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Talking Points Memo | McCains Bought Second Beach Condo At Around Time McCain Said Struggling Homeowners Needed To Skip Vacations
Here's a fun little find that is likely to give Dems more ammo to blast away at John McCain's number-of-houses gaffe. It turns out that a few months ago, a McCain family corporation closed on a second multi-million-dollar beach condo in the same building in exclusive Coronado, California -- at around the same time that John McCain offered his somewhat tone-deaf observation that ...
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How The McCains View Home Ownership: “So I Bought Another One”
Oliver Willis — ... The McCains are not like us and they don’t want to do a thing to make it possible for the rest of us to come close to their lifestyle. ...

McCains buy second beach condo in the same building at the same time McCain advises Americans to skip their vacation to make their mortgage payments
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truthFrom TPM Election Central: Cindy told her interviewer that the reason they needed a second beach condo in the Coronado building was that the first was too crowded because her kids were staying there and as a result she "couldn't get in the place." Cindy continued: "So I bought another one." ...

Stevens' Very, Very Short Memory
TPMMuckraker — ... Maybe John McCain can't remember how many houses he owns, but it sounds like indicted GOP Sen. Ted Stevens (AK) has a pretty short memory too. ...

What Publius Said
Balloon Juice — ... a normal person, but by now he’s spent most of his adult life sheltered behind a bubble of vast wealth. In that way he resembles President Bubble Boy more than almost any office holder in DC. Some months ago I worked out how the things that I need to cut back now that I’m paying for Honda Fit. Now I’m worried that the Sharp Edge and the excellent Turkish restaurant around the block* will go under before the wife and I see it again. When do you suppose was the last time McCain had to think like that? ...

FMB - Friday McBush Bashing
Discourse.net — ... for Obama, Dems Carpetbagger, The temperament question comes roaring back Carpetbagger, A noun, a verb, and ‘prisoner of war’ Jeb Report, McCain: Still ‘The One’ For Lobbyists, McCain’s limp response to the “homes” flap: McCain Camp Plays POW Card On House Gaffe (via HuffPo) McCains Bought Second Beach Condo At Around Time McCain Said Struggling Homeowners Needed To Skip ...

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [44] -- McCain House Party!
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... This one is just priceless (so to speak). Hmm... priceless... this could easily be turned into a MasterCard spoof commercial, now that I think about it. This one is so good, it's worth writing John and Cindy McCain's words down on an index card, just in case you get the chance to use it. ...

The Fabulous Life of John McCain
Firedoglake — ... he drives, thinks Americans need to cancel their vacations and take second jobs to get through the hard times while his wife bought a second Coronado condo because the "kids used it so much I couldn't get in the place." ...

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