The Fabulous Life of John McCain

Recently while campaigning in California a local reporter by the name of Wisckol had the opportunity to ask John McCain some questions. Most of it was pretty ho-hum, normal stuff, until this exchange:

WISCKOL: I’d like to ask you a couple questions suggested by voters here. They’re not reporter-type questions.

McCAIN: Sure. It’d be a pleasure.

WISCKOL: When was the last time you pumped your own gas and how much did it cost?

McCAIN: Oh, I don’t remember. Now there’s Secret Service protection. But I’ve done it for many, many years. I don’t recall and frankly, I don’t see how it matters.

To be honest, this doesn't really matter. McCain's right, he does have Secret Service protection and while campaigning it's not far-fetched that he rarely if ever has time to himself to drive around and need gas. Anyhow, as Mr. Benen points out at The Carpetbagger Report, his outrageous policy positions on the Gas Tax Holiday, off-shore drilling, and a battery reward are far more important and deserving of scrutiny.
This exchange does highlight one thing: Barack Obama is not the "elitist" in this presidential campaign (Google "Obama elitist" and you get 1.6 million hits).

Obama, before becoming a politician was a community organizer and a professor. With the exception of his book profits, he is very much of the middle class.

McCain, on the other hand, left his first wife to marry a $100 million dollar woman. They have so many properties, seven to be exact, that they forgot to pay taxes on one of them.

So Obama is a professor and McCain is a multimillionaire who doesn't know the price of a gallon of gas. Chew on that for a second... now that that second is over, enjoy this little video: