McCain Likes It Luxe

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April 2009
- For $89K, McCain's Bus Can Be Yours
  
  ABC News | Apr 3, 09 4:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The bus that took John McCain from Senate maverick to presidential hopeful can be yours for $89,000, ABC News reports. The Republican’s "Straight Talk Express"—powered by gas, not hot air—is for sale at BusForSale.com. No word on whether McCain’s planning on an upgrade or if he’s looking for extra recession cash. More »
March 2009
- Go All In on Afghan War, McCain, Lieberman Say
  
  Washington Post | Mar 19, 09 7:16 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama’s strategy for Afghanistan must roundly reject the so-called “minimalist” approach being whispered about in DC, write John McCain and Joe Lieberman in today’s Washington Post. The minimalists want the US to focus on limited, “realistic” counterterrorism goals. But McCain and Lieberman remind Obama that during the campaign he called Afghanistan “the war we must win.” More »
- Ingraham Calls Meghan McCain 'Useful Idiot'
  
  CNN | Mar 17, 09 4:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Meghan McCain, who has recently attacked certain prominent female conservatives, is a “flavor of the month” being manipulated by the media, says one of her targets. Laura Ingraham writes on her blog—under the title 'Useful Idiot' Watch— that McCain is following her father’s maverick playbook, CNN reports. But he, at least, “backs up his views with a lifetime of sacrifice and public service.” More »
- Stephanopoulos Lands McCain for 'Twitterview'
  
  ABC News | Mar 13, 09 11:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - ABC’s George Stephanopoulos is taking the next step with Twitter, he writes in his blog, landing Sen. John McCain for a 140-characters-at-a-time “Twitterview” on Tuesday. Stephanopoulos is also encouraging readers to send him questions for the Republican via the microblogging format that’s recently become all the rage in Washington; the interview is scheduled for noon Eastern. More »
October 2008
- GOP Gulps as $150K Threads Fray Palin Cred
  
  New York Times | Oct 23, 08 5:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The $150,000 pricetag for Sarah Palin's new clothes has transformed the hockey mom into something of an empress, the New York Times reports, and GOP strategists are sweating the change in image. As the campaign enters the homestretch, Palin's unplain threads have become a symbol of excess akin to John McCain's seven homes or John Edwards' $400 haircuts—undermining the appeal to Joe Sixpack she's staked her candidacy on. More »
- GOP Foots $150K Bill for Palin Clothing, Makeup
  
  Politico | Oct 22, 08 9:08 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sarah Palin apparently isn't kidding when she stresses the importance of lipstick to a hockey mom: the RNC spent $5000 on hair and makeup en route to racking up a $150,000 bill for clothing and accessories for Palin and her family since John McCain picked her as his runningmate. The $75,000 dropped at Neiman Marcus, among other spending sprees, have raised legal issues, but the RNC defends its expenditures, Politico reports. More »
September 2008
- Mac Spent $5,500 on Idol Artist
  
  Us Weekly | Sep 25, 08 9:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain has spent more than $5,500 for the prime-time expertise of an American Idol makeup artist so the 72-year-old can be camera-ready for his TV appearances, Us Weekly reports. Tifanie White, who's also worked on So You Think You Can Dance , used her beauty school tricks to the tune of $5,583.43, according to the Federal Election Commission. More »
- Guess How Many Cars I Own?
  
  Newsweek | Sep 22, 08 8:53 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The McCains own almost twice as many cars as they do houses, and a few members of the fleet are foreign—despite John McCain’s recent assurances to Detroit that "I've bought American literally all my life.” Thirteen cars are registered to John and Cindy McCain, Newsweek discovered in a search of public records.The number of vehicles registered to Barack and Michelle Obama? One. More »
August 2008
- The Private Wealth Behind McCain's Public Life
  
  New York Times | Aug 23, 08 7:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain is one of the wealthiest men in the Senate, but the McCain fortune is less open to scrutiny than that of most lawmakers, the New York Times reports, since the vast bulk of it remains solely in the name of wife Cindy. She has a controlling stake in the privately held beer distribution company inherited from her father, which nets her an estimated $5 million a year, and her investments carry few disclosure requirements. More »
- McCain Can't Quite Say How Many Houses He Owns
  
  Politico | Aug 21, 08 12:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain isn’t quite sure how many houses he owns, Politico reports. The presumptive Republican nominee responded to the question in yesterday’s interview with “I think—I’ll have my staff get to you.” He and wife Cindy are estimated to own between four and seven properties. Barack Obama’s campaign was swift to capitalize, producing an ad today capped by a shot of the White House and the narration “Here's ONE house America can't afford to let John McCain move into.” More »