Cindy McCain's Credit Card Bills - The REAL Elitist?

I believe he was called an elitist due to his remarks about small town americans clinging to guns and religion in their voting. Where did you hear that he grew up herding goats? I didn't even know they had goatherders in Hawaii.

I read it in a blog, and now that I searched it, it wasn't him but his father. I really don't believe he is an elitist for those remarks. I mean, I don't want to sound hard but that is what many people believe that don't live in the South.

He was just trying to explain their resentment over jobloss. Which is really true, in those areas they aren't as accepting of other types of people. Here in California we embrace everyone.

I figured the goat herder thing was an honest mistake. People interpreted his comments differently of course, but it was those comments that got people to call him elitist. It really had very little to do with his finances. I know there are people who agreed with what he said, but when a rich man, who doesn't live amongst those people makes that kind of a judgment, it's going to be interpreted as him putting himself above them regardless of whether it is partially true or not.

I can't help myself - "mega-dittos"! I can hear them now! They'd try to get all of her receipts and attack everything she had bought no matter what it was. We'd hear all about how she couldn't manage money so obviously neither could her husband not to mention more about how elitist she is. What a joke.
Annie

I AGREE.

Lloyd

Hi Deebomb. Thanks for that information. It is possible that she racked up these charges for those important causes.

However, her credit card bills peaked between January 2007 and May 2008.

Hopefully the details of her spending will become public.

I know if it were Mitchelle Obama, she would have to disclose those charges.

Lloyd

Thank you for adding that to the discussion deebomb. I think McCain's opponents just want to believe she spends all her money on shoes and jewelry.

I admire her for being a hands on person instead of throwing money at the problems.

It really isn't the point of her spending the money but it's the hypocrisy of calling the Obama's "out of touch". What's that saying about those who live in glass houses? I have no idea what she spent the money on but the clothing she wears on the campaign trail aren't bought off the rack, they're custom made by designers, or so I've heard it said and whether the credit cards were used for them or not they did buy FIVE new condos and hired new household help recently. I guess the Holiday Inn Express doesn't cut it for them when they're campaigning...lol!
Annie

Mrs Obama personal yearly income has been reported as being $316,000 she is a well educated attorney and attorney's make a whole lot of money twenty-four seven.
Cindy McCain and Mechelle Obama are both very wealth women,what either may charge in one month don't mean much more then that they both are very rich and personally responsible people with very handsome lines of credit.
I would guess they are not anything like the adverage hard working American nor the poor in American,these people pay off their credit cards month to month,because they can afford to.
Obama has been called an elitist because he in fact is an elites,he is most arrogant and high minded,extrely liberal accord to his own party. and I would think the blind could detect this by listening to Obama speak.
I for one in no way degrade the McCain's or the Obama's because they are very rich people,they have made their money by very hard work.
Cindy McCain was left a fortune and she has done so many very good things with her money,such as helping in large measures the poor and little children that need medical care all around the world.
John and Cindy McCain are the founders of a vast operation that pays for surgery for poor child,I think it called Smiles,something of that nature.
John and Cindy McCain fifteen years ago adopted a little girl from another country.
The little girl was dieing when Cindy McCain meet her,the McCain's filed for the child's adoption and it was granted to them,the girl today is health,happy and well enjoying high school under trhe loving watchfully care of her mother and father,John and Cindy McCain.
The McCain's have a son as we speak in Iraq and another son serving his country in the Navy.
The McCain's are true Americans that do love their country and with their riches they have gave freely to people in needed of human love,caring and concern,in American and around the world.
The Obama's it has been reorted gave large amounts of money to their pastor,mentor,uncle Jeremiah Wright as long time supporting members of the Trinity church in Chicago.
Barack Obama has gave to black base groups of different kinds,including radical muslin groups within his brotherhood.
In my opinion the McCain's have for many years identified with the hardships of Americans and people of other lands.
In regard to Barack Obama saying people in middle American cling to their guns and religion,it is rather strange for a proclaimed Christian to say about his brother and sister in the faith,but we must stay focused Obama was talking to another class of people in San Francisco,California.

I can only speak for myself but the reason I posted about this was because McCain has said repeatedly that Obama is "out of touch" with the average working American yet here he and his wife and kids are with at least 6 homes since they recently bought 5 and with at least one of their minor children having a credit card of over $50,000 for one month. Perhaps Cindy did use a large portion of that money for her charities and I do give her credit - no pun intended - for that.

About Obama's remarks, I know everyone has the right to take them as they choose regardless of what he himself has said he actually meant but I understood him perfectly before he gave any explanation and I'm from a small town in Pennsylvania and so are most of my friends and we all agree with him and know where he was coming from and didn't take him to be elitist or to think himself better than us! Hey, I could be wrong, it wouldn't be the first time, but I think the Obama's can relate to us more than the McCain's ever could.
Annie

Most politicians are out of touch with the common man. People who say otherwise are just lying to themselves. I think the reason republicans don't have to worry about those records is because they don't pretend to know what it's like to be the common man. Obama keeps pretending that he knows what it's like to struggle. He doesn't know. He has no idea. He's lived a privileged life where he's never had to hold down a real job like us average folk.

I actually researched many of the republican and democrat candidates this election and the only one I saw that could honestly understand what it's like to struggle was Mike Gravel (Democrat). Unfortunately he never had a shot at the nomination. The DNC gave him no support and CNN barely even let him attend the debates. When he did attend he got 5 minutes out of a 2 hour debate. CNN had already decided to help make Obama and Clinton the leaders for the democrats.