GOP presidential candidate John McCain isn't sure how many houses he owns. "I think -- I'll have my staff get to you," McCain told Politico yesterday. "It's condominiums where -- I'll have them get to you."
The correct answer seems to be somewhere between four and seven. The Obama campaign has already released this ad on the subject:
UPDATE: The McCain campaign responds with the arugula defense: "In terms of who's an elitist, I think people have made a judgment that John McCain is not an arugula-eating, pointy headed professor-type based on his life story," spokesman Brian Rogers told the Post.
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David Roberts Posted 4:07 am
21 Aug 2008
McCain only has four houses, not ten! And did we mention he was a POW?
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PermieWriter Posted 4:17 am
21 Aug 2008
So why on earth do Republicans hate it? Eating their young is right up their alley.
Eat what you grow, grow what you eat
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David Roberts Posted 4:18 am
21 Aug 2008
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Sean Casten Posted 4:35 am
21 Aug 2008
CW says: Real Americans like nuclear power, budweiser and overcooked burgers. Sissified elitists like efficiency, wine and a salad of summer greens lightly drizzled with balsamic vinagrette and a medium rare tenderloin with a port wine reduction sauce.
I get it... but I'm not sure why. Food snobbery sounds French, after all. But then again, so does nuclear power. Thoughts?
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Jon Rynn Posted 4:37 am
21 Aug 2008
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TheGreenMiles Posted 5:00 am
21 Aug 2008
Join the discussion on global warming, recycling, and organic beer at The Green Miles!
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Biodiversivist Posted 6:42 am
21 Aug 2008
Obama's the man.
In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world
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Cacaoatl Posted 6:54 am
21 Aug 2008
McCain is a millionaire who left his first wife for a millionaire heiress. He's so rich that he's forgotten how many homes he owns but somehow Obama's elitist because he is a lawyer who took his family on vacation to Hawaii. The last time I checked, Hawaii is an American state. I didn't know it was elitist to visit another state.
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David Roberts Posted 8:03 am
21 Aug 2008
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wiscidea Posted 8:52 am
21 Aug 2008
It is clear that the primary threat to the environment -- and a lot of other stuff I won't go into here -- is ant-intellectualism.
What can a person do about this?
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Delay And Deny Posted 10:24 am
21 Aug 2008
Wait -- Obama is cursing McCain for owning housing?
Who is out of touch! House prices have been sliding precipitously in case His Highness hasn't been reading the friggin' newspapers for the last 2 years!
McCain is taking a beating (yeah, he's used to it, thin skins) in the market -- what's more, since he held on to his property, he's actually propping up the market so others can sell.
Only Odumba would think that someone having multiple houses in 2008 is "raking it in"!?!
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justlou Posted 10:50 am
21 Aug 2008
McCain, the face of the ruling class, flashing the gold while trashing the "elites".
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Delay And Deny Posted 11:26 am
21 Aug 2008
Dude.
McCain is a Navy brat who married a high school cheerleader whose dad owns a beer distributor.
You can't get any more home town than that.
He and Cindy probably sit at home in front of a 1973 Sony Color TV with one of the built in rabbit ears broken off watching Jeff Dunham:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D60yjEbQnDg
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justlou Posted 8:05 pm
21 Aug 2008
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John former Marine Posted 4:41 am
22 Aug 2008
He probably thinks owning 12 houses doesn't make him rich. Of course, the definition of rich being "earning over $5 million a year."
Il faut cultiver notre jardin.
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