More On Joe McCain's "Communist Country" (Arlington and Alexandria)
By: Lowell
Published On: 10/5/2008 12:11:16 PM
Now that the AP has picked up our story (without attribution to the blog, of course, and also spelling Loudoun County wrong - mass media morons!), I was thinking a bit more about Arlington and Alexandria, which Joe McCain said yesterday were "Communist Country." With that, just a few factoids for your Sunday enjoyment:
*John McCain attended Episcopal High School, a private preparatory boarding school in Commie Alexandria.
*For "Communist Country," Arlington's doing pretty well. In 2006, the median income for a household in Arlington was $87,350, and the median income for a family in Arlington was $116,114. But watch out, those Commies are coming soon to take that money away from them. Bwahahahahahahaha!
*According to Business Wire (a Commie front organization, no doubt - ha), Arlington has a "deep and diverse economy, strong financial management and a moderate and rapidly retired debt burden." Arlington also has a "property tax rate [that] remains among the lowest in northern Virginia."
*John McCain owns a condo - one of his countless homes - in Arlington and has his national campaign HQ in Arlington as well. So far, the "commies" haven't driven him out, but believe me, they are working on it. (cue maniacal laughter!)
* Just a thought, but all those years that John McCain commuted from Arlington to DC, was that like going from nominally communist China to really REALLY communist North Korea? ***snark***
P.S. The photo at the top is of Arlington County Commissar...er, Commissioner of Revenue Ingrid Morroy and that other noted Commie, Arlington resident Jim Webb. My god, they're EVERYWHERE!!!
P.P.S. Come to think of it, doesn't Tom DeLay live in Commie Alexandria? And what about George "Macaca" Allen, who lives in Mt. Vernon on the southern edge of Commie Land? Hmmmmm.
UPDATE: A few more interesting things in "Commie" Arlington - the Pentagon, the Iwo Jima Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, Ronald Reagan National Airport...
Comments
Communist China (Largest Communist Country in History) is our banker!! (buzzbolt - 10/5/2008 12:22:32 PM)
No further comment.....
Joe McCain's comments on Arlington and Alexandria as "Communist Country" (Ground_Zero2 - 10/5/2008 2:10:31 PM)
Seems
Joe McCain (surrogate for his brother,
John McCain) forgets, the Pentagon sits 4 square in Arlington.
It was the Brave Police and Firefighters of Arlington who risked their "commie" lives at the Pentagon on September 11th.
The McCain campaign will do or say anything to get elected. Then when called on it, they say they were making a joke. How unethical, disgusting and repugnant.
That must be Communist Central (Lowell - 10/5/2008 2:11:32 PM)
according to Joe McCain. And "Reagan National Airport" as well!
good point about the firefighters (bcat - 10/5/2008 5:01:11 PM)
Doesn't Jim Webb live in Falls Church? Anyway, Falls Church is pretty Communist, too. And seriously. If Arlington is Communist, with its high standard of living and its fantastic schools and its diverse population and booming job market, the rest of the country would be lucky to be so Communist.
that was strange - sorry about the double post (bcat - 10/5/2008 5:01:55 PM)
Webb has lived in both Falls Church and Arlington (Lowell - 10/5/2008 5:16:41 PM)
Either way, he's obviously in "Communist Country!" :) Oh, and those "Communists" also helped elect Webb in 2006, both in the primary and in the general election. Can you believe that Commies would vote for a former Reagan Navy Secretary? Weird. :)
good point about the firefighters (bcat - 10/5/2008 5:01:11 PM)
Doesn't Jim Webb live in Falls Church? Anyway, Falls Church is pretty Communist, too. And seriously. If Arlington is Communist, with its high standard of living and its fantastic schools and its diverse population and booming job market, the rest of the country would be lucky to be so Communist.
Ick, George Allen (Grenadier - 10/5/2008 7:21:12 PM)
Hey, I thought George Allen lived in Earlysville, VA -- a beautiful, bucolic sort of place where my sister lives, right outside Charlottesville. Indeed, the Allens once drove their garbage down the road, and... dumped it on my sister's property. Nice.
Be grateful. (Great Blue - 10/6/2008 8:15:48 PM)
At least it wasn't a deer head.
commie alexandria (pvogel - 10/5/2008 8:29:46 PM)
Home of Ft Ward, defender of washington dc from the confederates.
As an alexandria resident, I have to say I am furious at the reference as a commie territory.
Alexandris was ubder Union occupation from day 1 of the cival war, is still recove4ring from said war, and has to listen to this?
Mccain....... taking his cues from Hitler and Goering!
It's Called Desperation (Lee Diamond - 10/6/2008 1:18:01 AM)
The dinner is burning. McCain is like the egg in the pan in the anti-drug advertisement. He's got nothin.'
As a Fairfax resident (legacyofmarshall - 10/6/2008 10:13:15 AM)
And all-around Virginia geo-politics afficionado, I am more upset that a 10-year resident of Northern Virginia has no idea what direction his neighbors are.
Joe McCain said "up in communist" Arlington and Alexandria. Up?... While in Loudoun County?...
News flash Joe - Arlington/Alexandria is ESE of Loudoun. Up? 90% of Loudoun is further North than the northernmost point in Arlington.