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McCain, Leno & the Senator's Houses
August 25, 2008 8:04 PM
Don't want to stay up for the Tonight Show?
Here's Jay Leno, political reporter, from a just completed interview:
Leno: "For a million dollars, how many houses do you have?"
McCain: "Could I just mention to you, Jay, that, at a moment of seriousness. I spent five-and-a-half years in a prison cell. I didn't have a house. I didn't have a kitchen table. I didn't have a table. I didn't have a chair. And I didn't spent those five-and-a-half years because, not because I wanted to get a house when I got out. You know, I'm very proud of Cindy's father. He was a guy that barely got out of high school, fought in WW Two in the Army Air Corps, came home and made a business, and made the American dream. And so somehow, you've had Cindy on this show, and, uh, the fact is that she's extremely generous. She goes around the world doing humanitarian stuff. She's in now in Georgia as we speak, looking at the humanitarian aspects of the results of this Russian invasion. So, I'm proud of my life and my record, and we spend our time in a condominium in Washington, in a condominium in Phoenix, sometime over here in the state of California and we have a place up in northern Arizona. And, my friends, I'm proud of my record of service to this country. And it has nothing to with houses. What it has to do with putting Americans in houses and keeping in their homes. And that's what I'm gong to do."
Leno: "That sounds like five houses."
August 25, 2008 in Vote 2008 | Permalink | Share | User Comments (23)
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As one of the few truly undecideds on here, I have to say one thing -
This is gross.
Seriously, why is he doing this? Did he not see what this did to Gullianni?
You take this very real, raw, life changing experience... and turn it into a two liner? A fallback answer for everything?
Not saying this alone keeps me from voting for him, but it's disappointing. Politics at it's worst.
I don't care if he has 20 houses. But I care about his integrity.
Gross.
Posted by: Sam | Aug 26, 2008 12:23:02 AM
So he still doesn't know if it's five or seven? Huh? Can't you just count the front door keys on the ring or something? Is there a forgotten dog barking in a backyard somewhere because the McCains have so many homes, they forgot one or two?
Posted by: obamamama | Aug 26, 2008 10:28:42 AM
McCain needs to stop hiding behind his "I am POW so I should be forgiven" rhetoric....it is getting nauseating...McCain should be honored for her service to his country however he should not be forgiven for every hypocrisy or indescretion because of it...If he expects to be then I say he is unfit to be president...
Posted by: indy_voter | Aug 26, 2008 11:41:38 AM
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