Cindy McCain: "In Arizona The Only Way To Get Around The State Is By Small Private Plane" (VIDEO)

Cindy McCain recently gave a rare private interview to CNN in which she disclosed her opinions on transportation in Arizona, her home state. The McCains have tried to distance themselves from elitism, but apparently Mrs. McCain believes that the only way to get around is by "small private plane."

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Related: CNN interview with Cindy McCain

Comments

[UncleJimbo]

05:15 PM on 07/17/2008

I'm not going to take credit for this statement,because someone else posted it a couple of months ago.but it has stayed in my mind since..."John McCain has never drawn a breath that was not Publicly Subsidized!" He has lived on our tax money since his birth to the present day!

[fionamacknz]

06:17 AM on 07/18/2008

Yes, it's uncomfortable to see the extent to which he loathes what he is. People like that don't make decisions rationally, you know.

And, dear Trevor, it is neither owning a plane nor flying a plane that makes one an elitist. It is feeling that one is somehow morally superior, a more deserving person that one who does not.

[TrevorAlan]

01:18 AM on 07/16/2008

I'm no one to talk because a relative just took my family across our state in his private plane.

Of course I actually realize that puts me, at least for the day, in an elite category and that not EVERYONE can do that.

I thought Arizona had a fine road system. Is she saying the road workers in her home state do a crappy job?

[LightningJoe]

09:39 AM on 07/19/2008

In a Free Market Libertarian world, there wouldn't be any roads at all, outside the city limits. They never would have been built, much less maintained. Nor bridges or public schools.

Rich people could get across the state in their planes; poor folks would have to go by horseback or foot.

[guinness327]

08:13 PM on 07/15/2008

Boy, that McCain's a card. Rape jokes, jokes about Chelsea Clinton being ugly, jokes about bombing Iran....

Man, i wish I was a right wing Christian so I could think these kinds of jokes were funny, too.

[ritterbride]

02:42 PM on 07/15/2008

I KNOW there are poly strategists out there that are reading this. You know the "machine" would be totally engaged if this was stated by a democrat. I want to see this clip on all news outlets, blogs, magazines and everywhere else Rove and crew would use. This is the only place I've seen this clip so far. What is the deal????

McCain and company are totally unengaged with the day to day of this country (and others). He can't use a computer, small private plane is the only option that occurs to her when traveling the state. Obama gets us. He is plugged into his email, blogs, blackberry, is raising 2 small kids by themselves, and has had a real job. Michelle worked for everything she had, as she didn't come from a wealthy family. Come on people!

[wanj]

10:44 AM on 07/15/2008

I live in AZ and I can tell you that we do have roads here for the "not priviledged" small folks that don't have trust funds like Cindy McSnob.

I wonder whether this little clip will get any airplay on MSM... what's the elitist I ask?

[OhComeOnNow]

08:31 AM on 07/15/2008

Private plane is the only way to get around in AZ?

Wow, the air traffic controllers must be seriously overworked in that airspace with EVERYONE zipping around in their planes down there...

[exPatPatti]

08:12 AM on 07/15/2008

You folks are priceless tonight. Loving the comments!!! It's been a while since I laughed here.

[globalcitizenlinda]

08:12 AM on 07/15/2008

Of course we ordinary folks have also had the usual problem of parking our small planes!!!!!!

Seven homes, small private planes, in-herited fortune of hundreds of millions - is it any wonder why Cindy cannot understand why some Americans are sometimes skeptical about the fairness of this country.

I can only imagine how all the media would be criticizing The Obamas if they had said and done stuff like the McCains.

[OhComeOnNow]

08:35 AM on 07/15/2008

Well said!

[AxelDC]

07:02 AM on 07/15/2008

She's Zsa Zsa Gabor without the fun accent.

[tomcat27834]

07:44 AM on 07/15/2008

but, with the implants........darling.

However, in fairness to Cindy they are hers - bought and paid for !

[Axolotl]

08:26 AM on 07/15/2008

implants must be minute.

[huffyISaHottie]

06:17 AM on 07/15/2008

how sweet cindy is...they are just regular folk...just like you and me........oooppps..gotta go...gotta go fly down to the super market for some milk and bread

[watcher269]

03:41 AM on 07/15/2008

ELITIST!

[Verified]

03:18 AM on 07/15/2008

Very complex. Very multifaceted.

[wanj]

11:00 AM on 07/15/2008

LOL!!! I also heard the complex part and wondered, "this bimbo is now complex"? Sheesh!

[akryan]

02:50 AM on 07/15/2008

are there any isolated reservations in AZ where this might be true? There a lot of villages in AK that are only accessable via float plane. I think it's even more bizarre when she talks about just buying a plane because it was so much fun to fly. Million dollar purchases are just normal.

[Katylies]

01:47 AM on 07/15/2008

Yeah, when I moved to AZ 10 years ago, I felt so totally stupid crossing the AZ/NM border in my crappy Dodge truck. It was like everyone just stopped what they were doing and pointed at me, you know?

[JJaye]

01:45 AM on 07/15/2008

Wow, we lived in Arizona for 2 years and we got around just fine in a CAR!