Cindy McCain

Flip-Flopping John McCain Is No Political Profile in Courage

Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney in Town For Campaign Stop; Each Trying to Woo Sheriff Joe Arpaio

www.businessinsider.comMinnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is in town to suck up to Sheriff Joe Arpaio.​This afternoon, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will have his butt kissed by meet with Minnesota Congresswoman/presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann in her attempt to woo him into end ... More >>

Major League Baseball All-Star Game Boycotted by Human Rights Group Puente

WikimediaCommonsPuente is encouraging fans to boycott the All-Star Game over SB 1070The Phoenix-based human-rights organization Puente has called for a national boycott of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, to be hosted at Chase Field, July 12.Puente's boycott stems from its opposition to Sena ... More >>

Russell Pearce Bashes Immigrants While Hispanics Are Saving Arizona's Economy

Senate President Russell Pearce claims illegal immigration costs taxpayers beaucoup cash; in reality Hispanics, legal and illegal, are aiding the state's economy.A boom in Arizona's Latino population has resulted in a powerful purchasing bloc that could help save the state's struggling economy.This, ... More >>

Glenn Beck Faux-Barfs When Seeing Meghan McCain's Nude PSA; Cindy McCain to the Rescue Via-Twitter Town

Glenn Beck stomachs looking at that bloated, sobbing face in the mirror everyday. Yet, Meghan McCain makes him want to puke.​Glenn Beck took a break from hysterically sobbing whenever he hears the word Democracy to crack some jokes about a new public service announcement in which Meghan McCain, da ... More >>

John McCain Fine With Wife's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Ad -- Kinda

"The Mav" says he's cool with his wife's anti-DADT ad.​U.S. Senator John McCain says he's fine with his wife's participation in a star-studded ad, in which she bashes the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.McCain is one of the key figures holding up Congress' attempt to put an end to the po ... More >>

Cindy McCain Speaks Out Against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in New Ad. "The Mav" Can't Like That

NOH8 Cindy McCain's pro-LGBT crusade can't sit well with her lawmaker hubby​Props to Cindy McCain, the wife of Senator John McCain, for taking a stand against her lawmaker husband -- and his continued reluctance to allow gays to serve openly in the military -- by participating in a star-stu ... More >>

John McCain's Wife's Budweiser Distributorship Boycotted by Latino Group Over SB 1070

RenjishinoFirst baseball, now beer's boycotted? What's next, lapdances?Budweiser, which in 2008 was bought out by a Belgian beer giant to form Anheuser-Busch InBev, has spent millions on advertising to the Latino market. According to a 2009 article in Hispanic Market Weekly, the company spent more t ... More >>

John McCain's Wife and Daughter Pose for Pro-Gay-Marriage Campaign Pictures

John McCain's wife and daughter recently posed for a photographer's campaign to repeal a California ban on gay marriage, putting them at odds with the Arizona senator's position on the matter. Cindy McCain followed the lead of her daughter, Meghan, who posed for photographer Adam Bous ... More >>

John McCain's Top Aide Believed Cindy McCain Affair Rumors, Book Claims

The National Enquirer says this is Cindy McCain's boyfriend -- and John McCain's chief strategist apparently believed them.​Mark Weaver, the top campaign strategist for Senator John McCain, believed rumors that McCain's wife Cindy was having an affair with a Tempe man, according to a new book hitt ... More >>

January 11 In Blogs: No Pants Ride, Spoon, Culver's, and John McCain

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Federal Witnesses Against Joe Arpaio Still Fear MCSO; U.S. Attorney's Office Suggested Th ... More >>

Headache Crusader Cindy McCain to Give Keynote Address at Annual Meeting of the International Headache Society; There's Actually an International Headache Society?

www.punditkitchen.com You'd probably get headaches too if you had to listen to John McCain begin every sentence by saying "my friends" all day long . Oh wait -- we did, too. It was called the presidential election of '08.​The wife of Arizona Senator John McCain is "heading" up a cause near ... More >>

Meghan McCain Calls (Faux) Joe Arpaio a "Twitter Creep" Just Like Karl Rove (w/Update)

from WikimediaCommons Sheriff Joe's keeping watch on Meghan McCain via Twitter... UPDATE: Sadly, Meghan McCain's "Twitter creep" isn't the real Slim Shady (read, "McCoy.") Rather, it's the faux Joe Arpaio that New Times has blogged about in the past. Score one for faux Joe. After painstakingl ... More >>

Light Rail to Extend Hours for Tempe Music Festival

Declaring that "special events are drivers of ridership," Metro Light Rail CEO Rick Simonetta today announced extended hours for the April 3 and 4 Tempe Music Festival. Instead of the last train leaving at 11 p.m., as usual, east- or westbound riders can depart from the 3rd Street and Mill ... More >>

Former AZ Attorney General Grant Woods: Howard Stern for the Age of the Podcast?

  Add former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods to the list of old-school guys giving new media a try. We hear through the grapevine that Woods is launching a new Web site, www.grantwoods.com. It's apparently still in the preview stage -- the home page currently includes a ... More >>

Valley Fever's Top 5 Entries of 2008

Happy New Year, Phoenix. Here's one last look at 2008 with the top five blogs as determined by the sheer number of eyes that read them. Catch the top three slots after the jump. 5 - Is dead CEO's mortgage empire crumbling?Mortgages Ltd. CEO Scott Coles, 48, was found dead on Monday in his $11.3 mill ... More >>

National Enquirer Reporter Accused of "Extortion" by Cindy McCain's Alleged Beau

A Tempe used car salesman who the National Enquirer calls "Cindy McCain's Secret Lover" accuses the gossip rag's reporter of "extortion" and intimidating his family in an injunction against harassment petition. Dino Castelli filed the petition (see link to actual document below) with the Maricopa C ... More >>

Cindy McCain's Acquaintance, Dino Castelli, Denies Affair Rumor; Files Court Order Against Enquirer Writer

Tempe used car salesman Dino Castelli tells New Times today that a National Enquirer article claiming he and Cindy McCain are having an affair is "all bullshit." As covered in this blog last month, the infamous weekly gossip rag claims Castelli and the senator's wife can be seen smooching ... More >>

Dec. 1 In Blogs: Cindy McCain, Dir en Grey, Sobe Adrenaline Rush, Janet Napolitano and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever:Cindy McCain's Acquaintance, Dino Castelli, Denies Affair Rumor; Files C ... More >>

Cindy McCain Caught 2: Interview with John South, Tarnished National Enquirer Reporter Who Wrote Story

John McCain and Wife Cindy's Former Mansion for Sale!

Tom Gosinski Surfaces to Retell Cindy McCain Drug Story

Hot Links: Palin wows GOPers, Manross trails in Scottsdale, and Cindy McCain likes sex, um, ed.

Feedback from the issue of Thursday, September 4, 2008

Feedback from the issue of Thursday, August 21, 2008

Postmodern John McCain: the presidential candidate some Arizonans know — and loathe

John McCain's bimbo and corruption eruptions...

Bird Boycott

The truculent tweeter tackles Mayor Phil, PHX City Council hypocrisy, and goofball prez wanna-be Fred Thompson

McCain Shame

The political parrot previews a copy of Dennis DeConcini's new book, in which John McCain's portrayed as a backstabbin' scalawag

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Haunted by Spirits

John McCain derived his wealth from his marriage to Cindy Hensley McCain, whose father started his road to riches as a bootlegger. As a politician, the senator has remained beholden to the liquor industry and the family business

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Skipping to Re-election

Three men and some babies, or how Phoenix is choosing its next mayor

Is John McCain a War Hero?

The senator's five years as a prisoner of war have been widely viewed as heroic. But as he prepares a White House bid, a small group of detractors is determined to expose him as a wartime traitor

Doctors Seldom Face Prosecution

John McCain Breaks Up a Fight

The senator says extreme fighting should be banned. You got a problem with that? Eddie Goldman does.

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The Pampered Politician

Arizona Senator John McCain is ready for a presidential run — if the national press corps has anything to say about it

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UP THE FIFE STAIRCASE

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Opiate for the Mrs.

When laws are broken, somebody's got to be punished. In the case of Cindy McCain, that somebody is Tom Gosinski

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