Think of all the money they saved on bait
For a campaign that was getting flak for not attacking John McCain aggressively enough, the Obama team sure was quick to spring on McCain’s gaffe today about not knowing how many homes he owns — with the Democratic National Committee releasing the above graphic (via Kevin Drum), and Team Obama announcing an immediate string of 16 surrogate-led local events to keep McCain’s blunder in the public eye.
You’d almost think they were planning to launch an assault on this anyway, and McCain was simply kind enough to give them a well-timed excuse.
Stumble it!
August 22nd, 2008 at 6:07 am
I wish everyone would get off John and Candy McCain’s backs over this house piffle. They deserve to live in as many places as possible because President McCain is a World War II hero, and Candy McCain inherited her family’s alcohol distribution money having given pleasure to millions of drinkers the world over. They are strong in their faith, families, and portfolios. Jesus and Ronald Reagan smile down on them from Heaven. And their servants look forward to that $270,000 payroll every year. Leave them alone!
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I stated it before to explain his gaffe history and I’ll repeat it here..
One word to explain not knowing the number of houses: Alzheimers’s
I doubt if McCain could find Georgia on the map.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Is it possible that all this ridiculous gossip about the presidential candidates clouds the importance of the election and the policies that the candidates stand by? With this story on the news, in the papers and the topic of every one’s disscussion, it seems we wil end up voting merely for the candidate with the best publicity. And does exploiting McCain’s faux-pas actually benefit the Obama Campaign? It seems as though McCain could spin the Obama campaign’s interpretation of his house crisis by agreeing that he was mistaken in making such a remark. He would thereby give himself added credibility and be able to define or explain the problem in his own terms which could prevent long term political damage.