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John McCain Is Not Reading ThisPosted on Jun 23, 2008
It turns out that the candidate who says he’s vetting his vice president with “a Google” may not actually know how to do so. Asked whether John McCain ever used a computer, his “deputy eCampaign director” replied, “You don’t need to use a computer to know how it shapes the country.”
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By ocjim, June 24 at 10:17 am #
Has anyone so weak-minded, banal, and boring ever had so much written about him? Obviously Bush hasn’t read any of it, not that it would cut into his self-deception.
Report thisBy necrolugosi, June 24 at 9:34 am #
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You dont need to use a computer to know how it shapes the country. That may be true but in this day and age it seems to demonstrate a dichotomy between McCain and most of the rest of the nation. While I my be prone to intelectual elitism and think it weird to not know how to use a computer it doesnt make someone stupid or bad. Of course it is evidence that someone isnt living in the same type of world as the majority of people who use computers for recreation or work necessity. My octegenarian ranching grandfather uses a computer. Not knowing how to use a computer is not something I would put on a resume. Defending a lack of skill by saying you dont need it is a little bit circular. Shouldnt the president not only represent the majority of Americans but also maybe be the best of the best of that majority. McCain seems to be neither. I would argue that definding the lack of even the most basic common technological know how is a form of elitism indicating a posistion cushioned from the social and economic aspects of society that the rest of us live with on a daily basis. Let them eat cake.
Report thisBy cyrena, June 23 at 8:55 pm #
Even my 84 year old dad knows how to use the webtv. My guess is that McSame can’t do anymore than the current tyrant..at least not in cognitive activities, or anything that requires motor skills either.
Just the fact that this dude is running for president of the USA in 2008, and that SOME PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA VOTE FOR HIM, is one of the scariest of the lot in this Era of the Rabbit Hole.
(I bet even THEY know how to use computers down there).
Report thisBy Arabian Thoroughbred, June 23 at 8:26 pm #
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“Asked whether John McCain ever used a computer, his deputy eCampaign director replied, You dont need to use a computer to know how it shapes the country.
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Yes, Mr. Stupid, you do need to use a computer to know how it shapes the country and the whole world!
In my fact-fiction work in progress, entitled “The Trial of George W. Bush,” the judge asks Bush the following question: “Do you consider yourself a well-read individual to have sought the presidency in the first place?” Bush answers, “One need not be a well-read person to run for the presidency.” The judge retorts, “Since I believe in the adage that says, ‘Read to lead!’ had I known you were no reader, I would not have wasted my vote on you!”
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