Republikeins presidentskandidaat John McCain staat bekend als een man van het volk. Vandaar wellicht dat hij niet weet hoeveel huizen hij heeft. Het blijken er zeven te zijn. Hij kocht niet lang geleden nog een tweede strandhuis, ongeveer op het moment dat hij verklaarde dat Amerikaanse huizenbezitters in de problemen maar niet op vakantie moesten gaan.
Dit roept de volgende vragen op: Beschouwen Amerikanen dit als een man van het volk? Gaat deze man, die zijn eigen huizen niet kan tellen, de kwakkelende economie uit het slop trekken? Gaat de aftakeling van de bijna 72-jarige senator nog sneller dan bij Ronald Reagan?
De verdediging van iedere foute opmerking van John McCain is overigens een fluitje van een cent. Staflid Brian Rogers: “Dit is een man die vijfeneenhalf jaar in een (1) huis heeft geleefd - in de gevangenis.” Oftewel: gun hem die zeven en laat hem met rust.

Republican John McCain (71) can’t remember how many homes he owns

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said yesterday in an interview with Politico that he did not know how many houses he and his wife Cindy own. “I think - I’ll have my staff get to you,” McCain said. “It’s condominiums where - I’ll have them get to you.” His staff has since said “the correct answer is at least four,” but the McCains actually own 7 houses.
As usual the media are leaping to his defense.
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post: The “assumption” that “McCain’s personal wealth makes him insensitive to the struggling economy… is highly debatable.”
Lets hope the voters know that only non-elitists have trouble keeping track of all their multi-million dollar houses.
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Politico: (audio available here)

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.”

Is McCain’s memory so shot that he genuinely can’t remember? Hell, a parking lot he owns is worth four times more than the average American home.  Does he have so many that it’s unimportant for him to even keep track? Whatever the reason, millions of Americans are at risk of losing their one and only home, and a new Obama ad is quick to point this out.

Senator Obama hammered McCain on this at a town hall today, too.  McCain’s response?  Typically lame: Obama Worries About Arugula, Vacations In Hawaii

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Meet a woman who knows how many homes she now owns — zero!

UPDATE: (Nicole) McCains Bought Second Beach Condo At Around Time McCain Said Struggling Homeowners Needed To Skip Vacations… but will McCain’s Media report it?  How about one of his unmemorable homes being featured in Architectural Digest?

UPDATE 2: Have they no shame? The McCain campaign is in full damage control mode, and have resorted to - you guessed it! - playing the POW card.

Speaking to the Washington Post, aide Brian Rogers, in full damage-control mode, acknowledged that his boss had “some investment properties and stuff,” but added: “This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years - in prison.”

Wow. They played this card after McCain was caught in the “Cone of Silence” lie. It appears that we are going to see this strategy employed every time the McCain feels he needs to kill a story quickly. It can’t possibly work every time, can it?

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