Slog - Comments on Maverick Moment of the Day http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23 In an interview with Politico yesterday, John McCain said he couldn't remember how many houses he owns: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own. "I think — I'll have my staff get to you," McCain told Politico in Las Cruces, N.M. "It's condominiums where — I'll have them get to you." The correct answer is at least four, located in Arizona, California and Virginia, according to his staff. Actually, based on this new Obama attack commercial (turned around rather quickly I might ad), it sounds... Copyright 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:50:27 -0800 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:00:47 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Well fucking finally.

Jeez...

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110151 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110151 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:58:49 -0800 Comment by Travis Ladies and gentlemen, I think we may finally have ourselves a fight.

]]> Travis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110157 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110157 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:09:22 -0800 Comment by Travis Ladies and gentlemen, I think we may finally have ourselves a fight.

]]> Travis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110158 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110158 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:09:34 -0800 Comment by PC Good article in NYT today about white Bubba voters in Racoon Township PA being the slice OBama needs to get. Another piece in op eds today about how he could do better among older women, too.

how does picking Biden change this:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/?map=10

Attacking McCain is great and allows all the folks who are already pro Obama to celebrate how bad McCain is, blah lbah blah. He's bad. Got it. It's fun to revel in it.

But Obama needs to show Bubba and older women exactly how he Obama will put money in their pocket and make their future better with specific language.

The way Clinton did in 1992 and did in office for eight years and the way Clinton was doing earlier this year in the primaries.

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110159 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110159 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:12:16 -0800 Comment by jameyb NICE!!

]]> jameyb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110160 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110160 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:12:25 -0800 Comment by Bethany Jean Clement Love the completely damning "Hmmm." YES.

]]> Bethany Jean Clement http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110162 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:14:27 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Also, "rich" means you make over 5 million dollars a year.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110163 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110163 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:15:58 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle It's obvious his memory, including whether or not the red button is good or bad, is shot.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110202 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110202 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:57:05 -0800 Comment by Levislade Great ad. Yes!

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110212 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110212 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:13:15 -0800 Comment by Gomez That's totally not a telltale sign of excessive wealth.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110213 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110213 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:13:23 -0800 Comment by infrequent i really couldn't care less how many houses john mccain owns as a tool to evaluate his economic policy. if anything, it's a sign of his success (even if it is success-in-law).

john mccain says the economy is fine... but ask yourself... is it?

john mccain says the war in iraq is going well... but ask yourself... is it?

john mccain paints obama as an out-of-touch elitist... but who is wealthier? try walking in his shoes indeed! you cannot afford to.

no, john mccain already has seven houses he cannot manage to keep track. let's not give him an eighth he can't manage...

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110215 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110215 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:14:34 -0800 Comment by sw no, john mccain already has seven houses he cannot manage to keep track. let's not give him an eighth he can't manage...

And there's your next ad's closing line.

]]> sw http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110295 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110295 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:34:04 -0800 Comment by stinkbug
He doesn't know what makes one rich (dollarwise).
He doesn't know how many homes he owns.
He doesn't know if health insurance companies should cover Viagra but not birth control.

But he does know how to find Bin Laden?

Sadly, what he does know will get him elected.

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110324 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110324 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:57:53 -0800 Comment by E Does McCain smoke Maverick cigarettes?
( http://www.buydiscountcigarettes.com/selectflavor.asp?select=Maverick )

]]> E http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110347 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110347 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:11:39 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Well clearly John McCain loves America, because he owns so much of it.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110357 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110357 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:16:37 -0800 Comment by stinkbug "This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison," spokesman Brian Rogers told the Washington Post.

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110377 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/maverick_moment_of_the_day_23#c1110377 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:31:45 -0800 Comment by infrequent @16. if they want us to consider his prison was a house, then, technically speaking, it was his second home.

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