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Barack Obama Slams John McCain for Not Knowing How Many Homes He Owns
Friday August 22, 2008

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After Republican presidential hopeful John McCain couldn't specify the number of homes he owns, Democratic opponent Barack Obama slammed him for not having "a very clear sense of what ordinary Americans are goin' through."

Obama told the CBS Early Show Friday that McCain's comment and his policy positions "indicates that you're out of touch, you don't get it."

On Wednesday, McCain was asked by Politico.com how many homes he owns with his wife Cindy, heir to the Hensley & Co. beer distribution company.

"I think – I'll have my staff get to you," McCain replied. "It's condominiums where – I'll have them get to you."

The remark set off a rapid-fire response from the Obama campaign and its surrogates. The Democratic National Committee distributed an Architectural Digest feature on one of the McCains' estates.

Within hours, the Obama campaign released a new TV ad that ended with a shot of the White House. "It's seven, seven houses, and here's one house Americans can't afford John McCain to move into," the narrator said.

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The Washington Post reported that the McCains have eight homes: a $1.1 million ranch in Sedona, AZ; a $4.7 million condo in Phoenix; a $847,800 condo in Arlington, VA; an oceanfront condo in La Jolla, CA; a $500,000 loft in Phoenix for their daughter; an additional $830,000 condo in Phoenix; and two beachfront condos in Coronado, CA, one valued at $2.7 million.

In a recent Vogue interview, Cindy – whose 2006 income was over $6 million – remarked that the family purchased the second condo in Coronado because their family outgrew the first.

Republicans shot back by linking Obama to Chicago businessman Tony Rezko, a convicted felon.

"Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses?" asked McCain spokesman Brian Rogers.

"In terms of who's an elitist, I think people have made a judgment that John McCain is not an arugula-eating, pointy-headed-professor type based on his life story," he added.

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