As Slog notes (“The genesis of the controversy—McCain’s seven or eight houses—is so politically combustible that the ad can’t mention it, so that attack on Obama’s ‘housing problem’ seems pretty disconnected.”), it feels weak. Meanwhile, the meme has struck a chord with viral internet video creators. Here are two more.
The first is a video by Aaron Walker, a senior at an undisclosed college, according to DailyKos, using a popular Feist hit. The second is a Google Earth tour of McCain’s homes which the Jed Report produced earlier in the summer which is receiving new attention.
Watch them, AFTER THE JUMP…
And Talking Points Memo published some photos of the Phoenix mansion (as well as an Inside Edition piece on it) the McCain’s sold in 2006.
Expect this to be the talk until Obama announces his running mate, which could come any time now: