The McCains are not like us and they don’t want to do a thing to make it possible for the rest of us to come close to their lifestyle.
It turns out that a few months ago, a McCain family corporation closed on a second multi-million-dollar beach condo in exclusive Coronado, California, at around the same time that John McCain offered his somewhat tone-deaf observation that struggling homeowners were ‘working at second jobs’ and ’skipping a vacation’ in order to make mortgage payments on time.Cindy McCain discussed the timing of the second condo purchase in a June interview with Vogue magazine (not online) that’s newly relevant in light of the explosive controversy over John McCain’s inability to recall how many homes the McCains own.
And in another fun fact that could pour fuel on this controversy, Cindy told her interviewer that the reason they needed a second beach condo in the Coronado building was that the first was too crowded because her kids were staying there and as a result she ‘couldn’t get in the place.’
Cindy continued: ‘So I bought another one.’
Conservatives like Jonah Goldberg don’t get it.
If owning so many houses (or being married to an heiress) is a problem, I do hope someone asks Barack why he was so enthusiastic about John Kerry in 2004.
But you see, John Kerry, like many other wealthy Democrats before and after him, does not support the extension of Bush era economics that reward the super-rich without throwing a bone to middle class Americans. As Bill Clinton has often said:
“Everything has gone up and people have less money,” Bill Clinton said. “They are broke. And meanwhile the government for the last seven years kept throwing tax cuts at people like me that didn’t need it.”
John McCain endorses economic policies that keep the wealthy like him in a class regular people increasingly have trouble breaking through to. Sen. Obama and the Democratic party support a rising tide that will allow more of us to buy a home… still less than McCain, but it’s a start.
yea cause it is all about what people “need” or “want”, not what is just.
Rich people pay the most in taxes, ergo, they will get the most in cuts.
But don’t get me wrong, a whole economic theory was based on what Clinton and Obama and Oliver are advocating…let me see if I can remember this
Oh yea: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need”
That sure sounds sweet doesn’t it? How’d that work out by the way?
and they don’t want to do a thing to make it possible for the rest of us to come close to their lifestyle.
So, you don’t think McCain and other Republicans want to see people succeed in business? Interesting.
It’s also interesting that you are clearly displaying the Democratic position on this: if you are as successful as Cindy McCain’s family, we will not hesitate to ridicule you for it.
“Rich people pay the most in taxes, ergo, they will get the most in cuts.”
They also get to keep most of the earnings before taxes to begin with – you left that out.
Wow. Weak even for you Duh. McCain’s team has been trying for months to paint Obama as an elitist and himself as a straight-talkin man of the people.
Thing is, I’m not sure how many homes you own, but most people, even wealthy ones, at least can keep tabs on how many residences they have.
The whole issue of money and wealth? Obama didn’t bring it up, _Republicans_ did (think Karl Rove’s lame quip about Obama being “that guy at the country club,” having forgotten that most Americans have never been inside a freakin’ country club in the first place).
So yeah. Keep the posts rollin’ OW. Just yesterday I was saying that I was a little worried that Obama’s campaign was losing steam. Today? McCain pretty much served up the most beautiful gift imaginable — I’m either too senile or too ashamed to tell a reporter how many mansions me and my heiress wife own and, uh, oh yea, I’m a tough-guy maverick and stuff. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
yea cause it is all about what people “need” or “want”, not what is just.
You have no room to talk about what is just, pal.
“So I bought another one… without any help from organized crime.”
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You know what this reminds me of?
This.
The GOP opened the door to class warfare with this “Obama’s an elitist” crapola. Now they’re going to choke on it.
yea,yea,yea, yada yada. yada Only the Obama and his minions are the arbiters of justice…I get it.
Cindy McCain couldn’t carry Lovey Howell’s parasol.
“As Charles Foster Kane who owns eighty-two thousand, six hundred and thirty-four shares of public transit – you see, I do have a general idea of my holdings – I sympathize with you. Charles Foster Kane is a scoundrel. His paper should be run out of town. A committee should be formed to boycott him. You may, if you can form such a committee, put me down for a contribution of one thousand dollars.”
Orson Welles in Citizen Kane
No, that’s not what I meant, Duh. Duh. Only the Bushies can subvert justice to suit their will.
Thanks for fixing that, O-Dub.
So, you don’t think McCain and other Republicans want to see people succeed in business? Interesting.
Inheriting daddy’s millions and then leaving your wife to marry into it is a “business” now?
I really hope you don’t have a daughter; personally I’d like to think you’d want to her to grow up to be something a little better than that.
Lmao, the McTrolls are out in full force! Haven’t you all earned enough points for your lame memorabilia yet?
These people believe that being a whore is a womans natural place, so of course thats what they would raise their daughters to be.
The Apostles thought it did:
Well, now that we have clarified that John McCain doesn’t personally own ANY house, do you think OW will stop posting this inane sheiz?
McCain doesn’t personally own all those houses. He has a special lady servant who does it for him.
They also get to keep most of the earnings before taxes to begin with – you left that out.
Do you mean in dollar amount or percentage? I don’t think they keep more percentage-wise. If you mean dollar amount, well…no shit. Earn more, end up with more. Do you really think someone who earns more should end up keep less than someone who earns less?
Inheriting daddy’s millions and then leaving your wife to marry into it is a “business” now?
Another Republican tenet: if you are successful in business, as Cindy’s father was, the federal government is not entitled to your riches when you die. There is no shame in inheriting wealth from your parents…do you think there is?
That’s why we don’t tax dead people- we tax the people that inherit the wealth. And then only if it exceeds several million.
“There is no shame in inheriting wealth from your parents…do you think there is?”
There’s no shame in paying taxes on the unearned income… do you think there is?
Enlightened Liberal…you seem to have been derailed. Your comment and question have nothing whatsoever to do with the discussion at hand, but just to be polite I’d be happy to tell you that the answer to your question is no.
Do you really think someone who earns more should end up keep less than someone who earns less?
From the way the ultra cons whine about it, you would think that’s the way it is.
Great minds think alike, Oliver.
http://stinging-nettle.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-many-houses-do-you-own.html
That picture is the first thing I thought of when I heard this story. Well played.
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