OMG?! WTF. A visit to the Internets! LOL. Here's to hoping that Juanito discovers Free Republic on his first try.
Posted on 07/21/2008 10:37:20 PM PDT by mdittmar
Since Barack Obama is on an historic trip to the Middle East and Europe, John McCain is struggling to get some media attention this week. His campaign brainstormed for weeks, desperately trying to match the drama and spectacle of the upcoming Obama rally at the Victory Gate in Berlin.
In a daring bid to wrench attention from his Democratic rival in the 2008 presidential race, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today embarked on an historic first-ever visit to the Internet.
Given that the Arizona Republican had never logged onto the Internet before, advisors acknowledged that his first visit to the World Wide Web was fraught with risk.
McCain aides said that the senator's journey to the Internet will span five days and will take him to such far-flung sites as Amazon.com, eBay and Facebook.
Sen. McCain said that he had embarked on his visit to the Internet to allay any fears that he is too out-of-touch to be president, adding that he plans to take additional steps to demonstrate that he is comfortable with today's technology: "In the days and weeks ahead, you will be seeing me rock out with my new Walkman."
OMG?! WTF. A visit to the Internets! LOL. Here's to hoping that Juanito discovers Free Republic on his first try.
“...desperately trying to match the drama and spectacle of the upcoming Obama rally at the Victory Gate in Berlin.”
That’s as far as I read. Enough.
Obama will definitely be a Dramatic Spectacle.
LOL!
recommend his first message read, similar to the first phone call.
“On March 10, 1876, the telephone was born when Alexander Graham Bell called to his assistant, “Mr. Watson! Come here! I want you!”
Perhaps McCain could send our, “Mr. Obama! Come here! I want you in a live debate, you filthy cowered.”
cowered = coward
visit the internet? what like he is getting the secret service to watch for snipers before knocking on the door...
knock knock
yes?
hi its me, John mc Cain, is this the internet residence?
WTF...who is the muppet that thought this is a good idea...
almost as bad as obama speaking in germany...
Explains a lot, doesn’t it? He is not familiar with FR. No wonder why he doesn’t know what conservatives are, and are thinking.
-PJ
McCain knew Alexander Graham Bell,and oboma is no Alexander Graham Bell;)
Here’s hoping he doesn’t get tangled in the tubes.
It’s an satire article, reckon?
John, please take a right at the sign that reads, “01100011 1101 00101010100,” head down “01001101110” and make a left at “01001.” Head through the gate when it is in the “1” position, but be quick because it changes fast...
“Since Barack Obama is on an historic trip to the Middle East and Europe...”
HISTORIC!!! I’m speechless and outraged!
How about “LONG OVERDUE” or “PHOTO OP”!!
Excuse me while I puke.
Perhaps his fellow global warmist, Algore, the inventor of the internet, will show him around the place. Then they can go play poker together using carbon credits instead of chips...
Maybe McCain will be pointed to FreeRepublic.com - Tag Word “Internet” and see who else is on the internet.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/internet
Actually, McCain never flew ‘fighter jets’ (F-4B, F-8) in his ‘youth’ as a Naval Aviator during the 1960s. Why? Because he did not qualify, instead he flew ‘light attack’ aircraft (A-4E) during the 1960s, a step below... I realize that ‘Top Gun’ leaves the impression that all Naval Aviators are quite handsome and are all ‘Fighter’ pilots. Not so, McCain proves otherwise. :-)
dvwjr
But but but there are those who still call him a war criminal for flying over Vietnam.
>>>>Given that the Arizona Republican had never logged onto the Internet before, advisors acknowledged that his first visit to the World Wide Web was fraught with risk.
????
He has a server in his home to ensure his sites are never down.
I think it is satire. McCain equals old white dude so the yutes of Amerikkka are running rings around him, don’t you know?
L8R... < /s >
He flew and destroyed FIVE JETS, four in accidents and one in combat. And got 28 medals for that.
Quote:
Navy pilot John Sidney McCain III should have never been allowed to graduate from the U.S. Navy flight school. He was a below average student and a lousy pilot. Had his father and grandfather not been famous four star U.S. Navy admirals, McCain III would have never been allowed in the cockpit of a military aircraft.
His father John S. "Junior" McCain was commander of U.S. forces in Europe later becoming commander of American forces in Vietnam while McCain III was being held prisoner of war. McCain III's grandfather John S. McCain, Sr. commanded naval aviation at the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.
During his relative short stunt on flight status, McCain III lost five U.S. Navy aircraft, four in accidents and one in combat.
Robert Timberg, author of The Nightingale's Song, a book about Annapolis graduates and their tours in Vietnam, wrote that McCain "learned to fly at Pensacola, though his performance was below par, at best good enough to get by. He liked flying, but didn't love it."
McCain III lost jet number one in 1958 when he plunged into Corpus Christi Bay while practicing landings. He was knocked unconscious by the impact coming to as the plane settled to the bottom.
McCain's second crash occurred while he was deployed in the Mediterranean. "Flying too low over the Iberian Peninsula," Timberg wrote, "he took out some power lines [reminiscent of the 1998 incident in which a Marine Corps jet sliced through the cables of a gondola at an Italian ski resort, killing 20] which led to a spate of newspaper stories in which he was predictably identified as the son of an admiral."
McCain's third crash three occurred when he was returning from flying a Navy trainer solo to Philadelphia for an Army-Navy football game.
Timberg reported that McCain radioed, "I've got a flameout" and went through standard relight procedures three times before ejecting at one thousand feet. McCain landed on a deserted beach moments before the plane slammed into a clump of trees.
McCain's fourth aircraft loss occurred July 29, 1967, soon after he was assigned to the USS Forrestal as an A-4 Skyhawk pilot. While seated in the cockpit of his aircraft waiting his turn for takeoff, an accidently fired rocket slammed into McCain's plane. He escaped from the burning aircraft, but the explosions that followed killed 134 sailors, destroyed at least 20 aircraft, and threatened to sink the ship.
McCain's fifth loss happened during his 23rd mission over North Vietnam on Oct. 26, 1967, when McCain's A-4 Skyhawk was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. McCain ejected from the plane breaking both arms and a leg in the process and subsequently parachuted into Truc Bach Lake near Hanoi.
After being drug from the lake, a mob gathered around McCain, spit on him, kicked him and stripped him of his clothing. He was bayoneted in his left foot and his shoulder crushed by a rifle butt. He was then transported to the Hoa Lo Prison, also known as the Hanoi Hilton.
After being periodically slapped around for "three or four days" by his captors who wanted military information, McCain called for an officer on his fourth day of captivity. He told the officer, "O.K., I'll give you military information if you will take me to the hospital." -U.S. News and World Report, May 14, 1973 article written by former POW John McCain.
"Demands for military information were accompanied by threats to terminate my medical treatment if I [McCain] did not cooperate. Eventually, I gave them my ship's name and squadron number, and confirmed that my target had been the power plant." Page 193-194, Faith of My Fathers by John McCain.
When the communist learned that McCain's father was Admiral John S. McCain, Jr., the soon-to-be commander of all U.S. Forces in the Pacific, he was rushed to Gai Lam military hospital (U.S. government documents), a medical facility normally unavailable for U.S. POWs.
The communist Vietnamese figured, because POW McCain's father was of such high military rank, that he was of royalty or the governing circle. Thereafter the communist bragged that they had captured "the crown prince."
For 23 combat missions (an estimated 20 hours over enemy territory), the U.S. Navy awarded McCain a Silver Star, a Legion of Merit for Valor, a Distinguished Flying Cross, three Bronze Stars, two Commendation medals plus two Purple Hearts and a dozen service medals.
"McCain had roughly 20 hours in combat," explains Bill Bell, a veteran of Vietnam and former chief of the U.S. Office for POW/MIA Affairs -- the first official U.S. representative in Vietnam since the 1973 fall of Saigon. "Since McCain got 28 medals," Bell continues, "that equals out to about a medal-and-a-half for each hour he spent in combat. There were infantry guys -- grunts on the ground -- who had more than 7,000 hours in combat and I can tell you that there were times and situations where I'm sure a prison cell would have looked pretty good to them by comparison. The question really is how many guys got that number of medals for not being shot down."
McCain does provide us with humor:
*confusing the Shii'tes with Sunnis
*believing Putin is German
*not knowing in what state and in what campus he was giving a speech
*praising Obama as qualified for POTUS
*lying about giving his comrades the names of the Pittsburgh Steelers lineup - I saw the interview where he said it
*the latest - his references to the Iraq-Pakistan border
The list goes on. We have two clowns running for POTUS, and that is tragic.
Hopefully he won’t discover Brazillian fart-fetish sex first.
Obviously, he wasn't a top gun. Still — he was in a real airplane, taking real risks.
My point was that flying combat jet aircraft required at least as much technical savvy as surfing the Internet, or playing on-line games — and it comes with real risks. McCain is being mocked for his computer illiteracy — yet, how many of us could fly jets? (Or would get in another one, after the first crash?)
As for him destroying 5 jets; accident #4 was certainly not his fault. Nor was getting shot down by a missile.
Yes, but he may be on to something!
LOL
That image is actually from the Huffington Post.
I don’t think they meant it to be a plus—but it is! LOL
Two twinkie Senators running. We are doomed.
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