Official Net Worth: McCain $36.4 Million, Obama $799,000

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AmericanElitist, on 08/22/2008, -37/+311but McCain was a POW
MadKennyP, on 08/22/2008, -42/+298Maybe Obama should get rich just like McCain did: leave his wife and family and marry some rich, young adulteress.
wild, on 08/22/2008, -24/+144So McCain is trying to paint Obama and his $799k net worth as an elitist who is rich and out of touch, and yet McCain's own definition of rich is $5mil?

Heh.
Barbarino, on 08/22/2008, -17/+122Wait, didn't Obama make a few million last year with his book and speeches? How can his net worth only be 799k? My parents (retired teacher and real -estate agent ) are worth more... I'm not buying the 799 figure..
mntbikeracer1, on 08/22/2008, -19/+124My guess is that if you take a look at Obama when he is McCains current age he will be worth that much if not more. He has quite the career ahead of him for sure.
CrimsonBlur, on 08/22/2008, -14/+114Neither can McCain, apparently.
scurrilous1, on 08/22/2008, -37/+113$36.4 million??

I can't even count how many frickin' mansions that will buy.
duckley, on 08/22/2008, -7/+75FIND LAWMAKERS net worth: http://fortune535.sunlightprojects.org/

Congressional Wealth
dan222555, on 08/22/2008, -30/+93They guy made $4.2 million dollars in 2007 according to his tax returns and you're telling me that now he's only worth $799,000? All I can say is if that is how he manages his personal finances then I don't want him anywhere ***** near the US economy or my tax dollars.
susan56, on 08/22/2008, -24/+81.....and so, is 'spaghetti' elitist ? Should I give up eating pasta because I love it? Is McCain nuts? I think he's too old for this electioneering stuff, he should stay in bed with a warm cup of milk and wait 'til the election is over and the cowards have voted him in.
plarp, on 08/22/2008, -11/+63i don't think arguing about who's less rich is helpful to the american people..

thank you democrats, and republicans for representing us so well!
MadKennyP, on 08/22/2008, -18/+64He should do what McCain did: leave his wife and family and marry some rich, young adulteress.
mattc908, on 08/22/2008, -11/+56Obamas house is worth 1.4 million........ how is he only worth $799,000
andbruno, on 08/22/2008, -34/+71ARUGULA IS ELITIST.

Or something.
inactive, on 08/22/2008, -6/+42She has to be seriously hurt in a car wreck first.
Draffut, on 08/22/2008, -5/+41Yeah, he released his tax information and his income in 2007 was over $4 million.
jonatne, on 08/22/2008, -8/+40Well, 3 $10million mansions.
Asabaseah, on 08/22/2008, -1/+33your grandma is an arugula eating elitist
NikoKun, on 08/22/2008, -2/+34I just can never figure out how anyone thinks *POW* means he'd be a better president.
Such a thing has no barring on a man's ability to be a good President.
jgoggles, on 08/22/2008, -6/+37According to the Sunlight Foundation Joe Biden is worth -$12,492. He eats Ramen.
John213, on 08/22/2008, -2/+32or at least, more time to marry into wealth
phillipj06, on 08/22/2008, -3/+32You forgot the part about cheating on the crippled dying wife before leaving her.
Whitehat51, on 08/22/2008, -7/+36It's funny because that's McCain's response to address everything he does wrong.
inactive, on 08/22/2008, -5/+33Now I know which candidate will get my vote :D

Jokes aside, Obama isn't rich by McCain's own definition.
tinkafoo, on 08/22/2008, -30/+58McCain only has a good chance of winning just because America is loaded with stupid people.
Enzo33, on 08/22/2008, -43/+69Two things:

1) Who the f'ck is politicalbase.com?

2) Why is it in this country we have those who seemingly wish to paint people whom have done financially well for themselves as bad people? Isn't that what America is all about? Isn't this the place where hard work pays off financially? Oh right, Barry Obama is trying to CHANGE all that; well, I say keep the change - I'd rather have the chance to make DOLLARS!! And God BLESS John McCain for what he has, I hope someday I too can make millions.
shawnanigans, on 08/22/2008, -6/+32If anything it means he is a bad soldier.
solboldi, on 08/22/2008, -7/+33You are correct. His gross income for 2007 was 4.1 million and he paid 1.3 million in taxes. This article is completely inaccurate.

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2008/04/ob ...
geekee, on 08/22/2008, -17/+41You don't need to be rich to be an elitist. Also, you can be rich and not be an elitist. I'm not sure what the point of some of these comments are, except to show that a lot of digg readers don't know the definition of elitist.

What's funny is most of the people criticizing McCain's wealth as making him out of touch were Kerry supporters 4 years ago.
Dustin00, on 08/22/2008, -3/+26And call her a ***** in front of live mics and the press!
Mootabolife, on 08/22/2008, -2/+23And icing on the cake, he can bribe his ex for her silence.
VicHislop, on 08/22/2008, -5/+26Ah, John Kerry. Since you're bringing up a rather uninspiring candidate who lost in his election bid four years ago and is not running for President this year, keep in mind how Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter, et cetera labeled Kerry: a gigolo. Yes. So, what does that mean for McCain? Is he a "gigolo" as well?
EtherGnat, on 08/22/2008, -3/+24"obama made 4 million last year yet he doesn't help his brother in kenya who lives in a hut on a twelve dollar a year income"

How was that supposed to work? Obama is supposed to meet these half siblings he has no connection to from a father he hardly knew and say, "Hi, I'm Barack Obama. Can I give you some money?" I would be horribly insulted if a relative I never met said that to me.

And how do we know Obama didn't offer help which was refused? The whole thing is just ridiculous. If you found out your dad, who left when you were two, had fathered other children around the world would you feel obligated to give them money?
jameskong15, on 08/22/2008, -4/+25But his wife isn't even a cripple!
jchrome, on 08/22/2008, -2/+22If by 'accumulating wealth' you mean ditching his disabled wife and marrying a filthy-rich beer heiress, you're absolutely right! Oh yeah, I guess he is pretty old too. :P
inactive, on 08/22/2008, -21/+41Correction:
McCain's wife: Rich
McCain: Poor
People who criticize McCain for having a Rich wife: Ex- John Kerry supporters
TunaFishGangsta, on 08/22/2008, -2/+22No, we're criticizing them for criticizing Obama as some rich elitist; which is akin to the pot calling the silverware black.
AndrewDB, on 08/22/2008, -6/+26POW is the new 9/11. Yellow is the new Black. Techno is the new Rock. Taco Bell is the new Healthy.

Everything right is wrong again
Just like in the long long trailer
All the dishes got broken and the car kept driving
And nobody would stop to save her
Wake me when it's over, touch my face
Tell me every word has been erased
Don't you want to know the reason..
jameskong15, on 08/22/2008, -5/+24Playing that POW card again I see Mr. McCain!
tabassman, on 08/22/2008, -5/+23How much would his networth be without Cindy's enormous wealth?
inactive, on 08/22/2008, -6/+24The Obama number is from 2005, 2006 and does not count any monies made in 2007 or 2008.
Br3ach, on 08/22/2008, -6/+24Probably more than you can count ;)
TremorX, on 08/22/2008, -3/+21I wonder if they're taking into account all of the planes he's crashed.
laserdog, on 08/22/2008, -2/+19Maybe the bank owns half of it.
funkyloki, on 08/22/2008, -4/+21McCain married into his money. Jesus Christ, how many of you people don't know that? He didn't earn it, he didn't work at it, it definitely had nothing to do with his business sense or whether he is smart. (When he admits he finished fifth from the bottom of his class at the US Naval Academy, his intelligence can be called into question though.) He ***** married into it. She was all ready super wealthy, and I am sure she has a team of people who manage her money for her. Please, you all got to do better than McCain is rich because he worked hard and had more business sense.
And to add insult to injury, the super rich woman he married, he did so after having an affair with her on his first wife, the one who waited for him while he was a POW all that time, the one who never says a bad word about him, the one he and his family tried to sue after they were divorced, the one who was in a debilitating car accident while McCain was away in "prison" (that is what the McCain camp called his time as a POW...he was in prison). No, he left his first wife for another woman who was mega rich. No scruples, plain and simple.
tmackb1991, on 08/22/2008, -7/+24oh. right. Because every person's goal in life is to accumulate as much money as possible and keep it. Keep it. Charity? Nah.... Maximize utility through non-material means? double nah... Just keep your money and wipe your ass with it.
inactive, on 08/22/2008, -1/+18Hey Enzo what you meant to say is that McCain is just old enough to leave his crippled wife to marry a rich trophy wife.
br0ck, on 08/22/2008, -13/+30It's trafficking in lies, fear and hate to so 'no YOU are the elitest that's out of touch with America', when someone with 45 times as much money as you calls you an elitest that's out of touch with America?
inactive, on 08/22/2008, -2/+19Obama actually isn't rich. You need more than $1 million just to retire these days.
lukedamonkey, on 08/22/2008, -2/+18Maybe the source is ***** up?
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