From the Midnight Special series. The diva even does The Bump towards the end of her 1976 smash! And teases a guy who sings along onstage with her. Wikipedia has an interesting entry about this song--which was originally recored by Sylvester!--including this little tidbit:
In order to get into the song, she and the song's producer, Hal Davis loosened up in the studio by drinking alcoholic beverages. Davis also instructed the song's engineer, Russ Terrana, to install a strobe light so that Ross could be in the " disco" mindset.[1] As the song changed from being a ballad to uptempo, Ross became more comfortable with herself and the material; she hummed, sang bit parts, laughed, danced around and even imitated Billie Holiday. [2] The carefree and sensual nature of Ross' vocals and the music's direction helped to sell the song.
(I think I may have posted this before, but I tend to loosen up with alcoholic beverages occasionally myself, and quite a few brain cells have been lost as a result.)
The former GOP front-runner has been forced to withdraw his quest for the presidential nomination. Ha ha ha! As if you need ed another reason to hate the troll, check out this clip from Giuliani Time. If you thought his drag was rotted, you'll love this!
FROM YOUTUBE: Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani dresses like something from The Lion King and tries to release a lazy animal from the zoo until zoo staffers intervene. Clip from the new documentary GIULANI TIME, directed by Kevin Keating, now available on DVD from Cinema Libre Studio at www.cinemalibrestore.com. More at www.giulianitime.com.
Increase Linked to Long Wars, Lack of Army Resources
Wow! Lack of army resources???? The US spends more on defense than every other nation in the world combined. And the government blares on his "Support the troops" to tug at heartstrings. So how, with such a huge military budget, the soldiers are committing suicide gue to 'lack of army resources?
I'll tell you. We don't want to win in Iraq. We want to establish a permanent military base to de-stabilize the region and steal their oil. Does anyone agree?
Some Madonna-worshipping fag has created some Madonna "art" for sale on ebay.
HIS DESCRIPTION:
What is it?
This is a one-of-a-kind, hand-made, FAN-made homage to Madonna's legacy. Each of Madonna's studio albums have been carefully assembled in the form of a crucifix. This is undoubtedly the single most creative piece of blasphemy known to man.
What makes it special?
The cds are purposefully displayed in chronological order. You can follow Madonna's history as naturally as running your finger along the grain of a wood. Start at the head of the cross and down to the center...across the arms from left to right. Bounce back to the center and continue down the body of the cross to the bottom. As if by divine intervention, "The Immaculate Collection" is centered in the middle of the cross, and "Confessions on a Dance Floor" completes the set.
Of course, Madonna would never suffer a cruel execution without style. Knowing this, the artist has painstakingly added several hundred sequins, each individually glued to the cross, giving it that extra, je ne sei quai, sparkle and class.
What would you do with it?
Sure -- like any self-respecting fan - you've got your Madonna altar. Its probably down in your basement somewhere or buried under your winter coats in the hall closet. But now's your chance to show some pride in your devotion/obsession. Hang this proclamation on your front door or living room wall. Let people know who rules your world. Do I really have to say it???? ...... Express yourself!
Who should hang on it?
Funny that you should ask. Also included with the crucifix is a companion piece, officially entitled "Naked B1tch - A Personal Lord & Savior for the 21st Century". You may recognize it by its more common nicknames, adopted by some local art circles. It is often referred to as either "Mesus" or "Jadonna" by those who are more intimately familiar with the work. This is a 2-dimensional, photo-realistic representation of the Queen herself, circa 1992. Its made of a sturdy laminated posterboard and measures a little over 20 inches from head to toe. When attached to the cross, her right arm will be perfectly positioned for a proper hand-piercing nail, while the left hand hangs rebelliously at her side, refusing to let loose the Gucci bag.
A suction cup is attached to her back so that you can crucify and resurrect your Savior as the mood hits you. Just lick-it-and-stick-it, as they would often say on Calvary.
Why should you bid on this?
All money raised from this auction will go towards my volunteer work in Iceland. Right now, I am working to raise necessary funds for my time in Reykjavik. This auction is my last fundraising effort, so please support me if you can! So it isn't Malawi...but I know Madonna would be supportive!!
Did a true fan make this?
Yes, I am a true fan. Have been for many years. I can prove it! Click on one of the links below for my 1990 rendition of Vogue.
I love these guys on internet cruise sites who, in order to demonstrate their cock size, photograph it next to a common household item. They usually use a beer bottle or remote control, but this e-gentleman caller has selected a can of athlete's foot medication!
OK, # 1, I don't have athlete's foot so I am not overly familiar with the can size and #2, do you really wanna send your cock pic next to a medicine of any kind? Maybe that means he's athletic--and opposites DO attract! And I guess there are far worse ailment's to worry about. As long as he's not juxtaposing his pinga with a tube of Herpecin, Tucks, or STD remedies, it's ok. And now I'm off to the drug store to check out the size of Tinactin spray bottles!
Lyn Collins, aka The Female Preacher, was a James Brown discovery who is probably best known as the sampled voice behind the hip-hop smash IT TAKES TWO (TO MAKE A THING GO RIGHT). Here she is performing a lip-synch of her trademark growl singing ROCK ME AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. I love the lyric "Rock me baby like my back ain't got no bones" and that weird synth noise that it ends with always provided a humorous note when Mona Foote and I used to lip-synch to it at Boy Bar in the 80's.
LYN SINGS NEVER GIVE YOU UP AFTER JAMES IS INTERVIEWED. A SIGN OF THE TIMES: BOTH JAMES AND LYN ARE ASKED WHAT THEIR ZODIAC SIGNS ARE. AND JAMES IS ASKED WHY HE SUPPORTS NIXON! SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO ASK BLACK REPUBLICANS TODAY! ANYWAY, THEN LYN GETS TO DO HER THING.
COULDN'T FIND A VIDEO FOR LYN'S THINK, BUT HERE IS SOMEONE NAMED MS. RO IN A CUTE VIDEO MIXING MAMA FEEL GODD (FLOTILLA'S LIP-SYNCH HIT) AND THINK. GOOD STYLING!
While combing the news for more gossip on Carol's recent appearance in a Palm Springs bank heist, I ran across this article on a sports website--MY GAY COMPUTER ALMOST CRASHED, GIRLS!--which has compiled a list of the worst Super Bowl Halftime headliners. Carol was the first pop star to headline in 1970 in a tribute to Mardi Gras. The list is pretty hilarious--at one point they show this pic of Xtina with the caption:
Up to 5% of your body weight at any time can be makeup.
She do like a heavy blush! But who knew I'd pick up valuable make-up tips from a fucking sports site? Point taken. Here are a couple of their Worst Moment in Super Bowl Half TImes:
Phil Collins, Toni Braxton, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, 2000: Disney cashes in on the Latino music revolution! And…throws in Phil Collins! For some reason! This was really the first strange mix of performers, as Disney's theme for the event was "The Tapestry of Nations". Apparently, the only nations that get to have tapestry are the US, England, and Spain.
Indiana Jones, Tony Bennett, Patti LeBelle, Arturo Sandoval, Miami Sound Machine, 1994: No, Indiana Jones didn't sing. Instead, Disney basically put on an extended advertisement for their Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland, featuring an actor who very much was not Harrison Ford playing Indy along with a knockoff Marion Ravenwood, both of whom were after the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Combine that with a bizarro mix of Tony Bennett, Patti LeBelle, and the Miami Sound Machine, and you have yourself the strangest, surrealist, most commercial, and all-in-all most diabolical Super Bowl halftime show of all-time. Now, top that, Soulja Boy.
The first comment on their site is "Why they hell is Soulja Boy performing at this years halftime show?"
Maybe because it's as this article suggests that the talent bookers (I think it's Disney) have goofed several times. Or maybe it has something to do with the fact that a lot of sports fans are morons who would enjoy a moronic, testosterone-soaked chant about Superman. But not the sports fans who who compiled this list.
I wish I got invited to parties like these! Maybe if I took off my wig and makeup, lost 100 pounds and turned back the hands of time 20 years I would. But I guess this is why clubs are dying--if fools be carrying on in they own homes like this!
Hello Dolly Says Hello To Bank Robber PALM DESERT (CBS) ― Hello Dolly. Hello robbery.
Singer and actress Carol Channing was one of the patrons inside a bank in Palm Desert when it was robbed.
A man robbed the Washington Mutual Bank in the 72000 block of Highway 111 Friday afternoon, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
"Well, along with a lot of other people, I've been robbed," the former star of Broadway's "Hello Dolly" told CBS2. "We just bought a new house. It's really the first house I've ever had and not a hotel. This is our house, and they robbed us."
FOR WHOLE STORY AND VIDEO OF CAROL SAYING IN HER TRADEMARK RASP, "I'VE BEEN ROBBED" AND THE WHOLE STORY: CBS2
I can't understand why she is equating the bank with her house. Once again, she has me asking, is the retard thing an act or is she senile? Or just flustered, as anyone would be after a bank you were in was robbed. Or a combination of all the above.
Here's Carol singing with Pink Martini at the Hollywood Bowl in September. Whatever she is, it's mesmerizing. And is it just me or do her shoulders look extremely broad? Please tell me that your shoulders don't broaden with age like your feet do. That's the last thing my moose-ass needs!
Run to the costume shop for your favorite plushy and cum join the demented folks behind DirtyBoyVideo.com as they bring their fur famous character, Plushie Schwartz, to SPIT for a night of drunken debauchery.
Cheap beer, Cheaper men.
Dress to Intimidate or...u know... Cuddle.
Venue: Uncle Mings Address: 225 Avenue B - 2nd floor! (Between 13th and 14th Street) New York, NY 10003 Date: Wednesday January 23rd Time: 10pm Prices: $5 (Furrys get in Free!!) Telephone #: (212) 979 8506 Nearest Subway: L at 1st. Ave. / 14th Street
This little animal really exists! It's called a Naked Mole-Rat, from Africa .
So if you are having a bad day and feeling sorry for yourself, Remember: Going through life is hard enough, but it could be worse-like going through life looking like a dick with buck teeth. Now you guys quit masturbating!
THEN YOU'LL LOVE THE NEW PUPPINI SISTERS VIDEO. Viv provided all of the clothes and accessories for their stylish new video for thier upcoming single JILTED.
If you're gossip-lovin' hag like me, Michael Musto's witty column is the first page you flip to when you pick up the Village Voice, you'll be glad to know that you don't have to wait until Wednesdays--it's now daily and you can catch it here: DAILYMUSTO
THE SOUND QUALITY IS BAD BUT WHITNEY AND STACY LATTISAW LOOK SO ADORABLE! AND THAT EL DEBARGE IS SO FINE! AND DO THEY HAVE A WHITE GUY FILLING IN FOR ONE OF THE FAT BOYS?
FROM YOUTUBE:
RARITY!!!!!
VIDEO-CLIP ORIGINAL OF THIS CLASSIC OF THE 80´s. Tribute to Martin Luther King. Participation of great names in the international music of the time: Whitney Houston, El Debarge, Stacey Lettisaw, Lisa Lisa, Full Forces, Teena Marie, Menudo, Stephanie Mills, New edition, James J.T. Taylor, Kurtis Blow, Fat Boys, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Run-DMC and Whodini.
Mel Cheren, the head of West End records and AIDS activist, passed away recently and his memorial is tomorrow night. A legend in the dance community not only signing genius records like Karen Young's HOT SHOT, Taana Gardner's HEARTBEAT (which was sampled for Ini Kamoze's 90's hit HOTSTEPPER) and many other garage classics, Mel was also a key player in the making of Paradise Garage, which gave dj/producer Larry Levan a platform to work his magic and create the garage sound, which formed the basis of house mmusic. With bowls of free fruit and no liqour sold, the Garage was never a glitzy celebrity hotspot like Studio 54--though I'm sure equal amounts of drugs were on hand--the soul-drenched sounds created a community atmosphere which is revered decades after the club ended.
MEL CHEREN IN 1977
When the AIDS crisis hit, Mel actually donated a floor of the West End offices to a budding GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis), which went on to become the massive community outreach that it is today. Talk about times gone by--can you imagine anyone in NYC even having an extra room to donate these days? Much less the generosity of spirit to do it?
In later years, Mel revived West End with releases like a remix of Carl Bean's I WAS BORN THIS WAY and new releases by openly gay acts Marty Thomas and Cazwell. He wrote a book of his experiences and was the subject of a documentary which debuted at the Gay and Lesbian Film festival in NYC this past summer.
His smiling face will be missed on the dancefloor, but his contributions to quality music and community service will NEVER be forgotten.
If you'd care to attend his memorial tomorrow night here is the info:
Please join us at a Memorial Service honoring and celebrating the life and achievements of Mel Cheren. The Service will be held on the evening of Thursday, January 17th at Saint Peter’s Church in New York City between 7pm and 9pm, doors will open at 6:30pm. To help remember Mel, there will be a blessing by Rabbi Cohen, performances by WestEnd recording artist Marty Thomas who will perform “I was Born this Way,” Taana Gardner and Dawn Tallman who will perform “Save a Place on the Dance Floor,” as well as testimonials by friends, family members, and leaders in the music industry.
BUNION, BARBARA TUCKER, SIRIUS'S ANTHONY "A-LO" LOPEZ, JOI CARDWELL, KING STREET'S JOE BERINATO, ULTRA NATE, BLAZE'S KEVIN HEDGES, UNKNOWN AND MEL CHEREN AT THE RELEASE PARTY FOR KEEP HOPE ALIVE, A DANCE COMPILATION WHICH WEST END LAUNCHED 3 YEARS AGO TO BENEFIT LIFEBEAT. (IT YIELDED BARBARA'S INTERNATIONAL SMASH PRECIOUS LOVE.
Saint Peter’s Church is located at 619 Lexington Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets, entrance on 54th between Lexington and Third.
A reception will be held immediately following the Service at Mel’s place, the Colonial House Inn located at 318 West 22nd Street between 8th and 9th Avenues (website: http://www.colonialhouseinn.com ). Colonial House Inn was not only Mel’s residence but is also an award winning bed and breakfast operating for over 20 years. The reception will be held in the lobby which houses some of Mel’s original artwork as well as The 24 Hours for Life Gallery. A gallery Mel dedicated to the late artist, Keith Haring, who designed the logo for 24 Hours for Life, an AIDS charity Mel founded and fiscal sponsor for LIFEbeat.
Donations in Mel’s honor can be made to GMHC, 119 West 24th Street , New York, New York 10011; The LGBT Community Center at 208 West 13th Street, New York, New York 10011; or LIFEbeat, 630 9th Avenue Suite 1010 New York, New York 10036.
Mel’s book, “My Life and the Paradise Garage” and other West-End and Paradise garage memorabilia will be available for purchase, the proceeds to go to the three named organizations.
Please pass this announcement along to your friends, colleagues and organization’s members who might wish to attend.
THREE WOMEN, TWO YOUNGER AND ONE SENIOR CITIZEN, WERE SITTING NAKED IN A SAUNA.
SUDDENLY THERE WAS A BEEPING SOUND. THE YOUNG WOMAN PRESSED HER FOREARM AND THE BEEP STOPPED. THE OTHERS LOOKED AT HER QUESTIONINGLY . "THAT WAS MY PAGER", SHE SAID. "I HAVE A MICROCHIP UNDER THE SKIN OF MY ARM."
A FEW MINUTES LATER, A PHONE RANG. THE SECOND YOUNG WOMAN LIFTED HER PALM TO HER EAR. WHEN SHE FINISHED,SHE EXPLAINED, "THAT WAS MY MOBILE PHONE, I HAVE A MICROCHIP IN MY HAND."
THE OLDER WOMAN FELT VERY LOW-TECH. NOT TO BE OUT DONE, SHE DECIDED SHE HAD TO DO SOMETHING JUST AS IMPRESSIVE. SHE STEPPED OUT OF THE SAUNA AND WENT TO THE BATHROOM. SHE RETURNED WITH A PIECE OF TOILET PAPER HANGING FROM HER ASS. THE OTHERS RAISED THEIR EYEBROWS AND STARED AT HER. THE OLDER WOMAN FINALLY SAID..................."WELL, WILL YOU LOOK AT THAT.....I'M GETTING A FAX!!"
FLOTILLA DeBARGE: FRESHLY RELEASED -- BLACK, BLESSED & FREE January 18 - February 1 at The Cutting Room
"Not many performers have the audacity, chutzpah, and soulfulness of downtown legend Flotilla DeBarge... Her patter is wicked, outrageous, pornographic and, yes, unforgettable." -- Show Business
"a strange hybrid of Pearl Bailey and Eric Bogosian" -- New York Magazine
She's been on Broadway, threatened by Star Jones, and tossed in jail. Now drag star FLOTILLA DeBARGE -- last seen on Broadway in The Threepenny Opera with Alan Cumming and Cyndi Lauper -- brings her newest solo show FLOTILLA DeBARGE: FRESHLY RELEASED -- BLACK, BLESSED & FREE to The Cutting Room beginning January 18.
In September 2006, DeBarge was arrested for assault with a high-heeled shoe in the West Village nightclub APT in self defense. Following in the footsteps of Martha Stewart, Lil Kim and Paris Hilton, she was sentenced to serve jail time. In FLOTILLA DeBARGE: FRESHLY RELEASED -- BLACK, BLESSED & FREE the controversial drag star is back on stage and ready to set the record straight. "It certainly wasn’t OZ, honey. There was no Chris Meloni in sight," notes the drag legend who has been nicknamed The Notorious F.L.O.
In this autobiographical musical essay (which includes versions of Jailhouse Rock and The Cell Block Tango), DeBarge dishes up her thoughts on the penal system, black injustice and lessons learned from a life hanging out in NYC's most glittery nightclubs and bars... to suddenly living life behind bars. FLOTILLA DeBARGE: FRESHLY RELEASED -- BLACK, BLESSED & FREE proves that this lady is black and better than ever!
In addition to The Threepenny Opera, FLOTILLA DeBARGE has appeared on stage in Imitation of Imitation of Life and Charles Busch’s annual holiday classic Times Square Angel. She has appeared on the television shows Sex and the City, Law and Order, and Third Watch. Her film roles include To Wong Foo..., Flawless, Keeping the Faith, Paul Rudnick’s Marci X starring Lisa Kudrow, and Mike Nichols’ HBO film Angels in America. Her past solo shows include The Flotilla DeBarge Minstrel Show and The Flotilla DeBarge Chanukah-Kwanzaa-Christmas Spectacular. In 2005, an anti-fur ad from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) featured DeBarge dressed as Star Jones, who threatened to sue PETA as a result of the ad.
FLOTILLA DeBARGE: FRESHLY RELEASED -- BLACK, BLESSED & FREE runs January 18 - February 1, Fridays at 7:30pm. The Cutting Room is located at 19 West 24th (accessible from the N,R,F,V & 6 trains at 23rd Street). Tickets are $18.
I love these funny old portraits, especially the idea of putting yourself inside a "classy" brandy snifter. I once howled over a photo booth on 14th Street (when it was still trashy) of someone's baby in a snifter.
SOMERVILLE - Two men with knives who tried to rob a man at a bus stop on Broadway were nabbed by police minutes later on Jan. 2, according to a police report.
Responding to the corner or Broadway and Langmaid Avenue for reports of a robbery with a knife, police officers were notified that the victim saw the suspects entering the Winter Hill Liquor Mart at 10:18 p.m. They were described as men, one wearing a leather jacket with a red stripe and eating a chicken leg with barbecue sauce. The victim told Patrolman Lisa Shah that he was at a bus stop when the suspects approached him and asked for 50 cents or a cigarette. When he said he no, one of them allegedly pulled out a knife. The victim then gave him a cigarette and saw them run into the liquor store.
Looking inside the store, Patrolman Sean Sylvester saw two men at the counter. One was reportedly wearing a leather jacket with a stripe and chewing on a bone with some sauce on it. Both men looked at the officer as he entered and immediately tried to leave the store. Other detectives responded. The two suspects were stopped and identified as Roni Serra, 29, of 58 Broadway, and Vinicius Ramos Soares, 20, of 358 Broadway.
During a search, two large kitchen knives were reportedly found on them and confiscated, along with the chicken bone. After the victim positively identified them, the two were arrested and charged with armed robbery and possession of a dangerous weapon, according to the police report.
Researchers seeking new treatments for heart disease managed to grow a rat heart in the lab and start it beating.
They took a dead rat heart, cleaned with detergent, and then inserted cells from a baby rat and that thing started beating! A rat heart can't help a human needing a transplant, but a pig's can! May I recommend one for Cheney? This is breaking news (heart-breaking news? Sorry about that one! That writers' strike!) so I don't think the evangelicals have had a chance to weigh in on this development yet. But I hope it riles them as much as cloning!
HUFFPO calls it "incredibly awkward". But I think Miss Clay let the interviewer, who seemed from this excerpt to be on attack mode, have it like the queen Miss Gaiken is. I'm certainly no Claymate, but I do likes to hear a queen read!
Al Gore Caught Warming Globe To Increase Box Office Profits
Dozens of eyewitness reports indicated that former vice president Al Gore deliberately attempted to raise the earth's temperature in order to boost box office receipts for An Inconvenient Truth, his documentary film about global warming that was released in May.
It's so easy to check. SO PLEASE DO IT NOW AND SPREAD THE WORD!
From moveon.org:
With Tuesday's results, it's clear that the race for the Presidential nomination may well turn on voters in New York. Why? The Democratic and Republican nominees are likely to be decided on "Super Tuesday," February 5, when 24 states (including New York) go to the polls.
But in order to participate in this big decision, you have to be registered to vote, and the deadline is coming up fast. In New York, your registration must be postmarked by tomorrow, Friday, January 11th. You may think you're registered, but it's worth making sure—and we've made it easy.
Working with the folks at Catalist1, we've built VotePoke, a new website that for the first time lets you quickly and easily check to see whether you are registered to vote, and then invite your friends to do the same. Click here to get started:
If you aren't registered, you can use VotePoke to register online in just minutes. VotePoke also lets you invite friends—and if your friends aren't registered, you can gently "poke" them until they do, using our handy online tool.
New voters, especially young voters, are turning out in record numbers so far. We'll be in great shape for the election next November if we can keep these new voters engaged—and you can help by taking responsibility for your own group of friends.
Voter registration is public information, but states don't make it easy to access. So until now, this data has mostly been available to the political consultants, but not to real people. Now, with VotePoke, all that's changing—anyone can make sure their friends are signed up and registered.
You would be surprised at how many of your friends aren't registered—or used to be registered—or really just aren't sure. Click here to start the "votepoking" and make sure every vote counts on Super Tuesday and beyond.
Surprise, surprise! Fox is known for misleading it's viewers with it's conservative slant. But this is an outright lie concerning Paul Begala. After Paul contacted and corrected Fox, the "news" station continued to run the BS story. Though Paul Begala is smart as a whip, he's hardly big news. So imagine how they tinker with/lie about bigger stories like polls, election results and Iraq. I found this a fascinating example of how the news is flagrantly perverted
An excerpt from Paul's HUFFPO expose:
Fox News: We Report -- Even if We Know It's False
I've been dealing with the media and politics for 25 years, but I've never had a more surrealistic day than January 8. Several times that day Fox News reported that I was joining Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign. It was a big story - at least until the stunning election returns.
The only problem was, it wasn't true.
Fox News never even tried to contact me to verify their story, and when I contacted Fox, I felt like a character in a Kafka novel -- or at least Curb Your Enthusiasm.
After I told Fox it wasn't true -- and this is the surreal part -- they kept reporting it anyway..
Remember the clip of the handicapped drag queen tap-dancing with a parasol? Well, she's now dropped her stage name and prefers to be known as Sandie Crisp. There's a documentary and some other background info on this fascinating creature HERE.
John McCain's New Hampshire win introduced me to his lovely wife, an heiress who steals drugs!
In August 1994, Cindy McCain admitted she had been addicted to painkillers such as Percocet and Vicodin since 1989, saying she had resorted to stealing drugs from a nonprofit medical relief charity, the American Voluntary Medical Team. When McCain publicly revealed her addiction, years after she had proclaimed sobriety, and after county investigative materials were made public, she stated she hoped it would give fellow drug addicts courage in their struggles: "Although my conduct did not result in compromising any missions of AVMT, my actions were wrong, and I regret them." A few weeks later, the Variety Club of Arizona canceled its "humanitarian of the year" award dinner in her honor citing poor ticket sales. [7] Her activities also violated federal statutes, so a federal investigation was also performed. McCain's defense team secured an agreement with the U.S. Attorney's office that was limited to financial restitution and treatment for her drug addiction. At the time, legal experts told the Phoenix New Times that had she not been married to John, she likely would have been sentenced to federal prison. Tom Gosinski, the director of government and international affairs for the American Voluntary Medical Team, who tipped off the DEA to investigate McCain's drug theft, also accused her of asking him to lie concerning her drug use when the McCains were applying to adopt a baby from Bangladesh.
