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I say let him buy as many cars as he wants. Owning more doesn't mean you're using more gas, and if anything it decreases the number of vehicles available for other people, which raises the value of used cars, which means people will be more likely to maintain/repair them, instead of junking them.

But yes, this is a stupid article.

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13 cars or 1. It doesn't matter. He's still driving with the turn signal on at 40mph on the freeway.

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@ steve: really? a 'hey, mccain is old' schtick is the best you can do?

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How about McCain was one of the Keating Five. Is that better?

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Keating Five McCain is a LIAR, HYPOCRITE and a FRAUD.

Honor comes with HONESTY - McCain no longer has either.

... he also has a Cessna Citation Excel jet. Gold digging works!

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Don't feel too bad, at least you know that a lot of very wealthy people (even without his wife, Senator McCain is a pretty wealthy man...there aren't many poor Republican Senators out there) manage to resist the nouveaux riche temptation to go buy the most expensive cars you can afford.
A little sad that he didn't put a decent budget sports car in there, but the guy's over 70 so it's not like it's a good idea for him to be piloting 600 horsepower beasts through the streets.
Truth be told if I had the cash I'd probably buy a lot of cars that fly under the "I'M RICH" radar. Driving something like a Toyota Avalon Limited or a Buick Lucerne is a LOT less likely to attract attention than if you drive around in a Mercedes Benz S600, and while some people might want the attention I'd rather not attract carjackers and kidnappers if I was rich. And if you're just using the cars as commuters it's not like the Avalon would be any less comfy than the Mercedes (and ironically, probably more reliable so you don't have to be stranded somewhere with your $100,000 car).

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If you had stopped at #1 (or #2), I would have agreed with you, but then you lost me.

You rail against spin, but then you spun yourself.

So here's some more, since you failed at closing that can of worms. If the homes are owned by an immediate family member and he calls them 'home' or is permitted to use them as such, then for all intents and purposes they are his homes.

If my wife's name was not on our house, but she lived here and called it home, do you think a judge would not award her half of the house if we were to get a divorce? Sure they would, because they recognize that it's her house too.

Saying that those 7 or 11 or however many houses and properties are not his because only his wife's name is on them is a cop out.

People frequently put property is a spouse's name as part of some financial or tax strategy.

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Research shows that you are wrong.

a) The McCains have a pre-nuptial agreement that separates their finances.

b) The “homes”, as Barack Obama and his campaign put it, are mostly investment properties in Cindy McCain’s trust.

c) Since John McCain has no involvement in his wife’s business affairs, he would have little knowledge of the assets in her portfolio.

d) Not all are investment properties. Cindy bought a condo for their daughter. Cindy purchased another in La Jolla for an elderly aunt whom she supports.

e) The McCain's live primarily in a 6600-square-foot condo in Phoenix, and a three-bedroom condo in Arlington when Congress is in session.

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Its always the conservatives that seem to complain when politics is brought up on a website that is normally aepolitical. Usually because its something they don't like to hear about their latest political hero. For instance another conservative was complaining over at Maximum PC because they had a post on her email being hacked. Never did that person complain when Maximum PC had previously picked apart Obama's tech platform. I will bet that were this article to concentrate on how stupid Obama's choice of cars are, there wouldn't be any complaints. Face it, this is a BLOG about cars. We are in voting season. It makes sense that any news about cars pertaining to voting season regardless of which candidate is made to look like a tard will be posted.

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I agree completely. not relevant to this website.

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TJ:
Pre-nuptial agreements cannot modify the law. The law sees a couple as a joint entity.

Besides the law, it's just common sense. If he has common and/or primary use of it, it counts. Some people don't even own their own houses, they are held by trusts. Does that mean it isn't theirs?

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TJ, I thought you wanted the political drivel off AutoBlog? Why add to it then?

I'm not arguing with the fact that the properties may not be legally his, but they are certainly in his immediate family's portfolio. Is John McCain homeless?

I agree it's not relevant to this site. I have no problem with anyone owning as many cars, houses or whatever that they want. But at least own up to it, don't hide behind some technicality.

I say more power to the McCains on their personal successes.

Also, it doesn't matter if the cars are foreign or domestic as it's getting impossible to define anyway.

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"TJ, I thought you wanted the political drivel off AutoBlog? Why add to it then?"

Surely you can see the difference between posting actual facts, and reproducing a campaign press release.

While first and foremost I do not see any need or use for this blog entry whatsoever, let alone mention of properties owned, since this post does exist I feel that all facts should be on the table, rather than a skewed reproduction of a partisan talking point presented as fact.

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And for the record: I am not voting this year.

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"Surely you can see the difference between posting actual facts, and reproducing a campaign press release."

Either way, it's political drivel, which you have claimed to not want to see on this site, but continue to add to.

For the record, however, I don't see any reproduced campaign press releases here, or much in the way of facts.

I honestly don't care if he legally owns 0, 1, 7, 13 or 5,000 houses. People can spin the number of houses owned several ways. He has lots of houses, he's successful and knows how to manage money - therefore a great candidate. He doesn't even know how many houses he owns, he's out of touch with middle America and doesn't understand the daily tribulations of the common working man - therefore a horrible candidate. He doesn't own any houses, isn't property ownership a central tenet of the American way of life? See? You can play it any way you want. It doesn't matter.

It doesn't need defense. Every time a politician makes a gaff like this, the uproar detracts from the discussion of real issues. And defending, or trying to clear up the gaff only extends the amount of time discussing such unimportant matters. Let it go.

You may detest political drivel, but you're knee deep in it.

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I see your point of view. I can respect your point of view. But I still disagree with you, and feel that the added facts provide needed balance to a horrifically written blog post. Additionally, this still returns to my OP and my original premise that an Automotive site has no business creating entries lamenting the number of properties a candidate owns.

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Community property, heard of it? McCain is married to Cindy, not just living with her. Or was there some kind of problem getting a divorce from his first wife?

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You all suck for hijacking this post.

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