The Trail: A Daily Diary of Campaign 2008

Cindy McCain's half-sister tells Us Magazine that she won't help put her famous sibling in the White House:

"I'm not voting for McCain," Kathleen Hensley Portalski tells Us. "I have a different political standpoint.

"I'm voting for Obama," the Phoenix resident says. "I think his proposals to improve the country are more positive and I'm not a big war believer."

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Portalski's son Nathan, an aerospace machinist, is also backing Obama.

"I wouldn't vote for John McCain if he was a Democrat," he tells Us. "I would not vote at all before I'd vote for him.

"I question whether Cindy is someone I'd want to see in the White House as first lady," he adds.

Portalski went public with her connection to the McCains after hearing Cindy say on the trail that she was an only child.

"I'm upset," she told NPR. "I'm angry. It makes me feel like a nonperson, kind of."

"It's terribly painful," Portalski added. "It is as if she is the 'real' daughter. I am also a real daughter."

The Washington Post subsequently reported that Cindy has another half-sister who seems to have slipped her mind:

Before her marriage to Hensley, Johnson had a daughter, Dixie Burd, by a previous relationship. Burd, who is much older than Cindy, could not be reached for comment.

Anonymous:

I've never wished ill will on The One (unlike Hillary DIANE Clinton ; )

You are coming around
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The One has arrived!!! Long live Barack APOLLO Obama ; )

Posted by: JakeD | August 28, 2008 4:05 PM

Will "THE TRAIL", and WaPo in general, dedicate this much coverage to the GOP Convention next week?

you are coming around

LBJ's birthday was yesterday (August 27). He would have been featured by Willard Scott if he was still around as he would be 100. I would agree with the prior post about watching the Convention on CSPAN and just getting the facts as opposed to spin from overpaid and biased commentators. By the way, the Democratic V.P. announcement was in front of columns too at a building that predates the Civil War. This is another example of the GOP fear and smear machine trying to get the public off the real issues in the election.

The Clintons have indeed Redeemed themselves and have united the Democratic party. However, Media wants you to think that Dems Convention was a bust (no red meat - vegatables are so much more healthier to the system, however) But, what the Dems did accomplish and which is stronger than all the red meat/anger in the world is UNITY/Love, because a house divided cannot stand! Watch out and be on Guard for those who want to Divide because make no mistake about it a united group is Powerful, Strong, Unstoppable. Now they want to belittle and divide us by unmeaningful and trivial talks of pillars and Obama's temple, some seem even Obsessed by it. Maybe they believe he is the Messiah or something! They are like rude and jealous children who make fun of a beautiful or gifted person -- making fun of their clothes because they are not satisfied within themselves, all the while secretly wishing they looked like that or had that gift. People of Change, People of the future, be on guard!

For those who want accurate news analysis, do yourself a favor and “watch C-SPAN for convention coverage and get yourself psychically cleared. Stop watching cable news channels. The MSM is desperately working to program us morning noon and night. And creating despair amongst those who are openly hopeful about 2008 politics is very easy." We must stay confident and continue to believe that change can happen even when things look bleak and not give into our fears for we are at our weakest when we fear.

The One has arrived!!! Long live Barack APOLLO Obama ; )