When you fish in your own private, artificial lake on your 10-acre estate

[NYCGirl]

in Sedona, you're not a regular guy, John McCain.


Yesterday, McCain made a big deal out of stopping at a gun shop in West Virginia to show that he's just a regular guy -- a man of the people. He even bought some fishing gear. But, his press secretary exposed the reality that McCain is really a very wealthy elitist:

After the stop at the gun shop, Mr. McCain’s traveling press secretary, Brooke Buchanan, said that Mr. McCain would use his new fishing rod on the artificial lake at his 10-acre Arizona spread in Sedona.

Real people who fish don't have private artificial lakes on their 10-acre estates. Real people don't have lakes built for them on their estates. That's left to the elites and the modern day aristocrats. But guess who else has built their own lake to go fishing? John McCain's bff George Bush:

He also provided a thorough tour, with voluminous commentary, of the sprawling but unoccupied new dream house that he and his wife, Laura, have built beside an artificial lake, which was dug, at Mr. Bush's request, so that he could troll for bass just yards from the patio.

Now, I know the traveling press corps wouldn't ever equate McCain with being rich or elitist. That might make him mad and no one who spends time around McCain wants to evoke his out-of-control temper. And, we know the press types like getting invited to the private estate in Sedona for barbecues.

McCain and Cindy are very, very, very rich people. Very rich. When you own nine homes (or is it ten?), you're among the elite, no matter how you cut it. Really makes you wonder what is Cindy McCain hiding in her tax returns.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/05/when-you-fish-in-your-private.html

[nebenaube]

1. not to mention

It must really waste water to have an artificial lake in the desert... ( considering evaporation and limited ground water supplies )

[clear eye]

2. Exactly what I was thinking

How much it must cost to maintain a lake in the desert.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. some people in Africa would gladly have some water to drink

[NatBurner]

7. that was my first thought too-

you have a private lake in the fucking desert, john mccain? damn!!

[hedgehog]

3. Just look at the "ranch" on Google earth - there's green along the creek and

then nothing for miles. If you're not on the creek, you're SOL.

11455 E Hidden Valley Road, sedona arizona

[Inuca]

4. Well... that kind of describes

what my husband did yesterday :-), and we actually have close to 18 acres. And trust me, we are EXTREMELY far from being millionaires. True though that we don't live in the desert, the lake is filled by rain and snow, and we think of the fish he gets every now and then as a way to eat healthy stuff while saving some money. Ah, and we own (well the bank does, but you know what I mean) just one house, unless you count the dog's which we should maybe tranform into a rental property since he is not using it at all. Anybody knows of a dog that needs a roof over his head?

[anonymous171]

6. Holy shit, that's not just elitist, that's extremely wasteful.

[me b zola]

8. You may be an elitist if:

You may be an elitist if:

...you own so many houses that you've lost count

...you're married to an heiress

...you wear $500 Italian slippers

...your "ranch" is featured in an architecture magazine

...you believe that Americans wouldn't pick lettuce for $50/hour


Feel free to add more to the list, this is fun!

If the rw attempts to use this on Obama it not only won't work, it will make republicans look even stupider.

[chitty]

9. Sedona is very, very, very expensive property.

If you don't know, this is Sedona..........



This is an "Elitest Prick" in Sedona