Hillary Clinton and John McCain endorsed by influential New York Times
By DAVID GARDNER 25th January 2008
By DAVID GARDNER 25th January 2008
Less than a month after bestowing him with their prized endorsement, on Thursday, February 21, 2008 in an article titled The Long Run the following headline was pasted across The Times.
For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk
By JIM RUTENBERG, MARILYN W. THOMPSON, DAVID D, KIRKPATRICK and STEPHEN LABATON
Published: February 21, 2008
(For those of you who missed it, it said the following and more. I guess they changed their mind about the Senator or never wanted him to win in the first place.)
WASHINGTON — Early in Senator John McCain's first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers.
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The lobbyist Vicki Iseman, whose relationship with Mr. McCain troubled some of his aides.
A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, visiting his offices and accompanying him on a client’s corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself — instructing staff members to block the woman’s access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity.
The lobbyist Vicki Iseman, whose relationship with Mr. McCain troubled some of his aides.
A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, visiting his offices and accompanying him on a client’s corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself — instructing staff members to block the woman’s access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity.
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