Palin Says She's "Everyday Working Class" Despite $250K Income, 5 Properties, 2 Boats, And 1 Plane

This defines being out of touch. On Hugh Hewitt's radio show, Sarah Palin calls herself "an everyday working class American" -- but the truth is that her family income is $250K and she owns five properties, two watercraft, and an airplane.

Here she was on Hewitt's show:

Todd and I, heck, we’re going through that right now even as we speak, which may put me again kind of on the outs of those Washington elite who don’t like the idea of just an everyday working class American running for such an office.

The Washington Times (who'd have thunk it?) puts the lie to her claim:

Their combined income of nearly a quarter-million dollars last year was five times the median household income for Wasilla's 7,000 residents. They own a single-engine plane, two boats, two personal watercraft and a half-million-dollar, custom-built home on a lake that is worth three times the average of other homes in town. For the future, they also have a 401(k) retirement account compliments of Todd Palin's years as an engineer with oil giant BP.

So I guess the question is: who's more out of touch, Palin or McCain?

Comments

[lincat]

This gets more and more bizarre.

[vulvina]

McCain, the richest of all four candidates by far, wants to call the bailout a rescue.

That would be like changing Palin to.....Lincoln.

Vintage McCain: Country LAST. No honor in that man--none earned, none given.

[peacegurl48]

Is she kidding???? Hope that gets out to her BASE! I'm struggling to hold on to my one little condo.
Guess that's how she's comfortable hanging with Cindy McCain in her $300,000 outfits.
What a hypocrite.

[RStone]

You go gurl!

Where do these Repubs get this stuff. They make all this money off our backs!

Pile on at http://www.boppoll.com

Bop McSame and it is the same as a bop for Bailin' Palin!

Obama '08

[PeaceOnEarth62]

That was fun!

I got in 800 punches on McCain and interestingly, feel a little bit better.

Not that much better, but a little bit. Hubby punching away right now - he's got more anger issues than I do.

Obama 08

[LightSword]

Wow, I AM TIRED OF YOU LIBERALS.

During the primary you guys were saying Obama was middle class (cuz Hillary was trying to seem middle class, and you guys found it annoying), and he makes more money than Sarah, yet you guys didn't complain.

Sarah is the poorest of the 4 VPS.

[peacegurl48]

It's her hypocricsy and her criticisms of everyone else, not to mention her lack of substance.
No one else is pretending to be just plain folks. If Palin thinks that income makes her "middle class" she is extremely out of touch. Most working/middle class Americans are struggling to keep a single house and put gas in a car, her hypocrisy is startling.

Sarah is also the most stupid. How could anyone who loved thier country want someone that inarticulate and uniformed as our VP, or President?

[foghornleghorny]

Wow, I'm tired of idiots.

Obama never said he was middle class. Get the difference? Thank you.

[labman57]

4 VPs...? Please tell me you can count to 2.

[Nyk]

Actually there are six VP candidates, which are Darrell Castle (with Charles O. Baldwin), Wayne A. Root (with Robert L. Barr, Jr.), Sarah Palin (with John McCain), Rosa A. Clemente (with Cynthia Ann McKinney), Matt Gonzalez (with Ralph Nader) and Joe Biden (with Barack Obama).

So, its seems you can't count so well either.

[RStone]

Get a life Rethug!

I am tired of you too!

Your guy may be leading at www.boppoll.comoll.com

But Pile on Team Obama! I just bopped McSame 200 times and I feel great!

You should try it LightSword!

Obama Nation!

[mijumom]

But, but, but...Obama...

you've got NOTHING.