Vicki Iseman

(Getty Images | Inset from CBS) Just one year ago, John McCain 's presidential campaign was interrupted by scandal. A New York Times story published Feb. 21, 2008, ( see page 3 of the story ) led many to believe he had been knocking boots with D.C. telecommunications lobbyist Vicki Iseman in the run-up to the 2000 presidential elections. Vicki Iseman Scandal New York Times, lobbyist settle libel suit (Reuters) John McCain lobbyist controversy, February 2008 (Wikipedia) Original New York Times...Read Full Story

We could join the MSM and prognosticate whether Hillary’s continued persistence in this year’s presidential sweepstakes with Don Quixote’s lack of perspicacity. We might also engage in vice-presidential aspirations or in the generic what does Hillary Clinton want? Her recent comments about “white people voting for her,” followed by her macabre remark about the Robert Kennedy assassination demonstrate that Mrs. Clinton has crashed and burned. The ego bruise must excoriate her now that Senators...Read Full Story

NEW YORK(Reuters) - A Washington lobbyist who sued The New York Times for an article she said suggested she once had a romantic relationship with 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain has settled with the newspaper, the two sides said Thursday. The Times said the suit by Vicki Iseman, who had sought $27 million in damages in a lawsuit filed in December, was settled without payment and the Times did not retract the article. But the Times said it was letting Iseman's lawyers give...Read Full Story

A Washington lobbyist has withdrawn her $27 million defamation lawsuit against The New York Times over a story involving then-presidential candidate John McCain. The U.S. District Court said attorneys for Vicki Iseman filed a notice of voluntary dismissal on Thursday. Iseman sued the Times in December, alleging that the newspaper damaged her reputation last year by implying that she had an affair with McCain in 1999. A telephone message left for W. Coleman Allen, an attorney for Iseman, was...Read Full Story

Lobbyist, McCain, Potential romance gets the lobbyist everything her clients were seeking. On Feb, 21, 2008, two highly respected newspapers, the Washington Post (source 1), and the New York Times (source 2.), published articles detailing rumors of an improper relationship between McCain and lobbyist Vicki Iseman. McCain participated in Senate as a member of the [...]Read Full Story

Vicki Iseman vs. the NYT could spell Big Trouble for the Grey Lady As if the New York Times hasn’t had enough troubles of late - from Jayson Blair to a stock plummeting to such a degree they are said to be trying to sell their landmark office building - now comes lobbyist Vicki Iseman suing the paper over their article implying she had an affair with John McCain. Who could forget that story, since it made its splash right at the height of the Arizona Senator’s presidential campaign, for a...Read Full Story

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Sphere: Related Content The MSN and the Internet in the form of thousands of emails on the Barack Obama listservs were abuz with the news about John McCain's association with a beautiful lobbyist Vicki Iseman. The association between the two is eight years old and while Senator McCain says there was no sexual relationship, in my view there was a "power association" -- a marriage of a Senator flattered by the attention of a smart...Read Full Story

About    Blogs: Wetmachine Main | Econoklastic | Inventing the Future | Tales of the Sausage Factory Archives   Jump to navigation Thanks to an innuendo-laden story by the New York Times last Thursday, everybody who follows USian politics at all knows that Vicki Iseman is a quasi-hot telecom/media lobbyist who for a while eight years ago had a pretty close friendship with Senator John McCain, and that he threw some of his political weight around on...Read Full Story

It was only a matter of time. And, personally, I thought that when it hit, it would hit Obama first. I realize now that I forgot to take into account the “put on a pedestal” factor. Obama and Hillary are still battling it out to see who gets to step up on the Democratic side. John McCain pretty much has a lock on the Republican side. Which makes him the presumptive GOP nominee for President. And, obviously, our first contestant, Johnny, as we begin another exciting round of the game that has...Read Full Story

It’s only human nature that we instantly understand being in the wrong bed, but our eyes glaze over when it’s a question of breach of ethics. The opportunities for politicians to siphon money from rich patrons and corporations to fund themselves and their campaigns are always there. There are so many ways to cover up the naked sell-out that you have to be a tax accountant to follow the money. Makes me miss the good old days of Governor Ed DiPrete and his bag of cash at Walts Roast Beef. I...Read Full Story