althouse.blogspot.com - 8/22/2008
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How many houses does he have? "It's seven. Worth thirteen million dollars." You don't want a President who's managed to become rich, do you? So pick Obama, who lives in a hut . No, wait, that's Barack's brother George. Obama lives in... that Chicago house that cost... how much?
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Top 0.1 Percent Will Get Nearly $1 Million Tax Cut from McCain
thinkprogress.org 8/19/2008 — In a now-famous political moment, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) suggested Saturday that the definition of “rich” is earning $5 million or more a year. As Ezra Klein pointed out , by this definition more than 99.9 percent of Americans are poor or middle ...
DNC Hits McCain For $5 Million Remark, Day After Obama
huffingtonpost.com 8/20/2008 — Democratic operatives were quick to jump on the one major McCain slip up from Saturday's Saddleback forum: the off-the-cuff remark that $5 million was the line of demarcation for distinguishing the rich.
On Monday, Barack Obama had a sharp attack ...
McCain camp responds: Obama's rich too
politico.com 8/21/2008 — McCain spokesman Brian Rogers responds to the growing Democratic mockery of McCain's difficulty with a question about how many houses he has by returning to the talking point that it's Obama who's an elitist, citing his more recent wealth:
Does a ...
$4 Million is Now Rich?
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 8/21/2008 — McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers fires back against charges that his boss is out of touch: “Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar ...
The Case of the Million Dollar Cabin
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 8/21/2008 — John McCain owns a 20 acre vacation property in Arizona worth over $1 million where he’s going to spend the week of the Democratic Convention. Or as Jonathan Martin puts it “the candidate is now at his cabin in Sedona, which he’ll ...
McCain jokes: $5 million a year is a good definition of rich
crooksandliars.com 8/21/2008 — When asked by Rich Warren last night how he would “define rich,” McCain did his very best to avoid the question and instead started rambling about the DNA of bears and Congress’ vacation time. Although he said “$5 ...
$100 Million Man McCain: Rich Not Defined by Income
crooksandliars.com 8/22/2008 — Eight years ago, then Governor George W. Bush revealingly joked about his backers at the 2000 Al Smith Dinner. “This is an impressive crowd - the haves and the have-mores,” Bush said, adding, “Some people call you the elites; I ...
Lifestyles of the Rich And Mavericky
feedproxy.google.com 8/22/2008 — Before John and Cindy McCain bought the two luxury condos in downtown Phoenix and combined them into one mega-condo for $4.6 million they lived in this Phoenix mansion . They sold it in 2006. But now it's on the market again for a cool $12 million. ...
McCain doesn't know how many houses he owns —
BlueNC - The people's think tank
I'm not sure if this is a problem of being too rich, marrying into a family that is too rich and not feeling it is yours, or being old. But, John McCain doesn't know how many houses he and his wife own.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Days after he cracked that being rich in the U.S. meant earning at least $5 million a year, Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged that he wasn't sure ...
McCain: Obama Is Rich Middle Class Too! —
Obsidian Wings
by hilzoy
The McCain campaign responds :
"Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses?"
I thought that people who only make $4 million a year are still comfortably part of the middle class, ...
Defining the Rich —
The American Scene
During the Saddleback Forum, Rich Warren asked candidates McCain and Obama to define what it means to be rich. Obama gave a very sober, responsible, straightforward answer:
I haven’t sold 25 million books, but I’ve been selling some books lately. (Laughter.) So I write a pretty big check to Uncle Sam. Nobody likes it. What I can say is is that under the approach I’m ...
Obama vs. McCain: The meaning of 'rich' —
The Swamp
by Mark Silva
John McCain said he saw this one coming: The moment he suggested that $5 million might define someone as rich, he knew he'd be hearing that out of context.
But Barack Obama, who told some women in New Mexico today that he understands the unfairness that women face in the workplace because his own working mother, who raised him and his sister, sometimes had to turn to ...
Obama Again Mocks McCain for $5 Million Claim —
The Page by Mark Halperin
The Land of Lincolner goes on the attack at an 1,800-person afternoon rally in Albuquerque for McCain’s comment suggesting only those marking more than $5 mil a year were really rich.
“This explains why his tax plan gives hundreds of thousands in tax breaks for people earning 2.5 million, because they’re only middle class.”
Also bashes McCain on the economy, ...
McCain’s definition of ‘rich’ illustrated. —
Think Progress
During the Saddleback Church presidential forum on Saturday, when Pastor Rick Warren asked both Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to define where “you move from middle class to rich,” McCain reflexively joked, “ How about $5 million? ” He then added that “it doesn’t matter really what my definition of rich is.” Noting that “McCain’s answer is just ...
McCain jokes: $5 million a year is a good definition of rich —
Crooks and Liars
When asked by Rich Warren last night how he would “define rich,” McCain did his very best to avoid the question and instead started rambling about the DNA of bears and Congress’ vacation time. Although he said “$5 million” jokingly, it’s pretty clear he didn’t want to offend the fat cat base of the Republican Party. This is pretty ironic coming ...
What's Rich? —
The Monkey Cage
Last night, Rick Warren asked both Barack Obama and John McCain to define the income level that makes someone rich. Neither candidate gave a precise answer. Obama pointed out that families making under $150,000 would benefit from his tax plan, while McCain offered up the absurd figure of $5 million dollars.
This is actually an interesting question since there is widespread confusion ...
Obama's money machine runs rich; so do House and Senate Democrats —
Top of the Ticket
Barack Obama raised $51 million in July, pushing the total he has raised since his presidential quest began to more than $390 million.
His take dipped slightly from the $52 million he raised in June . But he nearly matched the roughly $53 million raised by John McCain and the Republican National Committee combined in July.
Obama's $390 million in contributions (it's actually about ...
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