Exactly how many homes does McCain own?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

We know that John McCain owns so many homes, he's lost track of the exact number. But as long as it's the topic du jour, maybe we should go ahead and answer the question McCain is struggling with — how many homes does McCain own?

The McCain campaign conceded that the senator owns "at least four." The new Obama ad puts the number at "seven." There's one estimate that points to 10 homes, and I saw one count that pegs it at 13 properties.

Yglesias noted, "I've seen a lot of liberals giving John McCain a hard time about not knowing how many homes he owns. But this is a genuinely difficult question to answer!"

It actually is tricky. First, McCain owns a lot of homes. Second, he owns a lot of properties with multiples homes on the properties. And third, in a couple of instances, McCain has bought two homes, only to start tearing down walls to create super-duper homes. (Do we count the $700,000 condo McCain bought for his daughter as a graduation present? Decisions, decisions.)

The estimable Jed Lewison put together a very helpful Google Earth tour that helps sort through the presumptive Republican nominee's extensive portfolio.

I'd just add that the McCain campaign's odd "arugula"-based response chastises Obama for having made "$4 million last year."

Maybe the McCain gang can clarify — doesn't that make Obama, by McCain's standards, middle class?

Post Script: Alas, there is no video of McCain struggling with the question, but there is an audio file. I'm expecting some clever audiophile to have a remix available in 5…4…3…

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/

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I am getting so tired of beating you to the punch every single time

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=146082

[GiGii 4]

And who cares how many homes he has, does that change something? He or Obama can have 50 each, I hope they all get foreclosed on soon

[IAMX 3,055]

How many Senate Pages does he have?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I am getting so tired of beating you to the punch every single time

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=146082

It's hard to sort through 3 pages of current OT threads.

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I am getting so tired of beating you to the punch every single time

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=146082

It's hard to sort through 3 pages of current OT threads.

slacker!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

And who cares how many homes he has, does that change something? He or Obama can have 50 each, I hope they all get foreclosed on soon

There's context to this....see, McCain's camp chortled over Obama eating 'arugula' salads for lunch. An inference to Obama's supposed elitism and that such selective choices of higher ended foods makes him more out of touch with the regular joes compared to McCain, who sits on the bumper of his old Mustang that he's working on in his garage on the weekends, while he scarfs down a double meat sammich from Subway.

[alienlovechild 75]

Kerry, man of the people, only had 5 homes. Well, to be fair, his wife got them from her dead Republican husband.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_kerry_homes.htm

Obama got his property with his crooked buddy, Tony Rezko.

A few months after Obama became a U.S. senator, he and Rezko's wife, Rita, bought adjacent pieces of property from a doctor in Chicago's Kenwood neighborhood -- a deal that has dogged Obama the last two years. The doctor sold the mansion to Obama for $1.65 million -- $300,000 below the asking price. Rezko's wife paid full price -- $625,000 -- for the adjacent vacant lot. The deals closed in June 2005. Six months later, Obama paid Rezko's wife $104,500 for a strip of her land, so he could have a bigger yard. At the time, it had been widely reported that Tony Rezko was under federal investigation. Questioned later about the timing of the Rezko deal, Obama called it "boneheaded" because people might think the Rezkos had done him a favor.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/757...chdog24.article

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In case people miss the point --

McCain couldn't remember how many homes he owned.

That's the point. Not that he owns 4 or 7.

He couldn't remember.

[GiGii 4]

In case people miss the point --

McCain couldn't remember how many homes he owned.

That's the point. Not that he owns 4 or 7.

He couldn't remember.

Must be nice to not remember how much you got! So are they all investment properties, cause I'm sure I'd remember where all my vacation spots are.

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Must be nice to not remember how much you got!

Yes, he is fortunate. There's good money in beer.

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In case people miss the point --

McCain couldn't remember how many homes he owned.

That's the point. Not that he owns 4 or 7.

He couldn't remember.

ty i was about ask what the point was.

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ty i was about ask what the point was.

[chri'stina 190]

In case people miss the point --

McCain couldn't remember how many homes he owned.

That's the point. Not that he owns 4 or 7.

He couldn't remember.

So?

As for the number of homes...he is much older than Obama which means more time for making money and investments, plus he married a rich woman, and maybe he doesn't remember how many he owns b/c some he never sees or something and are investments.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

maybe he doesn't remember how many he owns b/c some he never sees or something and are investments.

You're saying he's a man who doesn't keep track of his own investments?

I'm sorry, was that supposed to make him look good?