This lifetime legislator who owns 9-10 luxury homes cannot understand how the rest of us live

[bigtree]

. . . and shouldn't get away with pretending he does.


from Rising Hegemon: http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2008/08/fabulous-elite-life-of-john-mccain.html


Tuesday, August 12, 2008

The FABULOUS ELITE life of John McCain


Just one of 8 (or 9) houses, the one where they entertain his journalist base. Note the Barbecue Area!



And then there is their property in Phoenix: http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/153047

Sen. John McCain and his wife, Cindy, are plunking down $4.66 million for a luxury condo in a high-end area of Phoenix.

McCain and his wife are in the process of selling their estate in north-central Phoenix. Cindy McCain, the daughter of beer wholesaler Jim Hensley, grew up in the seven-bedroom, 11,000-square-foot home on 2 acres.


Of course there's this too: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=4684439&page=2

. . . another condo in Arlington, Va., assessed at about $850,000.

And of course, there's the condo in LaJolla, CA that the tax was not paid on.


And then there is this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080702/pl_politico/11477

$700,000 for a 1,900-square foot, three-bedroom loft condo for her then-22-year-old daughter Meghan McCain, who was moving back to Phoenix after graduating from New York’s Columbia University.


But Barack Obama went to see his family in Hawaii, the elitist!


http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2008/08/fabulous-elite-life-of-john-mccain.html



from AmericaBlog.com: http://www.americablog.com/2008/08/this-is-only-one-of-john-mccains-8-or-9.html

Hey, nothing wrong with being filthy rich. Just stop playing the regular guy, going after your opponent's supposedly elite life, when you and your wife combined are worth $100 million and you can't even remember how many homes you own. Here's a spread John McCain posed for in Architectural Digest with one of his 8, 9, or 10 homes. I particularly like the shot below of the pool, barbeque, and guesthouse area. Most of us have BBQs, not an entire BBQ "area." And we're lucky if our houses have guest rooms, rather than entire additional guest houses. No wonder the media loves going to McCain's barbeques.




And hey, who doesn't have a bedroom with an outdoor spa and outdoor fireplace on a huge private patio?

[lonestarnot]

1. You are so right. Lumpy wouldn't know a thing about it. He can't even pretend well.

[gratuitous]

2. Hey! Quit noticing stuff!

You notice just what we tell you to notice, and right now you're supposed to notice that Obama is presumptuous and that he's, you know, not like "us." Wink, wink.

[awoke_in_2003]

31. Yeah, drives me crazy too.

Down here, when you here "he's, you know, not like "us." Wink, wink" you can guarantee that means "he isn't white"

[babylonsister]

3. Yes,America, here's yet another politician who will not have your

interests at heart because he doesn't even know what your interests are. So go ahead, hire him. :eyes:

[yardwork]

4. I wonder if anyone ever uses that outdoor spa.

A lot of children are homeless in America. They'll go without a bath tonight. Meanwhile, John and Cindy have an outdoor bathtub and fireplace that has probably never been used. I'll bet the first and only time those logs were lit was for the photo shoot.

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. And the working class stiffs who will vote for him think if they just work hard enough, someday.....

:spray: Somehow though someday never comes and they NEVER GET THAT! Morans!

[opihimoimoi]

6. How uppity of McLumpy.....to call Obama "elite" is a projection of himself

he is the ELITE ONE

trying to fool his base....

He poses an extreme danger to America...

[Hubert Flottz]

19. GOP's "crème de la crème"

First an AWOL deserter and next a Gigolo...

Miz. Buffalo Chippie and Mr. McGigolo are a heck of an offering...what's next, a full of shit whore monger with a dirty diaper fetish or a perverted hypocrite who makes out in a stinkin' shithouse?

And Jon claims that Gawd is his Co-pilot?

[opihimoimoi]

27. The man has a shit load of bad Charactoristics...you know, the D signs

Dominator/Slave....slave to wife and a Bully to the rest of us...

Arrogant...sim to Bush..."Lemme Finish..LEMME FINISH!!!"

Myopic....Its his way or else...unless....a close voice...

Under informed....wasted time drinking instead of reading....not even close to 50 50 ratio

Despicable...left first wife for ulterior reasons.....votes against things Good.....like Vet Bennys....

CADism...to offer his wife as a prize is a sign of a CAD

Always Negative....its a chosen Mode.....a way of life.....

Co Pilot his ass....LOL

Opi

[Hubert Flottz]

30. Same Old Shitass!

If it hadn't been for his daddy he'd be nothing, just like the fool we have fukin' the country up right now.

Voted for everything bad that Bush ramrodded through congress 95% of the time...100% if hed been at work but he was out going to country clubs eating cake when the country was melting down.

Prolly married the Buffalo Chippie because she owned a beer company. A drunkard's dream to marry a Buffalo Gal with a beer bidness!

Why would anybody HATE AMERICA enough to vote for W's third term, because that's exactly what McSameOldShit will be.

[opihimoimoi]

33. Obama playing Rope a GOPE....watch when he comes back...McLame gonna feel his ass torn apart

REVOLT WID YO VOTE

Vote Blue

[patrice]

7. Hey! It's your OWN Fault you aren't living like that! You're just Jealous!

Quit yer whinin' and get out there in the Glorious Free Market and do what it takes and you too can have all of America asking you to tell them what to do.

P.S. I won't insult you with a sarcasm emoticon.

[Apollo11]

8. John and Cindy McCain have a prenup. Most of the wealth is hers.

So it is not correct to say that John McCain owns all these homes.

You could say just struck lucky and managed to marry into a rich family.

I guess that makes him different from someone like John Kerry, who only ever married poor women ... :eyes:

[bigtree]

10. what, he lives in the shed?

sleeps in the car?


Tax disclosures from 2006 and 2007 indicate that he spent most of his own income, suggesting that Cindy McCain funds their lifestyle.

McCain reported income of $405,409 last year, but the money he spent on charitable contributions, wages to household staff, alimony and taxes ate up most of that – showing how his wife, Cindy, helped support a wealthy lifestyle.

In 2007, McCain earned aSenate salary of $161,708 and book royalties of $176,508. His wife earned a salary of $432,991 as chairwoman of her company. Since he filed separately, John McCain’s return lists half of his income and half of his wife’s salary. McCain’s return does not include a large stream of dividends, capital gains, private investment profits and interest that went solely to his wife and her dependents.

The McCains own (four) homes across the nation and employ a staff of at least four that in 2007 cost about $273,000, half of which was listed on the senator’s tax return. McCain and his wife’s properties, all held mortgage-free, include their creek-side ranch outside Sedona, Ariz. In 2006, they purchased a $4.7-million condo in Phoenix; and in 2004, she bought a $2.6-million beachfront property near the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego County, according to property records.

Asked whether his wife was supporting him, McCain’s campaign staff offered a separate income calculation for 2007 showing that the senator’s surplus income after expenses amounted to about $64,000 and suggested that he was providing for himself.

By contrast, Cindy McCain reported assets of more than $1 million in a single Chase Bank account and assets of up to $1 million in each of about three dozen accounts and investments, according to a 2006 Senate financial disclosure report.

Judging only by his returns, McCain would seem to have the lowest income of the three candidates for the presidency. Clinton earned $20.4 million in 2007 and Obama $4.2 million, thanks mostly to books the two candidates wrote. But with his wife’s money included, McCain is ranked by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics as the 19th-wealthiest member of Congress.

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/19/nation/na-mccaintaxes19

[Vickers]

14. No, he's a kept man...and kept VERY well.

:P

[Bobbie Jo]

20. If I had her money, I sure as hell would have bought a newer make/model of husband.

:eyes:

[Vickers]

23. Seriously.

Yoo hoo, George Clooney!

:spank:

[awoke_in_2003]

32. It is not about his looks...

it is about power.

[PVnRT]

21. The point of your post is....what?

That Obama is the true elitist in this election?

The whole point here is that the one accusing Obama of being an elitist celebrity snob lives in fabulous luxury. He's a vile hypocrite that knows jack shit about ordinary Americans.

[Apollo11]

26. That John McCain does not own 9-10 luxury homes

I don't know how common a prenup was back in 1980.

Cindy's folks must have taken legal advice.

[PVnRT]

28. So, why are you parsing words and making the GOP's argument for them?

[global1]

9. Now That's A Political Commercial For You If I Ever Saw One.....

pics of all of the McCain homes and the lush lifestyle that they live and then the other side of the coin - those homes with foreclosure signs on them. And then the voiceover launching into a message about our housing bubble bursting thanks to the people that live in these big homes.

I'm global1 and I approved of this message.

[malaise]

12. Ditto

with one question - will the real elitist please stand up!!!

[patrice]

13. It's NOT below the belt either. Just a statement of fact, since "elitism" seems to be the subject

of discourse, let's just talk about elitism. Q. WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY . . . are 8,9,10 homes necessary? A. Because we deserve them. Q. And why do you deserve them? A. Because we have the money. Q. Is money, therefore, what makes a person deserving then? A. No, work is what makes a person deserving. Q. So you worked for your money? A. . . . . . :hide:

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. But, but, but Obama is an elitist!!

:sarcasm:

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. I have stomach burn.

[NMDemDist2]

16. Cindy sold the 'old homestead' a few years ago. I remember seeing an article

in the Arizona Republic that they had to lower the selling price by a couple million

It's relisted now at $12 mill, check it out....

http://www.bobhassett.com/my_listings.asp?listing_id={D87EE478-CC95-4018-882A-F4A4DEC1FEAB}

[Jane Austin]

25. The furniture in that place is huge.

He must feel really small in it.

[ljm2002]

17. And I'm waiting for the attack ad...

...that asks if this champion of the working man has ever had a real job?

Crickets.

This man is so vulnerable on so many levels, but we are not seeing the attacks that need to be made to just stuff him where he belongs, in his political coffin.

I heard an ad here in Nevada, did not see it because I was in the other room. The voice over went something like this: "The real Obama wants to raise taxes, and bigger government. Therefore fewer jobs. McCain is for green energy and more jobs."

I am not kidding. It's not word-for-word, but it is the gist of what was said. I thought to myself, WTF??? McCain is the green-energy guy? Who knew?

[Wednesdays]

29. They replay that commercial ad nauseum during the Olympics

The unspoken theme is how "scary" Obama is. It's rovian subtle racism at work: "Watch out for the spook." :eyes:

[SheilaT]

18. And I remember well when I lived in Phoenix in the late '80's

that it was an open secret that McCain had already moved from his place in his Congressional District to fancier digs elsewhere in town because he was planning to run for the Senate. Apparently his district was a relatively shabby part of Phoenix.

[bigtree]

22. Tour One of McCain's Homes (slideshow)

from HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/12/tour-one-of-john-mccains_n_118449.html

In 2005 the McCains opened the doors to one of them for an interview with Architectural Digest: http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/archive/mccain_article_072005


For the complete slideshow, click here: http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/archive/mccain_slideshow_072005


Wonkette calls this one his 'Bondage Room: http://wonkette.com/401849/look-its-john-mccains-indian-doll-room

This is the Bondage Room in one of John McCain’s nine homes (seriously, NINE), this one in Phoenix. Lucky Architectural Digest did a whole tour of the house and you can view their slide show here. Now it’s quite possible that John McCain has never been inside his Phoenix home, and who can blame him? That’s some scary, macabre shit! JUST LOOK at that thing to the right of the big cigar store Indian’s head. What the fuck! It’s like the deformed offspring of Beetlejuice and dead Heath Ledger’s Joker, wearing a brown lunchbag diaper and carrying a gay umbrella. What the fuck!!!

[nilram]

24. you know they've got to have hired help to keep it all going

So don't say they don't have any contact with regular folks -- I expect they order them around all the time...