Obama’s new politics in action

12 September 2008 @ 11:40 pm | 7 comments

Obama’s new politics in action: a new ad mocking McCain in part because he doesn’t know how to use email. Turns out he can’t because his POW injuries prevent from using a keyboard.

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  1. David B’s avatar

    David B on 13 September 2008 at 6:48 am

    I’ve known people who can’t use keyboards, but who still use email.

    Stupid ad, but not as utterly stupid as this line of chatter would have it.

  2. Kim Siever’s avatar

    Kim Siever on 13 September 2008 at 9:56 am

    In Politico, not only does McCain say he can’t use a computer, he goes so far as saying he is illiterate and he needs his wife to help him. It would seem one would need to be computer literate to send an email.

    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12261.html

    If he can’t use a computer because of war injuries, why would he say he is computer illiterate?

    If he can’t use a computer because of war injuries, why would he say he is using the computer more and more, and will have getting online “down” soon?

  3. bfwebster’s avatar

    bfwebster on 13 September 2008 at 10:01 am

    Stupid ad, but not as utterly stupid as this line of chatter would have it.

    Actually, it is. According to a Forbes magazine profile written during the 2000 elections, McCain is “regarded as the U.S. Senate’s savviest technologist” and “is an inveterate devotee of e-mail”, but has his wife Cindy do the typing for him because of his injuries. And that was eight years ago. ..bruce..

  4. Kim Siever’s avatar

    Kim Siever on 13 September 2008 at 10:27 am

    Then why does he say he is computer illiterate, Bruce?

  5. Larry’s avatar

    Larry on 14 September 2008 at 1:42 pm

    I’m confused. If McCain is telling people he can’t use a computer and is illiterate, ala the Politico story, why is this out of bounds for Obama? I suspect the truth is that the people around McCain back in 2000 were extremely tech savvy while the senator himself was not. Anyone who has worked for a senator knows that it’s the people around him (or her) who do all the work anyway.

  6. www.deadseriously.net’s avatar

    www.deadseriously.net on 16 September 2008 at 12:35 pm

    +1 for David B.

    Not using email =/= No knowing how to use email

  7. Larry’s avatar

    Larry on 16 September 2008 at 8:08 pm

    Let me add a comment on a related topic: An anti-McCain questioner the other day asked Joe Biden if McCain’s lack of promotion in the military should be brought up as a legitimate question. Biden’s response was a defense of McCain. He explained that when you spend years in a POW camp, you tend to get passed over for promotion.