Cindy McCain

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Nanners52674

No i think there is a significant difference between being an incredibly wealthy military parent and a military spouse whose just trying to scrape by while her spouse is gone for months at a time, and she's home working raising the kids and worrying about her spouse.

My feeling is that the shoes of Cindy McCain have a bit more padding than those worn by an average military spouse, parent, sibling, child.

Well, you could say the same thing about anyone compared to Cindy, couldn't you?

[agzg]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Well, you could say the same thing about anyone compared to Cindy, couldn't you?

I think the point that's trying to be made is that many military families (as in, spouses and children of enlistedmen) are often on food stamps and other forms of assistance because sometimes they're just not paid enough, even with signing bonuses. Not to mention the stress of "why can't we see daddy?" questions while your spouse is on tour.

We learned about some of those problems when I was studying for my master's degree - I guess that if you're single you can get by pretty well but when you're married, moving around all the time (so your spouse has trouble finding work) and you've got a couple of kids, money gets EXTREMELY tight.

[Nanners52674]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

I think the point that's trying to be made is that many military families (as in, spouses and children of enlistedmen) are often on food stamps and other forms of assistance because sometimes they're just not paid enough, even with signing bonuses. Not to mention the stress of "why can't we see daddy?" questions while your spouse is on tour.

That was exactly my point. Yes I'm voting for Obama, But my anger at the comment made by Cindy McCain would be the same if it was made by Michelle Obama.