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Well, I Feel Better: John McCain Is "Aware of the Internet"

Worried that America might elect to the presidency a guy who openly admits he can't use a computer without assistance? Have no fear. Mark SooHoo, John McCain's "deputy e-campaign manager," says:

You don’t necessarily have to use a computer to understand, you know, how it shapes the country. … John McCain is aware of the Internet.

Imagine if Barack Obama had a gaping lack of knowledge on something integral to our lives as Americans and to the success of the country going forward. Would you be satisfied if one of his staffers told you, "Barack Obama is aware of the economy"?






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Somehow I dont think McCain is that aware of the internet, if he was, he certainly wouldnt be waffling on so many issues.

Posted by: Jet on 06/23/08 at 2:31 PM  Respond

But is he aware of all internet traditions?

Posted by: The Bull on 06/23/08 at 2:43 PM  Respond

The Bull, you beat me to it!!

Posted by: Whammer on 06/23/08 at 4:09 PM  Respond

McCain and GWBush can share "the internets" with each other and even perhaps GOOGLE their role in the Iraq fiasco...after the 2008 elections are over and President Obama is inagurated!

Posted by: SeattleLiberal on 06/23/08 at 7:09 PM  Respond

Apparently Mark Soohoo feels in his heart of hearts that John McCain wouldn't make a good president, or he wouldn't be trying to defend McCains ignorance of the internet.

I agree with Mark Soohoo in that it is a necessity to defend McCain's ignorance. Teaching McCain the internet would be like teaching an old dog a new trick. McCain is too old a dog to learn any new tricks and the tricks he knows don't work.

McCain would make a poorer president than Bush, who is at a 11% approval rating, because like Bush, McCain is a FAR RIGHT EXTREME CONSERVATIVE who is out of touch with the real world.

Posted by: MarthaA on 06/23/08 at 8:23 PM  Respond

The Right Wing is trying to propagandize the country into believing that somehow McCain in some way can make a better wartime president than Barack Obama, which is absurd. Why anyone would believe that McCain would make a better wartime president than Obama, is illogical.

John McCain is NOT anything like his father or his grandfather . John McCain graduated with very low grades and wasn't even a good pilot. Here is a fact check record:

http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/mccain_post_card_word%5B1%5D.pdf

McCain, although having been in the military, didn't do anything outstanding at all in the military --- becoming the enemy's prisoner isn't a great feat --- and, after having been a prisoner, who says he was tortured, surely makes McCain a lesser choice to deal with war and defense of our country; as McCain is very likely to be as an abused child in actual decision making and will autonomically allow others to make his decisions for him; whereas, Obama will make his own decisions based on facts that he ascertains.

WE THE PEOPLE'S choice for OUR leader in war and peace must be Obama -- not an abused prisoner controlled by the political right wing. The United States has had ENOUGH of the Bush right wing and do not choose another 4 years of McBush.

Posted by: MarthaA on 06/25/08 at 5:42 AM  Respond

ISRAEL’S SUSTAINABLE PARASITISM ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Israel and the American Diaspora notoriously donate thousands of dollars to elect corruptible American presidential and congressional officials, who then repay Israel a thousand fold from precious tax revenues; with millions of dollars worth of technologically advanced military equipment and services, and with the priceless lives of thousands of young patriots. In the case of the un-Constitutional Iraq War, Podhoretz Neo-Con Bush sacrificed over a trillion dollars and the lives of 4,000 young patriots, to sole benefit of Israel.

Posted by: Jeugenen on 06/25/08 at 10:24 AM  Respond

I was recently made aware of the internet, and was astounded that it is more than 2 times bigger than the village library, and even runs off of eelectricity!

I have made it my life's work to spread awareness of this new technology: decide for yourself: is it witchcraft? See awareoftheinternet.com for a guide on what is on that net (and how to avoid the spiders who have weaven it)

Posted by: jorge on 06/27/08 at 7:41 PM  Respond

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