It's not just that he loses count of how many houses he owns...it's not just the "your only "rich" if you make 5 million dollars" comment, it's not just that his top economics advisor thinks we're all whiners, it's not just that John McCain thinks the economy is in good shape, it's not just that he wants to give BILLIONS in tax breaks to companies with the largest profits in the history of mankind, while continuing to spend 10 Billion dollars a month in Iraq for the next hundred years...it's that he does it while claiming Barack Obama is an out of touch elitist.

So Today, I sent Senator Obama's campaign ten dollars, one dollar for every house McCain owns.

If you wanna follow my lead, go right ahead.

Ten Dollars for Ten Houses





Oh, and this guy has a really great idea.

CNN's Jack Cafferty has been known for his forcefully blunt opinions. He's like the one guy on CNN who is actually allowed to express an opinion. And he makes sure he uses that opportunity to full effect. He'll call a spade a spade whether or not it's politically correct or seen as "impolite". He's old school that way, and sometimes I hate him for it. But most of the time, i absolutely love him for it.

Well, he's done it again. This time questioning John McCain's intellectual depth (or lack thereof).

Now, some highlights.

It occurs to me that John McCain is as intellectually shallow as our current president. When asked what his Christian faith means to him, his answer was a one-liner. "It means I'm saved and forgiven." Great scholars have wrestled with the meaning of faith for centuries. McCain then retold a story we've all heard a hundred times about a guard in Vietnam drawing a cross in the sand.

Asked about his greatest moral failure, he cited his first marriage, which ended in divorce. While saying it was his greatest moral failing, he offered nothing in the way of explanation. Why not?

Throughout the evening, McCain chose to recite portions of his stump speech as answers to the questions he was being asked. Why? He has lived 71 years. Surely he has some thoughts on what it all means that go beyond canned answers culled from the same speech he delivers every day.

He was asked "if evil exists." His response was to repeat for the umpteenth time that Osama bin Laden is a bad man and he will pursue him to "the gates of hell." That was it.

He was asked to define rich. After trying to dodge the question -- his wife is worth a reported $100 million -- he finally said he thought an income of $5 million was rich.

One after another, McCain's answers were shallow, simplistic, and trite. He showed the same intellectual curiosity that George Bush has -- virtually none.