"I think -- I'll have my staff get to you. It's condominiums where -- I'll have them get to you."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

McCain Doesn't Remember How Many Houses He Owns
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August 21, 2008 09:32 AM


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/21/mccain-doesnt-know-how-ma_n_120322.html

John McCain said in an interview with Politico on 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 said. "It's condominiums where -- I'll have them get to you."

The answer, according to the group Progressive Accountability, is an even 10 homes, ranches, condos, and lofts, together worth a combined estimated $13,823,269.

John and Cindy McCain own a plethora of houses spread throughout the United States, including: two beachfront condos in Coronado, California, condo in La Jolla, California, a two-unit condominium complex in Phoenix, Arizona, three ranch houses located outside of Sedona, Arizona, a high-rise condo in Arlington, Virginia, a rental loft, and, according to GQ, a loft they bought for their daughter, Meghan.

As Politico notes, McCain's comments are a serious potential gaffe, as they dovetail with an increasingly aggressive effort to paint the GOP nominee as wildly out of touch on economic issues.

[TwilightGardener]

1. "I'll have my staff get to you. Because I certainly don't tend to my own affairs."

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. While the poor starve McCain has 10 homes

perhaps he could let some homeless people stay in the ones he isn't using? Or maybe he has them all rented for high prices already.

where are these homes?

[CoffeeCat]

3. And Obama's the elitist????

How many people don't remember how many houses they own--because they own so many????

And McCain is trying to position Obama as an elitist because he eats arugula and
MetRx protein bars?

McCain eats arugula too. He just doesn't know it because his personal chef, who prepares
his meals inside his many mansions--doesn't give him a run-down on the ingredients.

Obama really needs to put the smack down on McCain.

[Overseas]

4. John Sidney McCain III wears $520 loafers, has a net worth of $40 million, an heiress

wife with $100 million more, and staff to count his ten homes.