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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2008 => Topic started by: bijou on September 12, 2008, 10:36:41 AM
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NEW YORK (AP) — John McCain is mocked as an out-of-touch, out-of-date computer illiterate in a television commercial out Friday from Barack Obama as the Democrat begins his sharpest barrage yet on McCain's long Washington career.
... The newest ad showcasing their hard line includes unflattering footage of McCain at a hearing in the early '80s, wearing giant glasses and an out-of-style suit, interspersed with shots of a disco ball, a clunky phone, an outdated computer and a Rubik's Cube.
"1982, John McCain goes to Washington," an announcer says over chirpy elevator music. "Things have changed in the last 26 years, but McCain hasn't.
"He admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail, still doesn't understand the economy, and favors two hundred billion in new tax cuts for corporations, but almost nothing for the middle class," it says. It shows video of McCain getting out of a golf cart with former President George H.W. Bush and closes with a photo of him standing with the current President Bush at the White House. "After one president who was out of touch, we just can't afford more of the same."
Obama spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said the campaign was not making an issue of the 72-year-old McCain's age, but the time he's spent in Washington.
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link (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5isOFwdbq0tsqatW6vJpkDRTI1gMgD93580QG1)
Looks like Obama's got the youth vote tightly locked down, no need to pander to them. :sarcasm:
[youtube=425,350]bQ2I0t_Twk0[/youtube]
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the President not allowed to use e-mail?
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I found the ad and these comments here: http://getdrunkandvote4mccain.com/archive/obama-ad-mocks-mccain-as-computer-illiterate-2
You see, if Mr. McCain doesn’t understand how to use a computer our new economy will go to hell.
Which is why Mr. Obama is a part time roughneck working out in the oil fields.
YourChadisHanging
September 12th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Damn–McCain has lost the important World of Warcraft demographic.
Doug
September 12th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
So the response is to show a series of clips of Obama and others fiddling with a crackberry constantly being interrupted by email and ignoring the person in front of them. Technology has a place and email is a powerful tool, but the POTUS does not need to be chained to email.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m 100% against idiots who say things like “I don’t need a computer, I’ve got a secretaryâ€, but this is a different situation. The POTUS has a horde of staff around him/her at all times, they should have the electronic tethers and make a situational assessment as to when the President needs to be informed about a war in Asia or spam about discount Viagra.
In a sense, this is much like the comments over Bush senior when he was amazed at the laser UPC scanner in a grocery store after his term. Somehow people found it surprising that he hadn’t dropped in at the local grocery store in the previous 12 years. Personally I don’t want my President to be spending a lot of time at the KwikiMart buying a 2 liter of Mountain Dew and a lottery ticket or chained to an email inbox.
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Obama spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said the campaign was not making an issue of the 72-year-old McCain's age...
Oh yeah, who could ever believe you were doing that? :whatever:
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[youtube=425,350]bQ2I0t_Twk0[/youtube]
Gotta love Obama and how he sticks to the really meaningful issues.
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What happend to his ENOUGH! chant? :uhsure:
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What happend to his ENOUGH! chant? :uhsure:
LOL I wondered the same thing. I think he has had enough only when it pertains to others attacking him. :p
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McCain gets emotional at the mention of military families needing food stamps or veterans lacking health care. The outrage comes from inside: McCain's severe war injuries prevent him from combing his hair, typing on a keyboard, or tying his shoes. Friends marvel at McCain's encyclopedic knowledge of sports. He's an avid fan - Ted Williams is his hero - but he can't raise his arm above his shoulder to throw a baseball.
Real nice, Barry (http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTliMTNiZjg5ZDEwZWNiZDYwZWFjN2JlNjNjNjkxZmM=) :bird:
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the President not allowed to use e-mail?
Should be. Besides, he's got too many important things to do than delete discount viagra spam emails.
And I REALLY don't want a president hooked on a crackberry.
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Here's a list of US Presidents that lacked Obama's vaaaaaaast IT "sk1lz":
- George Washington
- John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- John Quincy Adams
- Andrew Jackson
- Martin Van Buren
- William Henry Harrison
- John Tyler
- James Knox Polk
- Zachary Taylor
- Millard Fillmore
- Franklin Pierce
- James Buchanan
- Abraham Lincoln
- Andrew Johnson
- Ulysses S Grant
- Rutherford B Hayes
- James Garfield
- Chester Arthur
- Grover Cleveland
- Benjamin Harrison
- William McKinley
- Theodore Roosevelt
- William Howard Taft
- Woodrow Wilson
- Warren Harding
- Calvin Coolidge
- Herbert Hoover
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Harry Truman
- Dwight D Eisenhower
- John F Kennedy
- Lyndon Johnson
- Richard Nixon
- Gerald Ford
- Jimmy Carter
- Ronald Reagan
- George Bush
- Bill Clinton
- George W Bush
- John McCain
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the President not allowed to use e-mail?
Should be. Besides, he's got too many important things to do than delete discount viagra spam emails.
And I REALLY don't want a president hooked on a crackberry.
its not definitive but says presidents dont use email
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/should-the-president-use-e-mail/
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What happend to his ENOUGH! chant? :uhsure:
He only pulls that rabbit out of his hat when he knows he's been beat. Other than that, it's all good.
And McCain learned to fly an A-4 Skyhawk. That dumb old guy. :whatever:
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Ummmmmmm...I think Obama should of googled the reason why McCain does not use a keyboard...This may bite him worse than the lipstick/pig comment...and it does end with "Im Barack Obama ans IU approve this message"!
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTliMTNiZjg5ZDEwZWNiZDYwZWFjN2JlNjNjNjkxZmM=
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NEW YORK (AP) — John McCain is mocked as an out-of-touch, out-of-date computer illiterate in a television commercial out Friday from Barack Obama as the Democrat begins his sharpest barrage yet on McCain's long Washington career.
... The newest ad showcasing their hard line includes unflattering footage of McCain at a hearing in the early '80s, wearing giant glasses and an out-of-style suit, interspersed with shots of a disco ball, a clunky phone, an outdated computer and a Rubik's Cube.
"1982, John McCain goes to Washington," an announcer says over chirpy elevator music. "Things have changed in the last 26 years, but McCain hasn't.
"He admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail, still doesn't understand the economy, and favors two hundred billion in new tax cuts for corporations, but almost nothing for the middle class," it says. It shows video of McCain getting out of a golf cart with former President George H.W. Bush and closes with a photo of him standing with the current President Bush at the White House. "After one president who was out of touch, we just can't afford more of the same."
Obama spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said the campaign was not making an issue of the 72-year-old McCain's age, but the time he's spent in Washington.
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link (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5isOFwdbq0tsqatW6vJpkDRTI1gMgD93580QG1)
Looks like Obama's got the youth vote tightly locked down, no need to pander to them. :sarcasm:
[youtube=425,350]bQ2I0t_Twk0[/youtube]
The "youth vote" also is the one that usually forgets which day is Election Day. :-)
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The "youth vote" also is the one that usually forgets which day is Election Day. :-)
Yeah, but unfortunately, I think it was the youth vote that fell for Captain Cigar's "boxers or briefs" pandering on MTV.