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McCain Camp Responds On Houses Gaffe: He Was A POW!
TPM Election Central — The McCain campaign is road-testing a new argument in responding to Obama's criticism of his number-of-houses gaffe, an approach the McCain camp has never tried before: The houses gaffe doesn't matter because ... he was a POW! "This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison," spokesman Brian Rogers told the Washington Post. For those of you who haven't kept track, the McCain campaign just recently cited McCain's POW years in explaining away the Miss Buffalo Chip gaffe, and in dealing with the allegation that he ...

OMG- JOHN MCCAIN WAS A POW!
Balloon Juice — This response is pretty limp: “We’re delighted to have a real estate debate with Barack Obama,” said spokesman Brian Rogers, adding that the press should focus on Obama’s house. “It’s a frickin’ mansion. He doesn’t tell people that. You have a mansion you bought in a shady deal with a convicted felon.” The felon reference was to Tony Rezko, a former Obama friend and financial backer who was convicted on fraud and bribery charges this year. Rogers vowed to intensify efforts to link Obama to ...

You Knew This Was Coming ...
Obsidian Wings — ... by hilzoy It didn't take more than a few hours for McCain's people to cite his experience as a POW in response to his gaffe about his houses: ""The reality is they have some investment properties and stuff. It's not as if he lives in ten houses. That's just not the case," Rogers said. "The reality is they have four that actually could be considered houses they could use." (...) He also added: "This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison," referring to the prisoner of war camp that McCain was in during the ...

McCain: I've Only Got Four!!!!
Talking Points Memo — ... McCain spokesman Brian Rogers: "The reality is they have some investment properties and stuff. It's not as if he lives in ten houses. That's just not the case. The reality is they have four that actually could be considered houses they could use." ...

McCain Camp Responds to "Houses" Situation... Hilariously
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... McCain Camp Responds to "Houses" Situation... Hilariously This is awesome or awful PR work. I'm not sure which. A collection of things McCain spokesman Brian Rogers told the Washington Post about the ...

Obama Lives in "a Frickin' Mansion"
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... housing story took off today. Rogers tried to play down the story, saying that reports of the many McCain houses were overstated. ... He also added: "This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison," referring to the prisoner of war camp that McCain was in during the Vietnam War. Rogers called the house story "by far the most personal attack" of the campaign, and said "it comes from a candidate who said he was against this kind of thing." :puke: Read more: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/21/m...

McCain Camp Plays POW Card On House Gaffe
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Speaking to the Washington Post, aide Brian Rogers, in full damage-control mode, acknowledged that his boss had "some investment properties and stuff," but added: "This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison." ...

Oh, The Irony
Right Wing Nation — ... to get into a debate about houses? Does a guy who worries about the price of arugula and thinks regular people ‘cling’ to guns and religion in the face of economic hardship really want to have a debate about who’s in touch with regular Americans?” “The reality is that Barack Obama’s plans to raise taxes and opposition to producing more energy here at home as gas prices skyrocket show he’s completely out of touch with the concerns of average Americans.” And this: “We’re delighted to have a real estate ...

In His House There are Many Mansions
Swampland — The McCain campaign's constant invocation of the candidate's POW past is weird bordering on irrational: yesterday, Nicolle Wallace used it as evidence that McCain didn't "cheat" at Saddleback. By a VERY generous interpretation, she could have meant that POWs don't cheat. Or that once you've been a POW, you've been through so much you're above cheating. Or maybe you can't accuse a POW of cheating unless you're a POW. Today, spokesman Brian Rogers took the same tack against the "housing crisis" they currently face: "This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years ...

McCain Is Really Pissed Off
Open Left - Front Page — You know you have landed a good attack on McCain when his spokespeople are visibly pissed off. This is now the case with the Obama ad on McCain not knowing how many homes he owns. Check out the McCain campaign's response (emphasis mine): ...

McCain spokesman uses euphemism for "f*cking"
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Yikes. Sounds like the McCain people are a tad thin-skinned. I mean, in addition to invoking John McCain's former POW status in a debate over how many houses John McCain owns, McCain's spokesman used the word "fricking"- which is a euphemism for "f*cking." Not sure James Dobson is going to like that kind of talk. Of course, even more interesting was how McCain's spokesman declared, quite Scarlett O'Hara-like, that asking John McCain why he can't recall how many houses he owns is just the worst, most personal attack, ever! Yeah, I can see what they mean. I mean, questioning ...

McCain “How Many Houses” Story Gains Traction
Comments from Left Field — ... “This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years — in prison,” spokesman Brian Rogers told the Washington Post. ...

McCain's housing comeback
Michael Calderone's Blog — ... McCain spokesperson Brian Rogers brought up Barack Obama's involvement with Tony Rezko in the purchase of his home, and then reminded the Washington Post about McCain's experience as a prisoner of war in Hanoi: "This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years—in prison." ...

McCain Owns 4, I Mean 7, Err, 8 Houses
The Great Plains Observer — ... several times, when the McCain camp goes into damage control what usually pops up ? He also added: “This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years — in prison,” referring to the prisoner of war camp that McCain was in during the Vietnam War. Yep that POW card again. Anyway the McCain camp was ...

Pulling A Giuliani
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... "This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison," - Brian Rogers, McCain spokesman, responding to Obama mocking McCain for not knowing how many houses he owns. This was McCain's rhetorical gambit when accused of carpet-bagging earlier in his career. Hilzoy is ...

McC.R.E.A.M.
The Poor Man Institute — ... I think the McCain campaign has finally hit its stride. Briefly wrong-footed when the candidate couldn’t remember how many homes he owned (a calculation which apparently involves Bessel functions and hypercomplex geometries), the campaign hits back … HARD! ...

Brandon Friedman: John McCain Needs to Lay Off the POW Talk
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... properties), the Obama campaign pounced. They accused him of being elitist and disconnected and launched an ad within hours. The McCain campaign--realizing this was trouble--retorted the only way they knew how: With a truly stupefying response from McCain spokesman Brian Rogers: ...

This is Getting Ridiculous (Using McCain’s POW Status as an Excuse)
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Ok, so on Monday it was ridiculous to accuse McCain on cheating at the Saddleback Church forum because he was a POW. Now, it is silly to bring up how many houses he has because (and whether he can remember the number), well, he was a POW. Via The Trail (McCain Spokesman’s Retort: Obama Lives in “a Frickin’ Mansion”) McCain spokesman Brian Rogers: “This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years — in prison,” referring to the prisoner of war camp that McCain was in during the Vietnam ...

Mark Nickolas: Official Net Worth: McCain $36.4 Million, Obama $799,000
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... One of the clumsy arguments that the McCain camp tried to make today in hopes of slowing down the media freight train over not knowing how many homes he and his wife, Cindy, own was that Barack Obama (D) is also a rich guy who lives in a mansion himself, just like McCain. I believe the term they used was "a frickin' mansion." ...

TNR Exclusive: Long Lost McCain Video Exhumed
The Stump — ... , yesterday may go down as the day the McCain campaign jumped the shark on Vietnam. In response to Obama's attack on his hard-to-count real estate holdings, McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers noted that "[t]his is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison." Subtle stuff. ...

It’s All About the Arugula
The Moderate Voice — ... “This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years — in prison,” spokesman Brian Rogers told the Washington Post. ( ...

The Official TPM Tally: The McCains Own Eight To Eleven Houses
TPM Election Central — ... The McCain campaign claims the Arizona Senator has four residences: Condos in Arlington, VA., and Coronado, CA., the main McCain residence in Phoenix, AZ., and a ranch in Sedona, AZ. A McCain adviser says the rest of the McCain properties are "some investment properties and things like that." ...

Daily Digest: The One with Obama's VP Pick!
techPresident — ... from ABC News to the Christian Science Monitor. McCain fired back with equal rapidity through spirited campaign spokesperson quotes and a video spot cheekily called ...

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [44] -- McCain House Party!
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... So the McCain campaign is reduced to screaming "Rezko Rezko Rezko!" while nobody's paying attention. The desperation quote of the week from the McCain team comes from an interview with the Washington Post yesterday: ...