McCain’s Mansions = McMansions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek3jAkx9m10

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And don’t bogart whatever you’re smokin’, dude. Seems pretty potent.

“only a total assclown would buy into this happy horseshit mclame’s selling.”

unfortunately, there are approx 62 million “assclowns” in this country (see results of 2004 presidential election).

Se, the American Heritage Dictionary defines “elitism” as The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources.

What you have described is not “elitism”. One may be among the “elite” (and a Senator certainly is that) and still be devoted to equality and justice for all citizens, regardless of their socioeconomic status. This concept may be difficult for you to grasp, but such people do exist. Admittedly, it helps a member of the “elite” to embrace this view if he’s risen to that elite position by virtue of his own hard work and talents, rather than on the backs of his high-achieving forebears. And it could be argued, and argued very persuasively I think, that such a position is the absolute polar opposite of “elitism”.

Now, I know the Right isn’t overly concerned with things like “definitions” and “facts”, but the truth is, dear Zed, if you’re going to aspire to hold a reasonable conversation with someone, a common understanding of the language used is critical.

Try to keep this in mind.

Its Rodeo Drive or 5th Avenue for people like Obama, Nancy, Harry and me, thank you very much.

Hey, I’ve shopped on 5th Ave before many times! Of course, my purchases came out of a food push cart and not Tiffany’s…does that mean it was an elitist hot dog?

“Its Rodeo Drive or 5th Avenue for people like Obama, Nancy, Harry and me, thank you very much.”

spoken like a true south beach queen.

We got into this discussion during the fairly recent SCHIP debate. What is considered rich in one area may be considered just getting by in another, purely because the cost of living can vary widely from place to place. If I had an income of $100,000, I’d be wealthier than I have ever been, and I’d certainly feel rich, but if I had that income while living in New York or San Francisco, I’d probably need it just to pay basic expenses.

Over a decade ago, we had a congressman here in North Carolina who complained that his congressional salary (a low six-figure amount) was insufficient for him — that it wasn’t even a middle class salary. When his somewhat amazed interviewer asked him what he considered middle class, he answered back that would be between $350,000 and $700,000 a year. Needless to say, his perspective didn’t impress his constituents, and he only served one term before he was defeated by a somewhat more realistic candidate.

McCain doesn’t really fall into the same category as this obviously out-of-touch guy. A flippant response to a question that had no good answer really isn’t the same thing as if McCain complained that his own six-figure salary was “lower class”.

McCain is truly out of touch on many other issues — we really look silly hammering him on this one.

He has been on government healthcare his entire life (oh, right, lest we forget his POW days), first through his father-the-admiral, then the Navy and onto Congress, he receives something like $58,000 per year as a disable veteran, and has since his return, his entire education was paid by the government, and now he gets Social Security on top of it all!

Let’s not pretend that McStain’s entire life has been funded by our tax dollars, except, of course, the money he married.

PEACE

So much for a fair and balanced audience…. and never mind the supposedly ’silent dome’ McCain was to be in during the Q&A of Obama.

Wealth redistribution has quietly transformed America into the ‘haves’ & ‘have nots’.

As Paris Hilton said to Lindsay Lohen, ‘you’re poor, girl. $10M is poor’.

McPanderer, King of Fears

In the case of John McSame and Bush they got there by being below average, it was family connections and old money and a lying MSM that got them where they are.

While that’s pretty much true, I’d say the degree of out-of-touch is much greater with the Silver Spoon crew than it is for someone who started his career as a community organizer…