Newsweek Story or DNC Talking Points?

by Stephan Tawney on September 21, 2008

Both. Thanks to Newsweek for asking the hard-hitting questions. Obama’s connections to domestic terrorists? Nope. John McCain’s position on amnesty? Nada. We’re talking the number of cars a candidate has here, folks. Hard-hitting.

When you have seven homes, that’s a lot of garages to fill. After the fuss over the number of residences owned by the two presidential nominees, NEWSWEEK looked into the candidates’ cars. And based on public vehicle-registration records, here’s the score. John and Cindy McCain: 13. Barack and Michelle Obama: one.

One vehicle in the McCain fleet has caused a small flap. United Auto Workers president Ron Gettelfinger, an Obama backer, accused McCain this month of “flip-flopping” on who bought daughter Meghan’s foreign-made Toyota Prius. McCain said last year that he bought it, but then told a Detroit TV station on Sept. 7 that Meghan “bought it, I believe, herself.” (The McCain campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment.)…

Only the Cadillac is registered in the candidate’s name. Cindy McCain’s name is on 11 vehicles, though not the one she actually drives. That car, a Lexus, is registered to her family’s beer-distributor business and is outfitted with personalized plates that read MS BUD.

I eagerly await Barack Obama’s condemnation of this story as a distraction from the real issues of this election.



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