“You don’t 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.

“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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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!”