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CactusHopper
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Jonathan Martin, Mike Allen Thu Aug 21, 7:34 AM ET
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own.
"I think — I'll have my staff get to you," McCain told Politico in Las Cruces, N.M. "It's condominiums where — I'll have them get to you."
The correct answer is at least four, located in Arizona, California and Virginia, according to his staff. Newsweek estimated this summer that the couple owns at least seven properties.
In recent weeks, Democrats have stepped up their effort to caricature McCain as living an outlandishly rich lifestyle — a bit of payback to the GOP for portraying Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as an elitist, and for turning the spotlight in 2004 on the five homes owned by Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry.
Pro-Obama labor groups have sent out mailers highlighting McCain’s wealth, and prominent Democrats have included references to it in comments to reporters.
Twice in the past two weeks, those Democrats have focused on McCain’s houses.
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told Politico’s Ben Smith that it was McCain “who wears $500 shoes, has six houses and comes from one of the richest families in his state."
And David Axelrod, Obama’s chief strategist, referred in an interview with Adam Nagourney of to an imagined meeting of McCain strategists “on the portico of the McCain estate in Sedona — or maybe in one of his six other houses.”
The Obama campaign seized on the house issue Thursday with an ad called "Seven," claiming that's the number of houses McCain has.
The ad closes with a shot of the White House and the narration: "Here's ONE house American can't afford to let John McCain move into."
McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said in response: "Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses? Does a guy who worries about the price of arugula and thinks regular people 'cling' to guns and religion in the face of economic hardship really want to have a debate about who’s in touch with regular Americans?
“The reality is that Barack Obama’s plans to raise taxes and opposition to producing more energy here at home as gas prices skyrocket show he’s completely out of touch with the concerns of average Americans.”
At a campaign appearance in Chester, Va., on Thursday morning, Obama said: "Somebody asked John McCain, 'How many houses do you have?’ And he said, I’m not sure. I’ll have to check with my staff. True quote: I’m not sure, I’ll have to check with my staff. So they asked his staff and he said, at least four. At least four! ...
"If you’re like me and you’ve got one house – or you were like the millions of people who are struggling right now to keep up with their mortgage so that they don’t lose their home — you might have a different perspective. By the way, the answer is: John
McCain has seven homes. So there’s just a fundamental gap of understanding between John McCain's world and what people are going through every single day here in America."
McCain’s comments came four days after he initially told Pastor Rick Warren during a faith forum on Sunday his threshold for considering someone rich is $5 million — a careless comment he quickly corrected.
In the interview, McCain did not offer an alternate number, but had a new answer ready.
“I define rich in other ways besides income,” he said. “Some people are wealthy and rich in their lives and their children and their ability to educate them. Others are poor if they’re billionaires.”
McCain, by anyone's measure, is well-off, if you account for his wife's fortune. Cindy McCain inherited control of her father’s beer distributorship, the largest in Arizona, and has an estimated worth of more than $100 million.
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dublusk
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2nd Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 05:09 pm | |
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| Maybe he has a lot of rent houses?
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Stoli
Orphie is a SBWLLHCE!!!!!!!!
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3rd Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 05:11 pm | |
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| The guy married a weathly good looking women who owns a beer company.....THAT IS EVERY COMMON MAN'S DREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Zephyr
Official Bourbon Taster
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4th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 05:13 pm | |
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| I only have one property, The Palatial McZephyr Estate
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Kent
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5th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 05:16 pm | |
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Look... why is it evil for people to be wealthy? The whole Heinz mess was because KErry and all the dems go on and on about how the pubs are only for the wealthy.... yet they give the "do as we say, not as we do" approach to things.
Hell, my FIL owns 4 house... big deal.... he's not wealthy either.
I'm sorry to hear Barack and Michelle are broke? You would think they would be smart with the millions they make a year.
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Robert
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6th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 05:31 pm | |
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Obama and McCain are both wealthy compared to me.
I live in a 3 meter square shack, live on $12 a year, and have a nice round head.  Last edited on Thu Aug 21st, 2008 05:33 pm by Robert
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chronos
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7th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 05:31 pm | |
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| dems hope this will turn other dims to oboma instead of Mccain..they know that republicans will not look down on McCain for having multiple houses, a rich beautifull wife who owns a beer distributership...its my lifes goal ofter all!
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crackertoes
Her Supreme Blondness
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8th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 05:32 pm | |
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Name a 20th or 21st Century president that would not have been considered financially rich.
Personally, I prefer a candidate who's done well vs. someone who doesn't have two nickels to rub together. Shows there's some smarts in there.
Last edited on Thu Aug 21st, 2008 05:34 pm by crackertoes
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Stoli
Orphie is a SBWLLHCE!!!!!!!!
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9th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 05:33 pm | |
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Robert wrote: Obama and McCain are both wealthy compared to me.
I live in a 3 meter square shack, and live on $12 a year, and have a nice round head.
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Winston Churchill
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churchlady
Professional bean counter
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10th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 06:02 pm | |
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| It's the arrogant attitude that would be a problem, not the actual weath, IMHO.
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Scarlett~NC
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11th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 06:07 pm | |
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| arrogant is the definition for obama in the websters
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CactusHopper
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12th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 06:36 pm | |
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Robert wrote: Obama and McCain are both wealthy compared to me.
I live in a 3 meter square shack, live on $12 a year, and have a nice round head. You sanded the point?
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CactusHopper
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13th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 06:37 pm | |
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crackertoes wrote: Name a 20th or 21st Century president that would not have been considered financially rich.
Personally, I prefer a candidate who's done well vs. someone who doesn't have two nickels to rub together. Shows there's some smarts in there.
Clinton, LBJ, Truman....................need more?
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dublusk
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14th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 06:52 pm | |
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CactusHopper wrote: crackertoes wrote: Name a 20th or 21st Century president that would not have been considered financially rich.
Personally, I prefer a candidate who's done well vs. someone who doesn't have two nickels to rub together. Shows there's some smarts in there.
Clinton, LBJ, Truman....................need more?
I think LBJ was a wealthy man with his radio stations. Truman was not wealthy. Clinton was, is and will be a ward of the state!
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Burley Glen
Whatever...
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15th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 06:54 pm | |
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No one would consider me rich, and I have three, four if you want to get real technical...what's your point...
sounds like the same again...coming from either side...
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Texie
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16th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 06:56 pm | |
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| LBJ's money came from LadyBird's family.
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Soup
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17th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 07:07 pm | |
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| I'll bet he knows how many brothers he has.
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Soup
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18th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 07:11 pm | |
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| His answer should have been, "More than I can count." Who could quibble with that?
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Stoli
Orphie is a SBWLLHCE!!!!!!!!
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19th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 07:21 pm | |
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dublusk wrote: CactusHopper wrote: crackertoes wrote: Name a 20th or 21st Century president that would not have been considered financially rich.
Personally, I prefer a candidate who's done well vs. someone who doesn't have two nickels to rub together. Shows there's some smarts in there.
Clinton, LBJ, Truman....................need more?
I think LBJ was a wealthy man with his radio stations. Truman was not wealthy. Clinton was, is and will be a ward of the state!
You could actually change that to "Whore of the state" also.
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Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.
Winston Churchill
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TexasCajun
Black and White Enforcer
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20th Post Thu Aug 21st, 2008 07:25 pm | |
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Texie wrote: LBJ's money came from LadyBird's family.
And McCain's money comes from Cindy's family. There is the possibility that some of the "homes" are owned by Cindy (because they were in the estate) and occupied by other family members. It is also possible that McCain has never been to some of them and, since they file seperate returns, never asked the question because it wasn't important.
BTW...all the above are true of Kerry...and I didn't have a problem with him enjoing the fruits of the hard work of his wife's family either. His positions on the issues were an entirely different matter.
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