Holy Majoly! Is this an SNL skit?
A McCain spokesman, on the whole issue of John McCain owning seven or eight houses, shoots back to Marc Ambinder, "Obama's charges "attack Cindy. She owns the homes. I thought he said the wives were off-limits.""
Paging Tommy Flanagan! "Yeah... that's the ticket! My WIFE'S houses!"
This, I guess, is better than the response earlier in the day, that John McCain isn't insanely rich with seven or eight homes, because he was a POW.
But not by much.
The real problem is that, once again, Senator McCain has become Senator Complain - whining that it's just not fair to question him. It's an act that wears really, really thin, really, really quickly. Americans who are afraid that they may have a house foreclosed on don't have much sympathy for someone whining that questioning them about their seven or eight homes is just mean. Having your family tossed out on the street by a lender is mean. Answering questions from reporters is pattycakes.
But, by criticizing Obama for being elitist, just because he's educated and enjoys the better things in life, McCain lowered the discourse to this level. After 8 years of a President who took pride in his ignorance and tried to act like he was just plain folks, can we get past the BS and focus on things that matter.
Quid pro quo. Tit for tat. Pot - kettle. If the Democrats wanted to make it sound like he's Cindy's boy toy (oooh that's an image I can live without. Scratch that one I'm having my lunch) it would technically be totally fair.
Obama will limit it to "he doesn't remember things/he's wallowing in excess in these had times" - and call it a day. And I'm glad. Obama has class and I'd like him to keep it that way. Besides, McCain doesn't need any help in painting himself badly on this topic. He's doing an amazing job with that paint brush - straight into corners.
Are you sure you want a president who is either that evasive or out of it?
"I don't know that much about the economy."
any other "I don't know" statements McCain has made.
"I don't know how many houses I own."
"I don't own any of the houses, they are all my wifes houses."
Then Obama saying
"I do understand our economy isn't working for the majority of Americans."
"I know I only own one house."
"Michelle and I, together, own the house and pay taxes on the house."
"Michelle and I both worked and earned the money to buy our house, pay off our student loans and put our girls in good schools."
My take on that is that if John McCain truly doesn't have a clue about his properties, if Cindy handles all that, then it's obvious she doesn't trust him with her fortune. If she doesn't trust him with her money, why should we trust him with ours?
McCain is a gigolo and kept man, too. But of course, you'll never hear the crazies on the right spewing their filth about McCain like they did about Kerry in 2004.