who’s the elitist?
My favorite photo of Barack Obama. What? What's that you say? You thought I might have used a photo of John McCain here? Steups!
When asked how many houses he owns, John McCain had this to say:
“I think — I’ll have my staff get to you. It’s condominiums where — I’ll have them get to you.”
Um. OK. Does this mean he doesn’t know? Doesn’t want to tell us? Or is he just so hopelessly clueless he’s downright dangerous?
I vote for the latter.
I was thrilled to see this item picked up by the Times Online as well as the BBC. It’s irrational, but I have this hope that if the British are paying attention, if they agree that this was a real lunatic thing for a presidential candidate to say, maybe the American people will finally wake up to the reality that we do not know enough about this man, what he really thinks or what he really intends to do. (One can hope!)
Frank Rich of the New York Times wrote a great op-ed piece last week about this very issue. He breaks down exactly how little we know about McCain, how totally un-vetted he really is. Read it here.
Here’s the Obama campaign’s response ad:
UPDATE: Today’s edition of MSNBC’s “First Read” email reads, in part:
Emptying The Arsenal: Wow, yesterday was quite the day of attacks. Amidst all the VP buzz was one of the harshest exchanges to date on the campaign trail. McCain stepped into it with his Politico interview on Wednesday, when he perhaps committed a gaffe that will go down as either a “grocery scanner” moment or the “I was for it before I was against it” by saying he couldn’t answer the question about how many houses/properties he and his wife own. No doubt, he’s got a good answer now if he’s asked (“I have one home and we own a few investment properties” probably would have sufficed). But that wasn’t the answer he gave, and the DNC/Obama folks were downright RNC-esque in their organized effort to amplify this gaffe. Obama’s desperately needed a moment to look more in touch with people than McCain, and he may have found it. What’s more, the hit provided Democrats with a psychological boost as the polls show the race to be tightening as we head into the conventions. Clearly, Team McCain and its GOP allies were spooked as they unloaded their Rezko/Ayres oppo in one-fell swoop. It felt like an oppo-dump that was probably off the schedule they had in their heads about when they’d unveil these various hits. And if Rezko gets legs, then expect the Dems to fire back with Keating. It’s turning into one ugly start to the Political Olympics.
Posted on August 22nd, 2008 under Grenada • 
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