Via Top of the Ticket, Robin Leach of Lifesyles of the Rich and Famous fame comes to McCain’s defense:
In an early morning phone call Friday from his fabulous crib in Las Vegas, Leach told The Times that he isn’t really surprised at McCain’s odd memory lapse given the complex lives that the super-rich lead.
“He probably was confused as to which homes are in his name, his wife’s name, or corporate names,” Leach explained in his familiar, deep British baritone. “In his attempt to be honest, he put his foot in his mouth.”
Indeed, McCain’s four homes and at least four other residential properties are held in the name of his wife, Cindy, and her dependent children through a series of partnerships and trusts. Their combined value is nearly $14 million.
Leach said McCain “tends to answer questions very rapidly without thinking of the correct answers. … I would call it honest confusion.”
This just keeps getting better and better. I think answering questions quickly without any regard for accuracy is a trait I look for in my leadership.
I honestly am having too much fun with this house bit.
Noah
25 Things You Didn’t Know About John McCain.
PC
Perhaps McCain can appoint Robin Leach as Secretary of Hoity and Toity.
JL
John, Remembering is hard work. When he wakes up 3 am does he know where he is?
Jay B.
You think that’s good? Try this:
McCain’s charitable foundation gives mostly to his children’s private schools. But they did give $50 out of $1.6 million to a cancer charity.
If this gets past Harpers, it’ll be endlessly entertaining.
ohollern
I’ve always thought the country needed a little more Honest Confusion.
Jay B.
Here’s the link:
McCain’s charitable foundation gives mostly to his children’s private schools.
J. Michael Neal
How much did the Obama campaign pay Robin Leach, and would this be considered an illegal campaign donation by a foreign national?
Noah
Sorry, one more. No Quarter has topped themselves. Here they definite sincerity.
Noah
I meant define sincerity.
Radon Chong
Now I know how Republicans felt when John Kerry said that line about having voted for the $85 million (or whatever) before he voted against it.
Paul L.
I guess you have to be dying of cancer (Elizabeth Edwards) to get any sympathy for getting Cancer according to great progressive intellect Open Left’s Matt Stoller.
John McCain: A “crazy cancer-ridden dishonest madman”?
Teak111
WordPress crashing all constantly would not be a problem if I didn’t use BJ for all my blog links.
BTW, thanks John for updating the Drum link. I had know idea where he went.
demkat620
Agreed. This is getting to Larry Craig level entertainment.
Next up on The Fabulous Life of John McCain…Cars
SpotWeld
Okay.. evil snark of the momnet:
(Said in an omnious voice). The Whitehouse as seen by John McCain: Just another property for his “people” to manage?
nightjar
Next they’ll be telling us, it’s such a confusing world out there, that if your not confused you really don’t know what’s going on. And there might be a grain of truth in that, especially if Mccain gets to be our prez.
MAX HATS
God bless Robin Leach, either a man of understated humor and initiative, or completely clueless. Either way, point to Obama. This is great.
Zifnab
Haha. The photoshop is a win. Ten points.
demkat620
Sorry I don’t know whay that didn’t work
cleek
McCain’s superstitions is pretty funny, too. the guy’s a freak.
man, i’m so happy to see Obama giving the ass-kicking for a change. i think i’ll start drinking!
Svensker
I’m sure you were all over Rush for his hits on Michael J. Fox’s Parkinsons spasms.
By the way, who has a bigger audience, Rush or Matt?
Who just signed a gazillion dollar contract, Rush or Matt?
Fang off.
Orac
I can’t speak for Paul L., but I was all over Rush for his idiocy about Michael J. Fox.
I don’t care if it comes from the left or the right; despicable attacks based on illness are despicable attacks based on illness.
So you fang off.
Darkness
Woah, postivitely Reaganesque. Well, Nancy Reaganesque, but she was in charge all that time, so that counts.
Conservatively Liberal
Yesterday I cracked a line here about having someone do a spoof ‘McCain is rich’ ad using a Robin Leach-like voiceover. Now Robin Leach himself comes out in defense of McCain? Hell, he is doing it for us and getting airtime too! This house brouhaha has been the gift that keeps on giving. The (so-called) news reports are full of it, papers are on it and it is plastered all over online. Nothing says ‘out of touch’ like not knowing how much property you (or your wife) own.
Politico hit a home run with this question because it was a lose-lose answer no matter what McCain did. If McCain would have tossed out a correct number, it would have looked bad in light of the housing market mess we are now in but it would have done the least damage. His decision not to give a firm number was the worst possible answer he could have given, and his ‘I’ll have my staff get back to you…’ was the icing on the cake.
That the Obama campaign pounced on this with the speed they did shows that his campaign is on top of it. They are smartly waiting for the McCain gaffes and then turning his own words back on him. It is hard to fault Obama or his campaign for anything regarding this as it is nothing more than McCain’s own words.
Emma Anne
Awesome. I will pay $50 to the person who asks John McCain how many cars he owns within the next week.
maxbaer (not the original)
You think that’ll pay the medical bills when McMansions pulls his spleen out of him.
maxbaer (not the original)
I’m enjoying the house thing way too much as well. But, for a sequel I would like either a total McCain meltdown on video where he does possibly grab someone by the throat. I’ll settle for an IRS audit of Cindy McCain followed by federal charges, though.
Jon H
McCain has a scrotum on his chin.
I hope you all have noticed that all these houses are owned by various trusts, which suggests some pretty elaborate asset management. I wonder what actual tax rate the McCains are paying on their yearly income.
Phoenix Woman
Yesterday I cracked a line here about having someone do a spoof ‘McCain is rich’ ad using a Robin Leach-like voiceover. Now Robin Leach himself comes out in defense of McCain? Hell, he is doing it for us and getting airtime too!
Isn’t it perfect?
Awesome. I will pay $50 to the person who asks John McCain how many cars he owns within the next week.
Ask, and ye shall receive (h/t Blue Wind at DKos):