McCain unsure how many houses he owns

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McCain unsure how many houses he owns - Jonathan Martin and Mike Allen - Politico.com

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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.
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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 The New York Times 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.”

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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If he owns 4, he can just turn it around and say that means he and Gore are equally green.
 
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did get he get a sweet land deal from that crook in chicago? did he get that extra land that sits across from his house by the same crook. i believe yes.

also, why didn't the media ask Kerry how many houses he had last year.
 
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I would bet the reason he doesn't know is that those houses and properties are his wifes pet.
 
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i wonder if the media will as him that since he support infanticide, how many babie's deaths are he responsible for.
 
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joevol320 said:
also, why didn't the media ask Kerry how many houses he had last year.
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you miss this part?

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.
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Both candidates are quite wealthy, much wealthier than the average American. That isn't anything new. His wife is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Of course they own several homes...
 
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joevol320 said:
it's a fair question. obama supports the killing of babies that survived abortion and were delivered. it's a fact that he supports that.
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No, I understand the question. Just throwing in a good natured jab about the sentence structure and spelling.
 
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volinbham said:
I guess McCain needs to come out and say..."they're going to tell you I'm too old, etc."
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No, it would be..."They're going to tell you I'm too rich. That just b/c I don't know how many houses I own, I don't understand the struggles of middle-class families. That just because I don't use a computer or go online (ever), that I don't understand technology. That just because of these things, I'm out of touch."
 
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TennNC said:
No, it would be..."They're going to tell you I'm too rich. That just b/c I don't know how many houses I own, I don't understand the struggles of middle-class families. That just because I don't use a computer or go online (ever), that I don't understand technology. That just because of these things, I'm out of touch."
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Obama then says - I don't understand diplomacy, I don't understand how a business works, I don't understand how any problem can be solved without the government having a major role in it, I don't understand the difference between short-term energy policy and long-term energy policy, I don't understand why Americans don't speak french. I'm not out of touch, I'm clueless :hi:
 
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It remains to be seen whether this will become a sticking point in the campaign. The drive-by media love stupid stories like this. If it lack substance then they will run with it. John Edwards $400 haircuts, , Barack Obama bowling, John McCain's 12 houses (whatever the number).
 
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Obama is one of us....... he lives in a shanty!

obamas-house-500x375.jpg
 
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