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McCain out of touch if he's lost count of his homes, Obama says
Obama suggests that if McCain says he's 'not sure' how many houses he and his wife own, then he can't understand average voters' hardships. > By any measure, neither of the major presidential candidates is poor. But today, they sniped at each other over who was too rich to understand the economic hardships of average voters.
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Fancy John
Eschaton — That's some elitist coffee we can appreciate, my friends. McCain, who huddled with advisors at his desert compound in Sedona, Ariz., said nothing in public. A nine-car motorcade took him to a nearby Starbucks early in the morning, where he ordered a large cappuccino. McCain otherwise avoided reporters.

The "Common Man"
Rising HegemonHit "F5" for "He was a P.O.W." macro: By midafternoon, both campaigns were in full battle cry and sought to portray the other candidate as living an ostentatious lifestyle. Both campaigns called reporters, rushed out scathing TV attack ads, unveiled new websites and unleashed surrogates. McCain, who huddled with advisors at his desert compound in Sedona, Ariz., said nothing in public. A nine-car motorcade took him to a nearby Starbucks early in the morning, where he ordered a large cappuccino. McCain otherwise avoided ...

Whatsa matter, John, Dunkin' Donuts coffee ain't good enough for ya?
Brilliant at BreakfastWho's the elitist now? McCain, who huddled with advisors at his desert compound in Sedona, Ariz., said nothing in public. A nine-car motorcade took him to a nearby Starbucks early in the morning, where he ordered a large cappuccino. McCain otherwise avoided reporters.

When You've Got Eight Houses ...
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — You want to avoid coverage like this: "A nine-car motorcade took him to a nearby Starbucks early in the morning, where he ordered a large cappuccino. McCain otherwise avoided reporters." ...

McCain's Houses: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... ). Update: McCain isn't commenting on this story. But that doesn't mean he's not out and about ! McCain, who huddled with advisors at his desert compound in Sedona, Ariz., said nothing in public. A nine-car motorcade took him to a nearby Starbucks early in the morning, where he ordered a large cappuccino. McCain otherwise avoided reporters. ...

Elitism
WTF Is It Now?!? — ... 'McCain, who huddled with advisors at his desert compound estate in Sedona, Ariz., said nothing in public. A nine-car motorcade took him to a nearby Starbucks early in the morning, where he ordered a large cappuccino. McCain otherwise avoided reporters.' ...

Eric Schmeltzer: How Many Cars Do You Take to Starbucks? McCain Takes Nine
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Who is the out of touch celebrity again? The L.A. Times reports that while 8-Domicile was chillin' in one of his Cindy's mansions, listening to the brouhaha over him not remembering how many houses he owned, John McCain got an itch. An itch for a large cappuccino from Starbucks. So what did he do? What people with eight houses and gobs of money and pay over $270,000 a year for 'domestic help' do when they want a coffee. He took nine cars down to the closest Starbucks and indulged in some frothy goodness. McCain, who ...

John and Cindy McCain: Cars aplenty
Top of the Ticket — ... If his wife buys the cars, that could literally be true. And, of course, Honda, Toyota and others make thousands of cars in the United States. But if you can't recall how many houses you have, how are you supposed to remember what's in their garages? ...

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John McCain, too rich to be President.
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Counting housesBen Smith's Blog
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