So I found this on the net yesterday. So far there is no definitive proof that this is true.
As far as I know there is also no definitive proof that this is not true. What is true was that McCain has indeed been to the resort mentioned in this letter and the woman who supposedly wrote this letter does indeed exist, though she hasn't publicly acknowledged this letter. I would not be too surprised if it was a hoax, but I can easily believe it is true as well. McCain has a short temper, is mentally unstable as a result of his imprisonment and torture in Vietnam, has made very insensitive jokes in private and public that are documented by written and VIDEO sources (i.e. Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran). I've also seen video of him talking to the families of Vietnam MIA's and his haughty arrogance is astounding. His affinity for Faulkner is also documented. So I believe that this could be very true indeed and perfect reflection of this dangerous man.
MY HOLIDAY WITH JOHN McCAIN
http://myblogthebword.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-holiday-with-john-mccain-it-was-just.html
This has been posted on numerous sites and you can google: "My Holiday with John McCain" Snopes hasn't been able to disprove this either,
Here you go:
It
was just before John McCain's last run at the presidential nomination
in 2000 that my husband and I vacationed in Turtle Island in Fiji with
John McCain, Cindy, and their children, including Bridget (their
adopted Bangladeshi child).
It was not our
intention, but it was our misfortune to be in close quarters with John
McCain for almost a week, since Turtle Island has a small number of
bungalows and their focus on communal meals force all vacationers who
are there at the same time to get to know each other intimately.
He
arrived at our first group meal and started reading quotes from a pile
of William Faulkner books with a forest of Post-Its sticking out of
them. As an English Literature major myself, my first thought was "if
he likes this so much, why hasn't he memorized any of this yet?"
I
soon realized that McCain actually thought we had come on vacation to
be a volunteer audience for his "readings" which then became a regular
part of each meal. Out of politeness, none of the vacationers initially
protested at this intrusion into their blissful holiday, but people's
buttons definitely got pushed as the readings continued day after day.
Unfortunately
this was not his only contribution to our mealtime entertainment. He
waxed on during one meal about how Indo-Chine women had the best
figures and that our American corn-fed women just couldn't meet up to
this standard. He also made it a point that all of us should stop Cindy
from having dessert as her weight was too high and made a few comments
to Amy, the 25 year old wife of the honeymooning couple from Nebraska
that she should eat less as she needed to lose weight.
McCain's
appreciation of the beauty of Asian women was so great that David the
American economist had to move his Thai wife to the other side of the
table from McCain as McCain kept aggressively flirting with and
touching her. Needless to say I was irritated at his large ego and his
rude behavior towards his wife and other women, but decided he must
have some redeeming qualities as he had adopted a handicapped child
from Bangladesh. I asked him about this one day, and his response was
shocking: "Oh, that was Cindy's idea - I didn't have anything to do
with it. She just went and adopted this thing without even asking me.
You can't imagine how people stare when I wheel this ugly, black thing
around in a shopping cart in Arizona .
No, it wasn't my idea at all."
I
actively avoided McCain after that, but unfortunately one day he
engaged me in a political discussion which soon got us on the topic of
the active US bombing of Iraq at that time. I was shocked when he said,
"If I was in charge, I would nuke Iraq to teach them a lesson". Given
McCain's personal experience with the horrors of war, I had expected a
more balanced point of view.
I commented on the tragic
consequences of the nuclear attacks on Japan during WWII -- but no, he
was not to be dissuaded. He went on to say that if it was up to him he
would have dropped many more nuclear bombs on Japan. I rapidly
extricated myself from this conversation as I could tell that his
experience being tortured as a POW didn't seem to have mellowed out his
perspective, but rather had made him more aggressive and vengeful
towards the world. My final encounter with McCain was on the morning
that he was leaving Turtle Island.
Amy and I were
happily eating pancakes when McCain arrived and told Amy that she
shouldn't be having pancakes because she needed to lose weight. Amy
burst into tears at this abusive comment. I felt fiercely protective of
Amy and immediately turned to McCain and told him to leave her alone.
He
became very angry and abusive towards me, and said, "Don't you know who
I am." I looked him in the face and said, "Yes, you are the biggest
asshole I have ever met" and headed back to my cabin.
I
am happy to say that later that day when I arrived at lunch I was given
a standing ovation by all the guests for having stood up to McCain's
bullying. Although I have shared my McCain story informally with
friends, this is the first time I am making this public. I almost did
so in 2000, when McCain first announced his bid for the Republican
nomination, but it soon became apparent that George Bush was the
shoo-in candidate and so I did not act then. However, now that there is
a very real possibility that McCain could be elected as our next
president, I feel it is my duty as an American citizen to share this
story. I can't imagine a more scary outcome for America than that this
abusive, aggressive man should lead our nation. I have observed him in
intimate surroundings as he really is, not how the media portrays him
to be.
If his attitudes
toward women and his treatment of his own family are even a small
indicator of his real personality, then I shudder to think what will
happen to America were he to be elected as our President.
This letter was originally written by: Ana Dubey
And made public by her friend, Mary-Kay Gamel
Professor of Classic Literature & Arts
Cowell College
University of California
Santa Cruz
California.
