Take the McCain House Tour!
With Places to Hang His Hat on Two Coasts -- and a Few in Between -- the Candidate Is Living Large
By Paul Schwartzman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 22, 2008; C01
Indoor and outdoor swimming pools! Spas and state-of-the-art fitness centers! Views of the Arizona mountains, the Pacific Ocean and downtown Phoenix!
John McCain isn't just a presidential candidate. He's a veritable bling-master, worthy of an "MTV Cribs" episode, those televised tours of brazenly gilded homes led by celebrity owners like 50 Cent, Hulk Hogan and Bow Wow.
Except that the good senator may trump them all. His family's real estate holdings are so plentiful that not even McCain is sure of the number.
"I'll have my staff get back to you," he told a reporter from the Politico Web site when asked.
Whatever the count, we couldn't get McCain to lead us on a "Cribs"-style tour of his real estate, the senator being ever-busy trying to add another rather impressive property to his portfolio (1600 Pennsylvania Ave.).
So we'll take you on a McCain flyover ourselves, a coast-to-coast jaunt that covers at least five cities and three states.
First stop: Hidden Valley, Ariz., where the senator and his wife, Cindy, own a 15-acre ranch valued at more than $1 million.
Oh, but this property was a dud once upon a time! Nothing more than a house and a bunch of junked cars.
Then the McCains got their hands on it and voilà ! Step inside the main house, one of several buildings on the property, and check out the soaring ceilings, the floor made from Arizona flagstone, the chasm of a fireplace and the backyard grill where McCain likes to flip burgers and opine on the advantages of cooking with lemon juice.
But that's when the senator is relaxing.
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Haves and Have nots
Obama as an elitist takes a suspension of reality when true comparisons are made. His "image" is just that a public persona illusion with no basis in reality. They should link his wealth to Bush/Cheney and their base. Hit them hard on basics like energy bills and school supplies vs. private jets and 8 houses.