McCain unsure of how many houses he owns

Looks like Johnny-Boy has swallowed his foot whole with this doozy of a comment. From the Politico.com:

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own.

"I think — I'll have my staff get to you," McCain told Politico in Las Cruces, N.M. "It's condominiums where — I'll have them get to you."

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own.

"I think — I'll have my staff get to you," McCain told Politico in Las Cruces, N.M. "It's condominiums where — I'll have them get to you."

Now I could care less as to how many homes Republican presidential candidate John McCain owns--his wife, Cindy McCain, is worth over $100 million. And even if McCain had given a number of homes that he and his wife owns--be it four, seven, 10, or even 13 homes--I could accept McCain's number without much criticism. John McCain is an ubber-rich elitist here. But what is especially embarrassing here is that John McCain doesn't know how many homes he owns, even as McCain attacks Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as being elitist. What this really shows is that McCain is completely out of touch with the average Americans on every economic issues--be it on taxes, jobs, Social Security, health care, and even the home mortgage crisis. John McCain can only offer the same failed policies of President Bush, making McCain essentially a third Bush term. This story shows another example of how clueless McCain is over the problems Americans are facing in this economy--even as McCain blames Americans' recession fears as "psychological," or that McCain is ignorant of economic issues, or that McCain's definition of moving from the middle class to rich is making $5 million a year. John McCain is completely out of touch with Americans' daily lives.

On the Democrats' side, this latest McCain quote is manna from heaven. The Obama campaign has quickly posted this latest ad showing just how clueless McCain is on the housing situation, and how many houses he owns. From YouTube:



The Obama campaign should continue hitting McCain with this attack of just how clueless McCain is, and keep hitting McCain again and again with his gaffes. Even better would be to mock McCain for the constant gaffes that he makes. Then tie everything back to McCain running for a third Bush term, considering just how clueless McCain is on the issues, and how the lobbyists are running his campaign for their own greed. So far, the Obama campaign will be hitting McCain on his uncertainty of how many homes he owns:

Barack Obama's campaign, moving rapidly to exploit what they see as a major opportunity, is deploying high-profile surrogates in 16 states across the country today to highlight John McCain's uncertainty yesterday about how many houses he owns, the Democrat's campaign tells Politico.

Governors, members of Congress and state legislators will hold conference calls and press conferences in front of homes to draw attention to the issue. Party leaders such as Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, on the stump in Ohio and Iowa respectively, wil move to incorporate the matter into their remarks on the campaign trail today in an effort to draw local media attention to the story.

Further, some state parties will hold contests in which Democrats seek out real voters who don't know how many houses they own.

And in other states, ordinary citizens who have been victim of the mortgage crunch will hold press availabilities to contrast their plight with McCain's wealth.

Pass the popcorn--this is going to be fun.

Update: The Jedreport has the audio of McCain's answer to the Politico's question on how many houses McCain owns. From YouTube: