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John McCain owns 13 cars

   Who's the elitist again?

When you have seven homes, that's a lot of garages to fill. After the fuss over the number of residences owned by the two presidential nominees, NEWSWEEK looked into the candidates' cars. And based on public vehicle-registration records, here's the score. John and Cindy McCain: 13. Barack and Michelle Obama: one.

One vehicle in the McCain fleet has caused a small flap. United Auto Workers president Ron Gettelfinger, an Obama backer, accused McCain this month of "flip-flopping" on who bought daughter Meghan's foreign-made Toyota Prius. McCain said last year that he bought it, but then told a Detroit TV station on Sept. 7 that Meghan "bought it, I believe, herself." (The McCain campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment.)

Obama's lone vehicle also is a green machine, a 2008 Ford Escape hybrid. He bought it last year to replace the family's Chrysler 300C, a Hemi-powered sedan. Obama ditched the 300C, once 50 Cent's preferred ride, after taking heat for driving a guzzler while haranguing Detroit about building more fuel-efficient cars.

If John McCain owns seven houses, well that's a lot of garage space for cars to take so we all could relate, right? After all, he can't just leave the garages empty.   HuffPo has a slideshow of McCain's rides

John McCain, the elitist that you can't believe in...



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mccain: do as i say..... NOT as i do.

Oh, come on, now. An "elitist" is a term bandied about by Republicans. I have long heard BillO the Clown and others refer to the "media elite"; the "Hollywood elite"; the "liberal elite"; and simply, the "elite." I have come to the conclusion that an "elitist" is anyone in the Democratic party who is intelligent and perhaps has a little bit of money.

Therefore, Obama is an "elitist." McCain is not. Plain and simple!

If a Democrat owns 13 cars and 7 houses, he's an elitist. If a Republican does the same, he's a testament to the opportunities of capitalism; he's living the American dream. Don't you get it? Why do you hate America?

Who the hell cares how many houses or cars John McCain or Barack Obama own?

This is like 5th grade reporting. What about McCain's voting record clearly showing he is in favor of deregulation yet allowing him to say with a straight face that he is a strong champion of regulation? That's pretty sickening. A man can come on TV and tell you a lie that concerns where your money is going and you people care about this talk of 'elitism' and 'change' etc. WAKE UP AND FACE THE FACTS, UGLY AS THEY ARE

Taking self importance to a whole new level :(

Required @ 3:

If a Democrat owns 13 cars and 7 houses, he's an elitist. If a Republican does the same, he's a testament to the opportunities of capitalism; he's living the American dream. Don't you get it? Why do you hate America?

Well, they have the rhetoric to defend themselves against elitism that the Democrats don't. But what does it matter? They're both equally as corrupt in the end. Rage against the machine instead.

I would hardly consider a GEM a normal vehicle, having said that, that still leaves him with 10 vehicles.

Damn you Andrew Jackson...

you hit a gold mine all those years ago.

By my count, that's twelve cars. Unless he really does own the Maverick?

Lets get serious friends. McCain lived in a box for five years. He couldn't feed himself, he couldn't marry a rich heiress and spend third hand millions and he didn't have thirteen vehicles or thirteen garages in which to park them, and if he lied it was only to get better treatment than POW's whose fathers were not admirals.

Can you say Post traumatic stress disorder? McCain actually shows many of the symptoms or of combat stress reaction, which are not qualities I'd like to see in a President.

Oh, Jesus. I could not care less about how many f*cking cars anyone owns.

Do you realize the deep shit we're in with the meltdown???

I can't even begin to express what a total waste of space this "story" is.

Next.

McCain probably won't claim those cars because he probably didn't purchase them or his seven houses. They were all bribes given to him by his stable of lobbyists.

Let's take a look at those medical records for longer
than a few hours and let's see candy's tax returns.
same request (R) had of kerry....2004 election.

We just need to repeat the term "elitest Republicans" over and over and over and over and over and over etc

If democrats are by definition 'elitists,' the republicans must be the opposite.

What is the opposite of 'elite'?

Johnny2Bad @ 11:

Oh, Jesus. I could not care less about how many f*cking cars anyone owns.

Do you realize the deep shit we're in with the meltdown???

I can't even begin to express what a total waste of space this "story" is.

Next.

Thank you. Though brainwashed supporters of the status quo would beg to differ: Hey, face it! This is what American politics is about, dirt and scandals. We're just playing their games! Obama 08! FISA? Wusthatmean?

Those people are screwing our country just as bad as Bush is for the most part.

John Doheny @ 15:

If democrats are by definition 'elitists,' the republicans must be the opposite.

What is the opposite of 'elite'?

Antonyms: elite

adj
Definition: best, first-class
Antonyms: common, low-class, lower, lower-class, ordinary, poor, worst

Pretty accurate assuming 'class' in this case holds its true meaning, not the economic meaning meant to brainwash us.

What about Cindy's plane?? Doesn't that count as a ride??

I new it. That guy owns 1 car? What an Elitist.

Meh. I'm rather unimpressed by McCain's car selection. It's like an extra serving of your average suburbanite's garage. Again, I say, meh. There remain MUCH better things to hit him with.

blackchaps @ 18:

What about Cindy's plane?? Doesn't that count as a ride??

No, she only uses that to run drug money from her charity to her dealer. That's a business expense.

And why, exactly, do they feel the need to mention 50 Cents? Because another black man owns the same car?

Revolting.

Just goes to show you what living off a government salary for 30 years and a rich heiress can get you.

It's the American dream for an elite few.

John Doheny @ 15:

If democrats are by definition 'elitists,' the republicans must be the opposite.

What is the opposite of 'elite'?

If republicans are defining Democrats as 'elitist'....it
means the republicans are the perceived elitist. just
my contrarian look at it.

republicans are such idiots they should not be allowed to vote.

With McCain's symptoms of dementia he shouldn't even be in possession of a driver's license.

Le Roi Est Mort @ 22:

And why, exactly, do they feel the need to mention 50 Cents? Because another black man owns the same car?

Revolting.

Actually I think it's "50 Cent" or "Fitty"

I bet all these cars have their turn signals still blinking.

james Ratliff @ 25:

republicans are such idiots they should not be allowed to vote.

Anyone who still believes we operate in a completely fair, 2-party system should not be allowed to vote. This is facism folks. We have two parties and two candidates who are speaking differently but working to deliver the same: preservation of the status quo.

So he can put his arms at 10 and 2, but not on a keyboard?

Childish bullshit!

McCain was a POW dammit! Leave him alone! He couldn't have 7 houses and 13 cars when he was a prisoner! He's entitled to extravegant excesses on a government salary, favors from 30 years in congress, and from marrying a rich heiress because he was a POW! Who are any of you to question that!

Leave! John! McCain! Alone! I mean it!

Ruthless People @ 32:

McCain was a POW dammit! Leave him alone! He couldn't have 7 houses and 13 cars when he was a prisoner! He's entitled to extravegant excesses on a government salary, favors from 30 years in congress, and from marrying a rich heiress because he was a POW! Who are any of you to question that!

Leave! John! McCain! Alone! I mean it!

....and if any of you ever question his involvement in the Keating 5 you'll have me to deal with! Being a POW entitles you to corruption dammit!

I thought McCain drove a Harley...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK-LEyyf7d4

Johnny2Bad @ 11:

Oh, Jesus. I could not care less about how many f*cking cars anyone owns.

Do you realize the deep shit we're in with the meltdown???

I can't even begin to express what a total waste of space this "story" is.

Next.

Right on. I don't give a shit how many cars or houses or items of jewelry or pairs of shoes or anything else somebody owns. McCain sucks. There. It's been said clearly, cleanly, and fairly completely. Next

this oughta put michigan away

Orangutan. @ 34:

I thought McCain drove a Harley...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK-LEyyf7d4

He shares that with Ms. Buffalo Chip.

garcia @ 31:

Childish bullshit!

Yes it is. It's fucking childish to own that much fucking shit. Especially cars. How many fucking cars can you drive at one time, McGreedy Guts?

VietVet8666 @ 35:

Johnny2Bad @ 11:

Oh, Jesus. I could not care less about how many f*cking cars anyone owns.

Do you realize the deep shit we're in with the meltdown???

I can't even begin to express what a total waste of space this "story" is.

Next.

Right on. I don't give a shit how many cars or houses or items of jewelry or pairs of shoes or anything else somebody owns. McCain sucks. There. It's been said clearly, cleanly, and fairly completely. Next

I think the point is McCain is calling somebody with 1 or 2 houses and 1 car and elitist when he has a combined total of 21. It's proving the Rovian tactic of falsely accusing the Democrats of what the Rethuglicans are guilty of. It is relevant.

7 cars and I'll bet he's never personally had to stop at a gas station and fill up. He probably has 'people' who do that for him.

Yeah, I really believe McCain knows how most of our country lives. That's why I feel stories like this should hit the media with equal force as the stories that concern real issues. Any average Joe who thinks McCain "understands" his life needs to be hit over the head with this stuff because face the facts people, this Joe isn't going to be voting on the issues.

I particularly liked this part:

The McCains also own three 2000 NEV Gem electric vehicles, which are bubble-shaped cars popular in retirement communities.

McCain, driving his GEM in a retirement community. Keep that image going!

Leo @ 41:

I particularly liked this part:

The McCains also own three 2000 NEV Gem electric vehicles, which are bubble-shaped cars popular in retirement communities.

McCain, driving his GEM in a retirement community. Keep that image going!

Aparently he just bought those after Slick Sarah's "Palin/McCain administration" comment. He sees the handwriting on the wall.

In keeping with a number of the earlier posts, who gives a flying fuck? The US is now a socialist, sovereign state and its currency is the "debt" unit. The only problem is that the citizens/owners don't live in the US. However, those who wil service the debt do. You can than Hayek, Friedman, Gramm, that fuckhead Greenspan and all the other Machiavellian neo-cons and neo-liberals (of whatever political party) for deceiving, denigrating and trashing the teeming unwashed with 18th century raw capitalism, Goebbel's-style propoganda, Mussollinian corporatism and Mickey Mouse. Hunker down -- it ain't going to be pretty.

Frank Dufek @ 29:

james Ratliff @ 25:

republicans are such idiots they should not be allowed to vote.

Anyone who still believes we operate in a completely fair, 2-party system should not be allowed to vote. This is facism folks. We have two parties and two candidates who are speaking differently but working to deliver the same: preservation of the status quo.

NO offense but i believe most of us are aware here at Crooks&Liars that we do NOT 'operate in completely fair,two party system. all we can do is try and vote for
the party/person we think/perceive is most fair. For
me that's NOT mccain/palin 40 or so BIG lobbyists
connected to oil/fannie&freddie. mccains past history
regarding the keating deregulation scandal. phil gramm
one of the master minds behind the complete deregulation of fed.&state when he pushed the
Commodity&Futures Modernization Act Dec. 2000.
we must do something. we're being given two options.
i'm going with the more self made intellect
vs. being in the social government his entire life. mccain has been on capitol hill for 26 or so yrs. he is
bought. obama is LESS bought.
mccain/palin are the 'bridge to no where' and obama/biden are the bridge to the future.

This seems trivial to me.

The only thing that matters is that he doesn't give a crap about the little guy.

The hidden smear in this article by Newsweek is the throw-in line about 50 Cent .
John McCain may have thirteen cars, but Obama once drove a car that was "preferred" by a black rapper who makes white folk nervous . So you should be nervous of Obama.

Nice subliminal bullshit, Newsweek.

See, but, when the morons who root for Amuricuh the same way sports fans root for their local team hear the word "elitist," it only means "snob."

They don't really care that a candidate is richer than they are. They care about the perception that a candidate "doesn't get" them and "looks down on" them. That's why it resonates with them when Gone InSane calls the Obamas "elitists" for eating arugula leaves and drinking lattes, but it will not resonate with them if we point out that McCain owns mansions and luxury cars. They want to own mansions and luxury cars too. The do not want to eat arugula, and they think that arugula eaters think they're better than people who eat meat and potatoes.

Forget the word "elitist." Don't tell them that McCain looks down on them for having a rich, good life. It won't resonate. Tell them that McCain doesn't understand that you aren't rich, and frankly, doesn't want you to be rich. Tell them that McCain will make sure that you never get rich. In fact, he'll make sure you can't eat anything, much less arugula.

cg @ 45:

This seems trivial to me.

The only thing that matters is that he doesn't give a crap about the little guy.

It's the trivial shit that resonates with the voters. Make it too complicated and they tune out.

isaac @ 36:

this oughta put michigan away

Not anymore. Up in the auto corner of the state they're solidly for Obama. Once you get away from Detroit/Ann Arbor and look at the central-southwest corner of the state it gets pretty republican. MI has been working hard at pulling in other industries; biotech in particular.

It does seem, however, that here in republicanville things are looking up for Obama. The town hall meeting McCain/Palin did in Grand Rapids last week did not play well down here at all. It was clear that questions were dodged and the same old shit was shoveled out to the masses. I've been seeing Obama signs go up at houses where I've never seen a political sign of any sort displayed. If McCain and Caribou Barbie continue to pull the same lines the honeymoon will be over and MI will go to Obama.

There's only one meltdown. And it's all in, the middle class.

If your well off, you have more sh*t than you can possibly use, write off's, loopholes, living expenses paid for, guaranteed increases of income, bonuses for everything, good or bad. Their only deturrent to all their white collar crimes? BAILOUTS. No meltdown here, is there?

Face it. This country is OWNED by the rich. Their lobbyists, with record profits, can BUY whatever they want, whenever they want. Voting (fixed as a "fact") and the masses needs and demands are irrelovent and totally ignored.

Voting playcates the masses, and keeps them distracted, while their doing exactly what they want, whenever they want. They gives us mountains of volumns of new laws, which in essence simply says, we have no rights. At the same time, they give themselves more and more immunity.

One man's "meltdown", is another mans chance, to inch further up the scale, on the Forbes list.

There only worry whatsoever? Making their booty, TAX FREE.

McCain...bombs the shit out of innocent people in Vietnam, (sorry that he was held prisoner) comes back and ditches a handicapped wife for a younger far richer woman. Votes for an unnecessary war based on a "pack of lies" Votes with the Bush administration 90% of the time, Not sure what anyone could be voting for?

New article up at Newsweek about bailout
The Captain of the Street
http://www.newsweek.com/id/160119

Frank Dufek @ 16:

Johnny2Bad @ 11:

Oh, Jesus. I could not care less about how many f*cking cars anyone owns.

Do you realize the deep shit we're in with the meltdown???

I can't even begin to express what a total waste of space this "story" is.

Next.

Thank you. Though brainwashed supporters of the status quo would beg to differ: Hey, face it! This is what American politics is about, dirt and scandals. We're just playing their games! Obama 08! FISA? Wusthatmean?

Those people are screwing our country just as bad as Bush is for the most part.

What's interesting is that the left seems to fight last month's media battles after they're over. I haven't heard the "elitist" meme from McCain some time. They've moved on to the next outrageous BS. Reminds me of that SNL character who answered questions from thirty seconds before.

Actually he owns one, she owns the rest. . . I kow, why worry about those pesky "facts".

Ruthless People @ 39:

VietVet8666 @ 35:

Johnny2Bad @ 11:

Oh, Jesus. I could not care less about how many f*cking cars anyone owns.

Do you realize the deep shit we're in with the meltdown???

I can't even begin to express what a total waste of space this "story" is.

Next.

Right on. I don't give a shit how many cars or houses or items of jewelry or pairs of shoes or anything else somebody owns. McCain sucks. There. It's been said clearly, cleanly, and fairly completely. Next

I think the point is McCain is calling somebody with 1 or 2 houses and 1 car and elitist when he has a combined total of 21. It's proving the Rovian tactic of falsely accusing the Democrats of what the Rethuglicans are guilty of. It is relevant.

Yes it was....a few weeks ago when they were running those spots.

iraqconcilable @ 46:

The hidden smear in this article by Newsweek is the throw-in line about 50 Cent .
John McCain may have thirteen cars, but Obama once drove a car that was "preferred" by a black rapper who makes white folk nervous . So you should be nervous of Obama.

Nice subliminal bullshit, Newsweek.

McCain has a VW Beetle. Notice they didn't mention the Volkswagen/Hitler connection...

Ruthless People @ 39:

VietVet8666 @ 35:

Johnny2Bad @ 11:

Oh, Jesus. I could not care less about how many f*cking cars anyone owns.

Do you realize the deep shit we're in with the meltdown???

I can't even begin to express what a total waste of space this "story" is.

Next.

Right on. I don't give a shit how many cars or houses or items of jewelry or pairs of shoes or anything else somebody owns. McCain sucks. There. It's been said clearly, cleanly, and fairly completely. Next

I think the point is McCain is calling somebody with 1 or 2 houses and 1 car and elitist when he has a combined total of 21. It's proving the Rovian tactic of falsely accusing the Democrats of what the Rethuglicans are guilty of. It is relevant.

There is intellectual elitism and material elitism. I believe McCain, however wrongly, is accusing Obama of intellectual elitism. In which case, irrelevant.

constituent @ 44:

"...obama is LESS bought."

Now that's one for the archives.

Wow.

the GEM electric vehicles are 2000 model year , that seems unimportant till you find out there was a tax credit plan in 2000 in Arizona for alternative fuel vehicles that reimbursed purchasers a LARGE percentage of the purchase price , The tax credit plan was so damaging to the Arizona budget that it was modified to keep the AZ economy from collapsing

MillionthMonkey @ 28:

I bet all these cars have their turn signals still blinking.

You win the internet, game over!

How do two working spouses own only one car? That's bullshit.

this is a link to a CNN article from 2000 that has some info about those "gem"s

Johnny2Bad @ 57:

constituent @ 44:

"...obama is LESS bought."

Now that's one for the archives.

Wow.

hey thanks for the npr link last night. so apparently you
don't like my opinion. that's how i see it. money will
always be involved in politics but know it has gone to
far. bill moyer's journal about 5 weeks ago had
retired fritz hollings on and that was the conversation
not money on capitol but TOO much money. if i'm
wrong please straighten me i don't claim to have all
the answers. thanks again for the npr link micheal greenberg i highly recommend it.

The hell with McGramps. He's a sick, lying, desperate, unprincipled, hypocritical, mean-spirited bastard.

Oh, and he's a former POW.

Le Roi Est Mort @ 22:

And why, exactly, do they feel the need to mention 50 Cents? Because another black man owns the same car?

Revolting.

Yeah, they're not even hiding the racism anymore.

Its nine houses!

McSame doesn't own 7 houses, everyone. HE OWNS 9. Look it up!

anonymousryan @ 60:

How do two working spouses own only one car? That's bullshit.

They live in Chicago....excellent public transportation. I used to live there and rarely, rarely used my car. Walked to the grocery store; walked to the movie theater; walked to get my hair cut; took the "L" to go downtown; so on and so on. I have a sister in Chicago who doesn't own a car; a brother in Chicago owns one but only gets insurance on it during spring/summer, when he might want to take it for a spin on Lake Shore Drive. When I lived in Europe for 4 years, I not once drove a car......again, public transportation and walking!

Johnny2Bad @ 57:

constituent @ 44:

"...obama is LESS bought."

Now that's one for the archives.

Wow.

nothing? i was hoping you could straighten me out. i
was thinking mccain has been on capitol hill much longer than obama....so more exposure to lobbyist(s).
compare his list of lobbyist(s) and campaign funds to obama. although it's a criticism by many....i say it's a positive for obama. obama has been on capitol hill for a very relatively short amount of time. less exposure to
lobbying. the lobbyists/money are concerned because
obama is NOT bought...but of course some money
has gone his way....so i say LESS bought but
apparentlyyou know better than i do so please straighten me out.
my education was not in law or politics so i probably
need some help here.

This story IS NOT A WASTE OF TIME.

If just a hundred... or a thousand... or a MILLION... Republican-voting REDNECKS see this story, and get a glimmer of understanding of McCain's HUNDRED-MILLION-DOLLAR LIFESTYLE... then MAYBE they will begin the transformation toward acceptance of Obama's INTELLIGENCE, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND "MORE LIKE ME" PERSONALITY.

mcLobbyist doesn't give a shit about anything. he has always been on the public dole. I wonder how his father and grandfather would feel.

How can you govern people if you have no idea how "real" life is for so many? A lot of you talk a good game, but many of you will vote for (McCain) him or stay home. Please make a liar out of me.

The McCains own 13 cars. So what? I'm a systems analyst, my income has never hit 6 figures, and I've been collecting antique cars since the 1970's. I own 27 cars. So much for stereotypes.

that's what i thought

Frank Dufek @ 4:

Who the hell cares how many houses or cars John McCain or Barack Obama own?

This is like 5th grade reporting. What about McCain's voting record clearly showing he is in favor of deregulation yet allowing him to say with a straight face that he is a strong champion of regulation? That's pretty sickening. A man can come on TV and tell you a lie that concerns where your money is going and you people care about this talk of 'elitism' and 'change' etc. WAKE UP AND FACE THE FACTS, UGLY AS THEY ARE

And the facts about McCain are pretty ugly

constituent @ 44:

Frank Dufek @ 29:

james Ratliff @ 25:

republicans are such idiots they should not be allowed to vote.

Anyone who still believes we operate in a completely fair, 2-party system should not be allowed to vote. This is facism folks. We have two parties and two candidates who are speaking differently but working to deliver the same: preservation of the status quo.

NO offense but i believe most of us are aware here at Crooks&Liars that we do NOT 'operate in completely fair,two party system. all we can do is try and vote for
the party/person we think/perceive is most fair. For
me that's NOT mccain/palin 40 or so BIG lobbyists
connected to oil/fannie&freddie. mccains past history
regarding the keating deregulation scandal. phil gramm
one of the master minds behind the complete deregulation of fed.&state when he pushed the
Commodity&Futures Modernization Act Dec. 2000.
we must do something. we're being given two options.
i'm going with the more self made intellect
vs. being in the social government his entire life. mccain has been on capitol hill for 26 or so yrs. he is
bought. obama is LESS bought.
mccain/palin are the 'bridge to no where' and obama/biden are the bridge to the future.

Less bought? Ok, if that's your counter-argument then we are operating on two very different levels of reality. Bygones.

Carol @ 73:

Frank Dufek @ 4:

Who the hell cares how many houses or cars John McCain or Barack Obama own?

This is like 5th grade reporting. What about McCain's voting record clearly showing he is in favor of deregulation yet allowing him to say with a straight face that he is a strong champion of regulation? That's pretty sickening. A man can come on TV and tell you a lie that concerns where your money is going and you people care about this talk of 'elitism' and 'change' etc. WAKE UP AND FACE THE FACTS, UGLY AS THEY ARE

And the facts about McCain are pretty ugly

What about Obama? He's a member of the CFR, believes we must continue fighting the war on terror (but differently!), believes telecom companies should receive legal immunity for spying on Americans, etc.

Circular reasoning is SO last century.

CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 70:

mcLobbyist doesn't give a shit about anything. he has always been on the public dole. I wonder how his father and grandfather would feel.

Obama is tied in with a lot of lobbyists as well. It is only fair to point that out.

If a $400 haircut is enough to make one an elitist, certainly 8 home and 13 cars oughta do it. But, we are talking abour crazed Repugs.

The real funny thing about this story is, HE DOESN'T EVEN DRIVE. HE GETS DRIVEN EVERYWHERE. Probably by tax-payer funded transportation.

So those 13 cars are JUST SITTING THERE, COLLECTING DUST. Why does he own them: BECAUSE HE CAN. HE'S FILTHY STINKING RICH!!

Bernie Sanders summed it up the other day: "The top 0.1 percent now earn more money than the bottom 50 percent of Americans, and the top 1 percent own more wealth than the bottom 90 percent."

Remember how the sick figure used to be the top 1% owned 50% of the wealth? If McCain gets elected, we can expect the above trend to continue.

blackchaps @ 18:

What about Cindy's plane?? Doesn't that count as a ride??

and you forgot her Broom

Carol @ 79:

blackchaps @ 18:

What about Cindy's plane?? Doesn't that count as a ride??

and you forgot her Broom

More like her UFO.

John McCain owns a lot of American cars. Go with that one.

Maybe if they were all Volvos and Priuses it might hurt him, but helping the US auto companies is a huge net win.

As American as baseball and apple pie.

IOKIYAR!

Then again GI John is very superstitious... I think this story is made up to ridicule his uber patriotic awesomeness by evil libruls...

He would never have just 13 vehicles... He can have 12 or 18 but not 13...

Republican National Convention | The 2008 Election Cindy McCain's $300,000 Outfit/ Laura Bush

Laura Bush
Oscar de la Renta suit: $2,500
Stuart Weitzman heels: $325
Pearl stud earrings: $600–$1,500
Total: Between $3,425 and $4,325

Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100

$313,000!!!!!

The Obama's are "elites"????

Is it John MacDuck or Scrooge McCain? I can't keep them straight anymore...

Calling Mccain elitist works for me. I'll never vote for that elitist, stinking rich scumbag and neither will the republicans who truly hate elitists.

dennis @ 81:

John McCain owns a lot of American cars. Go with that one.

Maybe if they were all Volvos and Priuses it might hurt him, but helping the US auto companies is a huge net win.

As American as baseball and apple pie.

13 cars is not helpful, it's elitist and greedy

Frank Dufek @ 4:

Who the hell cares how many houses or cars John McCain or Barack Obama own?

This is like 5th grade reporting. What about McCain's voting record clearly showing he is in favor of deregulation yet allowing him to say with a straight face that he is a strong champion of regulation? That's pretty sickening. A man can come on TV and tell you a lie that concerns where your money is going and you people care about this talk of 'elitism' and 'change' etc. WAKE UP AND FACE THE FACTS, UGLY AS THEY ARE

We shouldn't care, but when one has branded his opponent "an elitist" but the challenger actually lives like an "elitist", these differences need to be pointed out because, by and large, we have some not-so-bright people living in this country, have the right to vote, and will exercise that right to vote for someone who will continue to screw them over.

That's why we should be concerned when McCain calls Obama an elitist, but owns 7 houses and 13 cars like a regular, everyday Joe (snark).

who the hell cares...yawn

I do care

9 homes...13 cars...John McBoob, man of the people.

but Obama's car is an uppity hybrid Al Gore-ish car

anonymousryan @ 60:

How do two working spouses own only one car? That's bullshit.

in certain urban centers, you can get by without a car for going to work if your public transit system is good

Good for John McCain. Hope, he has a Ferrari Enzo or at the very least a Z06 Corvette. Reports are that McCain does not drive. He's too much of a threat to public safety. A 'Blue Hair' slouched behind the wheel of a Coupe deVille.

Obama should've kept the C300M. Nice set of wheels. The Hybrid Ford Escape is a good choice; practical, ecologically better, economic and nice looking. Hydrogen is the wave if, we can get by the patently false 'Hindenberg Syndrome'.

I have no issue with what anyone owns or how many but, understand poster discontent with McCain being oblivious to the realities of the average person however, our system is consumption driven. We are groomed from birth to do whatever it takes to make it in a cold hard world. Since most of us hunt at the Food Lion our hunter-gatherer instinct is now fulfilled with collecting homes, cars, bikes, boats and all kinds of other useless shit.

He needs all of those cars for each of his homes.

For the Last time:

"ELITIST"=INTELLIGENT/EDUCATED. Those durn elitists who point out that a strict fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible contradicts science; that low-education logging/mining/fishing jobs are unsustainable; that the law has to protect everyone's rights, not just the "good people's" to be fair; and that maybe, just maybe, my beer-drinkin', cigarette-smokin', fatty-food eatin' lifestyle may not be good for me; those are the "elitists" who think they're so SMART!

"Elitists" are the perfect enemy for people wanting to manipulate voting majorities. As "smarter than average", they are by definition a minority; they are easy to portray as arrogant; they are easy to envy and hate because their superior intelligence leads to better lives, and they try to win arguements on an intellectual level, instead of on an emotional level, so their defense is weak.

Read a great editorial in today's (Sunday) NYT by Maureen Dowd:

Aaron Sorkin Conjures a Meeting of Obama and Bartlet

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/opinion/21dowd-sorkin.html?_r=1&ref=op...

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A fantastically, energizing piece. May make you a little depressed but only until the next to the last line.

Ruthless People @ 48:

cg @ 45:

This seems trivial to me.

The only thing that matters is that he doesn't give a crap about the little guy.

It's the trivial shit that resonates with the voters. Make it too complicated and they tune out.

You mean, with the "low information" voters, or to be more precise "dumb" voters.

banned again? @ 88:

who the hell cares...yawn

You should!

Frank Dufek @ 74:

constituent @ 44:

Frank Dufek @ 29:

james Ratliff @ 25:

Anyone who still believes we operate in a completely fair, 2-party system should not be allowed to vote. This is facism folks. We have two parties and two candidates who are speaking differently but working to deliver the same: preservation of the status quo.

NO offense but i believe most of us are aware here at Crooks&Liars that we do NOT 'operate in completely fair,two party system. all we can do is try and vote for
the party/person we think/perceive is most fair. For
me that's NOT mccain/palin 40 or so BIG lobbyists
connected to oil/fannie&freddie. mccains past history
regarding the keating deregulation scandal. phil gramm
one of the master minds behind the complete deregulation of fed.&state when he pushed the
Commodity&Futures Modernization Act Dec. 2000.
we must do something. we're being given two options.
i'm going with the more self made intellect
vs. being in the social government his entire life. mccain has been on capitol hill for 26 or so yrs. he is
bought. obama is LESS bought.
mccain/palin are the 'bridge to no where' and obama/biden are the bridge to the future.

Less bought? Ok, if that's your counter-argument then we are operating on two very different levels of reality. Bygones.

NO your the smarter guy it couldn't be that obama is
less bought that's impossible.........wow..obama is influenced by some lobbying but not much .....wow

But for 5 years John McCain did not have the luxury to ride a bike much less drive any car. You liberals are so disgusting attacking a war hero who was tortured you HE has the right to do anything he wants after the way he was treeated.
He was tortured & now you want to comndemn him for living the American Dream. All Americans wish they had 13 cars & 8 houses but John McCain made it happen by taking the steps necessary to get himself a rich wife now... Leave John McCain alone!!!

"attacking a war hero who was tortured ... HE has the right to do anything he wants after the way he was treeated."

I didn't realise that you guys in the USA had passed that as law already. I thought that it seemed a fairly more controversial piece of legislation.

anonymousryan @ 60:

How do two working spouses own only one car? That's bullshit.

We manage to be a working couple and have only 1 car. It also only travels 3000 miles a year. That isn't bullshit.

BC @ 102:

anonymousryan @ 60:

How do two working spouses own only one car? That's bullshit.

We manage to be a working couple and have only 1 car. It also only travels 3000 miles a year. That isn't bullshit.

Heh, talk about out of touch. There are plenty of working couples who can't afford a car at all. Having one car per family is not unheard of. There is public transportation in some cities good enough not to need a car. And one spouse can drop another off at work.

Just a smidge of imagination would answer this one.

Some are happy about this!

Mccain 13: Obama 1
http://liberalsmustdie.com/2008/09/22/McCain+13+Obama+1+HAHAHAHA.aspx

mccain owns 13 cars and obamma owns 13 bad opinions for the country

This might matter if EITHER of them drove themselves anywhere, ever. I noticed one person pointed out McCain does not, but do you suppose Barack goes out and tools around Skokie in his 98 Ford Focus? Both of them are millionaires with no need of a vehicle for personal use. If I were a McCain supporter, I'd spin this as a case of beer-buddy superiority. Most Americans *want* to own 13 cars and would own 13 cars if they could. If fact owning only one car is Unamerican since both middle class husband and wife (non-gender specifically, of course) have to work and on opposite ends of town. I bet Obama's car is a Bentley or some such and at least one of McCain's is a 1970 Dodge Charger 440 R/T. YEEEEEEEEEEEEHAW

Bob @ 106:

This might matter if EITHER of them drove themselves anywhere, ever. I noticed one person pointed out McCain does not, but do you suppose Barack goes out and tools around Skokie in his 98 Ford Focus? Both of them are millionaires with no need of a vehicle for personal use. If I were a McCain supporter, I'd spin this as a case of beer-buddy superiority. Most Americans *want* to own 13 cars and would own 13 cars if they could. If fact owning only one car is Unamerican since both middle class husband and wife (non-gender specifically, of course) have to work and on opposite ends of town. I bet Obama's car is a Bentley or some such and at least one of McCain's is a 1970 Dodge Charger 440 R/T. YEEEEEEEEEEEEHAW

Allow me to add, Obama's Bentley probably sits in his environmentally controlled underground garage bunker with an attendant and his family of six payed to live sealed in with it so it can be started and allowed run it for 30 min, once a day. If low level bureaucrats in the dept of labor get Govt cars, which I know they do, then I know Senators don't drive they're own cars. They're only for their servants.

John Doheny @ 15:

If democrats are by definition 'elitists,' the republicans must be the opposite.

What is the opposite of 'elite'?

sociopathic parasites

It just shows that Obama is out of touch with the working American who has TWO cars. Anyone with only one car is obviously some sort of Euro-snob.

If it weren't for Cindy's $$$, McCain would be driving a Pinto.

Don't blame McCain. His wife's daddy's money buys a lot of cars. What's a poor little rich boy to do?

Pointing out shit like this is what can win the election for Obama. McCain has to be hit hard with this stuff. Paint him as an elitist day and night.

Obama has to be careful about trying too hard to stay above it all. He has to punch hard--but tell the truth. It can be done!

iraqconcilable @ 46:

The hidden smear in this article by Newsweek is the throw-in line about 50 Cent .
John McCain may have thirteen cars, but Obama once drove a car that was "preferred" by a black rapper who makes white folk nervous . So you should be nervous of Obama.

Nice subliminal bullshit, Newsweek.

I think it's too bad he traded it in. It's a stylish, powerful, cool piece of machinery. I bet he looked great cruising in that thing.

I can see McCain wandering around the houses he can't remember he has searching for the keys! A blind squirrel can find a nut...not this one!!!

CowBoy Bob in Austin @ 69:

This story IS NOT A WASTE OF TIME.

If just a hundred... or a thousand... or a MILLION... Republican-voting REDNECKS see this story, and get a glimmer of understanding of McCain's HUNDRED-MILLION-DOLLAR LIFESTYLE... then MAYBE they will begin the transformation toward acceptance of Obama's INTELLIGENCE, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND "MORE LIKE ME" PERSONALITY.

You have got to be kidding me.

Intelligence - Please go look up his "mid growth stocks" quote when referencing the stock market. Yea Intelligent.

Accomplishments - Please let me know when you find some. Something he has actually accomplished except getting elected or appointed to something. What did he accomplish in Chicago?? Who is better off for what he has done? What has he accomplished in Senate?

"More like Me" Personality - More Like who? Used Car Salesman selling same old lemons??

You have REALLY got to be kidding.

So this is all you Dems can come up with? Big deal so he owns 13 cars, it’s his money to spend on anything he wants this is I thought America the land of the free. seven houses is a smart real estate investment if you worked hard and have the money, and back to the 13 cars several of the cars are American made or so you think, I have bought Fords all my life and some were made in Canada I own a Ford Ranger right now which is made by Mazda I guess that’s makes me a hypocrite and liar. Barack and Michelle own one car so I suppose when one is using the car the other takes a cab? Or a State tax payer owned Limo?

Give me a break!

Brew

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