Monday, October 20, 2008

McCain's Mansions



I'm still not 100% sure on the exact number of houses and automobiles the McCain family owns, but regardless of a 1-2 car/ house variation (depending on the source,) the numbers are still staggering. The following is an excerpt from an article that appeared in "Businessweek," and was posted on businessweek.com on September 22.

“According to Newsweek, the McCain’s have a 2005 Volkswagen convertible in the garage along with a 2001 Honda sedan. There’s a 2007 half-ton Ford pickup truck, a vintage 1960 Willys Jeep; a 2008 Jeep Wrangler; a 2000 Lincoln; and a 2001 GMC SUV. The McCain’s also own three 2000 NEV Gem electric vehicles, which are golf-cart like vehicles popular in retirement communities. Gem cars are made by a company owned by Chrysler. McCain…..Nine homes and 14 cars…….”
In this video, the McCain’s are sighted as owning at least 6 homes nationwide. Further, the story of one American woman who lost her home due to the failing economy is simultaneously interwoven into pieces of McCain’s speeches on the “financial responsibilities” of Americans, and other issues he himself couldn’t possibly be more removed from in his every day.

I definitely wouldn't go as far as to say that you should vote on this issue alone, but it's pretty alarming no matter what your affiliation.McCain makes a comment in this video that lumps the gigantic, monopolizing bank monsters and the small business owners (and middle- class lenders,) into the same category. What horse shit. Let us please at least attempt to agree on one issue here: big banks and small borrowers are NOT the same thing.

1 comment:

BlueSierra said...

I think its interesting to find out all these things about the canidates. I say that only because all politicians are supposedly there in Washington to help us, the little people, and for some funny reason they seem to be the only ones benefiting. How is that possible? From all their talk I would think that the majority of us too would have 6 homes or more. Crazy! Instead most people are one check of away from being homeless. People are dying everyday because they dont have insurance or the money to get medical help. Yet, these politicans have jets, personal physicians, even personal shoppers. Crazy!