John McCain and the Lessons of Domestic Economics: Cindy Made Big John Sign a Pre-Nup!

Another straight opinion piece done in the interests of getting on with the damn show! November on my mind...

John McCain and the Lessons of Domestic Economics: Cindy Made Big John Sign a Pre-Nup!

Presumed Republican Presidential nominee John McCain has been polling low on economic issues, issues that are front and center in the minds of Americans these days. It also appears that he doesn’t rate too well on this hot button issue around his own house.

It seems that when his totally hot, totally rich, second wife Cindy said yes to his ‘big question’, she also let him know that his job wasn’t finished until the paperwork was done. This tough bride, whose financials are none of your damn business thank you very much, made Big John sign a prenuptial agreement.  How’s that again? A possible POTUS with a pre-nup?

Let’s take a look at the implications here. What is a prenuptial agreement for and why would someone want one? If marriage is sanctioned by God and valid until death does part you cute kids, why go into it with a financial escape clause; a ‘golden parachute’ of love? Well, the reasons for doing so are obvious and can be fully expressed in two points. Point A: ‘This thing may not last and I’ll be damned if I’m going to be broken hearted and broke’ and Point B: ‘I don’t really trust this son of a bitch’.  In other words, it is all about trust. In other, other words; Cindy McCain doesn’t.

She has reasons not to, as does any girl who marries the guy she’s been having an adulterous affair with. Obviously, if he did it with you then what will stop him from doing it to you? Nothing too complicated about that. At that point the paramour of the affair and the cuckolded wife stand on the same square. This goes on all of the time, every day and right this second someone you may know is standing on that same square, thinking that same unwelcome thought; ‘I got it. Now, will I get it too?’ I’m not condemning McCain for his domestic situations. What I am questioning though is how this  pre-marital show of no support will play in the minds of voters. Will they overlook this small affair or will its’ implications cast doubt on whether John McCain can be trusted with the U.S. Economy. After all, if his own wife doesn’t trust him with her hundred million dollar asset, how can we trust him with our trillion dollar deficit?  

These things all sound so dire, but we know that affairs of the heart usually straighten themselves out and that things work out Okay. After all, the very first Mrs. McCain, as we learned from the candidates tax return, faired pretty well from all of this. It seems that Big John, being of big heart, gives his long suffering first spouse a whopping $17,000 per year that she can spend  any way she wants; gas, food, medical bills, rent; the skies the limit with that kind of jing.  
Will the average American voter find any comfort in this situation? Will Joe or Mary Sixpack look at this and think, ‘hey, this McCain fellow understands what life is like at the Sixpack residence’? Chances are that when Mary said yes to Joe she did it with a lot less of a guarantee than when Cindy said yes to John. She more than likely did it the old fashioned way; she winged it like the first Mrs. McCain.

•  Pre-nups are getting pretty common...

  ...and she's got tons of money - I would have been a lot more surprised if she hadn't gotten a pre-nup.

  by pakaal on Sat May 10, 2008 at 03:26:55 PM PDT

  •  Parents/trust may even have required it. eom

    by Everest42 on Sat May 10, 2008 at 03:29:00 PM PDT

  •  The thought crossed my mind..

    I'd just like to see him have to say that on some Sunday morning show!

    by T Fitzsimmons on Sat May 10, 2008 at 03:35:16 PM PDT

•  AWESOME!

  Wow we've got some smart folks around here.

  Damn, this would make a great talking point on the MSM... exactly the kind of "distractions" we need against McCain.  Except this topic is TOTALLY relevant to point at the entire HYPOCRASY of what the Repub. tries to stand for, and especially the fundamentalist Christian Right that MCCain is ass-kissing to.

  Right on!  Push this point around the blogs for a while and see if you can get traction with this story.

  by liquidstoke on Sat May 10, 2008 at 03:28:41 PM PDT

  •  "hypocrisy" oops

    by liquidstoke on Sat May 10, 2008 at 03:29:22 PM PDT

•  Not

  really into signing statements.

  by RustyBrown on Sat May 10, 2008 at 03:30:10 PM PDT

•  i think it is likely....

  that cindy lou's daddy put his foot down and threatened to disinherit cindy lou if she married that adulterous son of a bitch unless he signed a pre-nup.  cindy lou was dizzy from captain underpants chasing her round and round the office desks, but daddy was quite clearheaded and understood that once a cheater, always a cheater.  

  by nonnie9999 on Sat May 10, 2008 at 03:33:05 PM PDT

  •  I have to see this prenup!

    Smoking Gun, perhaps?

    by T Fitzsimmons on Sat May 10, 2008 at 03:37:17 PM PDT

•  Uh, AZ is a community property state

  so despite their pre-nup everything she earns is one half his - by law. So John McCain owns and owes taxes on half her income less half his.

  That which she gets as investment income is her separate property but not that which is attributable to any "work." And they say she is a working exec in her business. Furthermore if she commingles community assets -- those bought with her earnings during marriage with separate assets the separate assets can lose their separate characteristics.  

  Federal tax law trumps personal agreements but I don't think this specific issue has been litigated.

  So, releasing her tax forms will show a whole lot of HIS share of the community income plus may lead to a whole passel of trouble with the IRS.

  Demand McCain show his community income that's on her return!

  by samddobermann on Sat May 10, 2008 at 03:41:02 PM PDT

  •  And what doe mr. samdoberman do for a living?

    Hmmmm...I wonder. I also wonder what his retainer runs yearly. Sounds a lot smarter than my present counsel.

    by T Fitzsimmons on Sat May 10, 2008 at 03:44:50 PM PDT

    •  was an attorney; tax law and family law.

      as well as some other areas. not currently practicing - why? what's your problem? email is in my profile.

      by samddobermann on Fri May 16, 2008 at 09:38:29 PM PDT

•  Wow! Nice framing, T....

  don't know if it will sell to the masses, but it's damned easy to understand.  Definitely worth a shot; if the shoe were on Obama's foot the thugs would throw it out there to see if it would stick.

  Are you channelling Karl?

  by birds and bees on Sat May 10, 2008 at 03:56:23 PM PDT

  •  Just a little bit.

    Really though, neither of those elections should have been close enough to steal. Nice to have a real candidate, isn't it?

    by T Fitzsimmons on Sat May 10, 2008 at 04:10:19 PM PDT

•  Totally hot?

  No, a loaf of bread you just pulled out of the oven is totally hot.

  The beautiful red summer sun is hot.

  Geysers are hot.

  But Cindy McCain? Not hot.

  Plastic, yes. Too much makeup, yes. Boring hair, yes.

  But hot? Not. Even. Close.

  But maybe rich is the new hot? No, wait, rich is the old hot.

  I guess when you're John McCain's age, though...

  ~Doc~

  by EquationDoc on Sat May 10, 2008 at 04:14:16 PM PDT

  •  She was pretty good looking..

    when they got married. It's been a few years.

    by T Fitzsimmons on Sat May 10, 2008 at 05:51:16 PM PDT

    •  You say tomato...

      Maybe. I've just never been into that fake plastic blonde type.

      ~Doc~

      by EquationDoc on Sat May 10, 2008 at 06:34:57 PM PDT

•  The Pre Nup is NOT the Issue

  Especially if there were children involved prior.  This is more common than you realize and doesn't mean any of the implications you suggest apply.

  What IS IMPORTANT is that Cindy and John McCain are worth over 100 million dollars and have 8 homes.  Cindy's tax records will show how so of that money was earned the past 28 years.

  And don't be surprised if John's votes DIRECTLY connect to Cindy and HIS wealth.

  by davefromqueens on Sat May 10, 2008 at 04:18:45 PM PDT

•  This diary is ridiculous

  Pre-nups are very common...especially among people who are worth hundreds of millions and have family fortunes, estates, and corporations to think of.

  Contrary to popular belief, most pre-nups are not an "escape clause" or because one party doesn't trust the other.  

  Go after McCain on legitimate things, fine; but this diary is really about nothing and, I'm sorry, a waste of space.

  by BraveheartDC on Sat May 10, 2008 at 04:55:47 PM PDT