Comments on: McCain Revises His Definition Of ‘Rich’: Some People ‘Are Poor If They’re Billionaires’ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:58:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: desertflower1 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5176034 desertflower1 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:01:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5176034 Zuch...Got it! Thanks. Zuch…Got it! Thanks.

]]> By: Xisithrus http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5175982 Xisithrus Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:48:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5175982 Well, McCain is not rich...Cindy is. Well, McCain is not rich…Cindy is.

]]> By: zuch http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5175830 zuch Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:08:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5175830 #89 desertflower1: Sorry, forgot to put in the snark tags. I'll remember next time. While "elitist" certainly applies to someone that thinks you have to <a href="http://leastdangerousbranch.blogspot.com/2008/08/are-you-rich.html" rel="nofollow"><b>rake in [not "earn"; passive income counts, I think] $5 <i>million</i> a year</b> to be rich</a>, I was suggesting that "a$$hole", "dingbat", "screw-loose" and a host of other appellations may be more appropriate. Hope that clear up any confusion. Cheers, #89 desertflower1:

Sorry, forgot to put in the snark tags. I’ll remember next time. While “elitist” certainly applies to someone that thinks you have to rake in [not "earn"; passive income counts, I think] $5 million a year to be rich, I was suggesting that “a$$hole”, “dingbat”, “screw-loose” and a host of other appellations may be more appropriate.

Hope that clear up any confusion.

Cheers,

]]> By: desertflower1 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5175454 desertflower1 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:46:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5175454 One more thing...I would encourage all of you to go to The realmccain.com....LOTS TO CHEW ON THERE! One more thing…I would encourage all of you to go to The realmccain.com….LOTS TO CHEW ON THERE!

]]> By: desertflower1 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5175432 desertflower1 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:41:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5175432 #17, Fritz...Me, too!! However, I'd take that one further and agree with the person that didn't understand the FIRST time around! #17, Fritz…Me, too!! However, I’d take that one further and agree with the person that didn’t understand the FIRST time around!

]]> By: desertflower1 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5175424 desertflower1 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:39:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5175424 #15, Zuch...I'm not quite sure that I understood your point. Are you agreeing with me? #15, Zuch…I’m not quite sure that I understood your point. Are you agreeing with me?

]]> By: Keith http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5174844 Keith Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:32:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5174844 Obama casts McCain as rich and out of touch By BETH FOUHY (Associated Press Writer) From Associated Press August 21, 2008 2:30 PM EDT RICHMOND, Va. - Democrat Barack Obama Thursday depicted John McCain as rich, out of touch and less a foreign-policy expert than he claims - part of the increasingly negative tone of the presidential hopeful's message as he tries to fight the perception that his campaign has stalled. .....Both an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll and a CBS News/New York Times survey found Obama leading McCain by just three percentage points, 45 to 42 percent. ...."If you're like me, and you've got one house, or you are like the millions of people who are struggling right now to keep up with their mortgage so they don't lose their home, you might have different perspective," Obama said. Obama casts McCain as rich and out of touch
By BETH FOUHY (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
August 21, 2008 2:30 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. – Democrat Barack Obama Thursday depicted John McCain as rich, out of touch and less a foreign-policy expert than he claims – part of the increasingly negative tone of the presidential hopeful’s message as he tries to fight the perception that his campaign has stalled.

…..Both an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll and a CBS News/New York Times survey found Obama leading McCain by just three percentage points, 45 to 42 percent.

….”If you’re like me, and you’ve got one house, or you are like the millions of people who are struggling right now to keep up with their mortgage so they don’t lose their home, you might have different perspective,” Obama said.

]]> By: Keith http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5174806 Keith Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:16:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5174806 My parents used to say "money doesn't buy happiness". I would reply "neither does poverty". When McAncient says "I think — I'll have my staff get to you," are we supposed to believe that he is afraid to answer or that he really does not know how many homes he owns? Pretty bad either way! Straigh Talk Express? I hear Zogby has this joker ahead 44%-39%. My parents used to say “money doesn’t buy happiness”. I would reply “neither does poverty”.

When McAncient says “I think — I’ll have my staff get to you,” are we supposed to believe that he is afraid to answer or that he really does not know how many homes he owns? Pretty bad either way! Straigh Talk Express?

I hear Zogby has this joker ahead 44%-39%.

]]> By: BaxterJ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5174734 BaxterJ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:49:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5174734 I liked Obama's response: <a href="http://www.entertonement.com/collections/2326/Obama-Hits-Back-At-McCain" rel="nofollow">quick, concise, and to the point</a>. More of this, please! I liked Obama’s response: quick, concise, and to the point. More of this, please!

]]> By: akreed http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5174606 akreed Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:06:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5174606 "I define rich in other ways besides income," he said. "Some people are wealthy and rich in their lives and their children and their ability to educate them. Others are poor if they're billionaires." Wow dude, that is some seriously deep stuff. I mean he just totally blew my mind with that. Are we actually dumb enough to elect this guy President? “I define rich in other ways besides income,” he said. “Some people are wealthy and rich in their lives and their children and their ability to educate them. Others are poor if they’re billionaires.”

Wow dude, that is some seriously deep stuff. I mean he just totally blew my mind with that. Are we actually dumb enough to elect this guy President?

]]> By: j swift http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5174542 j swift Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:36:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5174542 <blockquote>good_golly4 Says: “Elitism” is not measured by wealth. It is a state of mind.</blockquote> Wow, you know Gigi is right, I must have had hundreds of homeless snottily tell me my shoes are cheap and tacky. Not to mention the looks down the nose and frowns directed at me and the Ford I drive. I hate to think what the middle class think of me. Horrors, they must think me absolutely pedestrian!

good_golly4 Says:

“Elitism” is not measured by wealth. It is a state of mind.

Wow, you know Gigi is right, I must have had hundreds of homeless snottily tell me my shoes are cheap and tacky. Not to mention the looks down the nose and frowns directed at me and the Ford I drive.

I hate to think what the middle class think of me. Horrors, they must think me absolutely pedestrian!

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5174516 katy Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:29:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5174516 <strong>McCain Spokesman's Retort: Obama Lives in "a Frickin' Mansion"</strong> Washington Post - 48 minutes ago By Michael D. Shear SEDONA, Ariz. -- A spokesman for Sen. John McCain vowed to retaliate against today's story about how many houses the GOP candidate owns with a renewed focus on Sen. Barack Obama's ties to a Chicago developer and charges that Obama ... http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/21/mccain_spokesmans_retort_obama.html McCain Spokesman’s Retort: Obama Lives in “a Frickin’ Mansion”
Washington Post – 48 minutes ago
By Michael D. Shear SEDONA, Ariz. — A spokesman for Sen. John McCain vowed to retaliate against today’s story about how many houses the GOP candidate owns with a renewed focus on Sen. Barack Obama’s ties to a Chicago developer and charges that Obama …

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/21/mccain_spokesmans_retort_obama.html

]]> By: Bobwurst http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5174310 Bobwurst Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:44:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5174310 Billionares can be poor examples of humanity, but that is different than being poor. Billionares can be poor examples of humanity, but that is different than being poor.

]]> By: Max-1 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5174248 Max-1 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:27:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5174248 . People, According to Senator McMansion's ideals, he's homeless. . .

People,
According to Senator McMansion’s ideals, he’s homeless.

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]]> By: stateofthedivision http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5174204 stateofthedivision Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:15:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5174204 CNN reoported the McCain official response on John's home ownership: <em>at least FOUR houses</em> CNN reoported the McCain official response on John’s home ownership:

at least FOUR houses

]]> By: Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5174144 Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:01:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5174144 Ah, King John McCain and his Royal House Counter. Ah, King John McCain and his Royal House Counter.

]]> By: Tweedster http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5174106 Tweedster Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:53:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5174106 <em>good_golly4 Says: “Elitism” is not measured by wealth. It is a state of mind.</em> Thanks for clarifying McCain's "State of Mind" you little jerk. good_golly4 Says:

“Elitism” is not measured by wealth. It is a state of mind.

Thanks for clarifying McCain’s “State of Mind” you little jerk.

]]> By: Queequeg http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5174100 Queequeg Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:52:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5174100 Some reporter should ask McCain how many acres of land he owns. Some reporter should ask McCain how many acres of land he owns.

]]> By: Cal Malenky http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5174090 Cal Malenky Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:51:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5174090 If billionaires gain the world and lose their souls, why should they get another tax cut? To cheer them up. If billionaires gain the world and lose their souls, why should they get another tax cut? To cheer them up.

]]> By: Queequeg http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/comment-page-2/#comment-5174050 Queequeg Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:44:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-rich-billionaires/#comment-5174050 If he doesn't know how many houses he has (he's lying) then he probably has too many. If he doesn’t know how many houses he has (he’s lying) then he probably has too many.

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