Here’s John McCain’s response ad to his not knowing how many homes he owns:
I say he just uses this Powerline defense:
The latest campaign kerfuffle is Obama’s effort to make hay out of John McCain’s inability to tell a reporter how many houses he owns. McCain mumbled something about condos and said the reporter should talk to his wife. Predictably, Obama is trying to spin this exchange as showing that McCain is “out of touch.”
I can relate, though. For example, if a reporter asked me how many ties I own, there’s no way I could answer. Just like McCain, I’d tell him he has to ask my wife. Likewise if someone wants to know how many Wii games my kids have.
See, some Americans have a lot of things, like DVDs they got 5 for $20 at Blockbuster, or stamps, or million-dollar houses. It’s all the same! People pick up ties, they pick up condos. It happens, especially at these prices!
The truth is that McCain isn’t out of touch with “ordinary people” because he’s rich, he’s out of touch with his own domestic arrangements because he cares little about material things, and for many years has devoted his extraordinary energies not to enjoying his wife’s money, but to serving the American people. Given the number of nights he’s spent in hotels or on military bases over the last few years, it’s no wonder he hasn’t seen much of his wife’s condos.
Right. John McCain also doesn’t remember his policies because he has the full confidence that he’ll do the right thing no matter what he faces. And he didn’t remember that hamburger he stuck in his winter jacket last April because he actually wanted pizza.