McCain: Let Them Eat Cake

I touched on the recent flap over how many luxury homes John and Cindy McCain own in my earlier post titled "W/D from Iraq & the Presidential Race." For background on that, see the links I noted in that post. However, another bit of info has come to light that is the icing on the cake for the story. From the Politico:

The McCains increased their budget for household employees from $184,000 in 2006 to $273,000 in 2007, according to John McCain's tax returns.

The additional cash supports an "increase in the number of employees," the McCain aide told Politico. The aide did not answer a question about whether the growing staff stemmed from addition of new properties to the family's real estate portfolio.

That's roughly a 50% increase in a year. Were I Obama, I'd be going after this hard. I think it's fair game when McCain is trying his best to make himself out to be just a regular Joe to highlight the facts:

• When the typical family of four in the US has an annual (median) household income of about $48,000.00 (latest 2006 Census Bureau), the McCain's budget 5.7 times that just for servants.

• When gas is a huge national issue and hovers around $4.00 a gallon, the McCains -- when not campaigning mind you -- tool around in a private jet. Cindy McCain also has her pilots license so that she can fly her own smaller, second plane. Of course, she also told reporters that the only way to get around her home state of Arizona is by private plane. I've spent a lot of time in The Grand Canyon State. The roads are fine.
  

The blood is in the water. I would feed the sharks.

21 August 2008