Confronted with his own ridiculous statement about not knowing how many houses he owns, John McCain resorted today to what every pampered elitist Republican does when faced with his own Washington, D.C. arrogance: he whined a lot, and tried to blame his opponent.
Republicans never take personal responsibility, after all. Not McCain's hero, George W. Bush, and certainly not McCain himself.
As I said in comments elsewhere about Duh-I-Forget-How-Many-Houses-I-Own-Gate, the Obama ad puts McCain in a real spot. Either:
1) He's too goddamned old, forgetful and / or stupid to be President.
OR
2) He's an pampered, out-of-touch elitist ass who's lying in order to avoid looking like an pampered, out-of-touch elitist ass.
But it has to be at least one of the above. Perhaps some combination.
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