Does McCain have a Kerry Problem?
Remember in 2004 when Republicans painted John Kerry as out of touch. Kerry had four houses and he wind-surfed, so there was no way for him to know what the average American could be feeling.
“He is someone who purports to campaign as a man of the people, but who resides in a whole series of wealthy million dollar chateaus and mansions,” said Bush campaign spokesman Terry Holt in the summer of 2004. “It’s just one more contradiction and example of him being out of the mainstream with America.”
Well, at least Kerry knew how many houses he owned. McCain was asked yesterday how many houses he owned and he couldn’t answer the question. “I think — I’ll have my staff get to you,” McCain said to Politico.com.
From the Huffington Post:
John and Cindy McCain own a plethora of houses spread throughout the United States, including: two beachfront condos in Coronado, California, condo in La Jolla, California, a two-unit condominium complex in Phoenix, Arizona, three ranch houses located outside of Sedona, Arizona, a high-rise condo in Arlington, Virginia, a rental loft, and, according to GQ, a loft they bought for their daughter, Meghan.
Audio of McCain’s non-answer is below. When you listen to the McCain’s answer, it seems to me that it wasn’t that he didn’t know the answer, rather, it was almost like he didn’t want to answer the question. Maybe he didn’t know how to spin the question into a simple paradigm in which he was still a humble American.
