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Old 09-04-2008, 07:27 AM   #56 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Poppinjay View Post
Dear Ace,

Please actually do some research on the candidates. Joe Biden does not fly home every day, sipping on champagne, eating filet mignon. As stated above, he gets on the cheap train, and rides it from DC to Wilmington, DE every day.

Guess his net worth.

$250,000,000? Bzzt. That's Mitt.

$25,000,000? Bzzt. That's 7 house McCain

$100,000,000? Bzzt. That's outdoorsman Sarah Palin.

$100,000 ding ding ding! Get your stereotypes out of your shed, Ace. Some people sit on their asses in Alaska, and democrats don't sleep on money matresses collected from the masses.

Vote for who you want, but at least be informed.
You actually think Biden's real net worth is $100,000? O.k., it is possible, I read the book "Die Broke" about 10 years ago and the author discussed many strategies on how to control wealth and be "broke".

I exaggerated and no factual basis regarding my comment about Biden and the private plane, I now understand that he takes a train home and is a "regular" guy.
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Originally Posted by dc_dux View Post
In fact, Biden had the lowest average net worth in the Senate (from 2006 figures, ranked 108th, which included incoming and outgoing Senators that year, which explains why more than 100).
Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del) - 2006 | OpenSecrets


McCain has the eighth highest.
John McCain (R-Ariz) - 2006 | OpenSecrets

Who was #1? John Kerry.
Who was #3? Edward Kennedy
Who was #9? Hilary Clinton

After those three I got bored, but what was your point? Perhaps that Biden and Obama both have problems with saving, investing, living within their means, and generating wealth for their families. Is that it?

{added} O.k., I just looked up Bidden on the Open Secrets Website for 2006. I cut this from the page:

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Net Worth: From $-302,980 to $277,997
Ranks 108th among all members of the Senate
First if his net worth is negative after being in the senate since 1972, am I the only one who whould have a problem with that?
Second, how many Senators do we have?
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