McMansions?

The other day I was having a conversation with my parents about the upcoming election. They are staunch Republicans so they say "you're voting for McCain, right?" Honestly, I don't like either of the candidates. I liked McCain eight years ago. Today? Nope. Too damn old. (ironically, one of my favorite websites is Things Younger than John McCain). Mind you, Obama isn't thrilling me either. However, after watching some things about McCain, I'm getting pretty scared about the guy.

For example, today, John McCain said he doesn't know how many houses he has. How do you not know how many homes you have? They are rather large expenditures to not remember. In his case, they are rather large with the cheapest is worth over $800,000. And he has SEVEN of them!

Showing off these beauties is a video I found off of the The Real John McCain website.



Geeze. The $520 Farragamos and the private jet just make McCain just an "average joe." Bah. You won't see him walking into Wal-Mart, now will you.

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