Obvious Policy Suggestion for Barack Obama

—By Jonathan Stein

| Thu Aug. 21, 2008 9:18 AM PDT

Propose using John McCain's myriad properties to address the housing crisis.

How many Americans who have lost their homes to foreclosure can fit on a ranch with four addresses and six houses? I'm guessing a fair amount. We could make it a TV show! What happens when a bunch of pissed off voters stop being polite and start getting real?

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