[Grovenet] Eldon Smith

[Steele, Mike]

Oooops...left off the source for Eldon Smith...it's DavidNYC on the
dailykos site.  

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Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:14 PM
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Subject: [Grovenet] Eldon Smith


Ever wanted to hide from pesky, nosy folks...you know, those
inconvenient people who just gotta know it ALL?  Well, there's Eldon
Smith, an interesting guy:

    It turns out that this isn't the first time the issue of John
McCain's lavish multiple residences has emerged in the heat of a
campaign.

    In 1986, when then-Rep. McCain was running for the Senate seat
vacated by Barry Goldwater, he quietly began remodeling a $500,000 house
in central Phoenix owned by his wealthy father-in-law James Hensley. The
$225,000 project -- which included the construction of a
4,000-square-foot addition, swimming pool, jacuzzi, cabana and barbecue
-- held political peril for McCain, who was already fighting charges
that he was as an opportunistic carpertbagger.

    The new house was located in Phoenix's fourth congressional district
-- outside of the first district in Tempe which he represented at the
time.  

    AP caught wind of the work at 7110 North Central Ave. shortly before
the general election and dispatched a reporter to examine blueprints at
the planning department. They found the permit applicants were listed as
Hensley and a mysterious "Mr. Smith."

    The reporter tracked down McCain's plumber, who told him he'd been
told Mr. Smith's first name was "Eldon."

    Eldon Smith, it turned out, was John McCain.

Good old Eldon [John] didn't want people to know that he was planning to
leave his congressional district - and also wanted to hide the cost of
his lavish quarter-million dollar renovation plans - so he came up with
a ridiculous nom de maison, hoping to keep his plans buried under a
sockpuppet. Of course, this might help explain why he lost track of the
number of homes he's got.

Barack Obama has been remarkably open about his entire life story - a
bio which has been subjected to endless scrutiny. But if there's anyone
whose background we should be "unsure" of, it's John McCain's. I, for
one, would like to learn about what else he's done in his life under an
assumed name.

--Mike

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