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Over the next six months, Mr. McCain pursued Miss Hensley aggressively, flying around the country to see her, and he began to push to end his marriage. Friends say that Carol McCain was in shock

While John McCain himself can not be held personally responsible for the sins of his father-in-law, the fact is that this “reformer” owes his political and financial fortunes to the good graces of the biggest names in organized crime

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Big-Time Gangsters Set Up McCain’s Family Fortune

Bronfman family behind the organized crime empire in Arizona that spawned the political career of John McCain

By Michael Collins Piper

In 1976 a crusading Phoenix reporter, Don Bolles, was murdered by a car-bomb after writing a series of stories exposing the organized crime connections of well-known figures in Arizona, including one Jim Hensley.

Five years later “Honest John” McCain arrived in Arizona as the new husband of Hensley’s daughter, Cindy. “From the moment McCain landed in Phoenix,” according to Charles Lewis of the Center for Public Integrity, “the Hensleys were key sponsors of his political career.”

The fact is, the people ultimately behind the Hensley fortune are even more interesting and controversial

While it is well-known McCain’s father-in-law is owner of the biggest Anheuser-Busch beer distributor in Arizona—one of the largest beer distributors in the nation—the media has had nothing to say about the origins of the Hensley fortune that financed McCain’s rise to power.

The Hensley fortune, in fact, is a regional offshoot of the big time bootlegging and rackets empire of the Bronfman dynasty of Canada, founded by Sam Bronfman, an early partner of Meyer Lansky, longtime “chairman of the board” of the international crime syndicate. (The Bronfmans cover all bases. Sam’s son, Edgar, today—at least publicly—supports George W. Bush.)

McCain’s father-in-law got his start as a top henchman of one Kemper Marley who, for some forty years until his death in 1990 at age 84, was the undisputed behind-the-scenes political boss of Arizona. But Marley was much more: he was also the protege of Lansky’s longtime lieutenant, Phoenix gambler Gus Greenbaum.

In 1941 Greenbaum had set up the Transamerica Publishing and News Service, which operated a national wire service for bookmakers. In 1946 Green baum turned over the day-to-day operations to Marley while Greenbaum focused on building up Lansky-run casinos in Las Vegas, commuting there from his home in Phoe nix. Greenbaum, in fact, was so integral to the Lansky empire that he was the one who took command of Lansky’s Las Vegas interests in 1947 after Lansky ordered the execution of his own longtime friend, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, for skimming profits from the new Flamingo Casino.

Greenbaum and his wife were murdered in a mob “hit” in 1948, their throats cut. The murder set off a series of gangland wars in Phoenix, but Marley survived and prospered

During this time Marley was building up a liquor distribution monopoly in Arizona. The truth is that it was the Bronfman family that set Marley up in business. However, in 1948, some 52 of Marley’s employees (including Jim Hensley) went to jail on federal liquor violations—but not Marley.

The story in Arizona is that Hensley took the fall for Marley. Upon Hensley’s release from prison, Marley paid Hensley back by setting him up in the beer business. That company today, said to be worth $200 million, financed McCain’s career. And without Marley’s political support McCain could have never even gotten elected dogcatcher.

But there’s more. McCain’s father-in-law had also dabbled in the dog racing business and he expanded his family fortune further by selling his dog racing track to an individual connected to the the Buffalo-based Jacobs family.

The Jacobs were the leading distributors for Bronfman liquor into the United States during Prohibition into the hands of local gangs that were part of the Lansky syndicate. Expanding over the years, the family’s enterprises were once described as being “probably the biggest quasi-legitimate cover for organized crime’s money-laundering in the United States.”

While John McCain himself can not be held personally responsible for the sins of his father-in-law, the fact is that this ���������reformer” owes his political and financial fortunes to the good graces of the biggest names in organized crime.

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PULLING STRINGS FOR SENATOR McCAIN Posted Saturday, February 02 @ 23:10:47 EST

Forwarded by Prof. Paul Eidelberg "...What one can draw from all this is that the American public is very much manipulated by the media perceptions of who is declared the "front runner," who is "losing steam" or who is "not going to win." …" Joel Skousen's World Affairs Brief February 2, 2008 The US political circus is an amazing, if not agonizing, show to watch . First, we saw Rudy Giuliani, the establishment's pre-election favorite (only because the media said so) go from front runner status to a disastrous showing in the primaries--garnering less votes than Rep . Ron Paul, who was systematically denied any meaningful media coverage at all . It appears the public is either fickle or the media polls were just plain lying--perhaps both . Then we saw John McCain with almost no support suddenly rise to front runner status after a barrage of big name newspaper and personality endorsements so unanimous that there had to have existed some guiding hand . The establishment boost for McCain is still ongoing in a big way and is intended to gain McCain a majority of delegates before the convention convenes--which would eliminate a brokered convention where deals and concession have to be made in order to gain that majority . In an up or down vote between McCain or Romney, without Huckabee to draw away votes from Romney, McCain would lose . That's what the king makers are trying to avoid by manipulating the public during the primaries . It's time to let America know more about the real McCain . Believe me, he is no hero . First, a suspicious view from the Left . British journalist Johann Hari of The Independent in Britain tells Americans "Don't be fooled by the myth of John McCain . " "A lazy, hazy myth has arisen out of the mists of New Hampshire and South Carolina . Across the pan-Atlantic press, the grizzled 71-year-old Vietnam vet, John McCain, is being billed as the Republican liberals can live with . He is 'a bipartisan progressive,' 'a principled hard liberal,' 'a decent man' --in the words of liberal newspapers . His fragile new frontrunner status as we go into Super Tuesday is being seen as something to cautiously welcome, a kick to the rotten Republican establishment… . "McCain … was sent to one of the most elite boarding schools in America , then to a naval academy where he ranked 894th of 899 students in ability . He used nepotism to get ahead: When he was rejected by the National War College , he used his father's contacts with the Secretary of the Navy to make them reconsider…    "Right up to his twenties, he remained a strikingly violent man, 'ready to fight at the drop of a hat,' according to his biographer Robert Timberg . This rage seems to be at the core of his personality: describing his own childhood, McCain has written: 'At the smallest provocation I would go off into a mad frenzy, and then suddenly crash to the floor unconscious . When I got angry I held my breath until I blacked out . ' But he claims he was transformed by his experiences in Vietnam . . . His plane was shot down on a bombing raid over Hanoi , and he was captured and tortured for five years [Not all true . He was tortured at first, and then he collaborated with his captors until released] . … One blogger named "Dan" offered up this list on the internet about John McCain's abysmal record as a "conservative:" IMMIGRATION: he wrote the bill granting amnesty to illegal immigrants (co-sponsored by Ted Kennedy) SOCIAL SECURITY: he voted to give your social security money to illegal immigrants TAXES: he voted against the Bush tax cuts multiple times (but still campaigns as a lifelong tax-cutter) FIRST AMENDMENT: he wrote the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill that was declared to be an unconstitutional infringement of the 1st Amendment (co-sponsored by ultra-liberal Democrat Russ Feingold) SECOND AMENDMENT: he was called the 'worst 2nd amendment candidate' by the president of the NRA ENERGY TAX: wrote a bill (co-sponsored by his buddy Sen . Joe Lieberman) imposing a massive tax on energy which, according to the Department of Energy, would drastically raise the price of gasoline . GLOBAL WARMING: supports radical global warming legislation JUDGES: he joined with Democrats (Gang of 14) to block the Senate Republican's attempt to confirm conservative, strict constructionist judges . GAY MARRIAGE: he joined liberals to fight against a federal marriage amendment CHRISTIANS: In 2000, he famously described Christian leaders as 'agents of intolerance' ABORTION: he filed an amicus brief against pro-life advocates in Wisconsin BI-PARTISANSHIP: he met with leading Democrats in 2004 to discuss the possibility of being John Kerry's VP . ETHICS: ringleader of the infamous Keating 5 ethical scandal which cost US tax payers $160 billion PERSONAL: McCain cheated on his first wife after she had a severe accident . He then divorced her and married his multi-millionaire mistress, whose daddy bought McCain a spot in the Congress . With all of this, establishmen king-makers have their hands full trying to turn sow's ear into a silk purse . As John M . Broder writes, "Mr . McCain, who has delighted in sticking his thumb in the eye of mainstream Republicans throughout his political career, is now accumulating a base of support among party regulars who see him as the strongest general election candidate in the remaining Republican field . " This is not true at all . McCain's support comes almost exclusively from the same insiders who were promoting Giuliani . They all switched to McCain when someone gave them the signal that Giuliani wasn't going to make it (too many corruption scandals revealed and more on the way), and they needed to make sure Romney didn't accrue the remaining Republican support . I don't pretend to know who's making these calls that direct these perfectly timed endorsements, but I know something is going on behind the scenes that is "too good to be true" to be natural . Consider: All six major newspapers that gave any endorsement just prior to the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary (and they did so within a day of each other) came out for McCain who was polling in last place . None for Giuliani, the front runner? None! There were no other endorsements for any other Republicans . There was even an anti-endorsement of Romney . That's unheard of . Look at the crucial Florida primary . As John Nichols writes, " Florida gave McCain a clear if hardly overwhelming victory over his chief rival for the GOP nod, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney . With most of the votes counted, McCain had 36 percent of the vote . Romney had 31 percent . … Bush conservatives don't really run the party . They are merely the ignorant cheerleaders . The Powers That Be have their own people at the top positions, and these people are anything but moral, and anything but religious . These are the ones driving the McCain surge back to the top . They are working the endorsement angle in strategic block moves . They tapped Pro-homosexual Republican governor Charlie Crist to come out and endorsed McCain--McCain was ignorant of the fact, which was telling--someone else was whispering in Crist's ear . The Crist endorsement came a mere 24 hours after Senator Mel Martinez (a Latino and the recent Chair of the Republican National Committee) came out for McCain, which helped sway thousands of Cuban-American votes in So . Florida toward McCain . If anyone's endorsement represents the Republican establishment it is Martinez 's… . In Florida , former Gov . Mike Huckabee was clearly playing the role of McCain cheerleader and spoiler for Romney . Every chance Huckabee got, he plied McCain with compliments and bashed Romney . Huckabee was singlehandedly responsible for denying Romney wins in key northern counties where Huckabee split off the evangelical Christian vote . What is even more telling is that Huckabee has said he is going to stay in the race until the end, despite only getting 13% of the Florida vote . I suspect the establishment is playing him along for a possible Vice President spot, on condition that he stay in the race to draw votes away from Romney . Huckabee is thinking that he can act as some kind of power broker at the convention if he stays, but that's wishful thinking . The establishment isn't going to let any evangelical Christian gain high office, unless they also happen to be a member of Skull and Bones, like George Bush . Giuliani is finished, having only garnered 14% of the Florida vote . Still, he flew out to California just to make a big media splash by endorsing McCain . Topping off the list of endorsements before the big California primary on Tuesday was that of Gov . Arnold Schwarzenegger--the Terminator (of Romney) . Ever since Schwarzenegger's meeting with Lord Rothschild and the Bilderbergers in 2005, he's been acting more the globalist than the "conservative" governor of California he was elected to be . No matter how much Romney bends over backwards to promote establishment political doctrine, the establishment doesn't want him . It's not only because he is a Mormon--it's the fact that he came into this race totally uninvited, with enough money to remain independent--that's what they don't like . This a closed political club that controls both major parties, and the stakes for them are too high to take a chance on trying to control an outsider as President . They had enough problems controlling Reagan… . What one can draw from all this is that the American public is very much manipulated by the media perceptions of who is declared the "front runner," who is "losing steam" or who is "not going to win . " …

John McCain’s connection to the Jewish supremacist Bronfman family liquor empire

Why McCain Can Tap into the Jewish Vote

John McCain is a New York Giant, not a New England Patriot. He has never come close to a perfect season, but like Eli Manning, he believes he can do it even if nobody else does. Super Tuesday was not quite the Super Bowl -- that comes in November. But the senator has the Big Mo, and that counts for a lot in politics as well as football. Now we'll see if he can show the Manning touch, moving down the field.

Other analogies thrive. Joe Lieberman, who was at John McCain's side Tuesday night, thinks his colleague might be Judah Macabee, a reference to the warrior whose victory over the Greeks is commemorated in the celebration of Hanukkah. "He's got that spirit," Sen. Lieberman told the Forward, the Jewish daily newspaper in New York. The Connecticut senator is credited with helping not only with the Jewish turnout for McCain in Florida, but for helping with the Cubans, who aren't Jewish, too.

Sen. McCain, lacking wide and deep support from the conservative true believers, will have to make up for it with his tested appeal to independents and Hispanics, and hope the true believers will overcome whatever impulse they have to sulk. There's one other important group he might tap into as well. Ever since FDR created the New Deal, which his critics called the "Jew Deal" because so many of his brain trusters were Jews, the Jewish vote has mostly been taken for granted by Democrats. Ronald Reagan persuaded more Jews than usual to vote Republican, but when Al Gore took Joe Lieberman as his running mate Jewish voters returned to the Democrats in droves. Now that may change.

The two senators go back a long way, working on legislative issues together, sharing the worldview that Sen. Lieberman describes as "a feeling that America has a unique role in the world, of taking the Declaration of Independence seriously.[as] a universal declaration of human rights." That means "our foreign policy is always better when it's based on democratic values." The two men became even closer when the United States intervened in Bosnia and more recently in support of the surge in Iraq. Sen. Lieberman endorsed his friend before he was a front-runner, drawn by the McCain emphasis on foreign policy.

What is less well known as an element in the affinity the two senators share is an appreciation of evangelical Christians, for their evangelical support for Israel and for trying to hold a line of decency against vulgarity and the glorification of violence in the popular culture. Prying older Jews away from their loyalty to the Democrats -- Jews, like Southerners of an earlier time, are the most the loyal of yellow dog Democrats -- but younger Jews hold no such blind loyalty. FDR, like Charlemagne and Richard the Lionheart is ancient history. "Mac the Maverick" is 21st century.

Many Jewish voters, for all their loyalty to the party of the New Deal, appreciate Sen. McCain's fervent support for the surge in Iraq, understanding that it's all of a piece with a clear-eyed view of what's at stake in the Middle East. They can appreciate the McCain appraisal of Vladimir Putin, contributor of Iran's nuclear capability: "I looked into his eyes and I saw three letters -- a K, a G and a B." Transferring allegiance from Rudy Giuliani, with his national security bona fides, to John McCain might not be difficult.

Most Jews are registered Democrats, of course, and Hillary and Obama are courting them aggressively. Hillary won most of them in Florida, Nevada, New Jersey and California, but according to exit polls Barack Obama won them in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The memory of Hillary's kiss for Yasser Arafat's wife Suha in 1999, after she accused Israel of poisoning Palestinian women and children, is still fresh in the memory of many Jews.

When doubts were raised last week about the strength of Sen. Obama's resolve in the Middle East, he called several Jewish reporters to reiterate his "pro-Israel positions," his defense of Israeli security and repeated his insistence that Hamas must recognize Israel's right to exist before Washington will talk to them. He agrees that Iran with nuclear weapons is unacceptable and he has been a voice against anti-Semitism in the black community, but his pastor and mentor is a fan of Louis Farrakhan, who called Judaism either "a dirty religion" or "a gutter religion," depending on the reading of the audiotape.

But the McCain record on fighting terrorism, and his bold assertion that the fight against radical Muslims is the transforming struggle for the new century, offers Jews an alternative to both Obama and Hillary. Like everything else in this presidential campaign, old loyalties are scrambled like a plate of breakfast eggs.