Common People (not)

MAUREEN DOWD "The McCains own 13 cars, eight homes and access to a corporate jet, and Cindy had her Marie Antoinette moment at the convention. Vanity Fair calculated that her outfit cost $300,000, with three-carat diamond earrings worth $280,000, an Oscar de la Renta dress valued at $3,000, a Chanel white ceramic watch clocking in at $4,500 and a four-strand pearl necklace worth between $11,000 and $25,000. While presenting herself as an I’m-just-like-you hockey mom frugal enough to put the Alaska state plane up for sale on eBay, Palin made her big speech at the convention wearing a $2,500 cream silk Valentino jacket that the McCain staff had gotten her at Saks." -- read more

Ok. The GOP really stepped in their own filth pile with this. So we got, Joe the plumber who's neither a plumber, or a Joe - a shopping spree for the Gov was three times the median American income. The McCain couple's personal wealth is far from middle class. Many of the swing voting independents that haven't decided yet are probably not rich, shopping for Oscar de la Renta, or own more that one house. In fact the house they have now probably is worth less than it was a year ago. The McCain club is going to have a hard time showing how they relate.