Cindy McCain Racks Up $750,000 Credit Card Charge In 1 Month.

I really do wish politicians would stick to politics. However, the politics of personal destruction is part of the process these days. You are not the only one having a difficult time making ends meet. I do think that the free-spending habits of candidates or their wives can affect the opinion of voters. Hopefully we'll get back to the real issues that affect the American people. Lloyd

Lloyd, you are absolutely right. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet would not spend money in that manner because they know about this thing called financial discipline and value. It's the reason why these gentlemen got as they got in the first place. OK, to be fair to Cindy, if she's paying off her bills or John is a nice husband and pays for the bills out of his own pocket, then who are we quibble about what they spend and don't spend. It is as they say, their money and they can do what the hell they want to do with it. However, let's remember that John McCain is running for President of the most powerful country in the world. Say what you like about the right of privacy, but when you want to become more powerful than anyone else, you lose your right to privacy. For better or worse, the public believes that it is their right to know every little thing about you. So, we have several issues at hand: a - America is currently suffering from a major credit crunch. For years, the US consumer has been living beyond his or her means and enjoying life on easy credit. Now that the credit is not so easy, people are starting to feel the pinch. The President needs to have the gut to be able to tell people to get their financial house in order - ie reduce your debts and learn to live within your means. How can be be expected to that if his own wife is running up credit card debts on things most people consider frivolous? b - He has to make sure that there is no doubt in anyone's minds that these bills are either non existent or being paid out of his or her or both their pockets. Any suggestion, regardless of how true, that these bills are being settled by the tax payer will crush a McCain campaign and hurt a McCain Presidency. So from here, I think the good Senator needs to confront the issue and discuss them openly. Every potential smear could be lethal to his chances of getting to the White House and so he's got to be quick to address the gossip about him both in the online and off line worlds.

You make a good point. If a family can spend nearly a million dollars per month out of their own funds, then maybe they view the funds of the taxpayer as a larger credit card. No matter how wealthy you are, spending that kind of money per month seems irresponsible. I bet you that Bill Gates wouldn't spend his money in that fashion. Lloyd

That really is a lot of money to spend in one month. You are right, it's her money and she can do with it what she wants. I just never want to hear Barack Obama being called an elistist again. Lloyd

In this case I don't think it's the politicians who uncovered Cindy McCains spending habits. It was the press who reported it. I also don't think it's anyone's business, but we have to be fair. You know that the right wing would have a field day if the sitution were reversed. For some reason I don't think all these charges were to pay bills. Hopefully we'll have full disclosure, the same way that John Kerry and Teresa Heinze were forced to disclose. Lloyd

Hi Anniepa. I did a search on Cindy McCain here at myLot before I posted. I had just seen the story on MSNBC and did some quick research. Don't worry, these things happen. I swing over to your forum and reply after posting here. Anyway, like you said, it's her money and she can do whatever she wants to do with it. It is kind of hypocritical to refer to your opponent as elitist when you show all the signs of aristocracy. I also saw somewhere that Mitchelle Obama shops at Target. I can relate to that kind of spending a little better. I really doubt that Cindy McCain would enter a Target store. Just my opinion. Lloyd

I think this just shows that there is a huge gap between the wealthly and regular Americans. When I used to get an allowance it was a couple of dollars a week. I can't even relate to spending $50,000 in one month. Those lower income people who support McCain will probably continue to support him because they believe in his policies. You are right when you say "it must be nice to spend that much money in a single month". Lloyd