By: Suzanne Rosenberg In today's edition of news from newspaper campaign blogs: McCain's cars, "Wall Street," the movie, and more. See links at bottom.
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7 Houses and 13 cars--Not all American
The Trail
The Washington Post
By Michael D. Shear
First, John McCain's seven houses became public knowledge and an embarrassment and now Candidate McCain is in a position to explain his fleet of 13 cars, some of which are not American as he alleged in an interview with WXYZ-TV in Detroit. In the interview he stated, "I've bought American literally all my life an I'm proud." It appears however that this may not quite be accurate. Michael Shear of The Trail points out that according to Newsweek online, McCain and his wife have more than a dozen cars, three electric bubble shaped cars, GEMS which are popular in retirement communities, a Honda sedan and a VW convertible, a Cadillac and a Lexus and others. Barack Obama and his wife, on the other hand own a single car, a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid.
"Wall Street," the movie:
Washington Wire
Wall Street Journal
By Alice Mundy
Oliver Stone made "Wall Street" the movie, with Michael Douglas as the ruthless tycoon trader Gordon Gekko whose tag line was "greed is good" in 1987. The Stone movie showed the financial industry as a version of the lawless Wild Wild West and at the time the move was criticized as portraying the industry as too bleak and outrageous. Oliver Stone talked to the WSJ and compared the movie to "Wall Street, the Reality Show."
He said, "I created Gordon Gekko and Gekkos are all over Wall Street?being escorted from their offices last week. It's just sad." Finally, Stone said that "the content of the movie was right on the money" (pun intended) and even though he was approached to do a "Wall Street II," last year, he turned it down to make a film about President Bush called "W" which will come out next month. He also acknowledged that being ahead of his time doesn't necessarily save him grief. According to Mundy of the Washington Wire, Stone acknowledged that he had stocks, and he "doesn't even know what they are now?.We are all tied in to this mess."
New take on the "Bradley Effect"
The Swamp
Chicago Tribune
By Frank James
If this fall's election is as close as some of the pundits and pollsters suggest, then according to Frank James of The Swamp, McCain may win "a squeaker" on skin color. An AP-Yahoo News poll suggests that "deep seated racial misgivings," (does this mean racism?) could cost Barack Obama the White House. The poll found that one third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks, including common stereotypes such as 'lazy' 'violent' and 'responsible for their own troubles.'
The poll which was conducted by Stanford University suggested that the percentage of voters who might turn away from Obama due to race could be larger than the final difference between the candidates in the 2004 election- approximately 2.5 percentage points. More than a third of all white Democrats and Independents, voters which Obama will need to win the White House, agree with at least one negative adjective about blacks, according to the survey. Finally, as Frank James concludes, this is "sad, but true"?
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