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Home Front: Politix
Mary Landrieu: My Multimillion-Dollar Home Is Not a Mansion
2014-10-22
More like a small palace, I imagine...
[NATIONALREVIEW] Democratic senator Mary Landrieu insists that her multimillion-dollar home in Washington, D.C., isn't a mansion.

At a campaign event in Bogalusa, La., this weekendâ, Landrieu called a woman up on stage to explain that the 7,300 square-foot house doesn't qualify as a mansion, and then interrupted the woman to add that she lives next to the cleaners and her home is only 36 feet wide. "They say I live in a mansion," Landrieu said. "It's a townhome, which I also have a home in New Orleans."
The New Orleans townhouse is her parents', she just rents a bedroom there...
Landrieu reportedly lives in a 7,316 square-foot house in D.C. that boasts five bathrooms, four water heaters, and 82 fire sprinkler heads. She claimed this $2.5 million residence as her address on her statement of candidacy, but listed her parents' townhouse address in New Orleans when she was qualifying for the ballot. At the beginning of the video, Landrieu appears to be complaining about the lack of scrutiny regarding her Republican opponent Bill Cassidy's home, pointing out that he lives on a lake. The label "Senator representing the District of Columbia" really seems to be getting to Landrieu.
Posted by:Fred

#14  The salary of Congresscritters is $174,000/year. Let me know how you become a millionaire on $174,000/year. Is this like Hillary turning $1000 into $100,000 by wise investing in cattle futures (sarc)? Democrats are just smart about other people's money and they don't pay their taxes?
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-10-22 18:28  

#13  She rented a tired appaloosa
And strapped on a borrowed papoosa:
"How now, darkskinned brother!
It's me, Great White Mother,
Come back to embrace Bogalusa."
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-10-22 14:18  

#12  Three stories, OK. Then you only have a little over 20 yards. That takes her out of the bowling alley business. Poor girl.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-10-22 13:57  

#11  Welcome to the residence. My name is Carson. Ms. Landrieu will be down shortly. Please let me take your through to the library.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-10-22 13:16  

#10  I guess the stables are off to one side? Or maybe she just calls a Hansom cab?

Come, Watson, the game is afoot!
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2014-10-22 12:52  

#9  There are some cities that taxed houses based on the frontage - the width of the house. The solution was to build narrow but deep houses.

Ms Landrieu's house may be like that.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2014-10-22 12:47  

#8   So for perspective, that's 67.66666666666667 yards. Not quite as long as a football field but pretty long for a house. Did I miss something?

Give the thing three stories (public rooms on the ground floor, private rooms upstairs, staff work rooms (kitchen, etc) in the basement), then recalculate.
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-10-22 12:22  

#7  Actually, my first choice was Dry Prong, but I was afraid someone would view that as a microaggression.
Posted by: Matt   2014-10-22 12:16  

#6  Maybe she should open a bowling alley.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-10-22 12:16  

#5  Wait a minute. If the house is only 36 feet wide but it has 7,316 square feet then how long is it? Oh, that's right, I have a calculator on my computer. Let's see, 7316 divided by 36 equals 203.2222222222222222222222. So for perspective, that's 67.66666666666667 yards. Not quite as long as a football field but pretty long for a house. Did I miss something?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-10-22 12:14  

#4  Probably wanted to use Grosse Tete, but discretion got the better of him.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-10-22 11:16  

#3  You just wanted to work Bogalusa into the conversation. Understandable actually.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-10-22 10:44  

#2  I'm sure the folks who work at the paper mill in Bogalusa were really impressed with this argument.
Posted by: Matt   2014-10-22 09:27  

#1  My father's house has many mansions
And one or two minor expansions:
The wing built for me
Stretches right to DC
And the pull of its lunar attractions.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-10-22 02:47