John McCain And Vicki Iseman
The word "sex" and "scandal" seem to be old friends with the term "politician.
" It seems in the last decade there has been a rise in sex scandals involving top ranking political officials.
One of the more infamous scandals involved former President of the United States Bill Clinton.
It should come to no surprise that with this year's upcoming election, and with the race for the presidential candidacy heating up for both Democrats and Republicans, that a few skeletons would be dragged out of their closets.
One of the most recent sex scandals involving a politician to hit the limelight is a supposed sexual encounter that Republican presidential candidate John McCain had with lobbyist Vicki Iseman.
The scandal was first brought to national media attention in an article that was written and published by the New York Times.
The article reported that the rumors of this allegedly romantic relationship between McCain and Iseman began during McCain's first bid for the presidency that took place eight years ago.
McCain's advisors began to get worried when they noticed that Iseman was turning up alongside McCain at fundraisers, accompanying him on private jets, and even turning up for a few personal visits to McCain's office.
McCain's small band of advisors became convinced that the relationship had become a romantic one, and they decided it was time to step in and save McCain from committing political suicide.
His team of advisors cut off the access that Iseman had to McCain and gave her private warnings to stay away from him, as well as personally confronting McCain himself about the issue.
Both Iseman and McCain deny having any type of romantic relationship together.
The reason that this situation appeared to be so dangerous goes back to a previous scandal that McCain had been involved with a few years earlier.
A decade earlier, McCain was involved in a scandal which became known as the Keating Five.
This scandal involved an official favor for a friend that soon turned into a political nightmare for McCain and nearly ended his political career prematurely.
In the years following the incident, McCain went through an extensive period of personal reinvention in hopes of redeeming himself in the public eye as a man of strong ethics who had been rebuked by his previous shameful scandal.
The supposed scandal between McCain and Iseman began popping at a time when McCain had just regained the people's trust, and this potential disaster could've sunk all the work that McCain had done to rebuild his image.
Vicki Iseman is a lobbyist who works for a firm that deals with telecommunications and a lot of the clients the firm has have supported McCain's campaign financially.
In 1999 Iseman began to be what seemed a permanent sidekick of McCain's, and this raised the attention of a few of McCain's staff members.
In an alleged interview with two of McCain's former associates, they talked openly about several occasions in which they were involved in personal confrontations about McCain and his involvement with Iseman.
They stated in this interview that McCain himself admitted to some inappropriate behavior and that Senator McCain promised to end his contact with Iseman.
While the article written by the Times has dragged this all out in the open, it is still unclear the ramifications this will have on McCain and his bid for the Republican presidential candidacy.
The scandal doesn't seem to be affecting his popularity in the poles and in the primaries, as he is the leader with over 1,000 votes.
One thing the scandal has done, however, is bring into question the integrity of the New York Times newspaper.
Many of McCain's associates and other media outlets are claiming this article was done purely as a smear campaign against McCain.
The story appears to have a lack of facts and evidence to support its claims and at best seems nothing more than gossip similar to that passed along the halls of most American high schools.
" It seems in the last decade there has been a rise in sex scandals involving top ranking political officials.
One of the more infamous scandals involved former President of the United States Bill Clinton.
It should come to no surprise that with this year's upcoming election, and with the race for the presidential candidacy heating up for both Democrats and Republicans, that a few skeletons would be dragged out of their closets.
One of the most recent sex scandals involving a politician to hit the limelight is a supposed sexual encounter that Republican presidential candidate John McCain had with lobbyist Vicki Iseman.
The scandal was first brought to national media attention in an article that was written and published by the New York Times.
The article reported that the rumors of this allegedly romantic relationship between McCain and Iseman began during McCain's first bid for the presidency that took place eight years ago.
McCain's advisors began to get worried when they noticed that Iseman was turning up alongside McCain at fundraisers, accompanying him on private jets, and even turning up for a few personal visits to McCain's office.
McCain's small band of advisors became convinced that the relationship had become a romantic one, and they decided it was time to step in and save McCain from committing political suicide.
His team of advisors cut off the access that Iseman had to McCain and gave her private warnings to stay away from him, as well as personally confronting McCain himself about the issue.
Both Iseman and McCain deny having any type of romantic relationship together.
The reason that this situation appeared to be so dangerous goes back to a previous scandal that McCain had been involved with a few years earlier.
A decade earlier, McCain was involved in a scandal which became known as the Keating Five.
This scandal involved an official favor for a friend that soon turned into a political nightmare for McCain and nearly ended his political career prematurely.
In the years following the incident, McCain went through an extensive period of personal reinvention in hopes of redeeming himself in the public eye as a man of strong ethics who had been rebuked by his previous shameful scandal.
The supposed scandal between McCain and Iseman began popping at a time when McCain had just regained the people's trust, and this potential disaster could've sunk all the work that McCain had done to rebuild his image.
Vicki Iseman is a lobbyist who works for a firm that deals with telecommunications and a lot of the clients the firm has have supported McCain's campaign financially.
In 1999 Iseman began to be what seemed a permanent sidekick of McCain's, and this raised the attention of a few of McCain's staff members.
In an alleged interview with two of McCain's former associates, they talked openly about several occasions in which they were involved in personal confrontations about McCain and his involvement with Iseman.
They stated in this interview that McCain himself admitted to some inappropriate behavior and that Senator McCain promised to end his contact with Iseman.
While the article written by the Times has dragged this all out in the open, it is still unclear the ramifications this will have on McCain and his bid for the Republican presidential candidacy.
The scandal doesn't seem to be affecting his popularity in the poles and in the primaries, as he is the leader with over 1,000 votes.
One thing the scandal has done, however, is bring into question the integrity of the New York Times newspaper.
Many of McCain's associates and other media outlets are claiming this article was done purely as a smear campaign against McCain.
The story appears to have a lack of facts and evidence to support its claims and at best seems nothing more than gossip similar to that passed along the halls of most American high schools.
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