Talk about out of touch

John McCain was asked a simple question: 'How many houses do you have?'
McCain's actual response: 'I'm not sure, I’ll have to check with my staff.'

Well John, points for being truthful, but that is really pathetic. To top it off, one of his inner-circle staffers came to the rescue: 'At least four.' Well, they made an attempt. Best independent estimate is ten.

It's no secret that the Republican leadership and direction comes from the ultra-rich and their policies are first meant to benefit the ultra-rich. Barack Obama summed up this latest billboard of just how out-of-touch GOP leadership is from the common citizens of the US:

“Now think about that — I guess if you think that being rich means you gotta make five million dollars, and if you don't know how many houses you have, then it's not surprising that you might think the economy is fundamentally strong. But if you're like me and you've got one house — or you were like the millions of people who are struggling right now to keep up with their mortgage so that they don't lose their home — you might have a different perspective.

He also said that there was a “fundamental gap of understanding” between McCain’s world and “what people are going through every single day here in
America.”

McCain's forgetfulness on homeownership is right in line with his view of how the economy has fared under dubya's "leadership": "we've had a pretty good prosperous time." (McCain from a January primary debate) I guess when you have so much money that you can't keep track of how many houses you own, then you wouldn't try to the economy because you don't think it's broken. Talk about out of touch.


Note: that "$5 million dollars" comment refers to John McCain's definition of what it means to be rich. In other words, anyone making a mere $4 million per year is middle-class from McCain's perspective. I wouldn't have thought it at the beginning of this campaign, but John McCain appears to be even more out-of-touch than either of the Bushes.

Another Note: According to last year’s tax returns, the McCains spend over a quarter of a million dollars per year on personal servants (far more than a US Senator’s salary). I guess you need to have that many servants when you have so many houses that you can’t keep track of them. Talk about out of touch with issues that are important to ordinary Americans.