John Sidney McCain owns more homes than Obama owns shoes

By GottaLaff

You might recall John Sidney Eldon Smith McCain's campaign referring to Barack Obama as elitist. Think. Think hard. Who is it that can't remember the number of homes his family owns? Okay, let's cut him some slack. We'll tell him. Let's just assume he owns 7. Or 8. Or 9.

Now then, let's imagine for a moment how many walk-in closets the McCain family has. How many pairs of shoes must those closets hold? Calculating: They hop around between about 4 of those homes, which adds up to-- carry the 3, plus pi, divided by equity, times inheritance-- about 16 walk-ins, give or take 12.

Why, Cindy McMealTicket alone must have at least, what, 150 pairs of Pradas all to herself? And we know that J Sid has at least one pair of gleaming $520 Ferragamos. This should put things into perspective:

I haven't changed my approach to dressing too much," he said. "Michelle has asked me to clean up because when she first met me I had one suit. Michelle always finds this funny because I basically buy five of the same suit and then I patch them up and wear them repeatedly. I have four pairs of shoes. Recently, I've taken to getting a haircut more frequently than I used to because my mother-in-law makes fun of me."

Four. Barack owns 4 pairs of shoes. Let's widen that perspective just a tad:

Joe Bungalow, we ask you to peek in your closet and count how many pairs of shoes you own.

Five pairs? Maybe six?

Consider this: John McCain's family owns more homes than you own shoes. [...]

At press time, the McCain family real estate portfolio totaled eight properties, according to the Web site Politico, which started the whole home brouhaha when one of its reporters asked McCain how many homes he had. McCain was uncertain and said he'd have his staff get back to the reporter. [...]

McCain's confusion about how many homes he and his family own is significant in what it reveals.

It speaks of a man who is so well off he can choose to have other folks take on those niggling tasks that consume the free time of Joe and Jane Bungalows everywhere:

Mowing the lawn, paying the bills, cleaning out the gutters, taking out the trash.

And shining those shoes.

Noun. Verb. Out of touch.

H/t: Clancy