GOP's Thompson forgets how many houses he owns

[cali]

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The former Wisconsin governor, who is locked in a tight race for the U.S. Senate, answered "three" last week when asked by a reporter to enumerate his homes.

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports the Thompson campaign later clarified that there are actually four properties. He remembered a "new 10,889-square-foot home" near Walt Disney World in Florida with "top of the line everything," plus the family farm in his hometown of Elroy, Wis., and a house in the state capital of Madison.

Turns out Thompson forgot about a condo near Lake Wisconsin, which the Journal-Sentinel says is assessed at more than $1.3 million.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2012/10/08/tommy-thompson-houses-wisconsin-senate-tammy-baldwin/1620375/

[Blue Owl]

1. Tommy's McCaCain Moment?

n/t

[Flashmann]

2. forgets how many houses he owns

Sure I buy that.....I only have one house myself,but I often forget it has rooms in it...

[murielm99]

3. I only have one house,

and I know how lucky I am. We don't use all the rooms in it any more. After we do some fixing up, we should probably sell it and downsize.

I can't understand owning all those homes, unless it is income property. Too many people are homeless these days.

[LeftishBrit]

4. Didn't McCain do the same?

Talk about being the party of the rich!

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Tommy the Slum Lord,

still full of yourself,aren't you. The lobbyist from J&J. How did you hide your ownership Tommy?

[ThoughtCriminal]

6. Things I forget how many I own

Let's see...

Books. Might be able to guess +-50. Do ebooks count?
Apples. Bought be the pound and didn't count how many were in the bag.
Grapes. Ditto.
Pens. >20 <100. Pens that I know will write - five.
Coat hangers
Toothpicks
Paper clips
CD-ROM backups of software I wrote 12 years ago.
Bottles of shampoo. No, take that back. Since my divorce, I now have an accurate count: One

[Scuba]

7. Keeping track is hard when your brain is addled by alcohol.