by Chris in Paris - 2/09/2007 03:38:00 AM
"So Bush spends his life spending family and other peoples money and ends up building a 10,000 square foot house plus countless additional guest houses on 1600 acres of land in Texas and when purchased the value was seven figures, certainly much more expensive than other houses in Crawford. As you can see from these photos, the Bush compound spares no expense, whether you are talking about the fishing lakes, the bikes paths, the swimming pool, the guest houses and right down to the exclusive country chic interior. John McCain sold his Phoenix area house that was also worth millions but when John Edwards - a guy who is a self made millionaire and not silver spoon fed or a legacy to Annapolis and son of two generations of Navy Admirals - builds a nice property it is suddenly a worth a good old fashioned media smear campaign?
What am I missing here besides the media lapping up GOP talking points? Is it now a crime in the US to live comfortably with the wealth that you generated on your own? Edwards has experienced both sides of America which is a hell of a lot more than McCain or Bush can say so I don't even see where his new house means anything other than being the new Swiftboat campaign..."
Up here in Deliverance country, Edwards' house would hardly qualify as anything special.
"At a crossroads. A pair of sculptured
metal deer appear to face a decision
as they travel through Franklin this week.
Press photographer Linda Mathias
spotted the two in a trailer,
being hauled by a truck.
She reports that they headed south."
metal deer appear to face a decision
as they travel through Franklin this week.
Press photographer Linda Mathias
spotted the two in a trailer,
being hauled by a truck.
She reports that they headed south."
Though the acreage of Edwards' site would be neigh-on exceptional in this area, and would probably cost about $50 million (well, ok that's an exaggeration--but not by that much), Edwards' abode would just fit nicely in many of our local gated communities, where Bush tax-cuts 'n credits have created a McMansion empire.
I spent every bit of ten minutes googling million dollar houses in Western North Carolina and found dozens. In fact, I might even be a quarter of one myself (our county gov just redid the property tax evaluations and I still haven't had the nerve to open my envelope).
Edwards' house has about the same news legs as the blogger story and really has more to do with the Smear Machine and the insufferably inept, incompetent and corrupt media in this country than it does with an actual anything. Now that we have a celebrity death -- well, you know what will happen.
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