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Posted By TimALoftis 1 year, 2 months ago in NewsSen. 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." His staff is reporting at least four. Newsweek is claiming seven and McCain does not even know.
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TimALoftis1 year, 2 months ago
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GregD1 year, 2 months ago
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Something tells me though, that even if this had happened during a live debate, nothing would deter the people who are going to vote for mccain, for voting for mccain. They don't care that he can't remember how many houses he has, you see, it's "uniquely american...idin it?"
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protoham1 year, 2 months ago
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Aidenag1 year, 2 months ago
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@Protoham. It's news worthy because McCain, a guy who is so rich and out of touch with not only America, but his own life, that can't even recall how many homes he owns. Has spent the last few months trying to paint Obama as a rich elitist who is out of touch with America.
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FSU92grad1 year, 2 months ago
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And n2n, Aidenag....
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Read further down and see what other rich company Osama keeps....
And I believe it's the Dems (aka John Edwards) who has tried to point out that there are two Americas...
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mivan41 year, 2 months ago
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The side that got his houses without shady deals with Rezko type criminals; unlike Obama. Some here seem to think McCain is the only RICH one here and that Obama is some kind of working class stiff that feels our pain. At least we realize Obama is some of the same PRETENDING to be one of us! We also realize there is a HUGE difference between Obama's Character and McCain's which is why we want McCain
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mivan41 year, 2 months ago
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Sure!
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The poor judgment was the fact that McCain hesitantly went to the meeting, but when he found out what it FULLY was about he DENIED Keating any help THAT is why he was exonerated even the poor judgment charge is weak. Being there put McCain in a position where he looked guilty by association, but as investigation showed he gave Keatiing NO special favors! Now 3 of the 4 Democrats present did get convicted for granting special favors to Keating.
Therefore John Glen and John McCain are the only ones who resisted the temptation that was presented. Those 2 were only guilty of hearing Keating out!
http://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-chapter7.html
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protoham1 year, 2 months ago
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So which one of these two candidates is not rich? I don't see a difference on that point. And when you look at the presidents for the past 50 years, which ones were not millionaires. This is a non story.
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Somehow you must think BO is going to give you something, like free Health Care, well my friend I have news for you: The Government never gave anything to anybody that they did not take away in the first place. And on any entitlement they always attach strings.
Now, I don't know what the problems are in your life that you feel you need to change things. But for me I am doing just fine.-
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GregD1 year, 2 months ago
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"Now, I don't know what the problems are in your life that you feel you need to change things. But for me I am doing just fine."
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But you see protoham, that's just it. Everything in MY life is fine. I make damn good money (enough for my wife to be able to be a stay at home mom and home school our children) and have full health care for me, my wife AND my 4 children. I wish everyone could have these options open to them.
I paid over $12000 in taxes last year, which is not just a drop in the bucket for me. Think I wanted ANY of it to fund the war in Iraq or Afghanistan? Not only no, but hell no. I'd rather help fund universal health care or do something about poverty in our country.
There is something called the greater good and THAT's what I want to be a part of. Does that make me a liberal? Does that make me a good person? Does that make me a sick SOB? Who cares? It's what I want.
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Dionys1 year, 2 months ago
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It wasn't "I don't know." It was actually a lot more confused than that. A true Alzheimer's moment. Read the text transcription. It's disturbing.
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This is also the man (from a privileged background) trying to paint Obama's family (who WORKED their way up and own ONE house) as filthy rich, out of touch with Americans and the average American.
I'm an average American and I'm fairly sure I can count the number of house(s) I own. I have a feeling most average Americans can count the number of houses their bank owns in their name. Or their (typically Repugnant Con and dishonest) landlord owns.-
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Bambinoclipper1 year, 2 months ago
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It never ceases to amaze me how simple minded liberals have become. A man that is a true patriot versus a truly unamerican opponent. Ties to extreme leftists and those whom are embarrassed to be an American, vs a proud American willing to develop ALL of our resources and unwilling to weaken our military like Obama will do!!!!!!!!!! What is wrong with you liberals. Its funny, because as a former liberal educated is New England, I realized that liberalism is all about handouts and jealousy of those that have become successful. They can't stand to see success and abundance and should look in the mirror at their own shortcommings! Obama would be a disaster for anyone that owns a business! Liberals should know that if their bosses are squeezed by taxes they will either lay off workers or raise prices. Who does that help?
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Obama can't even pay his handout college loans ontime and you liberals want more government. I suppose you'll put it on my tab and others who have worked hard to become successful. Just remember the consequences!-
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traveler20001 year, 2 months ago
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So, if I understand you perfectly, "being an American (US that is)" means:
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Having the best, or, at least the biggest army in the world (US spends as much on military as the rest of the world put together).
As a consequence, not spending enough money on healthcare so every one, rich, high middleclass, low middleclass and poor, can have a decent and complete healthcare.
Even tough the US was the leading (and originating) force behind "universal human rights" and international laws, and laws against torture and mishandling of war prisoners (actually, I thought those things were typically American), being American NOW means "f*-k those rules.
Being American also means, WE can invade, even under false pretences, but the other, even after repeated provocation, and with actually some good reasons, can not attack nor invade.
Being American means: we don't have to save energy, drive smaller cars, have a more ecological industry as a first and better solution. We'll just produce more energy (and f**k the environment and the rest of the world..... we are the MASTERS)
Being American means "f**k the poor", it's their fault anyway.
It means ”We, Americans are always the best and are always right". Rules are for the others, not for us......
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traveler20001 year, 2 months ago
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Ooops, sorry for the misunderstanding........ (lol)
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But seriously, how come so many "americans" think that way?
I do travel a lot to the States. Know quite some people overthere. Find the americans on the whole (usualy) very friendly, open AND helpfull.
But, when it comes to politics (national and international) they often make me wonder.....
It some times looks like they're brainwashed.
And don't tell me ALL republicans are "rich people". A lot of "poors" also are republicans.
Americans are "strange" people: They can be great (love to go there) and at the same time can be so "naive" over the world and seemingly so egocentric (e.g. ecology). They're often at the start of great things (e.g. human rights, help people in crisis) and then forget about it.....
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FSU92grad1 year, 2 months ago
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not2needy1 year, 2 months ago
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How do insulting people like you remain members even though you are probably more hateful and nasty than Tessy ever dared to be?
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You all insult the anchors, scouts, and AOL/Prop in general, but somehow keep membership or are allowed to come back with new monikers, thumbing your noses at the staff and everyone else on here.
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FSU92grad1 year, 2 months ago
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But as an FYI, not2bright....
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You guys are always highlighted on the front page as the featured member or group and you guys always get away with "hate" messaging and then complain when we punch back ...
Give me a break....I can forward you some "love" messages from you lefties and I can tell ya, straight up, that my "insults" are relatively mild compared to the filth that comes from you guys....
I do it in jest and you may not think it's funny, but I really don't care....I've said before that I know I'm full of crap, but I still like to have a voice and when I see something as stupid as THIS story, I'm going to say it....
So, go feed your cat....
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not2needy1 year, 2 months ago
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FSU92grad1 year, 2 months ago
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It's rare not2needy and in fact check the anchors and scouts here at propeller and tell me if they're mostly left or right...I'd say 90% of them are liberal....
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It is VERY biased in this place and if it wasn't for AG, hardly ANY stories would get posted on the front page...
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Sabretooth1 year, 2 months ago
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FSU, i know comprehension and intelligence are not your strong points but maybe con stories do not make the front page much because they are mostly bigotted , hateful lies and rumors.
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I can easily handle the republican propaganda on here since i get some twisted pleasure watching you twits run the last superpower into the ground. You are fools and are indebted to your sworn enemies...brilliant strategy there fella.
Anyway, just remember once you guys are done destroying your middle class and bankrupting your country, there are going to be a lot of angry well armed citizens with one hell of a chip on their shoulders out there.-
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FSU92grad1 year, 2 months ago
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Wow, Sabre....
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You wrote that all on your own?
And was that some sort of threat, liberal ?
I think the hate thing is mostly from you lefties, I mean....in just reading your "love poem" above it's just OOZING with empathy....
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Sabretooth1 year, 2 months ago
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"And was that some sort of threat, liberal ?"
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I have no need for threats FSU, threats are for cheerleaders and chickenhawks who expect others to fight their battles. Unlike yourself i am still quite capable of fighting and willing to back my ideals with actions. I see the best you can do is verbalize your support of others fighting for you. You speak with such courage and conviction as you let your countrymen die for you...well done.-
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FSU92grad1 year, 2 months ago
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Sabrefang,
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gosh you're so annoying, dude...
What battle am I expecting someone to fight for me ? Please enlighten me, "oh wise one".....And try to refrain from using the words "lied" "illegal" and "oil" which are all hocus-pocus BS you got off various blogs and moveon.org-type horsechit that you libs continue to poison your minds with....
I mean how did you guy's thinking get so warped ? What happened to you ? The word "liberal" use to mean something good...Now it's been reduced to a pile of dog crap which is the equivalent of your commentary....
And finally *yawn*....I am not letting my coutrymen die for me, I'm not wishing for war to continue for 500 years and the last time I checked it was an all voluntary military with re-enlistements way up...
So tell me, Sherlock, if this war is Sooooooooooooooooo illegal and based on a great big LIE, then why are so many of our military men and women signing up for second and third tours ? Are they dumb? Are they not smart like you cause you "know better" ? Or if they don't get a college education they end up in the military as Senator John Kerry so eloquently put it a few years back...
Man, you really think a lot of our men in women in uniform....You really must think they are the dumbest bunch of people on the planet...
You're a hoot, man....
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Sabretooth1 year, 2 months ago
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They reenlist because their friends are still dying over there. Let me ask you now why does the army have to keep lowering standards to reach their recruitment goals, i guess it is because spineless people like you will not go enlist.
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Do not use words like lied, illegal and oil....ok, so basically we are going to try to avoid using facts and the truth again. Sorry FSU dropout but i am not a con who makes up truth as he goes.
One last thing genius, how can you be negotiating a withdrawal when to withdraw within a timeline is retreating and losing to the terrorists, they will follow you home dude.
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ADAGUY1 year, 2 months ago
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They are kept here to remind us of just how stupid our kids could become if we don't do our job and teach them to think on their own, rather than following the rest of the crowd!
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I really believe that is the main reason that the insulting ones are allowed to stay!
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CRYMTYPHON1 year, 2 months ago
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'Tim-a-dope-alis' ???
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Do you realize what the quality of your argumentation is DOING to the reputation of Florida State?
No, don't apologize. That's not good enough.
You tell us why this isn't an important issue; that a man who wants to be president of a country in severe economic distress, can not remember how many houses he owns.
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Endoscopy1 year, 2 months ago
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His wife has real estate and houses she inherited and John McCain could care less. She takes care of the finances. He is not worried about her stuff. So he doesn't keep track of it. What is so hard to understand about that. They use three of them and some of their children are using some but others are just rented out. One was used to let someone live in for a while who lost their home. That was in the news.
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Is this the best that Democrats can come up with against McCain. Pathetic.-
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CRYMTYPHON1 year, 2 months ago
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I thought you said you were out of here.
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Inflating your tires.
And if Endo can keep a rough estimate of the houses Mccain owns, then we would expect McCain to be able to come up with a rough estimate.
What, is he kept by his wife?
She handles everything?
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Endoscopy1 year, 2 months ago
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It is hard for you to understand I know. John doe the government work and she takes care of finances.
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At my house my wife has what she does and I have my things. For example she is the keeper of the schedule.
How do you do things at your house. Are you one of those who does everything and force your spouse to be under your thumb?
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Endoscopy1 year, 2 months ago
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Another rich kid. Did your family buy all of the houses? With McCain, she inherited most of them and he doesn't involve himself with the finances since they are mostly hers. How do you and/or your parents divide up responsibility around the house. Does the man of the house keep the wife under his thumb or do they work as equals dividing up the responsibilities. Too bad Liberals can't think but just bloviate.
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Sabretooth1 year, 2 months ago
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Face it Endo, the guy is an idiot. I have nothing to do with most of the buildings we own but i can tell you how me we have in total although it changes yearly.
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Let us face some facts my republican friends, you guys will vote for any idiot that does not make you feel overly stupid, George made you feel like geniuses. You are threatened by intellect and your hatred shows each post.
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Georgia501 year, 2 months ago
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Tim,
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Such an answer would be and is problematic only for those who think everyone owns one home and maybe a condo at the beach and that the question to is as straightforward as "how many homes do you own AND use," When you have multiple trusts, trustees, officers, legal firms, and legal entities of various kinds, plus turnover of personnel combined with even a modest pattern of buying and selling, then the response is never going to be straightforward.
McCain's response ought to have been, "Define 'own'" followed closely by, "I'll get back to you on that."
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FSU92grad1 year, 2 months ago
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Please tell me that you libs aren't hanging your hopes and dreams on this one story to win the election...Please tell me you have something else....
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And libs please stop beetchin and moanin about people having money....Since when is it a crime in this country to be successful ? George Soros, the billionaire who has single-handedly funded the lefty movement, supports Obama....How about Al Gore or John Edwards? How many millions and how many houses do they have ? What about the Rockefeller family ? How much are they worth ? 200 million ? And then there's the dirtbag Pelosi who owns a winery in California outside of San Fran....She is also worth millions....Did I mention John Kerry and the Heinz family trillions ? Hmmmmmm....
So, before you clowns start trying to paint McCain as this rich, uncaring person who is out of touch with America, take a look at your own pathetic party....You know the two America party who likes to bang mistresses while his wife is undergoing chemo....
Secondly, McCain and his wife have separate investments and properties, surely, Dionys, they talk about there properties EVERY night so OF COURSE if would be in forefront of his mind....What's hilarious is if he would have said 5 houses and he went back talk to his wife and confimed with her to find out they actually have 7, you libs would have been pi$$ed off that he lied....He said he couldn't remember....It's like damned if he does, damned if he don't....
And finally, liberal ya-hoos....Which do you think is harder to remember, how many properties you have or how many states make up this great country....Osama thinks there are 57 states...Yea, the very guy who wants to be president....
What a bafoon....
http://scaredmonkeys.com/2008/05/10/talk-about-a-senior-moment-barack-obama-wants-to-be-president-of-all-57-states/-
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protoham1 year, 2 months ago
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FSU it is very strange that this Hokie has similar thoughts. I guess you guys aren't all bad. : )
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I worries me that the libs seem to think success is a bad thing, maybe that is the problem in this country, we no longer have the American dream.-
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FSU92grad1 year, 2 months ago
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"I worries me that the libs seem to think success is a bad thing"
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Always have and always will....
Osama is the king of this thinking and that is why he cannot and should not be president....
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Georgia501 year, 2 months ago
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If someone is going to do a double-take on the number of houses they own--liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican--I'm glad it's a vet.
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Who better to live the American Dream?
Back in McCain's early career, when he moved into an Arizona district to accommodate residency requirements for a political office, his opponent tried to make fun of how briefly McCain had lived in the district. McCain's response was priceless: "The longest time I've lived anywhere is the 5 years I lived in Hanoi."
May you have many more houses, John.
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CRYMTYPHON1 year, 2 months ago
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Only little tiny people (who can scarcely be called Americans), have just ONE house.
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How the heck can you LOVE America if you can't jet up to Aspen and sit in front of a roaring fire in your skii lodge? What truth is there in 'the purple mountain majesties' if you don't have a hunting lodge somewhere high and lonely?
How can you SAY you love America from coast to coast, if you don't own a beach house in malibu AND a cute little getaway in Martha's Vinyard?
Anyone who doesn't have a condo in NY, doesn't love NY.
Let's sing it together, -
This land is your land, this land is my land,
I own N houses, and an island;
I own a lear jet, I have no regret,
Cindy bought it for me mortgage free.
If you pay mortgage, and face forclosure,
In your old age, 'cause your broke sir;
I feel your pain, though,
inside my limo,
This hand was dealt to you not me.
This land is your land, this land is my land,
It's just more my land, than it is your land,
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TimALoftis1 year, 2 months ago
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Maybe it was nothing more than a 'Senior' moment...but its true, the average person to include the average rich guy would know the number of homes that they own. Senator McCain gave the worst possible answer. John McCain can only be thankful that this interview was not on video tape. I would think Politico has a audio though.
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Neophile1 year, 2 months ago
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Here's the audio:
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buckncindykill1 year, 2 months ago
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“Does a guy (Obama) who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses?”
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The convicted felon referred to here is Tony Rezko, who played a role in helping Obama expand the $1.65 million mansion Obama purchased $300,000 below the list price on Chicago’s South Side in 2005. Rezko's sister, Rita, coincidentally purchased land adjacent to the Obama's property on the same day, at the full list price, and later sold a parcel of it to the Obama's which made the Obama's yard bigger.
Before Obama bought the house he had assisted Rezko in securing millions of tax dollars for housing developments as an Illinois state legislator.
Rezko was convicted on 16 of 24 federal corruption counts earlier this year. The charges were unrelated to Obama, but drew attention to Obama’s cozy relationship with the felon. Obama told the press his decision to become involved with Rezko “a boneheaded move.”
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not2needy1 year, 2 months ago
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They could care less, until they need it, and it's not there for them. OR unless they are so rich that they don't need it, or can afford mega bucks for insurance every month.
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I have insurance, i am a retired govt worker, one of the perks, but not everyone is as fortunant as i am, my sisters are both still working, one 67, the other 63 just because they can't afford to pay for insurance.-
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spkguy1 year, 2 months ago
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"They could care less, until they need it, and it's not there for them. "
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More to the point not2needy, they could give a rats A$$ about the 47 million of there fellow Americans that don't have health care, If that does not say something about them well????
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Fedquip1 year, 2 months ago
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Obama has made an advertisement out of this
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http://www.mahalo.com/John_McCain_Houses-
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NoWayMan1 year, 2 months ago
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first john doesn't know how many houses they have. and then cindy doesn't even know how many siblings she has.
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Cindy has said time and again that she is an only child. but she's not. she has a half sister.
cindy's father left cindy's mother for another woman (just like how john left his first wife for cindy). together, they had a daughter, who is Cindy McCain's sister.
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not2needy1 year, 2 months ago
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At a time when people in this country are losing their ONLY home, this elitist can't even tell us how many homes he owns. At a time when his sister in law Kathleen Hensley Portalski., whose husband is an out of work fireman and EMT, yet he touts his lack of knowledge about how many homes he owns.
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Even worse, is the fact that so many people on here begrudge the fact that Obama and his wife have worked hard enough to have ONE home, and call him an elitist, while thinking that McCain should get a free pass because he has worked hard! EGAD! I doubt that anyone gave Barack and his wife anything, not so for old McCain. He made sure he got what he thought was coming to him, at the expense of his first wife and children. I wonder how many homes Carol McCain owns!! I bet she doesn't have any trouble counting to ONE!-
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