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Homes on the Head of McCain's Pin
Talking Points Memo —
... appears to be a relatively straightforward list of the properties the McCain's own. The question is how to enumerate them in terms of homes, especially in cases where a single McCain estate contains several different 'houses'. Another complexity comes in the McCain's primary residence, the $4.7 million condo in Phoenix. In that case, McCain bought two separate condos (i.e., two homes) and combined them into one mega-home.
One group, Progressive Accountability, counts 10 homes. And for now we're treating that as the baseline enumeration.
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FOX overlooks McCain's wealth, real estate
News Hounds —
... seeming contradiction of FOX News repeatedly bringing up former candidates' magnificent homes and wealth, to portray them as elitists and hypocrites, yet failing to inform of the McCains' multiple holdings. Not coincidentally, the candidates so derided were Democrats: John Kerry, John Edwards, Al Gore spring immediately to mind. We've noted the McCains own ten homes across the country, from oceanfront condos to a suburban "ranch." In fact, they have so many properties John McCain can't keep track and referred inquiring reporters to his staff.
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Fun Facts.
Blah3 Feed —
... beaches - by law. State law requires all beaches remain accessible to the public, and counties must make sure the public can reach the beach in areas where private property dominates. But the Iroquois Point Island Club, which rents homes to the public, can refuse access to its beach because it is on land belonging to the Navy. Military property is exempt from the state and county beach access rules. According to Huffington Post, McCain owns 10 homes, with a combined worth of nearly $14 million. John ...
The GOP Made the Theft of the Nation's Wealth Perfectly Legal at the Expense of America's Working Class: A BF Series
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... age of stagnant wages, the Bush deficit, and lost jobs. Along with Rubin himself, who is now an executive at Citibank, those advocating the continuation of Rubinomics are entrenched in the upper echelon of the financial sector. Ultimately, the neo-liberal economic policies of the last three decades are driven by Wall Stree. At the heart of this question is where economic policy should originate: Wall Street or Main Street? McCain tries to be the guy next door, but he's clearly not a neighbor to any "average American family," unless average means an annual ...
Awesome, fun facts about John McCain!
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily —
... of the time McCain voted with George W. Bush in 2008 so far.
164 lobbyists McCain enlisted to set policy and raise money for his campaign.
100 years - the time John McCain thinks U.S. forces must stay in Iraq.
$10 billion amount John McCain would spend in Iraq each month.
10 number of houses John McCain forgot he owns.
58 percent ...
