People in glass mansions shouldn't throw infantile retorts

By GottaLaff

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John Sidney McCain's Big Pithy Retort to his inanely out-of-touch, memory-challenged ("I think - I'll have my staff get to you...It's condominiums where - I'll have them get to you.") moment: "Oh... Oh yeah? Well, everything you say bounces off me and back on to you, 'cause I'm the sponge and you're the glue! Ha!" That's some comeback, Wittle J Sid.

[T]he press should focus on Obama's house. "It's a frickin' mansion. He doesn't tell people that. You have a mansion you bought in a shady deal with a convicted felon." Says an Obama aide: "It's his Bush grocery scanner moment - but far worse." [...] "That's fair game now," [a McCain spokesman] said. "You are going to see more of that now that this issue has been joined. You'll see more of the Rezko matter from us."

Damage control much? And they're going back to Rezko? Really?

"The reality is they have some investment properties and stuff. It's not as if he lives in ten houses. That's just not the case," Rogers said. "The reality is they have four that actually could be considered houses they could use."

Those four include an apartment in Arlington, a ranch in Sedona, and two condos, in California and Phoenix, he said. The others include "some investment properties and things like that."

Let's see how other Americans invest their money-- oh wait, they don't have any. Here are some examples now! (Is living in 4 boxes elitist?):

He also added: "This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison," referring to the prisoner of war camp that McCain was in during the Vietnam War. [...] "In terms of who's an elitist, I think people have made a judgment that John McCain is not an arugula-eating, pointy headed professor-type based on his life story."

Oh no, seriously? They're actually going for the P.O.W. angle on this one? Oh, please, please keep doing that. We arugula-eating, pointy headed professor types would love to see how you tie that to your insignificant four (he thinks) houses and six (he believes) investment properties. While J Sid is rolling in dough, there are a whole lot of veterans who are rolling in wheelchairs. For life.

Now Ambinder's take:

So Obama and the Democrats must use this moment to convince Americans in real time to think differently about McCain. That's one reason their new ad airs on national cable. Cable ads aren't persuasion ads; they're agenda-setting ads.

If McCain's gaffe had been somehow age-related, then they'd have an easier time. The groundwork for the impression already exists.

(Although... Obama's team does accuse McCain of not being able to "remember" how many houses he has...hmm.)

Hmmm. Jugular time.