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Thursday, August 21, 2008

How many houses does it take?

How many houses does it take before you forget how many you have?

Today Politico reported that it asked John McCain how many houses he and his wife owned. His response, according to Politico: "I think -- I'll have my staff get to you. It's condominums where -- I'll have them get to you."

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Is it funny that he's a little doddering and can't quite remember how many properties he and the Stepford Wife own? Or is it pathetic and sad?

The mother of a very good friend of mine is 71. She says that she doesn't have the mental stamina to be president, and for this reason (among others, probably) feels that McCain is too old.

I think she's right. But she also needs to factor in the money. He's too old and perhaps too rich. Oh, wait--it's his wife who's rich (estimated worth of $100 million).

Whether he's rich or not, he's certainly one thing: out of touch. When you have too many houses, I tend to doubt you can relate to ordinary Americans.

Some may argue that Obama can't relate either, but at least he's only got one house.

2 Comments:

  • The McCains seem to have a lot of problems with numbers. After all, Cindy can't even count her half-sister when she describes herself as an "only child."

    McCain math. Something we can do without.

    By Blogger Merujo, at 8/21/2008 4:53 PM  

  • *sigh*

    homework all the time
    is that MFA really
    so important, bub?

    ;)

    (yeah, writing this at 4:22 in the morning...)

    By Blogger Merujo, at 9/26/2008 4:23 AM  

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