6/23/2023 0 Comments Viki iseman![]() ![]() ![]() After he obsessively called for days afterwards, I (foolishly) returned to the campaign trail.įor the next several months, there was not a single night that passed that I did not spend hours on the phone with a broken, distraught and profoundly unstable lobbyist. In fact, John McCain looked at me and said he did not understand how he could go on with his presidential run by saying, “Boy, I had a long relationship with her.” I was livid, and flew home to California. Similar accusations and relationships had ended campaigns in the recent past. However, John McCain was convinced it would soon be over. He kept saying, “The campaign is over.” I reassured him that it was behind us. Understandably, he was very concerned about this potentially campaign-ending issue. After the New York Times story – which accurately detailed that relationship – was attacked and successfully discredited by the campaign under my direction, John McCain told me the truth backstage at an event in Ohio. Senator McCain denied his long relationship with the lobbyist – to whom he was credibly accused of providing special favors – dozens of times to my face. Immediately following the story’s publication, John and Cindy McCain both lied to the American people at a news conference that I prepared them for on that same day.īoth denied the story to me personally, as did the lobbyist at the center of the story. Today, I would like to publicly apologize to all of the journalists: Jim Rutenberg, Marilyn W. These journalists, like many others, were also victims of this lie. Their credibility, integrity and professionalism were unfairly attacked by the McCain campaign of which I was a part of. Before continuing, I would like to apologize to the journalists whose bylines appear on the story. I had the opportunity to privately apologize to Jim Rutenberg several years ago. The answer can be found in this New York Times article from February 21, 2008, written by Jim Rutenberg, Marilyn W. This information came out in a NYT’s article in 2008, and well, I will turn this over to Schmidt: Well, it turns out that John McCain was having an affair with a lobbyist by the name of Vicki Iseman. And the Media just loves when they get access to a politician. McCain had ambition, and he didn’t want to end up on the dung heap with some of the other Keating Five senators. Too bad that McCain continued to have a bad reputation with Arizona reporters.īut this “straight talking” bs line was in direct response to the fallout from the Keating Five Affair. And the Media loved it and his “Straight Talk Express” campaign bus. McCain became very accessible to the national Media reporters and columnists. This image was cultivated by John McCain after he got involved with pressuring federal regulators to lay off savings and loan crook Charles Keating, Jr. John McCain got an undeserved reputation as a “straight shooter” with the Media. While we might take a quick look at and eye roll toward anything dealing with Meghan McCain, her father once again proved that image beats substance, at least when it comes to our damn corrupt Media. These were the other points that Schmidt was raising with his spilling of the tea on John McCain. But what I want to point out is how John McCain got away with lying in public about an affair he was having with a lobbyist, and how McCain looked the other way with the corruption involving his long time aide and campaign manager Rick Davis. I know most of you have heard about the pissing contest between Steve Schmidt and Meghan McCain. Schmidt is more than spot on with his criticism’s of the obnoxious, spoiled, privileged bully that is Meghan McCain. ![]()
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