McCain and his never-ending housing gaffes

Astute observers of politics already realized that the Republican candidates are always elites, as are, by definition, nearly every politician. However, in our current toothless media climate, simply asserting that one is a thing¹ and not another² is generally enough for the assertion³ to get repeated endlessly on the talking head circuit. Vetting a candidates statement is a vestige of the old days, when the Fourth Estate served a different master – the citizenry – not their corporate overlords. Anyway, John McCain’s gaffe⁴ was so obvious the press had a field day. Daily Kos’ DemFromCT has compiled at least 10 stories covering the topic. Bwwwaahahaha…

Special Edition of John McCain and his seven eight houses. Do not swim with sharks while you cut your own jugular. See what happens when you do:

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Ouch. If this were a prize fight, the ref would call it. But it’s politics, so he’ll just keep bleeding.

Note to the press… McCain and his campaign continue to make huge gaffes and unforced errors, such as showing up late at Saddleback, attacking Andrea Mitchell, overdoing the POW defense, etc. Meanwhile, Obama’s doing a great job managing the VP roll-out. Yeah, I know, the media narrative is that Democrats are always nervous and reactive, and Republicans are always efficient and confident, but look beyond the labels at this one.

[From Daily Kos: Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Special Edition]

Video, with images of the houses, and a Cat Power soundtrack:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhuMgUkiVOY

 

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Footnotes:

1. thanks to Bishop Joseph Butler [↩]
2. though the full quote is “Every thing is what it is, and not another thing.” [↩]
3. in this case, that Obama is an elite, and McCain is a common man. Yeah, right. [↩]
4. he wasn’t sure how many million dollar homes he actually owned – was it seven? Eight? Four? [↩]