the "elite" evidence is piling up fast on McCain

[Enrique]

off the top of my head:

Cindy McCain quote: "the only way to get around Arizona is by small private plane"

Phil Gramm: "nation of whiners; mental recession"

McCain himself: "not rich til 5 million"

McCain houses gaffe.

[redqueen]

1. $520 Ferragamo loafers. (nt)

[Enrique]

6. yep, how could I miss that one

also the one where he said American workers wouldn't pick lettuce for less than $50.00/hr.

[redqueen]

13. He said American workers wouldn't pick lettuce for less than $50.00/hr?

:wow:

[yardwork]

2. McCain's comment about his houses wasn't a gaffe.

A gaffe is when somebody misspeaks. McCain didn't misspeak. He really does have so many houses he doesn't want to to admit it to the press. I'm sure he knows exactly how many he has - he just didn't want to have to say it.

[Enrique]

3. I agree, and I think he thought Politico would give him a pass

I sure was surprised to see it reported there.

[dkf]

11. I don't think that is correct. Remember they forgot their property taxes on the

place in was it San Diego?

[redqueen]

14. It's impossible to forget that you owe taxes... they send notices.

It's possible to forget to pay... but no one can claim they forgot they even owe them.

[Enrique]

16. McCain really needs to learn how to use a computer

a good spreadsheet program would be of much use to him.

[yardwork]

20. La Jolla - expensive little town next to San Diego. I doubt he "forgot" to pay his taxes.

He just didn't pay them. The extremely wealthy often avoid paying any taxes at all.

[NatBurner]

10. did you hear his staff's response? "more than four" lol

howzabout seven, assholes? unlike Grumpy, we can count just fine

[yardwork]

21. I hear ten, but really, who knows for sure? And those are just his U.S. properties.

He probably owns an island in the Caribbean where he keeps most of his money.

[redqueen]

24. Yes - how many houses do he and his heiress trophy wife own outside the US?

I'm sure he can't remember that, either.

[marylanddem]

4. If they put ALL that into one commercial it would be dynamite

(including the loafers, of course)

Or how about a commercial with just the pair of loafers and pricetag dangling off. Maybe juxtaposed with somebody with bare feet or really shabby shoes...

[yardwork]

8. Or the picture of Obama with the holes in his shoes.

[marylanddem]

Is there really such a picture?

[yardwork]

19. Yes, but I don't know how to link photos. It's a great picture. Will someone post it?

Obama has his feet up on a desk and there are holes in the soles of his shoes, showing how much walking he's done in them.

[redqueen]

5. Tried to claim he had more retired generals / admirals supporting him...

after the news came out that Obama had more troops donating to his campaign.

So... McCain thinks they're better than the troops?

Military elitism is just as bad IMO.

[chelsea0011]

7. It's funny who the press latches on as elite, isn't it.

[dkf]

9. These people are not normal.

[redqueen]

18. Nope... they're the top 1% - 5% who think they shouldn't pay more taxes.

The tragic thing is seeing people who actually work for a living playing the useful idiot for them.

[Overseas]

12. John Sidney McCain III, with 10 homes, $520 shoes, a net worth of $40 million and a second wife who

is an heiress with her own plane and an additional $100 million plus.

JSM III is the son & grandson of Admirals.

[redqueen]

15. Only elitists could believe that multi-millionnaires are "middle class". (nt)

[bushisanidiot]

17. McInsane is the worst kind of elitist snob. He "forgets" how rich he is!

what an arrogant ASSHOLE!

[Norrin Radd]

22. Also, one of his houses was featured in Architectural Digest:

http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/archive/mccain_article_072005

[bushisanidiot]

23. Yep, McMansion is over his head with evidence against him now.

'course considering how short the little hot-head is, that's not saying much.

[redqueen]

25. I wonder if his height is part of why he's so short-temepered.

See what I did there? SHORT-tempered? :P

[goodgd_yall]

26. Admirals and plantations

Can't get much more elite having a father and grandfather who were navy admirals. He didn't just come into money through marriage, he was born into it.

And on "McCain Revealed" on CNN the opening minutes talk about the McCain's of Carrolton County, somewhere down South, owning all the land since 1800 and something as the camera shows falling down shacks.

[redqueen]

29. Whoa... it'd sure be something to find out his 'family fortune' was tied to slave labor. (nt)

[unblock]

27. "my staff will have to get back to you"

that's what "the help" is for, to tend to the minor details like how many houses i own.

[bushisanidiot]

28. John "Elitist" McCain

kick!

[bushisanidiot]

30. McCain is elitist kick!

RELEASE YOUR MILITARY RECORDS TO THE PUBLIC, MR. MCCAIN!!

WHAT ARE YOU HIDING???!!!