McCain's $520 loafers put 'elitist' shoe on the other foot

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:14 PM EDT

Article Source: Raw Story

Normallly presidential campaign season finds Republicans accusing Democrats of being out-of-touch elitists -- but this time it seems the shoe may be on the other foot.

Published to:

BAjunkie's Column, All of Newsvine
Groups: The Brief on John McCain
Regions: none

What's this?

Who's leading the conversation?

This visualization below allows you to see the impact that each user has on the current conversation. The top row contains the group of users who have had the most impact, the 2nd row the group of users who have had the 2nd most impact (et cetera). Users with similar impact are grouped together, and the average score of the group is shown to the left of the group. The author of the article is also shown on the left, in their corresponding group. Each user's score is based on the number of comments the user has made plus the number of votes their comments have received. The scores are calculated relative one another, so while their absolute value is not particularly important, their relative difference does indicate a larger difference in impact on the conversation.

1.1

0.5

Jump to discussion page: 1 2

{"commentId":2345956,"authorDomain":"starlighter2002"}

Randy-283493

Just remember, the man is just living on a service pension, and his salary of a US Senator. yah, yep, that's all....

Oh, I forgot to mention his wife is partners in one of the largest beer distributorships in the USA. She makes millions of dollars each year in this business. If he has $500 shoes, I am sure they were a throw a way gift from her. lol. I ain't voting for him, or his wife.

{"commentId":2345956,"threadId":"323420","contentId":"1710053","authorDomain":"starlighter2002"}

#26 - Fri Aug 1, 2008 8:58 PM EDT

{"commentId":2346579,"authorDomain":"jalexboo"}

jalexboo

And the Pope wears Prada!
who cares about shoes - Anybody care to find out how much the shoes/threads BO wears cost?
What about the suits/dresses Michelle wears? They aren't all bought at Target, folks!
And, what's BO's salary anyway? By the way, John McCain went without shoes for SEVEN YEARS folks! He's earned those shoes. I'm not his fan but for christ sake - can we get on with what really matters in the next few months?

{"commentId":2346579,"threadId":"323420","contentId":"1710053","authorDomain":"jalexboo"}

#27 - Fri Aug 1, 2008 10:53 PM EDT

{"commentId":2347143,"authorDomain":"jakooz"}

jakooz

while I think it's stupid to point out a rich man wearing expensive shoes. Mcain and his supporters brought this ridicule on themselves because this appears quite hypocritical

{"commentId":2347143,"threadId":"323420","contentId":"1710053","authorDomain":"jakooz"}

#28 - Sat Aug 2, 2008 1:00 AM EDT

{"commentId":2357716,"authorDomain":"wahela1"}

Willow-369182

Oh heck, he probably uses his social security every month to buy his shoes. Or uses it for his coffee. something like that.

{"commentId":2357716,"threadId":"323420","contentId":"1710053","authorDomain":"wahela1"}

#29 - Sun Aug 3, 2008 11:10 PM EDT

{"commentId":2359668,"authorDomain":"redhot1957"}

ladybmore

The point is! Do you want a president candidate that owns two pair of shoes vs a president that can afford to buy 5 to 10 brand name shoes vs economics? Do you want a President who can afford one home vs a president that has 7 homes? Do we want someone who has walkd in our shoes to get ahead, or someone who was already ahead? This is Caviar vs arugula and who really feels our pain.

{"commentId":2359668,"threadId":"323420","contentId":"1710053","authorDomain":"redhot1957"}

1 vote

#30 - Mon Aug 4, 2008 9:20 AM EDT

Jump to discussion page: 1 2

{"canLink":false,"threadId":"323420","isPrivate":false}

BAJUNKIE

Backyard

McCain's $520 loafers put 'elitist' shoe on the other foot

Published to:

FUN STUFF:

COMPANY STUFF:

LEGAL STUFF: