Barack Obama Rips McCain for His Houses

Barack Obama is up with a new ad that exploits a McCain statement that he did not know how many houses he owned.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own.

“I think — I’ll have my staff get to you,” McCain told Politico in Las Cruces, N.M. “It’s condominiums where — I’ll have them get to you.”

The correct answer is at least four, located in Arizona, California and Virginia, according to his staff. Newsweek estimated this summer that the couple owns at least seven properties.

In recent weeks, Democrats have stepped up their effort to caricature McCain as living an outlandishly rich lifestyle — a bit of payback to the GOP for portraying Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as an elitist, and for turning the spotlight in 2004 on the five homes owned by Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry.

Here is the ad:

So, what is next for Team Obama? Class warfare? Penis envy?

Is Obama saying that John McCain is wealthy? Is this a crime? Is the Senator’s wife, Cindy McCain’s inherited wealth somehow dirty?

And, when will someone ask Barry about the sweetheart employment deal his wife, Michelle received at the hospital that benefited from his Senate earmarks or his land deal with convicted felon and Democrat Party fundraiser Tony Rezko?

Stay tuned…..

Update:

From Team McCain:

“Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses? Does a guy who worries about the price of arugula and thinks regular people ‘cling’ to guns and religion in the face of economic hardship really want to have a debate about who’s in touch with regular Americans?”