Thursday, August 21, 2008

The key to John McCain: how many houses does he own? by gimleteye

John McCain is in touch with the reality of most Americans? I don't think so.

Being the son of an Admiral confers a set of living arrangements and military entitlements only a few Americans ever experience. It is a whole different world, but not necessarily a world of personal wealth.

John McCain married into money, but what order of priorities prevents him from remembering how many houses he owns? If you don't know how many houses you own, and there are mortgages on the houses, do you know what you owe?

If I owned more houses than I could keep track of, at least I'd have a set of keys to remind me. Don't you carry a set of keys, to your home or apartment?

It is not irrelevant, unless you are rich enough to think it so. Once upon a time, John McCain fell under the spell of a banker, Charles Keating, and failed to recognize conduct that was judged to be criminal. McCain's top economic advisor-- former Senator Phil Gramm-- was responsible for changes to federal banking laws that paved the road to the current housing and mortgage crisis. Gramm went to work as a senior executive for a major international investment bank and made a fortune. Keating went to jail.

And John McCain is still rooting around, trying to figure out how many houses he owns.

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

And the point of this blog is what??? Obviously to slander McCain and trash him. Well it does not appear to be working. Obama is sinking like a sub. Finally America appears to be seeing through this media made Obama boy wonder and coming to the realization that a McCain Presidency is better than the other guy. Kudos to America!!!

Anonymous said...

Yeah, who cares how many houses he owns? Its a personal matter...D's remember that line.

Anonymous said...

What was the blogger smoking that it never made its point. Is there a new contest about whomever owns more houses wins or loses the election?

Anonymous said...

This is a non-issue. So what if he doesn't remember how many houses he owns. My guess, is that someone on that level does not actually live in all of them, but, probably has several that are investments, like stocks. At the end of the day, this issue has no traction, and Obama is going to have egg on his face... Keep talking about it.. Please keep talking about it...

Alex said...

If you think it doesn't have traction Anon, you must have been sleepwalking during Bush's price-of-milk blunder. Your guess is wrong btw, these are all houses owned by them, not investment properties.

Anonymous said...

Feel good Genious, you are getting under their skin. Wonder if McCain has a person who does nothing but respond to blogs! Thou doth protest too much!

Geniusofdespair said...

Last writer: Genius didn't write this blog, Gimleteye did.

You know last anon that the pubs have people scouring the internet trying to sanitize the image of their very old candidate. The only problem is they have nitwits doing it. My God those first two were laughable.

"Who cares how many houses they own?" Like everyone! Let us eat cake!!!

Michael Pancier Photography said...

Hypocritical coming from a guy 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, who worries about the price of arugula and thinks regular people "cling" to guns and religion in the face of economic hardship really want to have a debate about who's in touch with regular Americans?

Puh-lease ....

Geniusofdespair said...

Srcohiba -- I noticed you like photographing the Everglades. Which party do you think will better protect the Everglades?

out of sight said...

Hahahah. You all are hoot.

I tell you if he can't remember the number of houses he owns: he is hiding assets, or he is already overwhelmed before he gets to the White House, or he is senile, or bright enough to know it will take a while for the media to find them all, or he is a hidden investor in Parkland and doesn't want to admit to owning 6,000 homes in West Kendall.

PS: Doesn't he have to own-up in some sort of disclosure form? Or do the houses that are in his wife's name count on a disclosure? Maybe the question should be "How many houses does Mrs. McClain own?"

Anonymous said...

He is a Bushite. Vry, very rich and really does not care about the majority of the public. I get a kick about how his apologists try to make nothing of something.

Anonymous said...

Mensa,fyi Obama too is very rich, ha, that makes him a Bushite. Apologists, what a joke.
GOD, truly there are more knucklehead demonrats scouring the internet and giving money to boy wonder than nitwit pubs.

Geniusofdespair said...

Genius of Despair said...
No, not demonrats, that isn't polite, they are DUMB-O-CRATS.

Relax Pubs -- Obama won't win, the country is too racist. I have heard one too many "He doesn't have experience" to believe otherwise...like GW had experience to do anything but chainsaw stumps.

You'll get at least another 4 years and one, if not two, supreme court justice/s. So don't beat the bushes here pubs...let us wallow in our bravado.

out of sight said...

I am not sure, but I think I am going to vote the vice president instead.

Anonymous said...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 21, 2008
Contact: Florida Press Office, 813-857-2563

All Floridians Contacted Have No Problem Remembering How Many Homes They Own,
Unlike John McCain

Turns Out McCain Has Even More Homes Than First Reported – Now Up to EIGHT

swampthing said...

A house is not a home, unless there is someone living there.

A brain is not a mind, unless there is cognitive thought.

This is the mulatto millennium, get used to it.

Anonymous said...

"A nine-car motorcade took him to a nearby Starbucks early in the morning, where he ordered a large cappuccino. McCain otherwise avoided reporters."

Anonymous said...

and so WHAT! There is nothing wrong with that.
Who gives a rats ass how many houses they have. You know what? How many houses does John Kerry and his wife have, what about the Kennedy's? Biden, how many properties does he have? Romney, how many does he have? Bush, how many does he have?

Dumbocrats are in deep doodoo, and they know it. Now with I need more hair Biden, its gotten worse.