Obama to show ad in Michigan focusing on McCain ownership of foreign cars

WASHINGTON – Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign hit Republican John McCain today over his family’s ownership of foreign cars, saying it would air a TV ad in Michigan highlighting McCain’s statements on buying American.


But the ad, which accuses McCain of misleading Michigan voters by saying he’s bought American vehicles “literally all my life,” doesn’t say that of the 13 vehicles owned by the McCain family, only one is registered to McCain himself – a 2004 Cadillac CTS built in Lansing.

The 12 other vehicles include a 2005 Volkswagen convertible, a 2001 Honda sedan, a 2007 Ford half-ton pickup and three Gem neighborhood electric vehicles – essentially road-worthy golf carts built by a Chrysler subsidiary.


Cindy McCain is the legal owner of 11 vehicles. The Lexus she drives is registered to Hensley & Co., the Anheuser-Busch beer distributorship she inherited from her late father.


Democrats have accused McCain of being misleading about whether he bought his daughter a Toyota Prius. The party will hold two events in Michigan today to highlight the McCain’s family vehicles, as well as events in Missouri and Wisconsin.

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the fact that Cindy owns almost all of them. And, you know, that they own 13 fucking cars...