Obama Lives in "a Frickin' Mansion"

[progressoid]

Source: Washington Post

McCain Spokesman's Retort: Obama Lives in "a Frickin' Mansion"
By Michael D. Shear


SEDONA, Ariz. -- A spokesman for Sen. John McCain vowed to retaliate against today's story about how many houses the GOP candidate owns with a renewed focus on Sen. Barack Obama's ties to a Chicago developer and charges that Obama is an elitist.

"We're delighted to have a real estate debate with Barack Obama," said spokesman Brian Rogers, adding that the press should focus on Obama's house. "It's a frickin' mansion. He doesn't tell people that. You have a mansion you bought in a shady deal with a convicted felon."

...

"That's fair game now," he said. "You are going to see more of that now that this issue has been joined. You'll see more of the Rezko matter from us."

The McCain campaign was in full damage-control mode as the housing story took off today. Rogers tried to play down the story, saying that reports of the many McCain houses were overstated.

...

He also added: "This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison," referring to the prisoner of war camp that McCain was in during the Vietnam War.

Rogers called the house story "by far the most personal attack" of the campaign, and said "it comes from a candidate who said he was against this kind of thing."




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Read more: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/21/mccain_spokesmans_retort_obama.html

[Enrique]

1. key word: "a"

[Pirate Smile]

5. LOL

[Union Thug]

15. yep...singular vs. plural.

One is just a gross expression of wealth. The other is unconscionably obscene.
;-)

[wordpix]

32. "a" mansion he earned with his wife, not a wife worth millions, married after he dumped the

first wife. :rofl: looks like we're finally getting under McCondo's skin.

[Heather MC]

48. I doubt it. I don't think his handlers allow him to be up on current events

They don't even let him know how many houses he owns
I bet Cindy has him on an allowance
:rofl:

[Norrin Radd]

113. "McCondo"

:toast:

[barack the house]

98. ...

[barack the house]

101. It's actually a tax returns issues that is in the public arena for debate.

[Labors of Hercules]

100. And it's a safe bet...

He knows it's the only one he owns. :shrug:

[MadrasT]

2. Again

with the tired, irrelevant POW BS...

[progressoid]

12. I think being a POW was the reason he ranked 5th from the bottom in his class

Doesn't being a POW become retroactive to earlier events too?

[George II]

56. He wouldn't have been a POW if he wasn't such a washout and lousy pilot!

THOUSANDS, maybe TENS of thousands of sorties were flown over Hanoi and N. Vietnam during the war, he was only one of a few hundred shot down. And then he got special treatment anyway, and he's been using his POW-ism to his own advantage (and against REAL patriots) ever since.

Shamefully disgusting. Read and view the material on http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com for the REAL facts of his "imprisonment"!!

[Mike Daniels]

14. I'd love someone to ask the campaign if they plan on using the POW excuse each time John steps in it

It would be worth it just to see the look on the face of whoever has to answer that question.

[MadrasT]

68. That

would be priceless :toast:.

[DJ13]

3. When they respond like that, its a sign they know they're vulnerable

Obama scored a direct hit, and the SS Rustbucket Johhny is taking on water.

[hedgehog]

4. This might just barely qualify as a mansion IMO. It's a big house,

but it's not on an estate. Besides, he bought it with his own money that he earned writing a book.






This is a good shot of the famous side lot. You can see where it's be reasonable for Obama to want an extra 10 feet for a side yard while the remaining vacant lot is still very viable for a condo.

[CoffeeCat]

8. Yes, but doesn't Obama own ONE home?

Isn't the point, that McCain owns 10--so many that he
doesn't remember how many???

Obama had better fire back twice as hard.

[Judi Lynn]

13. Interesting! Looks exactly as if the Obama campaign hit them where it hurts, doesn't it?

Cool!

For Obama to own a more credible "mansion," he would want to follow the example of good old Republican Congressman Randy Duke!

[wordpix]

35. yes, McMansion's minions seem worried about this - next stop: hit him on Iraq and

the 2 million refugees

[Canuckistanian]

21. THAT'S a "frickin' mansion"?

That looks like a small town doctor's house.

Or the house of an average pundit on CNN or Fox.

[aggiesal]

42. Check out the mansion that Obama will be living in, come Jan. 20th

I hear it even has a rose garden!

[rpgdds]

47. Obama home Nice but not a mansion

Can we shut up about homes ever time Obama house comes up all I hear for Days is. "You do know that convicted felon Tony Rezko sold him the house in exchange for Political favors. And there very next comment. Tony Rezko is a Syrian citiizen wonder what kinda political favors he wanted.

We need to talk about Jobs and Education.

Maybe Hillary can ride to our rescue Wednesday night she has already been vetted. Let Obama grow up some serving as her VP.

I will go back to sleep now.

[Bjorn Against]

78. Ummm...sorry to break it to you but Hillary lost, she isn't going to be the nominee...

And there is no way in hell that Obama is going to be downgraded to the VP slot. If that is what you want you can find a different site, the primaries are over and Hillary is not the nominee.

[Alexander]

80. Nice knowing you.

[Dervill Crow]

84. Ummmmm. How long were you asleep?

Obama is the Democratic nominee, not Hillary.
:eyes:

[JVS]

92. One post. LOL!

[George II]

57. It may be a big house, but.....

.... it's not THE "big house" that members of the bush admin. will be living in soon. Leavenworth!

[knitter4democracy]

69. Nice house but nowhere near the mansions the McCains own.

It's really pretty, though. The Obamas have good taste.

[Phredicles]

79. It's a nice house, but it's A house, and I'll wager Obama

has no difficulty remembering how many he has.:P

[otohara]

109. At Least Obama Earned The Money to Pay

for his one home and he actually wrote his two books to pay for it, unlike McCain who had to marry a rich heiress to get his 7 - 10 mansions. Although McCain has books, he employed someone else to write them.

[CoffeeCat]

6. OMG....

They're defense for EVERYTHING is that he was a POW.

"...lived in one house for give and a half years--in prison."

This is getting laughable...to the point of being bizarre.

Obama needs to hit back hard with some Keating 5 retort."

He needs to play hardball.

It's not just about sticking up for yourself and laying out the truth--it's about
showing this nation that you won't back down and that you'll fight fire with
fire.

[renate]

16. noun... verb... POW

It's not just laughable, it's embarrassing, or should be to McCain, if he hadn't run out of shame years ago.

Cheapening his POW experience by using it as a bottomless "get out of jail free" card must be incredibly offensive to other POWs.

[windbreeze]

82. so I want to know...why it isn't fair game, when they keep bringing

his POW status up and using it as an excuse for everything he's done and said??? Sorry...but I think Democrats need to get over being Mr. Nice guy...anything McCain or his campaign brings up IS and NEEDS to be fair game, imo...PERIOD!! no matter what it is...wb

[Wickerman]

7. but, but McSame is a POW! n/t

[stray cat]

9. Obama knows he has a house (or is it two?)

[sharesunited]

10. Obama is the least wealthy candidate for the presidency in quite awhile.

With a way better claim to being an ordinary American.

That "shady deal" crack is horseshit. It was a pretty routine purchase, verifiable from the Cook County land records.

[TahitiNut]

24. (Uhmmm...) That would be Kucinich.

:shrug:

[sharesunited]

25. Props to Dennis. Let me correct by saying least wealthy *nominee*.

[AzDar]

11. Fine. since the battle has been 'joined', let's bring up the Keating 5 at every opportunity.

And the Lobbyists running Five-Plane's campaign....AND Abramoff...And Junior McCain't's banking collapse involvement....

[Tesla]

22. and don't forget his ex-wife if they play the "Family Values" card

And what exact religion is he?
Here it says he baptist.

http://www.nndb.com/people/914/000023845/

Here it says he is an Episcopalian

http://images.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/john.mccain.html

[CitizenLeft]

112. speaking of family values...

...did you hear Cindy McCain defending his dumping his 1st wife on that CNN special? She said (paraphrasing, but very close) "John knew I'd be a good wife and mother. I believe that's what he saw in me, and what he was looking for." WTF! He HAD a wife, and children, and, presumably, she was a good mother to them. What a selfish self-absorbed awful thing to say coming from the woman who stole her husband. Good grief.

[wordpix]

36. I agree---Keating Five, Keating 5! Keep the story simple, though, or the sheeple will lose it

[Purveyor]

17. Limpballs must have gotten the RNC 'talking points'. I listened to about 5 minutes

of his blather today and this is exactly what he is spouting.

[jobycom]

19. They coordinate these things. O'Reilly and Hannity will join in, and the lesser ones.

[jobycom]

18. Ooo, someone's getting touchy.

:rofl: I hope McCain gives this guy Rogers more air time. Obama will probably help chip in for a raise.

[Bozita]

20. Let's compare the square footage of Obama's home to the total of McCain's

[progressoid]

27. Or the net worth

[Frances]

23. PLEASE don't back down Obama

Obama knows how many houses he owns.

McCain doesn't.

Case closed.

The Repubs always answer honest, factual charges with bullying. Obama needs to stand firm. This is one contest he can win.

[C_U_L8R]

26. McMansions is digging himself in deeper

I love it. Nothing more satisfying than pissing off old Mr Potter... I mean McCain

[chat_noir]

28. noun, verb, POW

[Tutankhamun]

29. POW POW POW POW POW

[progressoid]

43. It's like Rudy and 9/11

[LuckyLib]

30. A mansion? These twits have no idea of the hiddle wealth in the US. Obama's house

doesn't even register on the wealth scale when you look at the top tier wealthy Americans. Cindy McCain, worth $100 million, is in that group. If the Republicans want to talk $$$$$, bring it on!

[WatchWhatISay]

39. Except that if they realize they can't win that argument

they'll start in with the class warfare talking points

[NoGOPZone]

31. and he can count too, John! nt

[DarthDem]

33. "Frickin'"?

Forgive me if this sounds prude, but I would really prefer that candidates for president of this country, and their spokespersons, find more articulate ways to communicate than using commonly understood shorthand for "fucking." Unbelievable. Nerve - - touched!! So much LOL. And the MSM is all over it.

Also in the checklist: POW - - check; arugula; check. Brilliant FRICKIN' response.

[Dr. Strange]

38. And in his frickin' mansion...

is a frickin' pool. And in that frickin' pool are frickin' sharks. That's right. Frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their frickin' heads!

[DarthDem]

41. LOL

Exactly. That hadn't even occurred to me. Bad, bad, bad choice of words. Wow!!

[Flying Dream Blues]

102. My first thought, too...Dr. Evil is working for McCain? Makes perfect sense! :) nt

[TankLV]

107. Oh BE-HAVE! YEAH, BAYBAY!

Where's frickin' mini-me?!?!

[BonnieJW]

34. How about some Keating 5?

I don't think they want to start comparing shady deals. And it's a noun, a verb and POW. That's all they got.

[rocktivity]

37. The point is that it a safe bet that Obama KNOWS how many homes he owns

Reminds me of a boxer who was asked if he regretted retiring early and he replied, "At least I can still SPELL 'fight'".

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[kiranon]

63. Maybe they're shopping for foreclosure properties?

Perhaps they are buying foreclosure properties and he is unsure how many of those they now own? It makes no sense not to know how many houses one owns. Keep going after this one. There is more there than McCain is telling.

[mitchum]

40. POW = Petulant Old Wanker

[No Elephants]

65. Petulant Old Wanker--Good One!

[verges]

44. Huh??

"He also added: "This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison," referring to the prisoner of war camp that McCain was in during the Vietnam War."


WTF does this have to do with how many houses McCain owns?

[mikeytherat]

46. Noun, verb, P.O.W.

This is Johnny Mac's speech pattern. Always. Just like Ghouliani was "Noun, verb, 9/11."

It has no bearing whatsoever to the question at hand. It is just that Team McCain must remind us he was a P.O.W., especially if they can remind us 650+ times each day.

mikey_the_rat

[harun]

60. McCain officially changed his name to John Aprisonerofwar McCain

[wilt the stilt]

45. Hyde Park

My wife is from Chicago. Hyde Park is a middle class neighborhood. My friend use to live there. It's no big deal.

[D23MIURG23]

49. That one obviously hurt...

You can tell by the pile of nonsense released by the impact. These are some of the funniest responses since the "Obama was in lockstep with * 45% of the time" drivel. Here is a quick math lesson for the GOP: 95% > 45% and 7 mansions > 1 mansion (even if it happens to be a "frickin" mansion).

I think the Obama campaign is finally taking the gloves off...

MUHUHUHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

:evilgrin:

[JerseygirlCT]

50. Has someone researched shots of McCain's many houses?

I remember seeing pictures of the places his wife hadn't paid her taxes on in San Diego. What about the others - so numerous he can't count?

I'm just thinking these aren't likely to be shacks, you know?

[alstephenson]

61. Here you go, Jgirl.

Enjoy! And pass on, please.

http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49248-mccain-s-mansions-the-houses-that-greed-built

[progressoid]

71. Greenwald's films need to be seen by a lot more people.

Thanks for that link.

[DainBramaged]

51. HEY, DON'T forget to ADD McSAME was a PRISONER OF WAR, oh you did already?

Never mind. Prisoner of War, excuse for adultery and now for multiple million dollar homes.

What fucking nerve.

[MasonJar]

52. If it is Chiicago it is probably very expensive, but Obama's house is

not an estate, a mansion possibly, but no estate.

[Alter Ego]

53. Fuck off, Rogers.

Your candidate fucked up and your defenses were weak and half-assed--and now you're threatening US?

Fuck right off.

[bulloney]

54. ONE mansion vs. SEVERAL mansions for McCain.

As far as we know, Obama has kept up tax payments on his ONE mansion, too.

As far as we know, Obama can keep track of how many homes he owns. Crash defers that question to his staff because he's either too embarassed to tell how many he owns, or he actually lost count.

And here we go again, playing the POW card in debating home ownership.

A McCain/Giuliani ticket would be a fun one to have. At the convention, they can conduct a cheer similar to the TASTES GREAT - LESS FILLING! chant from the old beer commercials. Instead you can have POW - 9-11! POW - 9-11!

Oh, and did we mention that McCain was a POW?

[MasonJar]

55. Next ad better be Keating Five. There is so much to star about McCain

he better end up wishing he had never started this negative war. If he does not, then we need a new candidate. Smear him NOW! I have had enough of dems going down for lies. Look what it has cost the world, not just the USA. If that war of Bush had been one to be fought in the USA, there would have been no support. If it had had pictures of caskets and pictures of torture and pictures of dead Iraqi children crushed under their own houses, I hope the Americans would not have supported this war. Americans are asleep at the wheel. Obama won and now he needs to lead and win the presidency. It will be a disaster if he does not and IMHO he is running a poor campaign.

[maxrandb]

58. OMG! McCain Uses his POW status like Bush

uses 9/11!

- You're a crook ---- Awk, Awk, 5 years as a POW, Awk, Awk

- You're frickin old and senile ----Awk, Awk, 5 years as a POW, Awk, Awk

- You called your wife a cu#@----Awk, Awk, 5 years as a POW, Awk, Awk

- You cheated on your first wife with a woman you described as a trollip----Awk, Awk, 5 years as a POW, Awk, Awk

- Your plan for America will leave us a festering cesspool of a country----Awk, Awk, 5 years as a POW, Awk, Awk

My God it's getting sickening!

Q: John, you were implicated in the Keating Five Scandal, and have never really answered the tough questions about corruption.

A: Well, let me tell you what I learned while I spent 5 years as a POW.

He simply can't get away with this.

[bulloney]

59. And Crash's stooges are programmed to play the POW card, like Sean Insanity did recently.

It's like being conservative means a part of your brain that critically thinks is undeveloped or something.

[rebel with a cause]

105. An excuse to be used in the future.

What were you doing when Katrina flooded New Orleans, and who were you with?

Do you know how hard it is for me to celebrate my birthday because I was a POW for five of my birthdays and now that disaster happened on my special day. It's not fair for me to have to suffer this memory every year. Especially since I was a POW.

[Critters2]

62. Yeah, but just the one. nt

[Supersedeas]

64. desperate yellow-bellied chickenhawk frat-boy Republishits--bring it

[my3boyz]

66. Go to hell! You think you are going to spread your bs and not get hit back! nt

[0rganism]

67. how in the world can these rich-ass freaks make an "elitist" charge stick to Obama?

The amount of media control it takes to accomplish that is... stunning.

[librechik]

70. does he live in 10 mansions? or even 4?

they should just realize they lose on the elitist claim and try something else, say the truth. They don't like Obama cuz he's "different" from them: i.e., NOT an elitist, like they are.

[tomg]

72. " a frickin mansion."

Thank you, Dr. Evil.

[progressoid]

73. Ya

I knew I should have posted it here originally.

:blush:

[TwilightGardener]

74. But...does he know he owns it? That's the question.

[Arugula Latte]

75. ...

Bush: Terra! Terra! Terra!
Giuliani: 9-11! 9-11! 9-11!
McCain: POW! POW! POW!

[HughMoran]

76. Fuckin' McCain scumbag ASS HOLE STARTED THE NEGATIVE SHIT

Burn in hell you mother fucker.

[ContinentalOp]

77. Yeah, Obama is so rich that got involved in a "shady land deal"...

because he couldn't afford to just buy the empty lot on his own. The McCains would have just bought the whole damn block.

[monomach]

81. I've driven past Casa Obama.

I wouldn't call it a mansion. It's smaller than some of the 300k houses in the Suburbs. His yard seems awfully small, too.

[and-justice-for-all]

83. 1 vs 7.....

Brian Rogers, you can suck it!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

85. Is there a precedent for a pres. campaign's to say "frickin'" and "pointy headed?"

What the fuck is this, junior high?

[rucky]

86. Just frickin' one?

peasant.

[quakerboy]

87. "This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison,"

Apparently that was long enough, because when he came back he made sure to trade in the wife for a newer model that could give him more.

That is all.

[Barack_America]

89. McCain was in prison for 5 years? Musta been that Keating 5 thing, right?

:evilgrin:

[Barack_America]

88. Yeah, he mortgaged his, while McCain spent $700K CASH on a condo for his daughter...

For a graduation present.

Geez, if only we were all so lucky.

[Chloroplast]

90. Sigh.

Housing in Chicago is expensive and paying $1 mil.+ is not a huge deal when you take into consideration the lot size, neighborhood, square footage and the fact that it has a front AND back yard. Seriously, McCain just keeps putting his dusty Ferragamos in his mouth with all the housing talk.

[KamaAina]

91. Obama lives in a museum?

The Frick Mansion on NYC's Upper East Side is now the home of the Frick Collection, a really nice small museum.

http://www.frick.org

[BeyondGeography]

93. Keep pushing these whiny ass titty babies

They'll crack.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

94. THIS is the debate we want to have...

The Real McCain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek3jAkx9m10

Total approximate value of all McCain's mansions -- $13.8 million.

Send this video to everybody you know.

[krawhitham]

95. Must be location because

His house did not look that big

[JoFerret]

96. This was a stupid campaign move

Americans in general have little class awareness that translates to wise political choices.
And some of our best democrats have been very rich.

[barack the house]

97. It maybe a force of habit. What COUNTS is the work she is doing to get Obama elected and she is -->

assist that her supporters put at ease at teh convention.

[tinrobot]

99. Isn't a "compound" bigger than a "mansion?"

McCain has several "compounds"

He wins.

[TheKentuckian]

103. I've decided elitest

just means smart, educated, and less than all consuming greed to these pricks.

McCain is the son and grandson of Admirals, with an heiress wife, and tens of millions of dollars.

McCain has no more room than a Rockefeller, a Kennedy, a Carnegie, or Paris Hilton to call someone an elitist, he's in the country's equivalent to aristocracy.

The supposed 60% of Americans that feel they can identify with McCain's background are totally delusional and need to be made aware how off base they are.

[Independent_Voice]

104. Someone should photograph ALL of McCain's houses...

...and juxtaposition them (via Photoshop) side-by-side.

[snowbear]

106. They did... it's on another thread someone put on here already..

I'll have to go look for it tho..

[Manifestor_of_Light]

108. I would like to know:

How big does a house have to be to be a mansion?

How big does the lot have to be?

How luxurious does it have to be?

Obama's place looks big and old, and is probably very nice. But it doesn't sprawl and has very little yard.

[bridgit]

110. Well nee-ner, nee-ner. I never fell for McCain's yucking it up crap on Daily Show either...

What a strange, duplicitous old codger

[Life Long Dem]

111. But he knows how many houses he has.

Different worlds when many are worrying about foreclosures and McSame doesn't even know how many houses he has, never mind about looking for the mortgage bill, FIND THE HOUSE FIRST!!