Romney: McCain earned his homes; Obama didn't

Yeah- McCain earned his homes by marrying Cindy... What a joke.

He earned them....How??..by marrying a rich woman. Your foot is in your mouth.

Get em Tiger

Obama never said McCain did not earn or deserve the houses. He said McCain is out of touch with the problems that the middle class is facing. It is sad to see such politician (probable VP pick) bending the truth to score points.

McCain "deserved his houses" by marriage... not by any "hard work" he did...

As a Hillary Democrat, I say right on Mitt. Hope you are John's pick for VP for it will surely make my day.

Typical uneducated response.....no fact finding, just repeat what you hear whether or not it is true. Romney should know better, but apparently he is as stupid as the backers of this propaganda.

Erm - sure, McCain "earned his houses" - if you called "earning", divorcing your amputated wife to marry a billionaire heiress.

Did McCain help Brew all that beer that helped him get his houses with lots of "hard work" or did one ring do the trick?

Mitt Romney, has allot of nerve even talking about what is earned. McCain didn't earn those houses, his wife did. Obama came from a humble background and used education to get where he is now, McCain graduated at the bottom of his class and the only reason he was ever a Naval Aviator to begin with was because of his Admiral family. The guys a joke

What a ridiculous statement! McCain hasn't earned anything. He was broke when he got a job with Cindy's dad's beer distributorship. He MARRIED into his wealth, he didn't work for it.

It's funny how neither Romney nor McCain can find any dirt about *gasp* Obama himself. "Let's bring up his former friends, pastor, wife's 3rd cousin." $81 million in campaign funds and that's the best they can come up with? This is a complete waste of my tax dollars.

Sure-- let me guess ....McCain "earned" those homes the same way he "earned" a pass to drop his first wife for an attractive heiress -- all because he stayed at the Hanoi Hilton. So he has 7 houses and doesn't know about them. It's okay. A lot of people buy things that they forget about. A lot of people forget things. Maybe because they're really busy, maybe because they're really old...

Enough already with the stretching of personal truths on these men-- just get to the ISSUES! Economy, the war, the environment, abortion, etc....

How do you "earn" wealth when you've married it? Pulling the POW card as a retort to criticism is starting to get old. Johny boy married his money, he didn't "work hard" for it. All those other folks in the POW camps also worked hard and served their country, they don't own seven houses.

I suppose McCain "earned" his homes by marrying into money?

Give me a break!

Give me a break. John McCain's 7 homes and not being able to remember how many homes one owns reflects exactly to what Obama and the Democrats are talking about. While folks don't have enough money for gas, are loosing their jobs and homes, and many of our vets are homeless, the priviledged few like McCain and Romney get all the tax breaks, and loose track of how much they have. 7 homes? Enough already!

Um, how did McCain earn his multiple homes? Through lobbyist gifts? Or by marrying Cindy? Come to think of it, marrying Cindy probably counts as work.

Why is Romney misstating the facts? It has already been shown that Obama paid less because he was less of a credit risk to the lender; that's all. News anchors, reporters, and political pundants should call Romney and others who fabricate the truth out.

So did he earn them, or did he get them from marrying his wife, who inherited a large fortune?

What a total jerk. How dare he claim that McCain "earned" his home(s). What did he do to get those homes? He cheated on his former wife, divorsed her and then married Cindy, an heiress to the Budwieser fortune. That is not "earning" homes.

Romney demonstrates that he says anything that comes out of the trivial cache of his 'mind' and evokes the silly noises of a cartoon character.

He most certainly is ready for a mannequin assignment in a wax museum or as McCain's VP.

Romney spent millions odf dollars to prepare his hair for the Republican debates!!!!!!Who's talking blasphemy

Since when is cheating on your wife and marrying your wealthy mistress considered "hard work"? I guess the super wealthy like the McCains and the Romneys have a very different view of hard work than people like me.

Dosent Romeny have anything bettr to do ? When someone slings Crap on another aren't their own hands full of it?

Republicans should start speaking about what they will 'ACTUALLY DO' , NOT EMPTY POLITICAL ELECTION SPIN WORDS.

I will never ever vote Republican again, after seeing the dirt dished by the party,

Where did Mitt earn his billions?

I agree, marrying into an inherited fortune IS hard work.

Nice Romney. The Obama's go to school and get high degrees and then have high paying jobs but they they didn't work for it. McCain did work hard but if it were only him he would have probably had one house. The multiple houses come from marrying into money. This is a dead issue on both parts. What about the issues. Tell me why I should vote for McCain. I am trying to figure it out. All you do it tell me why I shouldn't vote for Obama. You aren't making it any easier for me. Although I don't always agree with Obama he is telling me what he wants to do. Don't know if you can but he will get my vote if I don't hear what McCain will do. Right now it sounds like we will continue with the way things are.

Obama's house and property was extremely less than other property in the same area-he did get a deal that others wuold not have received regardless of houw much money they were making at the time-need to check your facts.

Also a fact Bill Ayers in 2001 stated that he whished he could have done more than he did-refering to his radical times of the 60's. Obama has no excuse of not knowing about this individuals part in terrorism.

The country may be ready for an African American to be president but not Obama. He is well educated, he is articulate (when off of the teleprompter)-but has a great deal to learn-there are others that are more qualified.

Fact: Rezko was not involved in Obama's home purchase at all.
Fact: Rezko sold Obama 10 feet of property to expand the back yard for his girls, Rezko just happened to be the guy who owned that property. All told, Obama got the strip for about $15,000, which is what its value was.

The Republicans can keep using keywords like "convicted felon" and "shady mortgage deal" and "ties to Rezko", but the truth is there is nothing there.

Now lets get back to the core of Romney's argument... John McCain earned his homes? Obama did not?

You've got to be kidding me, John McCain has not earned enough money to pay for 7 homes, that's why they are in his wife's name. How could somebody say he earned something that he doesn't even own.

Barack Obama has 1 home, not 7. And him and Michelle paid for it together.

I hate Republicans... I try not to, but when they start pulling nonsense like this... its hard not to get frustrated.

So, marrying a woman who inherited a ton of money from her father, whose business is profiting off of alcoholism, is earning your homes?

I love republikkkan "logic"

Yep, he sure did earn those homes. He dumped his wife after she became disabled in a car accident, left his children behind, and married a rich floozie. I really applaud your work ethic, John.

McCain "earned" his homes? Worked hard for his money? Last I heard he married into his wealth, it's all his wife's.

With all this brown nosing, Romney is gonna be awful mad when he gets passed over for VP. The GOP is a party of white Christians......sad but true.

"Barack is a fine person..." who "...got a special deal from a convicted felon".
Typical self-contradictory rubbish from the Plastic One.
McCain is going to sink his campaign if he picks Romney.

McCain called Romney a pig. If Romney is tapped for VP, there is TONS of footage of them going at each other that the dems will have some great ad material.

Romney is an idiot. No wonder he did not win the GOP nomination. Man, does he really think we are THAT stupid? Come on! I sure hope McCain picks this pin head as his running mate. Biden will eat him for a light snack!

McCain's and his family's "hard work"? Give me an enormous break! A U.S. Senator doesn't earn that kind of money, look at Senator Joe Biden's reported income. Biden took out a second mortgage to put his kids through college (like us normal working folk). McCain married into wealth and although there is nothing wrong in doing that if one was marrying the person and not the money/power, but for Romney to claim that he (McCain) "deserved" it is the epitome of ludicrous.

Now, let's see if I have this straight. Romney says McCain earned his homes, and Obama essentially got it handed to him on a silver platter. What's wrong with this man? McCain got his houses by cheating on his wife with a woman who's father got rich by distributing beer. That sounds like hard work indeed. Romney was a joke as a primary candidate, and he's still a joke. But, then again, McCain doesn't have a lot to pick from. He's got Rudy "wait 'til they see my results in Florida" Giuliani. He's got Huckabee (how many ways can I use my religion to score points). And, he's got Romney - none of whose sons every served one day in the military. If thiselection were a poker game, and I was McCain, I'd be throwin' in my cards about now.

Why, sure McCain earned his countless homes, if by "earned" you mean "Purchased all of his homes with money his wife inherited without either of them having to do a lick of work." That's the American dream, right? Get a lot of money without having to work.

How exactly did Mccain EARN the money his WIFE INHERITED from a convicted felon? By taking on the hard job of dumping the faithfull wife who stood by for those 5 years he likes to use as an excuse for everything he says and does?

No evidence huh? Rezko bought the property next to Osama because Osama couldn't afford to buy both parcels. Then less then a year later Rezko sold him a portion of the property Rezko owned, then later sold him the remaining property. All-the-while Osama and Rezko were involved in a business deal to build housing in Chicago. Rezko netted over 750k from the deal. Then out of nowhere Osama signed an official letter thanking Rezko for his service to the city. You wrote the so-called article and left out the evidence. That’s bone-headed!

Oh good grief. Romney hasn't even been selected (yet) and he's already adding fuel to the fire. John McCain got his opulent houses through "hard work?" Sure, the good old fashioned way, he married into mega-money. If not for Cindy, McCain would be selling cars about now.

Perfect Answer

If by "earned" Romney means the hard work McCain did at gold digging, then yes I agree he "earned" them.

Oh yes. Earning your eight houses by leaving the disfigured wife that nursed you back to health after 5 1/2 years in the Hanoi Hilton and marrying your wealthy mistress really must have been a character building exercise for McCain.

And how did Romney earn his houses? He was a professional downsizer. Fantastic.

Who do these people think they are, that they can just lie and distort without regard to their own past behavior? Or worse, without the scrutiny of their past behavior by organizations like this newspaper?

Mitt Romney was the head of the Utah Olympics which was plagued with corruption charges, payoffs to IOC member and several other scandals. When I need a reference on anybody character it sure isn't going to be from some one like Mitt Romney. John McCain said Mitt Romney was using push polling on him during the priminaries. Everyone in American knows that a deal was made between Romney and McCain for Romney to drop out and give the advantage to McCain in exchange for future considerations.......like McCain for 4 years and then handing Romney the election for President in 2012.

Yah, McCain married into Money... Now Romney, How many wives do you have, Not sure are you ! More than four?

The only thing Mitt Romney should be applauded for his choosing his parents wisely. Otherwise, they ain't much there.

I didn't know that marrying a wealthy wife constitutes "earning" your homes.

No evidence huh? Rezko bought the property next to Osama because Osama couldn't afford to buy both parcels. Then less then a year later Rezko sold him a portion of the property Rezko owned, then later sold him the remaining property. All-the-while Osama and Rezko were involved in a business deal to build housing in Chicago. Rezko netted over 750k from the deal. Then out of nowhere Osama signed an official letter thanking Rezko for his service to the city. You wrote the so-called article and left out the evidence. That’s bone-headed!

McCain looked old and befuddled when asked how many houses he had.
He certainly did not do himself any good with the answer he gave.

His marriage was hard work?

I have been a welder most of my life so why dont you liberals vote for me I have just as much experience as obama does?

He's joking, right? McCain earned his homes by dumping his seriously injured wife for a rich one. Sorry, McCain is going to lose this fight.

I'm sure some obamanut is going to complain that they dont like anyone attacking obummers home deal. and I'm really sure they dont want to talk about how that strip of land was 'just large enough' to make sure nobody would build a house on the now vacant lot next door to obummers house. I guess obummer got a free yard out of the deal. The lawyer that now owns the property is probably not happy that he will never be able to build anything on it (except maybe a tiny shack for obummer to keep his yard tools).

This article fails to mention that Romney also told the CSM that he owns "one less home than Kerry" which means that he owns 4 homes. He and John McCain have 11 homes (mansions) between them. This does not include any properties in the names of their spouses, children or businesses. A truer count would probably show 20 or 30 homes. Yet they call Obama "elitist"!

And how exactly did McCain "earn" his while Obama didn't? Wasn't McCain born into wealth and then leave his wife to marry a multi-millionaire beer heiress? Wasn't Obama born poor and "earned" his by working hard, going to college, working in the community, and teaching law?

McCain / Romney '08
"Homes Sweet Homes"

McCain earned his by upgrading from his first wife into a born-wealthy lady.

He was a POW!

How many houses does the Mittster have? He made a lot of money taking companies private and eliminating jobs.

Who is ready to be president?!?! I there a college where they train someone to be president? Not even being a governor, a senator or a POW for five years, makes one a president, let alone a GOOD president.

Let us STOP this fear-mongering and intimidation. Some of the best generals have made horrible presidents, while some new comers have governed with dignity. All it takes is good judgment and firm execution.

Barack has demonstrated that he can get things done! Let us give him a chance.

Yeah, McCain acquired his multiple, million dollar homes the old fashioned way...he married a filthy rich broad. Now who's the one that's an elitist and out of touch with regular working stiff's like myself?

Romney's a yes man looking for a job. While Romney distorted the truth, imply Obama really got a "special deal", no such deal exits. The other part of his twofold distortion is that "McCain earned his". How, by marrying well? McCain's wife's father earned it for McCain

That's funny. McCain *earned* his homes by marrying Cindy McCain while Obama wrote a bestselling biography to get the money to purchase his house. Does he honestly believe that McCain marrying a wealthy woman is more of a "lift yourself by the bootstrap" story than writing a bestseller?

please mention the fact that McCain didn't earn his houses. His second wifes' father earned those house. The houses were bought by the heiress Cindy McCain. Why don't you include that in your reporting?

how exactly did mccain "earn" his houseS? by cheating on his first wife with an heiress (you know how heiresses work, right - they get their money by INHERITANCE), and then divorcing wife #1 to marry that heiress?

romney is a disgusting liar. wonder how many wives he has?

Obama's not ready to be president...he's too inexperienced, thinking the Iraq problem will solve itself and everything can be solved via negotiation.

so the elitist romney is advising us that adultry is okay if committed as an act of gainful employment.

Is that supposed to be a joke? A guy from a single parent household, went to school on loans, community organizer, teacher, senator and author didn't earn his house? As opposed to a guy that dumped his handicapped wife and kids for a twenty something heiress? Really? That's the argument? If you earn something, you are very aware of it. You know exactly how you came by that thing you earned. McCain attempts to deflect attention by saying that as a POW he didn't have a house.
Weak.

When are the "liberal" media folks going to start calling the Republicans on these lies? Seems they are willing to let them say anything and get away with it these days.

There was no "deal" with Rezko, and there was no "association" with Ayers. Period. End of story.

However, does anybody in the media ask any Republican to backup any of their allegations or insinuations with even the slightest bit of fact?

Seems the main stream media would rather let a Republican say anything rather than lose a story.

What else do you expect to spew from assholes? Crap. That's it. Romney is an embarrassment.

Is Romney stupid or what? The context of the discussion was how would a rich man like McCain with seven or more houses understand the troubles of the working class and middle calss people. Stop playing mud slinging politics. Talk issues.

The use of non-standard real estate transactions is a common method used to buy political influence. There was nothing normal about Rezko buying that land -- the deal was motivated by Rezko using his money to gain influence over Obama. The extent, if any, to which Rezko got anything out of the deal is a completely different issue than Obama engaging in an improper financial deal. The Rezko deal was improper in its own right.

Who is listening to this CLOWN.

Romney, McSame & Bush are getting so ridiculous with their lies and truth-stretching.

If you want to really make a wise decision in November, TURN OFF YOUR TV NOW.

Mit Romney is a JOKE & A Liar, just lik ehi stwo cronies who started this awful war.

If you call marrying a woman with a $100 million inheritance from daddy as earned, then yes, McCain did earn his homes.

Let me get this straight, McBush worked for the homes he has and he deserves them. Where did he work besides the senate where he sat for 36 years? Mr. Romney whose religion is something the evangelicals question should stay quiet. He is richer than the McBush and couldn't even in his dreams or nightmare know what we everyday people go thru. Shut up Mitt. Go count your houses. Got to try something since finally the public is sick to death of the POW speech for every answer to every question asked of McBush. McBush, what will you do about high gas prices, well you know I was a POW and didn't have need for fuel, what about our children education, I remember tapping on the walls of my cell when I was a POW, should we start another war, well of course because when I was a POW tortured for years gives me the real incentive to fight and not negotiate. John McBush is a very sick man and if elected will get us all killed. He needs help and I don't want him anywhere near the future of this country.

This Coming from a Draft Dodger, A man who in disgust walked away from a reporter when asked why he employes Illegal immigrants to take care of his estate, Claimed to be an avid hunter and Gun owner, neither of which are true, Two timed as governor In Massachusetts ran as a liberal to get elected than two faced as a conservative to run for the Presidency. Other than the fact that he is a paranoid homophobe that wears tinfoil hats late at night to ward off any thing that might make sense, I hope McStupid picks him as a running mate.

Say anything including lies to get the VP. You just don't get it.

President Obama earned his house by working for it.

McSame cheated and lie to his first wife to get his sugar mama (second wife) and her houses.

What Romney is not telling us is that the many houses he has houses his many poligamy wives. What a loser.

So if this is intentional counter-programming by the Republicans, specifically designed to be published by the press seeking some sort of 'balance' in their coverage of the Democratic Convention, why report it at all Scott? Reporting is done on news - which scripted counter-programing is certainly not. Now a report on the fact that the Republicans have an entire counter-programming approach intended specifically to defuse media attention from the issues and events of the Democratic Convention that is news to report would be news-worthy. But then again, a short piece with a couple of throw-away sound bites that create 'buzz' sells newspapers, stories of counter-programming doesn't quite has the same advertising interest now does it...

Right. McCain earned his homes by cheating on his wife with a wealth woman he later married. Pathetic.

First of all, Mr. Romney is flat out lying about the so called "special deal" that the Obamas got (in fact, they paid MORE for their property in the end, not less). And secondly, is he implying that we should all now be held accountable for doing business with someone who LATER is convicted of a crime? Does he want us to go back looking through his dealings to see if anybody HE ever did business with was later convicted of wrong doing?

Maybe he bought a car from a shaddy car dealer. Is that reason enough not to vote for someone? Desperation politics at their worst poeple.

(please look at factcheck.org for more info about this and other topics)

Earned them by cheating on his wife and marrying into wealth? Hmmm, interesting, what moral fortitude.

Former has been Mitt Romney and old man McCain are running a campaign to be president for a few people, fat cats like them. Obama is running for president of all the people.

Right. McCain earned his homes by cheating on his wife with a wealthy woman he later married. Pathetic.

Oh Mitt, what are you talking about? McCain earned those houses the old fashioned way, he married a woman whose father, through good business sense and personal industry earned the money. Michelle appears to have earned every penny up to that point herself. Barack Obama also didn't have a rich admiral father with inherited oil leases. Both of the Obama's would make Horatio Alger think that their stories were a little over the top and not quite believable and you say they didn't earn their house? Is this really how out of touch with reality the GOP is these days? Unbelievable. Now I really think we may need to throw the Republicans out and before I was thinking that divided government was the goal.

Give me a break. McCain "earned" his homes? How? He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth -- the son of an admiral. He went to Annapolis at the American taxpayers' expense. He dumped an injured wife to marry a rodeo-queen, beer empire heiress. He was involved with the Keating 5 savings and loan scandal back in the 1980s?

Tell me, in what way did he "earn" his home?

In Texas, there's an old cowboy expression to some up what Romney said:
heifer dust. If you need that translated -- a heifer is a cow; dust is what comes out of the cow, and I ain't talking milk!

McCain's supported by his sugar moma, Obama earnes his money.

Uhh, Obama paid market value for his property, John McCain married into his home ownership....

What the heck is Mitt smoking?

If "earned" he means dumping his sick wife and sacking up with his millionare home wrecker then he's right. All Obama did was write 2 best selling books himself . No millions from his wife to pay for his political career.

If marrying a $100 Million dollar heiress after cheating on and dumping your old wife, is earning a home. Romney's definition of work and mine are different... The nerve of this guy!

Romney clearly has the perspective of the filthy rich. Of course, McCain earned his 7,8,9,10? houses by marrying Cindy. The the problem is not that he has a lot if rela estate in his family, the problem is that he is too addled to know what to say and when to say it. this is why his Karl Rove handlers work overtime tryng to control what comes out of McCain's mouth. If he is not making gaffes he is spouting complete nonsense - be it about Iraq, the economy or contraception.

Mitt Romney earned nothing except our disdain.

He ran a company that bought companies, downsized (aka fired people who had families to feed) and then made them ready for sale.

Hell of an American story.

Mitt Romney reminds me of a slick used car salesman. He constantly tries to sneak in half truths, and even uses outright deception. The question was not how many "homes" John McCain's wife owns, but that he doesn't know and refers the reporter to his mostly ex Bush White House 'Staff." McCain either really had no clue or was trying to be disingenous.

As far as McCain earning his many "homes," that is simply a laugh. He married into them, got a sweet job from Cindy's Dad, and then her family financed his campaign into political office. Just how did he "earn anything?"

Senator Obama truly earned his one home- the old fashioned way- he worked to get the money to finance it.

So sleeping with Cindy McCain is how you 'earn' things? Romney is such a dork, I hope McCain chooses him to run as VP, Biden will eat him for lunch.

How did McCann earn his homes? Maybe we should check out his benefits in the Senate. Ok, maybe it is the story of War Hero who marries a Beer heiress and makes good while many of our other war heros suffer the iniquities Mr. McCann was spared.
McCann has very little or no experience in the arena this country finds itself in now and neither does Romney ...other than getting this country in the mess it's in now . I don't think going back to the guys that made this mess and thinking they can fix it is the way to go at all.
Believe me no Party nominee I have seen to date is ready to be President in this election. The nation is in a real mess compliments of the Right wing Conservative block and lemming Republicans including my own Senator from Georgia Saxby Chambliss. Democrats who fear retribution from this right wing Republican front are a real part of our problem too.
Good luck to them all and good luck to us lowly little voters they only care about in an election.

Scott Helman, you said:

"Obama was able to buy the place thanks to two best-selling books and the six-figure salaries he and his wife were both earning."

So, Obama isn't hat blue-collar worker type after all? You mean Obama and Michelle are just a couple of rich lawyers?

Earned = Married??? I didn't realize adultery leading to divorce and a marriage to an heiress was a job. Where do I sign up?

Rezko was under federal investigation for influence peddling at the time Obama bought the land from him.

On december 31, 2005 it was reported Patrick Fitzgerald had issued subpenoes for Rezko and he was under federal investigation for influence peddling.

What does Obama do? Two weeks later he buys land from Rezko.

Rezko did do him a huge favor. He put a fence up with his own money that Obama asked for. He also allowed Obama to buy 1/6th of the lot devaluing the rest of the lot.

What kind of candidate does a land deal with someone who is under federal investigation for influence peddling.

Obama also then in the heat of the primaries in south carolina lied saying no one could have known Rezko had any problems or there was any inkling of trouble.

Obama was lying. He later admitted he had even called rezko about other problems rezko had been reported to have like illegally putting up front minority contracting firms to put up food chains in the airport in chicago.

Obama was aware Rezko was under federal investigation for influence peddling and yet he still bought land from Rezko then lied about it during the height of the primaries.

Look who is talking: another multimillionaire out touch who left Massachusetts worse off after one term. Romney: how many houses you own?

We can't all marry millionaire' s daughters.

What else can one expect from the corrupt Republicans? Smears and slander and lies is what the Republicans are all about! I get sick to my stomach that I claimed that deplorable party as my own until this year . I switched parties after recognizing that Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney, and McCain LIED BIG TIME ABOUT THE REASONSFOR GOING TO WAR IN IRAQ! Men such these who lie about another country in order to enrich themselves financially are deploraable. They have the blood of 4,150+ servicemen and service women on the hands, plus the blood of all our allies who have died in that miserable and unnecessary war!! McCain sings, "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" and thinks it's a big joke!! Well, John McCain, I am sure the Iranian government does NOT see it as a joke but as a real threat. John McCain, the only things you are able to talk about ARE WAR and POW. Everything else escapes you; oh yes, you have thrown some issues out there but guess what? YOUR issue policies differ from town to town, day to day depending on where you are. In Pennsylvania you are for something, but when you go to Illinois you are against that something, and visa versa whereever you go. I think, "we, the people" are really becoming very disgusted with your smears and slander against the better of the two candidates!! Who in the world besides the crooked and corrupt republicans want an old senile aviator with NO war experience and NO leadership experience who can ONLY talk about war, POW, and who know nothing betterto do than to smear and slander his opponent? That's right folks, McCain has NO war experience in Viet Nam or elsewhere. He had been in VietNam for TWO OR THREE WHOLE MONTHS BEFORE HE GOT SHOT DOWN AND BECAME A POW! What did he do during those THREE MONTHS?? He crashed FIVE fighter planes, one on an aircaft carrier, causing a huge fire that destroyed other planes, killed 135 of his comrades, and nearly destroyed the aircaft carrier!! Yes, folks, that is McCain's 'HEROIC" service in Viet Nam.!! He should have been court-marshalled and sent to prison, or at the very least kicked out of the U.S. Navy. The ONLY reason he was not punished is because of his grandfathe and father, both influential and high-ranking admirals! John McCain's commanders had already advised him he would NEVER make admiral because he had shamed the U.S. Navy and the United States of America. The above incidents are public knowledge. What ELSE DID JOHN McCAIN DO TO SHAME THE U.S. NAVY AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. John McCain's military records MUST BE RELEASED NOW!!! WHAT IS JOHN McCAIN HIDING?? WHY DID JOHN McCAIN SEAL HS MILITARY RECORDS? WE, the people, have a need to KNOW!! John mcCain is a big liar, he has proven that time and time again, he is lieing about his military service in Viet Nam! He says he has always been for country first; oh yeah? He sure sang like a canary while he was a POW, compromising his fellow POWs, our military, and the US. They didn't call him "SONGBIRD" for nothing!
Fellow Americans, please see McCain for who he is----he is NO hero, however, he has ALWAYS was a "wannabe" hero. John McCain, release your military records now!

The money to buy Cindy's houses came from alcohol and gambling. Her father is a convicted felon. Not her fault, she seems like a nice lady, in spite of shacking up with a married man in her youth. Her father being in biz with crime figures, and bootlegging to avoid taxes on spirits is less than commendable, and makes her fortune tainted. Does Romney drink bootleg liquor and gamble now? Is the Mafia and their crime associates another great american success story? So Obama bought a small strip of land next to his house to expand his yard. WOW.. now that's a REAL CRIME....

Gee Mitt, life must have been a struggle for you as the son of a Governor! And poor McCain, who left his first wife, injured in a car accident, for the daughter of one of the richest men in Arizona! How did you guys make it? No question, you earned it .... Not like Barak and Michelle. They had everything given to them in their lives of privilege.

OK, no one is disputing that John McCain has not done hard work, but "his family"? Really? What exactly did Cindy McCain do to earn her multi-millions other than travel down a birth canal?

I hope Mitt Romney is McCains VP. The Democrats will tear him to pieces.
He is not a Christian, he belongs to a cult.

Typical of someone who inherited his fortune to think that marrying money equates to earning it. He then goes on to spout the party lies by implying that Obama purchase his home from Rezco, when all he purchased was 15 feet of grass in the lot next to his. We can only hope McSame picks this clown to be his VP canidate, as it will all but assure victory for the DEMS in November.

When will these guys finally realize that McCain is a canoe without a paddle, a horse without a saddle, a ranch without much cattle, a brain that's bound to addle?
This is what Romney, an otherwise driven and intelligent soul, embraces? And Romney is Pro-choice (now in an anti-choice sheepskin)? McCain graduated 894th in a class of 899 at Annapolis. So much for caring about education (his or anyone elses) and pushing beyond mediocrity unlike his rival. Come on, folks. We may have been dumb once. Maybe even twice (God forgive us). But it ain't gonna happen this time. Nothing you've done so far has traction.

Are you some kind of boy scout?? No special deal? He had been 'doing business' with Rezko for years. The mere fact that he was in the vicinity of Rezko is dirty. No wonder Obama is going to lose. Only delusional idiots are voting for him. Appearance DOES matter. Nice try spinning this. I doubt it will work much. In fact , just keep the house conversation going. Obama's ship is leaking badly.

POW McCain "earned" his excessive homes by cheating on his wife and marrying into old money of one of the nations largest distributors of alcoholism. It is the american dream. Mr Romney take the silver spoon out of your Cranbook mouth and say something relevant.

It's not just the purchase of the property but the clear connection between Rezko and Obama that it underscores. I remember the influence of Ayers in protest of the Viet Nam war. The Reuters recent picture of a teenage girl with a suicide vest turning herself in to the police speaks volumes on the need to remain in Iraq to guarantee respect for innocent life. With Obama as President steadfast progress will come to an end. With Obama as President Biden will be able to implement his plan to destabilize the economy to bolster his son's hedge fund operation. While America will eventually need the other side of the isle to have Executive power, at this time we can not afford the other side of the isle to be the other side of the track.

McCain is fit to be President. He is Bush all over again.
Republicans are envy of Democrats we have class and a lot of
it. Republicans can't even come close to being as great as
Democrats. Jealous in not a good trait McCain!
Cussing is not a good trait McCain! Being hot tempered is not
a good trait McCain.

Yea!!!!!!!!! Democrates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Obmama!!!! Go Biden!!!!!!!!!!!

Does marrying an heiress qualify as hard work? Or maybe the hard work was the effort it took to divorce his first wife after she waited for his return from the POW camp and after she was disfigured in a auto accident. Perhaps the McCain camp should be careful about trying to tie Senator Obama to Mr. Rezko. Senator McCain had his own boneheaded move with someone named Charles Keating.

While I agree that Senator Obama's deal on his land was likely due to a political favor and he is right to realize it was a "bone headed move" in taking the deal, it is a stretch to claim that Senator McCain acquired his wealth by HIS hard work. Perhaps the hard work and great fortune of his father-in-law, coupled with his wife's astute management of that fortune gave them the wealth that afforded them these homes. Nothing wrong with that, but it does highlight how one's lot in life is often the direct result of whose womb bore you, rather than your role in "earning" it. We should all be thankful for the many blessings we have in this life, first being born in a free country that is United States of America.

Again, not to detract from any of Senator McCain's many years of service to this country, and his years of personal sacrifices.

"Romney said McCain deserved his houses because of the "hard work" of himself and his family".

That "hard work" was marrying Cindy the beer heiress, we suppose? Let's be honest Mitt. McCain gained a slight advantage by marrying into a very wealthy family, and that's fine, it's a free country, and I'm sure Cindy's dad worked hard to get where he did. But it's a bit of a stretch to suggest that Obama's family, in contrast doesn't "deserve" their house for godsake. It's not "hard work" to put yourself through Columbia and Harvard Law School on a scholarship? If one of your sons did that, I suppose you wouldn't consider it "hard work"? Most Americans do plenty of "hard work" their whole life but will never have seven homes, unless they win the lottery (or marry someone who has).

That's about as absurd as claiming that McCain, Cindy's sex slave and mistress while McCain's wife was suffering from cancer, actually "worked" for his houses.

This article fails to address the second part of the story, which is where McCain got the money for his many houses. Surely you're not suggesting he earned it, are you? Wasn't it part of the windfall from his marriage to ultra-wealty Cindy? While Obama earned his money, as you point out, McCain did not.

A person born of privilege defending a person born of priviledge. Romney is even more out of touch with the middle class than McCain is. These people need to be beat soundly in this election and allowed to wander in the political wilderness wondering what happened.

McCain was born wealthy and then left his wife to marry a multi-millionaire beer heiress.

Obama was born to a single mother on food stamps.

McCain and Romney own 11 mansions between them. This number does not include mansions in the names of their spouses, children or businesses.

and they have the gall to call Barack Obama an elitist. Wake up, America.

McCain / Romney '08
"Homes Sweet Homes"

McCain earned his 8 homes? How? By sleeping with Cindy McCain? So Romney is telling us that McCain is a gigilo?

How ridiculous is this? Can the GOP go any lower? Every dime ever spent by the Obama family was earned by them, none of it was inherited, Obama didn't marry into a wealthy family, he was born poor, abandoned by his father, orphaned when his mother died, and raised in a very conservative middle class home by his grandparents. McCain, on the other hand, was born the son and grandson of Admirals, who pulled strings to keep him in the Naval Academy when anybody else would have been expelled for bad grades and countless code violations, and then, when he got back from Vietnam, he cheated on his wife, dumped her when she was an invalid, and married the heiress Cindy Hensely, who is the ultra-rich daughter of a wealthy beer distributor, and the current matriarch of one of Arizona's most politically connected families. It's her money, and it was inherited.

Almost everything about McCain's life experiences involves privilege, inheritance, family connections or somebody else's hard work. OK, he was a POW, but what does that have to do with his character over the 35 years since? He should be judged by what he has done for the past 20+ years, which is much more relevant than his POW experience. And he should stop claiming that he is reluctant to refer to that experience, because a day does not go by when he doesn't do it at least 5 or 10 times.

Romney should be ashamed of himself, if he were capable of feeling shame. The GOP campaign this year is a disgrace -- even my conservative friends are fed up with it, and think it is going to backfire. And McCain has to be held responsible for the campaign he is running. Enough of the free passes already. Having been a POW does not mean that you don't have to respond to legitimate questions, or that your character cannot be impeached. This campaign is a daily impeachment of McCain's dishonesty, tempermental difficulties, and character flaws. What happened to the Maverick? Did he sell his soul to the right wing? Answer: Yep. Big time.

What a laugh. McCain earned his homes by divorcing his faithful wife after committing adulty with Cindy so he could marry all that money. McCain has earned very little as far as I can tell. His father's influence made it possible for him to stay in school, where he was almost the bottom of his class. He crashed 4 planes before he got shot down in VietNam and he uses that incident - a mistake- as though it were a badge of courage to answer every criticism. If you want another priviledged, not too bright son who has done little on his own - go ahead - but don't say I didn't warn you.

I guess "earn" is a relative term.

Mccain didn't "earn" anything in my view. He was born just a privilaged as his trust fund wife.

They were both born with so many privileges they couldn't lose in life! Is it any wonder they are just as rich now as the day they were born!

Does Mr. Obama have a number of homes in mind that is "okay" ?

No one seems interested in the end-game of his fascination with John McCain's real estate holdings.

It's almost as if his position is that it is wrong for one person to have so much more than others. Regardless of how much effort or time that person may have invested in obtaining them.

I fear the man who feels it is his right/duty/job to choose what is acceptable for others...

Come on. The guy was a political sponsor and Obama admitted "bone head" move. If it quacks like a duck.

How dare he!! wasnt Romney the chief organizer of the Salt Lake Olympic games that were mired in corruption. Top ranking IOC members had to resign due to corruption scandals associated with the games.

I'm so tired of these half truths and outright lies. This is a major reason I'm crossing over to support Obama this time around. Nothing from the GOP seems honest or even rooted in reality for goodness sakes.

Obama 08

The (trivial and exaggerated by the mainstream media) "issue" is more that McSame doesn't KNOW HOW MANY houses they have.

Maybe McSame is less than "ready" and in fact "unable" to be President.

Rezco was not a felon when Obama bought the property, and the deal doesn't sound all that sweet.

Keep repeating the lies, Elder Plastic Fantastic ... "game show host" is what Romney is ready to be.

How many of you all delusional Obama fans supported/support Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. Guess who has more homes? I'll give you a hint...it's not Mitt, and it's not McCain. This conversation is stupid. We are now going to base our votes on how many houses a candidate has??? He's got be a "normal" guy??? I don't want a normal person to run this country, I want someone smart, succesful and who knows what the hell he is doing!!! I love how politicians, especially good ole' barack are trying to convince people that they are normal...all of these guys are millionaires and are not "normal" which is why they are running for president...y'all need to lay off the kool-aid.

The Obamas purchased their home at the same time that Mrs Rezko purchased the adjoining lot next door. All the networks jumped on this and came up with nothing they could exploit, unless of course they lied about it. (Joseph Smith would be very disappointed in you Mr Romney)
The Obamas decided they wanted the adjoining lot to add to their home. Mrs RezKo sold to the Obamas and made about $54,000 from the deal. Mitt, your gonna have to come up with more than these petty little lies if you hope take any ground from Obama. How about discussing an issue here and there. I can't wait to see the VP debates. I am inviting the neighborhood. Keep it up Mitt, Keep it up

Marrying into wealth wasn't hard work.
Managing to divorce his wife and get off scot-free despite the fact that he was cheating on her with a woman 20 years younger- THAT was hard work.

Have you ever tried to divorce a woman while cheating on her, and not end up paying for it?? If not, you just don't know the meaning of hard work.

you're missing the point on the Rezco deal. There were two parcels of land for sale. One part included the house, the other was the yard. Obama couldn't afford both. Rezco bought the land part and sold half of the land back to Obama (which he could afford), allowing him to have a yard. But, it means that the Rezco part of the land was useless because it was partitioned -- not big enough to build on and basically worthless. Why would someone do that? Do you think you could get a deal like that? It wasn't just a boneheaded decision on Obama's part -- it was flat out shady.

mormans dont embrace the trinity as christians do and I believe Mormanism to be cult-like therefore in this pluralistic land of ours with lots of paranoid evangelicals I as a Democrat former cult member welcome Richard Milhous Romney to the mugwump ticket he will ensure Barry-O's inauguration. What a lightweight unlike his father who was a gentleman.

What does it matter how many house John McCain has. It will not solve the problems our country has right now. What happened to the "high road" Obama said he was taking? He would stick to the things that mattered to the American people. So much for that BS.
It we want to talk about how the rich politicians' families earned their money. Let us begin with the Kennedys. Did some one say something about boot legging?

This is exactly the kind of swill that Republicans believe. It got Geo. Bush elected (twice), didn't it?
Dumping your sick wife to marry a rich one must be a real chore to be worth seven houses (but who's counting).
This little man is just miserable enough to bring out the repub voters en masse.
I hope everyone is ready for Bush III.

Oh please ... now we are splitting the finest of hairs in order to press the narative that Romney's a liar who can't be trusted. Honestly, how about trying this with other politicians as well on big lies--Such as Obama saying "I've always suported the surge"--or is this paper only about attacking Romney?

Unbelievably, pollyannish.

In case any of you idiots did not read the article above, Mitt said that McCain earned the house because of the "hard work" of himself AND HIS FAMILY. His family includes his wife's family. He did not say McCain earned them completely on his own. Can some idiot read the article before jumping to a stupid conclusion?

What does it matter how many house John McCain has. It will not solve the problems our country has right now. What happened to the "high road" Obama said he was taking? He would stick to the things that mattered to the American people. So much for that BS.
It we want to talk about how the rich politicians' families earned their money. Let us begin with the Kennedys. Did some one say something about boot legging?

What Mitt was doing is called "inoculation". He KNOWS what he said is not true, however, he also KNOWS that McSame is vulnerable on these issues. So he gets out front with HIS lie, in order to obfuscate the truth ... so sad ...

Hey mitt;
you can't answer your temple recommend question honestly

Are You Honest In Your Dealings With Fellow Men?

You are a lying liar. Shame on you.

You know John McNasty married a pill stealing beer heiress whose daddy was a felon and hung around with murdering mobsters. Obama is the real deal and you are a phony!

I can see the new Republican motto:

Republican family values : if she's old ugly and poor, divorce her now! It's hard work but we'll respect you for it.

All you people who backs up Obama here are idiots. It doens' t matter that McCain has lots of money or a bunch of houses or married a rich wife. The fact is it is true as said by one of the posting here that OBAMA did business with Rezko during Rezko's indictment. Another fact to bring up was Obama helped Rezko get a low incoming housing development project. Hmm.. it seems they are both doing the tango.. So what does anyone of you self described Liberal have to say.. I say they are all politicians and can't be trusted. Why do you put your neck out to defend these punks who only want your tax money and screw you up in the end ? they continue to lie, their job is to lie that's why they are known as politicians. Can anyone seriously tell me that they can trust a politician whole heartedly? Why do you people get so worked up over these scumbags that toys with our lives and steal our money? I say we dont need tax because tax is a legal term for stealing. If they are going to tax me then please send me an invoice on what my money is spent on and if i approved on it. Obama wants to raise even more taxes (stealing more money from me and you). Rich people deserve their money because they're smarter and work harder than teh rest of you. I aint rich but i know they worked hard for their money and i wouldn't want to steal their money. Obama wants to give everyone medical plan.. even the illegals in this country. I'm sorry but i dont approve for that with my tax money. I'll give my tax money to go to infrastructure and national security (such as building a fence) to give people free health care. I"m sorry but this guy is a scam. Please someone go ahead and refute this. Proove to me that what i'm saying doesn't make sense.

So many "green-eyed" monsters in this forum. So what if McCain married a billionaire. Do you wish that you do? Don't you think it takes hard work to keep such a marriage strong? Having money just help him to focus on other more important things that he will need to take care of as a president. By the way, McCain has never claimed that all the houses were his. They could all be under the wife's name.

Go Romney...you earned your wealth and McCain sacrificed a great deal for his good fortune. What did Obama do?

- got a sweet deal from a convicted criminal, which appears is the way they do Chicago Corrupt politics when you buy a politician.

What every single person failed to mention was that McCain had to work for it very hard. He had to hump a trollop that wears too much makeup, and he had to hump her many, many times, while committing adultry.
That's work, right?

Hard work? What kind?

A word, to you my friends, from a former POW, about a craving for tables.

My friends,

after spending a number of years in Hanoi, without a kitchen table, I returned to my wife, but she had only one kitchen table awaiting me. That would never make up for that period of time that I was deprived of a kitchen table. I needed a woman that could afford to shower me with all the kitchen tables that I craved to have.

My friends; that is when, for the second time, I became a POW.(Philanderer On Wife)

I am John McCain and I wrote my approval of this message on one of my countless lovely kitchen tables.

Don't forget that I was a POW in Vietnam, and did I tell you about the time one of my guards played tic-tac-toe in the sand with me, I mean drew a cross in the sand, because we were just two Christians following the way of Jesus by bombing the shit out of peasants, and torturing the shit out of captives. Praise the lord. I am so blessed. All my pretty tables. Cormac McCarthy is going to do a novel about them.

Got to go now. When you own seven houses you have to devote seven more times yelling at the kids to get out of your yards.

O for cripes sake, Cindy! How many time do I have to tell you that I have not seen your damn makeup trowel. See how testy I get when you do not share your medication, that you got with your fake hand injury.

Hey, it is Matlock time. I love that show, Andy sure hasn't Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

"Behind every great fortune there is a crime" -- Balzac

John McCain didn't just get houses by marrying Cindy Hensley -- he got his entire political career. Jim Hensley hired McCain, introduced him to Arizona VIPs (like Charles Keating), and underwrote McCain's first and subsequent campaigns. And how did Jim Hensley make his fortune? He was a convicted felon, and associate of mobsters, who nonetheless was mysteriously granted an exclusive Anheuser-Busch distributorship: a license to print money.

McCain attacks Obama for holding a penny-ante fundraiser in Bill Ayres' house, and buying a bigger back yard from Rezko, while McCain himself has built a lavish lifestyle and political career on the fruit of Hensley's crimes.

As I understand it, the full Obama house purchase story is that the house and empty lot beside is had to be sold together. That was the stipulation of the contract. The problem is that the Obama's could not afford the house AND the lot. So Rezko's arranged to buy the lot on the same day that Obama's bought the house. Does that not sound like a favor from the Rezko's to the Obamas? If not, how about the fact that the vacant lot was then subdivided (and do you suppose there were any favors granted regarding subdividing a lot in a tony neighborhood) and a strip of it sold to the Obamas? If all of this sounds legal to you, then could you at least consider how the impeccable judgment of Senator Obama could have been displaced by a boneheaded moment?

What really galls me is the sense of "entitlement" many wealthy Republicans display.

McCain was "entitled" to a spot in the Naval Academy because he was born into Military royalty...."entitled" to move on even when he embarrased the Navy with his poor records. "Entitled" to run for the Senate bankrolled by his father-in-law who earned his money through dubious means. Same story as Bush. Same story as Romney.

Real America needs a Real Leader who understands how we live, our hopes and our dreams, our sacrifices and suffering.

Obama/Biden 08.

Doesn't cable TV give enough unchallenged airtime to GOP smear and fear games without you joining in? But no, you've gotta get in line for the tire swing! Don't want to lose your access by not pushing the narrative, I suppose. Try finding some news to report, my friend, like debunking this crap by mentioning just how Big John "earned" his houses, not just repeating Romney's lies.

I know, I know. Here in Minnesota we have to put up with hundreds of column inches from reporters who commit to print every talking point that Tim Pawlenty gets faxed to him, too. Try being a professional journalist: quit taking dictation.

I'm so tired of these half truths and outright lies. This is a major reason I'm crossing over to support Obama this time around. Nothing from the GOP seems honest or even rooted in reality for goodness sakes.

Obama 08

I guess he's right if by "earned" Romney means McCain found a rich sugar mommy who would have an affair with him and then by him a bunch of houses and some pretty, pretty shoes.

Wow, is that all the Republicans have ? Obama's link to a felon? Give me a break. You all have to do better than that. Isn't every other politician linked to someone with a felonious past?

McCain's ship's going to sink soon. He doesn't remember how many homes he has but a librarian with access to LexisNexis can find that info in five minutes.

How many Pakistanis does it take to read Jon McCain's his email?

The whole issue is that Obama's attempting class warfare while being the epitome of privilege himself. HE started the "attack" on these lines--not McCain. The fact is, for the average black person (I say this as a 41 yr old black man myself) Obama is VERY elite and so, by the way, is Rev Jeremiah Wright. Both live in million dollar homes. Obama went to Harvard and has been a political figure for a few years now. Rev Wright's home is in an exclusive gated community of MOSTLY white people, by the way.
Michelle Obama is pulling down near half a million dollars a year in her salary and was raised in the privilege of the Chicago political machine. These aren't "ordinary, workaday, working class" black folks. Believe me, I know. I'm one of them.

So you can rant and rave and dog Romney or whomever, but remember who started this line of attack--Barack Obama NOT John McCain. McCain has never begrudged anyone their wealth. Most conservatives don't. It's the class warfare rhetoric of the 800 mil a year through HIS heiress wife, Kerry, and the multimillion dollar Edwards and Algores of the Democrat party who have the unmitigated GALL to talk about "two Americas."

I note also that it came out this week that while preaching about the poor and working calls Americans, Barack has given TOPS some 8% of his income to charity while McCain has given 25% (or slightly more). Talk about putting your money where your mouth is!

I don't need Barack's condescension or his attempt to paint himself as a regular Joe to patronize us poor black folks beneath him. Nobody asked him to go that route in debating with McCain but now that he has, he's open to the same type of invective as he gave.

And YES McCain earned his homes: he gave his life-blood for his country when asked. As far as I'm concerned, whatever he has legally he has more than earned as have all veterans have risked their lives for Americans.

Hey I'm from Chicago, so I have a question,
not being familiar with Romney's time in MA.

Was Mitt ALWAYS this much of a dope,
or did it only happen when he started to run for POTUS ??

Cindy's dad dies in '98, and she goes on a house buying spree
ever since then.
So Mitt, just how does using the daddy-in-law's money
equate to Mr. Cindy 'EARNING' his houses ?
(and, by the way, they also BUILT A LAKE at the Sedona ranch...
the one that has 6 houses on the estate...so Mr. Cindy could fish).

AND...the CHGO Sun-Times & Trib have been up and down the
REZKO story, and back again.
There's nothing there !!

What are you smoking, Mitt ?
I want some.

Any man would be lying to say he'd not want to marry Cindy, given the right circumstances.

This just shows exactly what a true, out of touch elitist Mitt Romney is; do the American people really want twits like these in the oval office for four more years? John McCain pounds his POW drum daily. BUT, how does having been a POW qualify someone to be President of the United States? McCain represents nothing but the same old and tired policies the American people have endured for the last eight years. A vote for McCain is a vote for four more years of the same old and dreadful policies of yesterday. That is Truly Scary!

Wow. I'm amazed that Mitt would open *that* door.

Was it "hard work" to cheat on your hospitalized wife with a millionaire heiress? Or is that what Mitt means by family values?

Was it "hard work" to be involved in the bilking of so many people in the Keating Five scandal? Is that where McCain "earned" his money?

And let's not forget that Mitt earned his many houses by being a job killing machine, exporting American jobs to benefit wealthy shareholders.

Wow, after reading the comments chastizing McCain for marrying well, I've got to laugh. How many of you spouting off on that voted for Kerry? Too funny.

McCain earned his houses the hard way--he married them!

Romney earned his houses by being a cold-blooded job-destruction machine.

This just shows exactly what a true, out of touch elitist Mitt Romney is; do the American people really want tiresome men like these in the oval office for four more years? John McCain pounds his POW drum daily. BUT, how does having been a POW qualify someone to be President of the United States? McCain represents nothing but the same old and tired policies the American people have endured for the last eight years. A vote for McCain is a vote for four more years of the same old and dreadful policies of yesterday. That is Truly Scary!

Wow. I'm amazed that Mitt would open *that* door.

Was it "hard work" to cheat on your hospitalized wife with a millionaire heiress? Or is that what Mitt means by family values?

Was it "hard work" to be involved in the bilking of so many people in the Keating Five scandal? Is that where McCain "earned" his money?

And let's not forget that Mitt earned his many houses by being a job killing machine, exporting American jobs to benefit wealthy shareholders.
compa

I really have a hard time understanding why people vote for Republicans unless they are absurdly rich. Explain please. Is it the divisive issues that Republicans pretend to care about but then never do anything about--abortion, immigration? Really folks, Republicans simply don't represent the majority of Americans. If you make multiple millions each year, sure, vote republican. If not, voting republican is really asinine.

Rezko bought that empty lot at full price the same day Obama bought his house t a 15% discount because the seller wanted to sell both at the same time. Obama couldn't afford the full price of the house alone much less the empty lot as well. His book deal had just gone thru and he didn't have the income stream so he needed to do a mostly cash deal, which he did not have. Rezko helped Obama buy that mansion and Obama returned the favor by buying a slice of the lot for 4 times its assesed value. It was a backsratch deal for sure. Romney is right. You are wrong.

Yeah...Obama earned his homes alright,writing his books...happen to read one?Better yet,get the audio version.If your idea of a better America is a socialist republic governed by a man that is known to hang out with the likes of a unremorseful terrorist and a bigoted moral compass then your Utopia isn't that far away.90 miles south of Key West is your promised land.I don't wanna hear that those people are "just friends".He keeps the company of like minded people,pure and simple.

Mitt Romney has to be the least principled politician I have ever witnessed in my 60 years.

He is absolutely the worst.

He has changed his mind on every issues: abortion, gay rights, immigration, taxes, the war in Iraq, not want to go back to the days of Reagan/Bush, better for gays than Teddy Kennedy.

He is a walking billboard of contradictions.

If Mccain picks him he will lose. The youtube videos are so damaging of Romney that he wouldn't make it.

And lastly he is the biggest fake and phoney.

Bravo Stephen Oliver! Let's get this straight:

Obama did not have a woe-is-me childhood; his mother married an oil executive, they moved to Indonesia and lived a middle class life, and then Obama moved to hawaai, and went to the most exclusive school there. He has had a privleged life, and certainly not the life that most hard workng Americans have experienced. McCain came from a military family. For those of you who don't know the military, they are not wealthy. They did not own their own home. And, if you consider him the son of privielge, why did he go to war, and risk his life, for YOU, if he didn't have to?

That is dedication and service.

And now, the tradition of service continues. Tim McCain, who could have lived a life with silver spoon in his mouth, lived off a trust fund, but nooo...he goes to war too, risking his life, for YOU.

Lastly, Cindy McCain's father barely finished high school, also went to war, for YOU..... came back, and live the american dream. Are his children not allowed to inherit this dream? why is that bad? If you worked your butt off to succeed, are you saying it is a bad thing to leave that legacy for your children?

Obama is trying to make it bad to be successful at the American dream. This simply because he is desperate. He was called out on the race card, and can't use it anymore, so now all he has is the house card. This horrible fraud has no business running for President. America is such a good country, with such good people, what did we ever do to have such a horrible candidate like Obama? Seriously.

Don't you people know? Gold digging is hard work!

# 151 Stephen D. Oliver,
another child left behind.......

For the first time in my adult life I am ashamed of being a Democrat, John Mc Cain almost gave his life so that people can say these ridiculous things, I will proudly vote for him in November---first time I will ever vote for a Republican. The Democrat party has lost its soul.

John McCain can have as many houses as he wants. I have nothing against rich people, even if they did marry into the wealth. But he's completely wrong when he calls Obama an elitist who somehow got a free ride. Obama got modestly rich by writing a pretty amazing best selling memoir, long before he was a household name. He rose to the top of Harvard Law and was elected to the U.S. Senate without a father in his life. Romney, McCain and Bush, on the other hand had super-rich, politically connected dads. Without daddy Romney, daddy McCain, and daddy Bush, none of us would have heard of Mitt, John, and George. The message is very clear--the GOP is the party of inherited wealth and power, the Democrats--Democrats like Obama and Bill Clinton--are the party of people who rose up from nothing.

Dude...The official McCain biography notes that Cindy McCain promptly went out and bought a house in Arizona's 1st Congressional District the day that incumbent J.J.Rhoades retired - so that John could run for congress in that district!

Did John earn that one?

If my wife could just go and buy a house in whatever location she wanted on whatever day she wanted I would forget how many houses I own, too!!!

To Anonymous,
You said “McCain’s ship is sinking soon”. You wish. They way the media has fawned over “The Chosen One” you would think he should be much farther ahead in the polls than McCain. But he isn't and hasn't been for a really long time time. In fact he's lead has been shrinking steadily for some time. That is just a fact. Deal with it.
But speaking of sinking, just wait until “The Chosen One…the secular Messiah, The One who will heal the Planet” gets to the White House and then you will see some real sinking….of the economy. The National Taxpayers Union says Obama’s new spending would total $344 billion. So be careful what you wish for Anonymous because when “The One” is President there will be big-government spending programs, tax increases, trade restraints, and a government health-care plan that will cost all of us a lot in lost jobs and wages.
Mark my words if there is a 3 Dem sweep in November, be afraid, very afraid. I’m changing my stock portfolio accordingly.

McCain earned those mansions by cheating on his first wife with a millionaire who inherited her money. McCain is like school in the summer time, no class.

Are people unwilling to read? The article says Romney credits McCain *and his family*. It's not even a direct quote, so we don't even know exactly what he said, but apparently there are a lot of axes here to grind.

At least be fair.

What Mitt Romney is trying to lie about is that Senator Obama actually cares about how many houses a person has.

Hello-- the issue is that Citizen McCain did not have any idea about how many "homes" there were- and said "ll have my staff get back to you."

His staff consists of ex Bush White House people and corporate lobbyists.

This is not a matter of class warfare or envy. It is a matter of someone who is totally out of touch with the problems plaguing millions of Americans

McCain Knows nothing, except in his terms "how to win wars." He is just itching to start a new one in order to prove it. Not this time. Don't be confused about the issues or be fooled by this ancient artifact, and his dog Mitt.

If you are a Democrat and sit out the election or worse, vote for McCain, you are a traitor to the Democratic party and I pray that you never know another day of happiness in your sad, ignorant lives.

John McCain has never worked a day in his life (outside of politics). Cindy McCain has never worked a day in her life; she inherited her wealth. Romney knows this; whatever else you think of him, his business success is legitimate.

The question then arises, why is Romney telling this deliberate lie? I think we know.

Wow, Mitt Romney showed why he is the most UNLIKEABLE politican in US history...."Earned his homes" - LOL.....Mcbush married a beer heiress who inherited a fortune....Let's call it for what it is, John McBush pulled a 7-7-7 on the progressive slot machine of life....He got lucky...

This was a test of your reading and comprehension skills...............you failed.
Romney stated that McCain and his family earned those homes. I repeat ...and his family. Oh and dear #175...."never worked a day in his life". Repeat that to every member of our armed forces. #154 how does being a business acquaintance of Tony Rezko or Bill Ayers (& yes accepting the funds they raised for you too) make you qualified to be the President or do Obama's 123 days in the U.S. Senate fulfill your requirements?

One was born into wealth; the other married into one of the country's wealthies families. Who are they? The two senators from Massachusetts, representing most readers of this article who find "unearned" wealth distasteful.

Pot, meet kettle.

This article misrepresents the facts of the transacton. At the time of the purchase, Rezko was clearly involved in buying the vacant next to the the Obama's house. The pricing of the purchase of both lots was rather odd. The vacant lot was sold later to Obama. Romney is a partisan. I think this author should admit that he is one as well.

Instead of trying to get the VP slot, Mittens seems to be aiming to be the replacement for the lying sociopath Tony Snow.

What is all the ruckus about McCain not earning his home because he married money? Reverse the genders. If we were talking about a woman's house and the fact that she didn't really EARN it because she married it, that would just not fly. I earn only a slivered fraction of the money in our household and my husband makes the house payment without my financial contribution, but I have certainly earned my home!

NObama 08 is my motto. Why would any one vote for someone that has done so little with so much fan fare. NObama won his state wide seat by that honored democratic tactic of having every one else thrown off the ballet. Still he didn't get 90%, like the dictator of his namesake. And then his operatives open sealed divorce records to remove his senate candidate, Keyes as a stopgap, was not a candidate, that was a sideshow. As is the Messianic complex exhibited around NObama. It is disturbing that he has no accomplishments, no demonstrative skill at doing anything of value. Yet he desires to enslave us all to massive government that will demand control over every aspect of out life. You are foolish to vote Obama 08, vote NObama. On top of all that all of his close friends for the last 20 years are an odd assortment of bombers racist con-men and convicted felons. But it is his judgement we are to admire, are you all daft?

wow! all these hatred liberals refuse to accept the truth...too much Kool-Aid huh?
McCain 08

Wow! you guys are a bunch of unhappy liberals...can't handle the truth huh? is that why you guys attacking Mitt? none of you in the liberals party can compare to Mitt, he has class...now go beat yourself up and drink some more Kool_Aid.

Why don't you post my comment? is this web site for liberals only? no wonder...

A lot of you are hurting because of your guy that complained about Cindy Mccains houses.Well Mr Obama don't put your tongue where it hurts not only hurting you but your followers too.Come out of the house issue before you will gasp for some air plus why did you decide to run for President if you know you don't have much experience.Shame on you and your followers,most American don't buy your Bush bashing strategy it just make voters furious and send you back home to whereever you were raised up at some foreign land.You are a Muslim with an agenda and those nuts in the Democrat Party fall for it,how dare you think you can run this country where people belive in the true God and not your Allah.

Friends,

I never get involved, but this is really important. I have been in two debates about the greatness of Obama in Chicago. The tactic that was used was to shout down any support or qualities of John McCain. I think that the Obama camp has rallied the uninformed and fueled the hype with talk of change. What changes? Having lived in Georgia (now a staunch Republican State) and Utah (always Republican) and seeing how the agenda plays out in real life, I (once ultra liberal Jeff) have opened my eyes. I think that the biggest change for me came after seeing with my own eyes what happens to entitlement dollars. Most of you know that I worked in the ghetto as a property manager. The section 8 housing that was rebuilt to a beautiful state was fully destroyed (not by the tornado that finished it) by the tenants with in two years. When a storm damaged it this spring all of the copper and appliances were stolen from the boarded up building. All of the tenants were taking advantage of the remnants of a Democratic welfare system. This is one example of mismanagement of tax dollars. Another and more clear to me know is when I left Utah to move to Chicago I could see the real difference. Food is almost twice what it was in Salt Lake City. Gas in Chicago is almost $1 per gallon more, mostly due to taxes. The roads in Utah and Georgia are perfect and well maintained. Chicago's are destroyed by years of neglect. Crime here is out of control and there are not enough police to keep a lid on it. Even where I live there are a lot of petty crimes, but Chicago is leading the nation as Murder Capital of the US this year. Georgia and Utah both have Balanced Budgets and only short term bond debt no real deficit and both states do it with taxes that are among the lowest in the country. So after seeing the differences I asked my self how I want to live. I prefer safe, clean and prosperous. One of my biggest disagreements with the Republican Party is with environmental issues. From my Greenpeace days I learned that there is a balance between a radical shift in environmental policy and a strong economy. I think that McCain feels the same way and the party as a whole is coming to realize that there is some work to be done here as well. I think that what is going on here in Chicago should be noticed because this town has been run by the Democrats through out its life. There have been opportunities to pay off officials to get my building permits. The FBI just arrested something like 12 public officials in the zoning department for accepting bribes to expedite the permitting process. There are too many examples to list, but I think we all know, Chicago is the political environment that Obama was raised in. Is this what we want for the entire nation? I have been reading a great deal about John McCain and really respect the fact that his family’s legacy is service to this great nation. He has dedicated his life to service and all I hear about here in Chicago is what a blunder the Bush office has brought on the USA. It is easy to blame a party or a person for all of the countries woes, I think that from my experience focusing on a problem is not a solution. I could go on for ever about this, but my feeling is this, we need a leader not a symbol to head up the changes that we are facing. A man with 26 years of US Senate and House of Representatives experience and a driving force behind some of the best changes that have been brought about in the past decade is who I want to follow. That is John McCain. Please support by signing up for email about the McCain Campaign at:

www.johnmccain.com

Thanks,
Jeff

I notice the the article artfully omits the real problem with Obama's home purchase- the fact the he bought it for $300,000 less that market value and that the adjoining lot was purchased at the same time by Rezco's wife, since the seller demanded to sell the properties together. It's also worth mentioning that the adjoining lot cannot be accessed, except from Obama's property. All this took place before Obama bought 10ft. of the property back from Mrs. Rezco. You also fail to mention the special mortgage he received for being a senator.

So, can you seriously support a multimillionaire who takes advantage for political position and connection with felons to by a home?

Hey listen, it IS hard work keeping a rich woman happy.

Ask any gigolo, LOL...

Wow - Steve's comment below calling a recently deceased dedicated public servant a "lying sociopath" has to be a new low. Obviously, nothing is out of bounds for a leftist liberal in the Gay State...oops, I meant the Bay State. As for the previous comment about McCain marrying into money, apparently you all forgot about the last presidential loser from MA that married a wealthy lady named Heinz. Oh and by the way, at last count that same loser has one more house than Mitt Romney. At least Mitt earned his money the good old fashioned way...by earning it and not standing in line for freebies and handouts courtesy of some liberal Big Government program meant to keep the ordinary citizenry disenfranchised and on the dole so leftists can remain in power every election.

It's hard to imagine anyone saying anything stupider than what Mitt Romney said here. McCain "earned" his houses by cheating on and then leaving his first wife (who was disabled) and marrying a filthy rich much younger woman? Give me a break.

I hope McCain does pick Romney, because he's awful. Obama/Biden will make mincemeat of these two out of touch elitist clowns.

at least no none is saying Nobam got his house cleanly

Amen to what #178 wrote! Isn't it funny how liberals never have a problem with liberal politicians having money? Last I checked, the Obamas are far from being paupers, and the only reason they are where they are today is because their education (and probably their jobs) were handed to them via affirmative action, which means some poor schmuck who was more qualified was bumped because s/he didn't have the right colored skin. And are either one of the Obamas grateful for the opportunities this great country has provided them? Nope! Instead, they're America-hating, socialist loons with a chip on their shoulders, who opt to associate with racist pastors, crooked businessmen, and terrorists, and then have the audacity to bring up how many houses McCain owns. After all, making 4 million per year and owning a 1+ million dollar home really enables them to relate to us middle-class folk. Laughable!

Romney was born with a gold spoon is in his mouth. He should talk. McCain dumped his ill, maimed first wife to marry the much younger, very affluent Cindy. He earned his "countless" homes through insemination.

Maybe McCain actually did earn the money for his shoes. I hear the cost more than $400. OR maybe Cindy gives him a clothing allowance.

What is really scary to me - with the polls pretty much even now - is that half of the people in the country must actually buy into the way the Republican Party has poisened the political process.

AND it really is the Republicans. Just read "The Republican Noise Machine," by David Brock.

Number 175
Your faulty logic woud also imply that the beloved Dems "The Kennedys" never worked a day in their lives (outside of politics AND they come from a rich family too). First of all, when did actually aquiring wealth become a bad thing in America? Isn't that the American Dream ....to get your famly off of food stamps and welfare. Or is that now the cool life we should all spire to? Such obvious political strategist Drek: Rich= Bad, poor =good and the idealistic, ignorant, masses who haven't done a bit of reasearch on their own into their parties or their candidates FALL FOR IT EVERY TIME. Where do all these naieve gullibles coming from?

And when you say never worked outside of politics...Be Clear, Mccain is A VIETNAM VET! Have some respect. He was a Prisoner of War in Hanoi for five and a half years of his life?Heald prisoner and taking beating for his country. Have you ever given up 5 and a half minues of your life for your country? Don't attack an honorable man...The only thing the Clintons and Obama can say when it comes to armed froces is "we want to be able to get those poor boys home and find ways for them not to serve our Country, Just like Bill and Obama were able to do." That is their "hard work" and their "American Dream" But someone else should be brave and protect us so you can benefit from affimative action and get your degrees from the countries top schools, and go make hundres of thousands of dollars working in the private sector, and go to bed at night debating which of your 4 fireplaces you should use....and then have the "Audacity" to try to pass your self off as the struggling, hardworking poor...Give me a break. Everyone wants the good life. Rep or Dem. There is nothing wrong with that. Just stop pretending otherwise.

It makes a smart person sick to their stomach and insults our intelligence. barack is a pretty ungrateful guy for someone who is only half American at birth and got to really reap the benefits of his African dad spending 2 years toknock up his then 18 year old American mother and then split when Barack was 2...go father 5 other children who he didn't see to much of ither, according to barack's own Book "Dreams from My Father". And his dad was already married to a woman back in Kenya and had 2 kids back there that he left to come to America and pursue his free American education while apparently also not being lonley and beign busy in the romance department. I think Barack should be a lot more grateful for getting to go to the Best schools, without the brains or talent that would be needed for admittance if he were not half black and to make all this money just by writing books and that by having partt time slacker jobs after college and law scool, he is even considered to be able to run for President. Only in the current Demoractic party in America...certainly would not be happening in any other country in the world. Thanks Barack, Biden, Clinton ...your utter hypocricy has finally made this Democrat so disenfranchised by the current Dem party that I will be voting McCain and getting as many of my friends as possible to do so.

I cannot get beyond MItt Romney using obscenities while supposedly helping people when the Olympics were in Utah. I work in a middle school where one of my biggest challenges is teaching the children to use appropriate language and to have such a poor role model on the world stage is sad. Like I said, I cannot look at Mitt as a possible running mate with McCain, because I cannot get beyond his behavior when we were hosting the Olympics.

Hmmm, no bias on this site...

Nobama is a paper tiger that got where he is because of affirmative action and because he can read a teleprompter well.

He would have been the first one out of Hanoi Hilton and never looked back.
John McCain will do the right thing for America even if it means personal sacrifice.

People see the depth of McCain and the shallowness of Nobama.

Mitt Romney is right. McCain earned the homes he owns. Which by the way is 1 home. The rest are still owned by his wife.

Anybody want to argue that Mitt didn't earn his? So what's the big deal here?

Liberal loonies. Willing to bet the American dream on an unproven radical with no record and no vision other than to see the teleprompter three feet away.

Even Hillary knows that he's not ready to lead. How easily you turn against your own party when the one appears. Silly and disappointing...
Get some backbone people and stop looking to the government to solve all your problems.

To Post #180 (Steve J.)

You are a dispicable & sick human being.....invoking and dissing the name of a respected journalist and wonderful family man who lost his fight with cancer.

You are the same person who gets all upset when others bash Teddy K. saying to them to lay off due to his health.

You Steve J. are pond scum.

Shame on you Steve J. You make us all want to puke.

#180 (Steve J. - bashing Tony Snow who lost his battle with cancer)

Another child who got left behind.

Actually, Post # 180 Steve J. is a product of a botched abortion who in Obama's mind, would not have been a life worth living. (see Obama's vote against the Illinois abortion law protecting babies who survived a botched abortion).

Steve J. = A life not worth saving.

And the polls show............what? A dead heat? guess that mans half of America is being fooled. Wonder which half.

A McCain / Romney ticket would crush the democrats in November. I just hope CNN can temper their dissapointment.

I have been an Obama supporter since 2004 BUT it is becoming increasingly clear that his campaign used many dirty tricks to steal the nomination but that's the way it is. Every campaign uses such tricks but Obama sold me on the fact that he was different. He is not. The press...another problem. They covered up the Edwards affair which hurt Senator Clinton. For the time being I plan to vote for Obama but who knows what else the press is not telling us? Let's face it, Obama has been the media candidate from day one but will the press stay that way or hit us with "truth" at the last second?

Sure Romney, he got lucky and married into a $100 Million family. What has he ACTUALLY done to "earn" 11 houses (not 7 as everyone is reporting). This is one of the most stupid attacks uttered. Sen. Obama seems quite normal compared to the average American considering he only has 1 house. What does this have to do any anything!!!

Here's a thought. Let's just drop the whole house thingy since let's see one candidate's wife owns the homes; and the other one bought from a convicted slezzy salesman. Sounds to me like Dems want this a dead beat subject. I think Romney (who is still my guy) probably shouldn't have touched this one.

Obama is now behind in the polls by at least 10 points. As everybody is well aware, due to political correctness, the polls have a margin of error of at least 8 to 10 points. It is becoming clearer every day that Barack "Hussein" Obama and "Slow" Joe Biden are going to loose in a landslide.

Totally agree with #168. "McBush" is a typical rich boy who only knows how to pretend like he's working hard.

You and other media people constantly refer to Obama'a African-American background, to Hillary Clinton's sex, but seldom or ever to John McCain's age. If the protected classes of Obama and Clinton are Ok, why not Mccain's age? If the former's respective race and sex are relevant, then certainly McCain's age is also. Further, do we want another co-presidency? McCain's wife going to Georgia is similar to Nancy Reagen serving as president when Ronald was unable because of his age-related senility. Isn't that an issue worth revealing to the public, also?

What planet is this guy on???

McCain married his money!!!

Romney inherited his!!!

Insulting to the American public!

What an ass!

To those who are asking what McCain's 7 or 11 houses have to do with anything - here it is - McCain doesn't understand what ordinary people are going through as they struggle to pay their bills. He has no idea how we are hurting. He is not one of us. He is a super rich guy who is running for president so he can give back to all his super-rich friends esp those in the oil industry.

HOW DARE YOU SAY MCCAIN DIDN'T WORK FOR HIS HOUSES. DON'T YOU THINK IT TOOK ALOT OF WORK KEEPING CINDY OUT OF JAIL BEING A DRUG JUNKIE AND A THIEF? HE HAS TO USE HIS SENATE POWER ON SOMETHING.

Anyone who calls Mitt Romney stupid is ignorant themselves. He is well educated and is one of the most brilliant men this country has seen on the political scene for many years. It's perfectly fine to disagree with Mr. Romney's politics or to even not like his personality but it's sour grapes to call him anything but what he is - polished, handsome, talented, a family man, and brilliant!!

Uh, anybody remember Kerry? You know, the democratic nominee who married not one but two multimillionaires? He didn't own multiple houses; he owned multiple mansions.

I didn't hear any objections from Libs then. Maybe I wasn't listening hard enough?

Between 1982 and 1987, McCain had received $112,000 in political contributions from Keating and his associates.[14] In addition, McCain's wife Cindy McCain and her father Jim Hensley had invested $359,100 in a Keating shopping center in April 1986, a year before McCain met with the regulators. McCain, his family, and their baby-sitter had made nine trips at Keating's expense, sometimes aboard Keating's jet. Three of the trips were made during vacations to Keating's opulent Bahamas retreat at Cat Cay. McCain did not pay Keating (in the amount of $13,433) for some of the trips until years after they were taken, when he learned that Keating was in trouble over Lincoln.[6][15

Enough said!

Has McCain ever earned a paycheck that didn't come from the American taxpayers?

Ah, the power of magic underwear and the way it can distort the truth.

"Both ways" Mitty is speaking now?

Hey Mitty why don't you take your mouth out of McCain's anus for a moment. Explain why when you are Governor of Massachusetts you are for abortion and universal health care and when it's time to perform fellatio on the fascist right wing of the republican party you are against them.

Is it because you will say anything to get to the White House or is it because you are a person with no moral compass? Either way go to hell.

I love the picture of Romney behind a poster that says "Not Ready." Fitting for him.

DBattle: You assertion that the remainder of the property is "useless" IS INCORRECT. THe land was bought, and for $54,000 more than it's value at the time of sale. Find another chewtoy to worry, Fido.

What's wrong with marrying money? As a qualification for president, you could not have married a wealthy woman who inherited a lot of money and property for her father. If you do, America is going to bash your brains in and you are disqualified from being president.Oh yea, the Kennedy's are broke and Joe got his millions where? DAH!!!!

In 1980, a 43-year-old McCain dumps his wife of nearly 15 years (and throughout his captivity) to marry his 24-year-old mistress whose father had founded the largest beer distributorship in Arizona.
Today, McCain reports little more personal wealth than when he started in politics (which he did with so much cash from Cindy's father that the FEC made him return some). His $169,300 Senate salary and Navy pension of about $56,000 are his only significant sources of income. His accounts shared at two banks with his wife are worth up to $15,000 each, according to his most recent financial disclosure report.
Meanwhile, Cindy is a multimillionaire. Financial reports show that she has at least $9 million in assets on her own, and at least $15 million with the McCain children. But those pale to her stake in Hensley & Co., which alone exceeds them by tens of millions of dollars as Hensley's value is more than $250 million with annual sales at $300 million-plus.
When Mitt Romney describes McCain as "earning" all of his houses through "hard work," he basically implies that John must have done so like Julia Roberts did with Richard Gere in "Pretty Woman"....

Yes, I am know his wife has helped in his earnings with her being worth over $100,000,000.00 BUT any person unless a professional athlete and makes well over $100,00 per year should be able to afford this many homes after making this for 30+ years. And funny enough John Forbes Kerry also has many many homes. Many of our elected officials throughout this great land also have multiple homes. What is the difference...the home Obama lives in the majority of Americans would be able to afford 8 homes on that $1.6 million house.

Didn't John Kerry earn his homes by marrying Teresa? And how did Teresa earn her homes? By marrying a hard working Republican Henry John Heinz III. That's the joke.

Yes, I am know his wife has helped in his earnings with her being worth over $100,000,000.00 BUT any person unless a professional athlete and makes well over $100,00 per year should be able to afford this many homes after making this for 30+ years. And funny enough John Forbes Kerry also has many many homes. Many of our elected officials throughout this great land also have multiple homes. What is the difference...the home Obama lives in the majority of Americans would be able to afford 8 homes on that $1.6 million house.

john mccain earned his homes - on his back. If Mccain were a woman he would have been branded years ago a golddigger.

john mccain earned his homes - on his back. If Mccain were a woman he would have been branded years ago a golddigger.

Totally and absolutely agree with 212's comments and all the other similar comments !!!

Mitt is the man of dignity and asset of USA. I came from China and suffered from Cultural Revolution and socialism and i know what is good for USA.

Even China is trying very hard to get rid of socialism, and now China is much much more capitalistic !!!

If Americans really love their proud country, vote Mc, vote USA!!!

White House is not a place for Internship, though, Biden is becoming the mentor. Come On!!! at who and what cost?????????? It is 21 century already!!! The other countries are challenging us very ungently ! Change has 2 directions, not to mention Biden step on the Speculate "Change" Card, So, what else to play?????

NinaK:

"He crashed FIVE fighter planes, one on an aircaft carrier, causing a huge fire that destroyed other planes, killed 135 of his comrades, and nearly destroyed the aircaft carrier!! "

Not true. The fire on the U.S.S. Forrestal started when a rocket accidentally fired from an F-4 Phantom on the flight deck. It hit an A-4 Skyhawk -- either McCain's or another pilot's (the other pilot was killed).

Some idiot leftists have said McCain was playing a prank, "wet-starting" his engine, which supposedly caused a flame to shoot out and set off the rocket. That would be difficult, since McCain's A-4 was pointed *the other way*, with its exhaust directed out over the ocean.

As for Rezko and Obama, the simple truth is this: The owner of Obama's prospective dream house wanted to sell his two contiguous lots together for $2.5 million. The Obamas only had $1.5 million. Enter Tony Rezko to buy the vacant lot, allowing Obama to close the deal on the house.

If you don't think Rezko was doing Obama a favor, you have greater faith in remarkable, convenient coincidences than nasty old suspicious me.

# 151 Stephen D. Oliver, another child left behind.......

Posted by FebM August 26, 08 08:13 PM

Typical liberal. Can't deal with what was said, so demean the person. You know nothing about me other than my comments about this article, but you feel the need to denigrate my intelligence? Classy! Is that what Mom taught you (if you had one that cared for you)? Did you have to delete "n-gger" before you hit submit, too? I wouldn't be suprised. These days the only time I feel racism is from backwards folks on the Left like you, FebM.

Rather than being "left behind," I managed to "step forward" and obtain a degree and become an Air Force Reserve officer, now a field-grade officer, and I manage a squadron of some 460 personnel. In my other life, I'm a programming writer at a major software company in WA state and I'm a father of 6 children. Not bad for being "left behind", huh FebM?

But you wouldn't care. Your job is to discredit and insult any minority that doesn't think like you ("Don't get uppity and start thinking for yourself!").

It's a shame my oath requires me to defend oxygen thieves like you.

Where are all the McPoints commenters? Appears as though this might be fertile ground for the McRepeaters. Usually a Rezko reference draws them out like Kool-Aid draws hornets at a picnic.

Keating 5, anyone?

Some of you McCain supports must just be completely impervious to facts! Let me try and help explain this to you one more time since others have already done so. Obama did not get a "deal" from the Rezkos. The Obamas bought their house from a couple that also owned the adjoining lot. The couple was relocating and wanted to sell both the house and the adjoining lot together. They couldn't find any buyers so they decided to sell them separately. Then on the house they only got 3 offers. The first 2 were low ball offers. The highest offer they got was from the Obamas. So they sold it to them, the highest bidders! Then not long after, Tony Rezko's wife, who is in real estate bought the adjoining lot figuring she could make a profit off of it. Which she did to the tune of over $50,000. she sold part to the Obamas and a larger part to someone else. Someone who's doing you a favor for politically reasons doesn't sell you lad to make a profit off of you, gees use a little common sense. the only reason Obama said it was boneheaded is that it is never good for a politician to have their name associated with someone under investigation. The fact of the matter is though that he did nothing wrong. It was investigated by both the Chicago Tribune and Sun times, to local stations here WGN and WLS and by both Patrick Fitzgerald and our local States Attorney here, Lisa Madigan and no one found anything shady in the purchase of the land!

It is wrong of Mitt to remind us that Our fearless Leader the Next President of the United States Barak Hussein Obama has had some tiny little problems with his associates throughout his long and experienced carreer. While Tony Rezko was Obama's friend and financier for many years and helped Obama with his home that doesn't mean that Tony Rezko's influence peddling felony conviction has anything to do with Our Barak.

While Reverand Wright was Obama's spiritual mentor, friend, confidant, inspiration for his book, brought him to christianity, married him, baptised his children and led the church he attended for twenty years doesn't mean that our Barak believes in or was influenced by this hate America preacher a friend of Luis Farrahkan and Momar Qadafi.

Just because the terrorist Bill Ayers is friends with Obama doesn't mean that our Obama agrees with Bill Ayers.

Just because Obama supports his Communist Islamist Cousin Raila Odinga for the leadership of Kenya doesn't mean he believes like his cousin in communism terrorism and an Islamic State.

While Obama will end this War in Iraq immediatly our Barak said if the insurgence come back he promised he will send the troops right back to take care of them but ending the Iraq war now is what counts. Even though everyone says that the surge in Iraq is working I don't believe it because Barak hasn't said so yet.

While Iran is trying to build Nuclear weapons to and its leaders continue to call for Americas destruction if Obama sits down with Ahmedinjad I believe all our problems would end with Iran quickly same goes with other terrorists organizations like Hamas and Hezbullah because nothing beats dialoge and all these terrorists really want is to talk to Barak anyway.

Even though Obamas VP pick Joe Biden questioned Our Barak's experience and so did Hillary Clinton. Obama was a great teacher, Community Organizer, state Senator and first term US Senator and he reads a lot and thats enough for me. Obama also lived in Indonesia as a boy so he probably has the foreign policy experience to be fabulous. And anyway most of Holiwood and Europe likes Barak too.

While John McCain has more experience as a leader in our Country's history in the military, foreign affairs, domestic affairs, and governing etc. and while John McCain has crossed party lines time and time again working with Democrats on our Country's most important legislation and while John McCain has opposed and critisized the Bush Administration on many important issues and while John McCain was an important voice for the Surge, I believe John McCain will be just like Bush because Barak told me so.

I believe in Hope and think that our Barak will bring Change and hope that the change will bring more hope more change and heaven on earth because Yes We Can win over the Evil War Hero John McCain.

Funny how the same people who are slamming McCain for marrying into money are the same people who voted for Theresa Heinz-Kerry's husband John. No hypocrisy here... The key numbers we should be talking about are not the # of houses McCain has, but numbers like - the number of dollars Obama will raise your taxes, the number of leadership positions/life experiences Obama has that qualify him to be President (0). Running a campaign for president does not qualify you to be president... a little too late don't you think?

No body in the liberals dems. can compare to Mitt Romney. Mitt has class, integity, value...one smart man...
Michelle Obama doesn't even like America, and you liberals want her to be your first lady? what ashame...liberals can dream on..you will be crushed in Nov.
God bless America
vote smart.
Nobama
Nobama

“McCain is like a Grumpy Elephant with no vision and a flip flopping memory! There is a reason this Elephant is always attacking without a postive message. His trainers are Rove & Schmidt at the circus! We know what to expect at the McCain’s convention a Grumpy Elephant entwining his trunk with 2 Rogue elephants in Bush/Cheney with two cheering trainers in Rove & Schmidt who are trying to sell the American People a 3 rd George Bush Term.” RFK

Everybody misses the point. Class envy is the worst tool of the Dems. The Republicans should be saying that if a person has enough money to buy 7 houses, more power to them. The covetous, envious nature of the complainers is sad.

Romney is a political hack so hated by Massachussettes residents he didn't even try to seek a second term as Governor. His speeches show him to be willing to say anything, do anything, to push his agenda to increase his wealth through political power. It's simply hilarious that a born-wealthy man worth hundreds of millions of dollars is defending another born-wealthy and married-into-wealth out-of-touch elitist, as if anyone wouldn't see how ridiculous that is. If Romney is the VP, it will be the richest ticket in history, with neither person having earned his own wealth. Is that what we want - silver spoon elitists for president and vice president?

He called his wife a trollop -- it must be very difficult being married to her. Look it up! The press didn't know how to handle the situation, and they are still trying to figure out what it is appropriate to say about a candidate for president who has the kind of temper that McCain does. Report it? Cover it because he now says that audiences find the language unacceptable? Great town hall meeting -- and then bring the Secret Service in to see if the fellow who asked the question was out to do more than ask an honest question?

He made his money the old fashioned way ... he earned it?

I find these "values" attacks by slimy adulterer Republicans to be distasteful in the extreme -- worse than the pharisees they are, because no pharisee was reported to have cheated on his disabled wife like John McCain. The pharisees were hypocrites, but at least they obeyed basic morality, and respected marriage.

234- Michelle Obama meant she didn't like her GOVERNMENT, an easy slip to make. In fact, I'm pretty damned ashamed of my government, and I hate to admit it, but I'm kind of ashamed of being an American as well, due to the bad name the bush cabal has given America through their criminal misdeeds!

McCain? Don't make me laugh, there's no comparison between he and Obama! Just WAIT until the debates! Oh, that is going to be GOOD! I can just see McCain stuttering and sputtering and stewing until he loses it and explodes in a rage, costing the repubs the presidency!

As far as Mitt, well, there go the repubs again making those disingenius statements! Sorry, anyone with a brain ain't buyin' it, heck, even the repubs ain't buyin' it! It's those kinds of stupid statements that are going to cost the repubs the WH in November, so please keep up the good work Mitt! You're the best man on our team!!

I certainly all those bashing John and Cindy McCain over their 7 "houses" (not sure when small condos deserved the honorific but lets run with it), didn't vote for one John Kerry. If McCain is a gold-digger, what then do I call Mr. Kerry, who dusted off the rich heiress routine multiple times? And yet, if my memory has not failed me, this was a NON-ISSUE for Democrats in 2004. Not one liberal overlord rose to take issue with Kerry's wealth through marriage.

Wow, if I didn't know better I would think Democrats are fools and hypocrites. I'm glad I have you all to keep me straight. Many thanks!

HILLARY IN 2012!!!

Romney is irrelevant.

What matters is voting for McCain so Hillary can become President in 2012.

Hillary proved that she should have been the nominee last night. Instead it was stolen by the thugs from Chicago, using their thuggish tactics.

Hillary went on to crush Obama for the last month of the primary in many of the key states.

Let's not let the Chicago criminals into the White House. In 4 years we can have a woman of honor and class back in the White House!

I get tired of the Obama thugs threatening me on the blogs..telling me they are going to bitch slap me, or that they "know how to treat hoes like me". I'm not afraid of abusers like you. I've been there and I survived. NEVER AGAIN!

Hillary 2012
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I seriously find it humorous that the republicans are playing this angle -- I mean, seriously, is this the best they've got? Well, maybe... they can't play the "fear / terrorism" card this time because the Iraq war is so grossly unpopular and out of control. McCain's "100 years" comment and the "Bomb-bomb-bomb Iran" video have pretty much shot him in the foot there. They can't play the "flip-flop" card because McCain is so old, he forgets his positions every week. They can't play the "swift boat" card because they don't want people to find out that he finished #894 of 899 (bottom 0.55%) of his class at the Naval Academy and the fact that his lousy piloting skills accounted for the loss of FIVE U.S. Navy aircrafts. And they can't play the "religion / family values" card because McCain had an affair on his first wife in order to marry into money. So yup, I guess this petty crap is all they have. Very pathetic.

My goodness - where were all of these "concerned" folks when John Kerry was running for President. The hippocricy is overwhelming and so is the envy and jealousy of others who have done well in their lives. What do you care - they are not asking you to pay the mortgages on their homes. Get off your backsides and work hard - get an education and increase your earnings - then you too can pay the ridiculous taxes that go to others who do not want to get up to the alarm every day and take responsibility for themselves. Why should they when they can live off of your hard work.

Some day, the "sheepels" in the Democratic Party will realize just how they have been used by their affluent and arrogant leadership. They will understand how that leadership has depended on their ignorance for issues to vote for them time and again. Ignorance is the greatest expense our country has - and sadly it seems to be increasing - not decreasing. Mitt Romney is a terrific role model for the youth of our country as well as us seasoned folks. We would be so fortunate to have him in a leadership capacity. His seriousness, his focus on issues and his courage to make decisions that are not always popular are the right ingredients for an effective and successful leader.

Okay we'll go back to the Obama is a Socialist that hangs with a known terrorist and a bigot angle.Better?...lol

Boy, there sure is alot of Democrats on here worrying about who has more money and houses.....Apparently, you all are focusing on the issues that matters to nobody. Is Mccain out of touch with the common man? Guilty!! Is Obama out of touch with the common man? Just as Guilty!! I want to vote for someone with a long history of experience and strong values, and isn't afraid to stick to their core beliefs. Obama can't say that, it is well documented that he will change opinions at the slightest poll shift. That is sad. I want a strong America, not a defenseless and week America... Please vote your conscious... You know what it good for America, so Vote. Just remember, the world is watching and wringing their hands... They are hoping for Obama too!! Why is that??

As a cousin of a former POW and a sister of a still MIA, let me tell you what cousin Johnny said about singing like a canary. You are in a damp cell (think celler) with rats the size of cats who nibble your toes, fingers, ears, nose anything they can bite. You have nothing to protect you except for a blanket that is basically an old sheet, nothing to sleep on except the damp dirt floor, food that has mold on it and bugs crawling in it. Stagnant green water to drink when you got it. No medical attention and, for entertainment torture. You were told you family didn't love you, neither did the branch of service you were in that is why no Red Cross visits, letters, gifts like coats. You were put in a room with a chair, you sat, you got electrode type wires attached to your private parts, your nipples and other parts of your body and you were shocked, alot and with high voltage, just not enough to kill you. You were not allowed to sleep, blinding lights in your face, loud communist propraganda blasted in your ears. After years of this, you sing, you dance, you do anything to make it stop. Those that think McCain sang, let them live like a POW for just a month. See if they change their tune.

And houses, and marrying rich women - so did Kerry (the Heinz fortune), JFKennedy married class, something his rich family didn't have, so did George Washington, Martha had all the moola. So, kiddies, read your history before saying what you do. And, Nobama got his sweet house deal from a convicted felon and the convicted felon's rich wife.

Hey, Travis Chapman, Thanks for providing an example of another failed Bush-McCain screw up. Bush couldn't get Osama and McCain says he knows how to do it but has yet to share his BS know-how with Bush. So now you're telling me that Osama is in the United States buying up property! Err goes our crack Homeland Security team. Additional reasons to vote for Obama; he'll get Osama come hell or high water while McCain rocks in his chair.

If you marry for money, you'll earn every penny.