body that she lost five inches in height. > > Carol McCain was disabled for life. > > So when John McCain came home from the war in Viet Nam , how did he stand > by the woman he promised to love and cherish till death did them part? > > He began cheating on her, systematically and casually, with a variety of > women. > > Finally the still married McCain chose Carol's replacement, the > movie-star-gorgeous Cindy, heiress to a fortune. > > He divorced Carol, married the heiress one month later, and his new > father-in-law gave him a job as an executive at his beer company-and John > McCain was rich. > > H. Ross Perot had this to say: > > "McCain is the classic opportunist. always reaching for attention and > glory. When he came home, Carol walked with a limp. So he threw her over > for a poster girl with big money." > -"The wife U.S. Republican John McCain callously left behind", Sharon > Churcher, Daily Mail UK , June 8, 2008 . > > To this day, Carol remains loyal to McCain, who pays her medical bills. > > Now some people feel that McCain, as a former prisoner of war, is not to > be criticized. Democrats always acknowledge John McCain's service, unlike > the Rove-Republican attack machine and their Swift Boating tactics, > continually smearing John Kerry's heroism in the same war. > > But to my way of thinking, the fact that John McCain was a prisoner of war > does not mean we forget everything else about the man. > > John McCain deserves to be judged on his actions, his record, his > positions and choices, and how his decisions will affect all our lives. > > First, let me state my personal bias: why John McCain's essential > abandonment of a disabled person affects me so deeply. > > My son Roman Reed is disabled, a quadriplegic, paralyzed from the > shoulders down because of a college football accident. > > Every day I try to do something to advance the cause of stem cell > research, because I know it works. > > I have seen it. On March 1, 2002 , I held in my hand a laboratory rat > which had been paralyzed, but which walked again, thanks to embryonic stem > cells. That was in the Reeve-Irving Research Center , University of > California at Irvine . > > It has been so frustrating, these past eight years, having an anti-science > President in the White House. The policies of George Bush policies are > based on ideology and ultra-conservative religion, not the healing science > our country so desperately needs. > > But John McCain says he is different from Bush, that he supports embryonic > stem cell research. > > I don't trust him. > > Different from Bush? Not a whole lot. McCain co-signed Senator Sam > Brownback's bill to put scientists in jail for advanced stem cell > research-he also chose Sarah Palin for his Vice President, and she is > completely opposed. > > With a new GOP platform calling for a complete ban on embryonic stem cell > research, we could be worse off than we were under Bush. > > McCain says one thing, and does another. > > McCain says he supports the disabled-then votes against the Community > Choice Act, which would have allowed disabled folks to be cared for in > their own homes, instead of having to be institutionalized. > > He likes to call himself a "maverick", reminding us that he once dared to > opposed President George Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy. However, (and > with McCain there is always a however) when it came time to gain his > party's nomination, he tossed that courage out the window. Now he wants to > make those tax cuts permanent: as the rich get richer, the middle class > gets pushed down into the ranks of poverty, and the poor are increasingly > on their own. > > He promised to run a respectful campaign, saying that he won't talk trash > about his rival-he just hires Karl Rove's friends to do it. And did you > see his face when his second in command when his second in command went > into her carefully planned speech of character assassination. He was > giggling like a schoolgirl when Ms. Lipstick Pitbull trashtalked Obama. > > Did you notice how he first said he did not know anything about economics, > but suddenly discovers he has all the answers? > > He says he believes in freedom, but his second in command wants to censor > library books, and fired a librarian who stood up to her. > > McCain says he hates war, but pushed hard to get us involved in Iraq from > the very beginning. That war cost us our economy. America went from being > rich to being in debt. That was started by George Bush, and continued by > John McCain, who promises more. > > Granted, Iraq is quieter now; if you kill enough people it will definitely > calm things down; graveyards are not noisy places. > > "Maverick" McCain says he is against government wastefulness and > corruption-so where are his speeches on the mountains of money lost, > stolen, or mis-spent in Iraq, entire fork-lift pallets of money > unaccounted for? > > He even abandoned his enthusiasm for President Bush-in his acceptance > speech he never mentioned the name of that man he once so publicly > embraced, putting his cheek on the President's chest. > > As a former prisoner of war, McCain deserves respect. > > But when he mentions his war record, which he does at any possible excuse, > we should remember there are other veterans, whose interests he routinely > votes against. > > Like the soldiers in VA hospitals, who were recently told by the Bush > Administration, that they can no longer be helped to register to vote. > > The same veterans whose care John McCain so frequently votes against. They > also were soldiers. Their heroism also deserves recognition. > > Many are disabled, like John McCain's first wife. They must not be > abandoned. > > America needs a President who will not only look out for everyone, but > also try to make things better: to heal the ill and injured. > > John McCain is not that man. > > Don C. Reed > Sponsor, Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act > Founder and Co-Chair, Californians for Cures > > Don Reed is also Vice President of Public Policy for Americans for Cures > Foundation; opinions voiced here as an individual may or may not reflect > those of the Foundation. > > Rayilyn Brown > Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > [log in to unmask] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn