 | Should You Care About Cindy McCain’s Sexual Affairs? |
Tonight, the web is awash with word that Cindy McCain, the wife of presidential candidate John McCain, has been having an extramarital affair. Searches for information about the Cindy McCain affair, if it exists, have dwarfed the searches people are making for information about Barack Obama or John McCain, and what they would actually do if elected President of the United States.
Cindy McCain does have a bit of a sordid past. Cindy McCain broke up John McCain’s first marriage, having a sexual affair with John McCain. When John McCain was caught doing dirty dealings as one of the Keating Five, Cindy McCain started taking prescription drugs to deal with the stress, and then got addicted and was caught stealing drugs from a medical nonprofit organization to keep the good feelings coming. Oh, and then there was the incident in which Cindy McCain plagiarized a recipe so that she could create an image of being a typical stay-at-home mom.
Sigh. Does any of this matter? Cindy McCain isn’t running for President. Her husband is.
It’s worth noting that Cindy McCain has had a stroke, and has short-term memory loss. So, might she forget who her husband is, or have a sexual affair and then forget about it?
So, should you care about Cindy McCain’s sexual affairs? Well, if Cindy McCain were to become First Lady, would her sexual life have an relevance to your life? No. So, no, you shouldn’t give two nibbly bits if Cindy McCain has a sex life, with her husband or with someone else.
It’s not a crime to have an extramarital affair. It’s just tacky.
You ought to care, however, that the American people are more eager to search about the private sexual habits of a presidential candidate’s wife than they are to search for information about the presidential candidate himself. That’s much, much more tacky than having an extramarital affair. It actually endangers the welfare of the nation.
Shame on you for looking to see whether John McCain’s wife is having sex with somebody else on the side. For your sin of sexual superficiality, I order you to go research the latest legislation registered by the Library of Congress as penance.
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Definitely no. It’s nobody’s business.
Every couple is fighting the same battle and it’s a constant struggle.
But in the end, your love and respect to each other will win the day.
Lesson: Forgiveness is better grieving against one’s unfaithfulness. That’s what the Story of McCain really is.
Comment by floridan — 6/18/2008 @ 9:57 pm
The story of Cindy McCain is that she isn’t going to be president, so yeah, it’s definitely not our business. I cannot imagine the logic pretzel that you’d have to twist yourself into in order to get from any infidelity by Cindy McCain to a decision to not vote for John McCain. I can only get two or three steps into such a twisted argument, and then I find myself lost. So why even go there?
Comment by Jim — 6/18/2008 @ 10:26 pm
I can imagine a case in which it’d be our business: if she had extramarital affairs because of her husband’s flaws, assuming those flaws were relevant to the presidency. So, if the problem was just that he was having trouble having sex, then, no, that’s not our business. If he’d been abusing her and she went to find someone who wouldn’t, then, yes, that might be relevant—but the relevant part would be John McCain being abusive, not Cindy McCain having an affair.
It’s also important to note that an extramarital affair isn’t always a breach of trust (or even “tacky”); that’s up to the couple involved. Some people do give their spouses permission to sleep with someone else.
Comment by John Stracke — 6/19/2008 @ 10:55 am
well, if she had the affair out of love, we should celebrate that. john is never home and is obsessed with his political career. i’d rather she have an affair with someone she loves than lead an unhappy life and turn to drugs or something like that. she seems like a vibrant, loving woman and i wish her all the happiness she can find. her affair will not keep me from voting for her husband if i think he is the best person for the job of President.
Comment by dave — 9/16/2008 @ 10:09 pm