When A reporter asked John McCain how many houses he has John "everyman" had to think about it and then his answer was I'll have to have one of my staff members get back to you. Are you kidding me!!!!!! He is such an elitist that he doesn't even know the number of houses he has. I don't know about you but I can count how many houses I have lived in on one hand. Hey but maybe his is not an elitist maybe he is losing his memory old age will do that to you.

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speechlesstx

This is the best the Dems can come up with, criticizing McCain for not know every detail of his investments and such and petty insults such as that by potential Obama VP Tim Kaine who said, "He couldn't count high enough to know how many houses he owns." Really, and after all the whining about supposed petty attacks on Obama.

Kaine and Obama act as if the elite in his own party have some kind of understanding of the average American when their standard-bearer asks if anyone has "gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula” and another potential Obama VP, Chris Dodd, tries to escape the fallout of $800,000 in cut rate loans from Countrywide.

speechlesstx

McCain's response:

spitvenom

Nice Try speech but when someone has NO IDEA how many properties they own they are out of touch with us common folk. I make less then 50 grand a year and I eat arugula once a week it is very good for you. You should try it.

tomder55

at least he did not buy them from Rezko.

I don't see a problem here . I'm sure his wife's beer business enabled them to purchase the houses. 4 years ago the Dems celebrated a candidate who had multiple houses because of his wife's inheritance.

spitvenom

But who is an elitist someone who has one house or someone who has 4? or at least that is the number of houses his staff members say he has.

speechlesstx

Arugula is great but it isn't easy to come by in my city of 200,000 - probably even more difficult in Adel, Iowa. In fact, it's so rare here I've eaten it once when a fairly well of friend of ours made us a salad, and when I finally found it in a store one time it was quite pricey. Maybe that's why it sounds elitist to us average Joes in flyover country who actually know something about agriculture.

spitvenom

I live in a really run down part of Philly (it's actually pretty dangerous where i live) and I can get arugula at any supermarket. And no I don't shop at whole food. Even the pizza shop down the street has it on pizza. But this isn't about arugula this is who is an elitist someone with 1 house or someone who's staff member has to remind him he has 4.

N0help4u

Yep like Tom said Rezko deal is worse and also Kerry, Edwards and Gore may be able to say how many homes they own but I would say much more deceptive they are.

speechlesstx

Does anyone really think any of the presidential candidates we've had recently are actually in touch with the average American? Seriously now, who in Washington can we point to as being "in touch?" I've had it with Democrats and all their blubbering about wealthy, elite, out of touch Republicans and I bet if you asked any in this list how many houses they owned they probably couldn't give you an answer:

Lawmaker / 2006 Average Net Worth

Jane Harman -D / $409,427,000
Darrell Issa -R / $337,440,000
John Kerry -D / $267,790,000
Vernon Buchanan -R / $191,696,000
Herb Kohl -D / $171,423,000
Edward Kennedy -D / $102,823,000
Jay Rockefeller -D / $91,713,000
Robin Hayes -R / $82,552,100
Dianne Feinstein -D / $79,555,700
Frank Lautenberg -D / $79,051,100
Rodney Frelinghuysen -R / $49,515,600
Michael McCaul -R / $46,648,600
Elizabeth Dole -R / $43,867,100
Nita Lowey -D / $39,753,200
Nancy Pelosi -D / $38,539,600
John McCain -R / $36,431,100

9 of the 16 wealthiest are Democrats - including number one and 7 of the top 10. I don't see how this should be a winning issue for the Dems, especially when they want to bleed us average guys to death in taxes. Obama is grasping at straws and the willing media is playing it up for him - and none of it sounds very presidential. Just petty and whiney.