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politico.com - 8/21/2008
McCain family owns 8 properties
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All owned by his wife, children, trusts and companies they control. See also: McCain unsure how many houses he owns

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Gretawire:  THE LATEST: Nominee Dueling Housing…..

Huffington Post Entertainment Blog:  Brandon Friedman: John McCain Needs to Lay Off the POW Talk

Gawker:  Sarah Palin: Tax Cheat [Economics]

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THE LATEST: Nominee Dueling Housing…..
Gretawire — ... he did not answer the question as to how many houses he owns…and instead referred the journalist to his staff. Senator Obama seized upon this and essentially said Senator McCain is out of touch with most Americans…doesn’t understand middle class people etc… For more details, read these two articles from Politico.com (by the way, Politico is a great political resource…it is linked on the blog roll on GretaWire): click here click here… No sooner did Senator Obama “hit” Senator ...

Brandon Friedman: John McCain Needs to Lay Off the POW Talk
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — ... how many houses he and his wife currently own (they have at least eight properties), the Obama campaign pounced. They accused him of being elitist and disconnected and launched an ad within hours. The McCain campaign--realizing this was trouble--retorted the only way they knew how: With a truly ...

Michael Shaw: Reading The Pictures: The Definitive Answer To: "How Many Houses Did John Own?"
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — ... One thing today's McCain housing controversy also does is clarify an important element regarding McCain's domesticity and sense of place.  If you follow the accounts, you'll see that the real estate in his second marriage, including its acquisition and its disposition, has been uniquely controlled by Cindy.  As Politico quotes from a June article from Vogue (and pay special attention to the personal pronouns): ...

Sarah Palin: Tax Cheat [Economics]
Gawker — ... And $60 grand isn't a big deal if you're a total millionaire like John McCain and own eight houses, but Palin is merely wealthy. So she rips of the Treasury Joe Six-Pack style. ...

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