Cindy McCain criticizes Russians, Obama

Cindy McCain held little back in criticizing two of her husband's adversaries, the Russians and Barack Obama, in an interview that aired Sunday.

McCain said on ABC's "This Week" that Russians, who have fought with Georgia over disputed territory, are "bad guys."

{mosads}McCain made the statement while talking about the destruction of railroad tracks reportedly caused by Russian land mines. She visited the war-torn country last week with United Nations aid workers "to make sure that the Georgians know that the United States of America is by their side," she said.

"I don't represent the government or anything, but, from the humanitarian aspect, it's very important that we continue to get aid in," she said. "As you know, the Russians are blocking us at every point. And we have to worry about these people surviving a winter. And, of course, the land mine issue is critical. They've — everything is mined. You saw what happened on the railroad tracks. I mean, these guys are — are bad guys."

The tracks, near the city of Gori, had been used to transport oil from the Caspian Sea to Europe.

Her harsh tone toward Russia echoed that of her husband, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ariz.). He has renewed calls for its ouster from the G8 organization of developed nations and has said while campaigning that "We are all Georgians now."

Cindy McCain also pushed back against Sen. Obama's (D-Ill.) remark in his convention speech that her husband "doesn't know" what's going on in Americans' lives.

"I'm offended by Barack Obama saying that about my husband," she said. She also suggested Obama went too far in his address and noted that her father "had nothing" before he built his wealthy beer distributorship.

"He and my mother sold everything they had to raise $10,000. I'm proud of what my dad and my mother did and what they built and left me," she said. "And I intend to carry their legacy as long as I can."

Sen. McCain has been the target of Obama campaign attack ads highlighting his failure to know how many homes he owns. The ads said that the McCain owns seven homes. According to news reports, McCain and his wife own eight homes.

The Democrat's campaign didn't back down from Cindy McCain's criticism in a statement.

"The fact that John McCain does not know how many houses he owns when millions are struggling to stay in the only house they have shows he's out of touch with the lives of real Americans," Obama spokeswoman Linda Douglass told ABC News.