These Pumps Are Made for Walkin'

Last week, Cindy said that she wants Obama to walk a mile in her $475 Taryn Rose pumps. "I would suggest that Sen. Obama change shoes with me for just one day, and see what it means, and see what it means to have a loved one serving in the armed forces, and more importantly, serving in harms way," she said at a rally last Wednesday in Bethlehem PA. (If you want, you could skip your health insurance payment for a month and buy the Cali's for $380 now on Zappos.) Does that come with the houses and extra cars too?

ANYway, Diane Tucker at HuffPo reports that it didn't go down well with military wives, who wonder if Cindy would swap those pumps for their workaday wear. "When millionaires such as Cindy McCain act as if they understand our lives, and the lives of everyday military families and veterans, we get upset," said Stephanie Himel-Nelson, deputy director of outreach for Blue Star Families for Obama.

Tucker adds for good measure: "For the record Mrs. McCain: The non-partisan group Disabled American Veterans gives John McCain a 20 percent rating for his voting record on veterans' issues. (It gives Barack Obama an 80 percent rating.) The non-partisan group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America gives McCain a "D" grade for his voting record on issues such as additional funding for combat body armor, and additional funding for post-traumatic stress disorder and other medical treatment. (Obama earned a B +.)"