Old McCain he had a house ee-i-ee-i-oh
And a house house here
And a house house there
Here a house
There a house
Everywhere a house house...
John McCain doesn't know offhand how many homes he and Cindy own. Could be anywhere from four to ten.
Not really a surprise...coming from someone who thinks that $5 million in annual income is the cut-off for "being rich."
From the Washington Post: "WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain's inability in an interview to recall the number of homes he owns jeopardized his campaign's carefully constructed strategy to frame Democratic rival Barack Obama as an out-of-touch elitist and inspired a round of attacks yesterday that once again ratcheted up the negative tone of the race for the White House.
....In an interview with Politico.com, the presumptive Republican nominee was asked how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, heir to a beer distributorship, owned.
"I think - I'll have my staff get to you," he replied. "It's condominiums where - I'll have them get to you." [..]"
So many real estate holdings that he can't keep up with them all. Yep, he just lost the "elitist" argument.
Just that one brief gaffe...and there goes millions of dollars worth of Paris Hilton celebrity ads down the tubes.
Sure, the Obama campaign caught the scent of blood and pounced on this...wanting to show that McCain is incredibly wealthy and out of touch, and has no understanding of what so many Americans are going through in this economy...and little interest in helping them.
The McCain campaign shot back, throwing Resko at Obama. They also played the POW card, saying this is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison.
Maybe everybody is missing the point. Can we really trust the mental facilities of a man so unaware of his own family finances to run OUR finances? It's either deceit, senility or ignorance...however you cut it, not "presidential."
Or maybe he is just uninterested. Not a good sign either.
Some think we should cut the poor old doddering dude some slack. McCain's homes are probably all in Cindy's name anyway, so technically he doesn't own any homes. How sad is that?
BTW--that "he lived in one house in prison" remark is the best POW reference they've used all week (though it's hard to tell because they use so many).
A POW you say? Was he tortured, too?
Nay, because under the new Republican rules, approved by John McCain, what happened to him as a POW doesn't fit their definition of torture at all, he was merely subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques.
