John McCain's home count up: Eight

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http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/john_mccains_home_count_up_eig.html

Posted August 24, 2008 9:30 AM

by Mark Silva

DENVER - Here in the Big Tent of the Democratic Party, they're having no end of fun counting the homes of Republican Sen. John McCain.

The morning news brings word that the count is up: Eight.

Politico.com, which is where this conversation started - when McCain was asked how many homes he owns and he couldn't say - reports that initially it found seven when it made its own count. But now it has found a third condominium owned by the McCains in Phoenix, so that makes eight.

"I'll have my staff get to you,'' McCain had told Politico last week when the question was popped. "It's condominiums. I'll have them get to you.''

This prompted a chain-reaction of political house fires: Democrat Barack Obama proudly told a crowd that he only has one home, and what better proof could anyone find that McCain is "out of touch.'' Obama aired a TV ad about it. McCain responded rapidly with his own ad: Obama is the one with the "housing problem,'' the McCain ad warns - he acquired his home and expanded lot on the South Side of Chicago with the help of a later-convicted power broker, Tony Rezko.

It's unclear who will win the war of the homes.

But on the real estate front, possession is nine tenths of the law. The score is McCain 8, Obama 1.

See Politifact's count of the McCains' eight homes:

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. Homes of the wealthy sometimes have multiple kitchens these days.

So Biden wasn't accurate when he said that McCain had 7 kitchens to choose from... maybe he has 15 to choose from.

[ColbertWatcher]

2. Could bin Laden be hiding in one of them? n/t

[C_U_L8R]

3. Apparently even the staff doesn't know

I've heard everything from four to a dozen.
This stuff is sheer comic genius...
I hereby nominate John McCain for Upperclass Twit of the Year

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Haven't any of you miscounted how many pairs of socks you own?

Cut him some slack.

It's not like we all have great memories, you know.................

:sarcasm:

[LiberalFighter]

5. I have two computer monitors attached to my computer.

That's probably two more than he has.

[ColbertWatcher]

6. Damn, maybe McCain should have a ticker scrolling on the bottom of America's TV?

. . . STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS HOMES UP 1/8 TO 14 . . . TROLLOP MAKEUP UP 17 TO C*NT-LEVELS . . . DEPENDS STEADY AT OVER 9,000 . . .