Out of Touch Again
The headline says it all "Candidate does not know how many houses he owns". Only the headline is not from 2008. It's from 2004! In the last two days, Senator Barack Obama has tried to make hay over a remark by Senator John McCain where he said that he didn't know how many homes that he and his wife owned. Sen. Joe Biden even quipped today that Sen. McCain needs to "figure out which of the seven kitchen tables to sit at". The problem with this is that when Republicans raised the charge about then nominee John Kerry in 2004.....
Hmmmm.....now where have I heard that before???? Oh yeah that's where...
So let's see just who owns those homes...the condo in Arlington, the Phoenix high rise and two of the four properties near Sedona are all owned by the Cindy Hensley McCain Family Trust. The 2nd Phoenix high rise condo and the Phoenix duplex...all owned by the Wild River Rental LLC. The two condos in Coronado CA are owned by the Dream Catcher Family Trust LLC. The other two Sedona properties (a house and a vacant property) are owned by the Sedona Hidden Valley LP. The condo in La Jolla CA is owned by the Margurite Hensley Survivors Trust. Eleven total properties and not one of them has John McCain's name on it. All are owned by either a business trust or by his wife - just the same as John and Teresa Kerry.
So before any of you Democrats decide to cast stones remember this. Four years ago, you defended John Kerry when he was faced with the same accusations. Do you really want to go down this particular road?
The aggregate value of these five homes is roughly$29 million, but the claim that John Kerry "owns" all of these properties is problematic. John and Teresa Kerry signed a prenuptial agreement and have kept their premarital assets separate.
Hmmmm.....now where have I heard that before???? Oh yeah that's where...
When I did a story about John McCain's release of his tax returns a few weeks ago, I somehow missed out on the glaring fact that Republican Presidential hopeful John McCain has a prenuptial agreement with second wife Cindy McCain. Well, at least she let him keep his maiden name.
So let's see just who owns those homes...the condo in Arlington, the Phoenix high rise and two of the four properties near Sedona are all owned by the Cindy Hensley McCain Family Trust. The 2nd Phoenix high rise condo and the Phoenix duplex...all owned by the Wild River Rental LLC. The two condos in Coronado CA are owned by the Dream Catcher Family Trust LLC. The other two Sedona properties (a house and a vacant property) are owned by the Sedona Hidden Valley LP. The condo in La Jolla CA is owned by the Margurite Hensley Survivors Trust. Eleven total properties and not one of them has John McCain's name on it. All are owned by either a business trust or by his wife - just the same as John and Teresa Kerry.
So before any of you Democrats decide to cast stones remember this. Four years ago, you defended John Kerry when he was faced with the same accusations. Do you really want to go down this particular road?
Labels: Presidential Politics, Senator Barack Obama, Senator John Kerry, Senator John McCain
posted by The Lady Logician at
4:59 PM
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Remember, dear ladylogic, that for liberals facts are symbols that are open to interpretation: but only THEIRS!
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Anonymous, at 9:39 PM
I don't recall that John Kerry wasn't able to say how many houses he and his wife own, which was the question asked of Senator McCain. Certainly almost every eligible voter in America has no trouble at all answering that question.
I do recall thinking that Kerry was an inept Presidential candidate, and now it looks like the Republicans are about to nominate their own hopelessly inept candidate.
McCain is supposed to be an expert on foreign policy, yet he has repeatedly referred to the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia as if they still exist. He has suggested that we should put pressure on the government of Somalia to solve the problems of Darfur. He has accused the Iranian government of harboring a radical Sunni organization, al-Qaeda. He has expressed concern about the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border.
Hardly a day goes by without some utterly clueless comment from McCain. It's sad. I supported McCain in 2000, but even he said at the time that he would be too old to ever run for President again. He was right.
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rmwarnick, at 7:05 PM
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