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Source: Kathleen, 65, is the product of Hensley's first marriage in the 1930s to Mary Jeanne Parks. Hensley divorced Parks for Marguerite "Smitty" Johnson, whom he met at a West Virginia hospital in World War II and married in 1945. Cindy was born nine years later.

The half sisters had little contact growing up and have not spoken since Hensley's funeral in 2000. In his will, he left just $10,000 to his older daughter; Cindy inherited her father's multimillion-dollar fortune.

"I was his family, too," she said from her home in Phoenix. "I saw him at Christmas and I spent my birthdays with him."

Now, she said, all she wants is for the McCains to apologize and acknowledge her branch of the family tree. (Since you asked: Yes, they're Democrats.) "He was my father, too. I don't know why even now he cannot be a part of my life."

But there's more: Cindy McCain has another half sister. Before her marriage to Hensley, Johnson had a daughter, Dixie Burd, by a previous relationship. Burd, who is much older than Cindy, could not be reached for comment.

The McCain campaign has been tight-lipped about the expanded family tree: "Mrs. McCain was raised as the only child of Jim and Marguerite Hensley, and there was no familiar relationship with any other sibling," it said in a statement.

[So There! ]

1 posted on 09/05/2008 9:19:12 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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US Magazine again.


2 posted on 09/05/2008 9:20:00 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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This story is a couple weeks old.


3 posted on 09/05/2008 9:20:10 PM PDT by snarkytart
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The MSM is never going to find out if Obama's relatives will vote for McCain! snort>

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

4 posted on 09/05/2008 9:21:12 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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You forgot to ask me IF I CARED!


6 posted on 09/05/2008 9:21:21 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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Another brain-dead woman who wants a communist in the White House. How
stupid can people be?


7 posted on 09/05/2008 9:21:33 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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And it explains it. It has nothing to do with being about war, it’s being left out of the will.


8 posted on 09/05/2008 9:21:52 PM PDT by webheart (All sarcasm contained in this post is intentional, and does not necessarily reflect a real opinion)
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The sound you here is the panicked Left scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Btw, if US magazine keeps this up, they won’t have any readers left to alienate, LOL.


9 posted on 09/05/2008 9:22:13 PM PDT by DemforBush (Palin! Palin! Palin!)
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boohoo...


10 posted on 09/05/2008 9:22:20 PM PDT by donnab (some people use change to promote their careers...others use their careers to promote change.)
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20th time this has been posted .....


11 posted on 09/05/2008 9:22:28 PM PDT by Deetes ( (God Bless the Troops) .)
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Maybe she could shack up with Barak’s half-brother and they could be irrelevant together.


12 posted on 09/05/2008 9:22:41 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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This is what happens when you only get one mention in Daddy’s will and you already own three pot-bellied pigs.


13 posted on 09/05/2008 9:22:46 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (McCain/Palin '08! Real change you won't have to "believe in." You'll be able to see it!!!)
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Who cares? She can vote for whomever she pleases.

US is compost.


16 posted on 09/05/2008 9:24:34 PM PDT by madison10 (McCain/Pallin 2008)
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Oh my lord, if McCain’s half-sister-in-law doesn’t like him, how can we trust him?


17 posted on 09/05/2008 9:24:40 PM PDT by Tublecane
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“Portalski, 65, and the potential first lady, 54, have the same father: Jim Hensley, the founder of the beer distributor Hensley and Co. that Cindy McCain now chairs”

This says it all.


19 posted on 09/05/2008 9:26:10 PM PDT by diverteach (http://foolishpleasurestudio.com/eyewool/slap_hillary.html)
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An old story, from the same magazine that smeared Sarah Palin on their cover and then denied it.


21 posted on 09/05/2008 9:26:54 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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If I ran across her I'd sure have her pegged as a MOONBAT.


23 posted on 09/05/2008 9:27:58 PM PDT by diverteach (http://foolishpleasurestudio.com/eyewool/slap_hillary.html)
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Ok? What about Barry’s eight step brothers and sisters who are they voting for? Oh wait they are all living in huts in Africa or some other place.


24 posted on 09/05/2008 9:28:05 PM PDT by svcw (http://baskettastic.com/)
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When ever I hear about these Republicans or family members saying that they are going to vote for the other guy stories by the MSM/LIBS ... makes me wonder if it was a result of Coercion ? .... in other words,, MSM speak : “ either you shut up or support our guy, or else we bring up dirt on you.. and it doesn’t matter if it is true or not, we make up the news or inaccurate facts “


25 posted on 09/05/2008 9:28:19 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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So from the sounds of this bunch, they need to vote for Obama. And Cindy needs to ignore them.


27 posted on 09/05/2008 9:28:43 PM PDT by Hattie
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Who gives a flying.....


28 posted on 09/05/2008 9:29:24 PM PDT by Deo volente
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