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Net Vs. Norm ("His nightly ritual is to read his email together with his wife, Cindy")
Forbes ^ | 5-29-00 | Richard Rapaport

Posted on 09/12/2008 5:50:36 PM PDT by frankjr

In certain ways, McCain was a natural Web candidate. Chairman of the Senate Telecommunications Subcommittee and regarded as the U.S. Senate's savviest technologist, McCain is an inveterate devotee of email. His nightly ritual is to read his email together with his wife, Cindy. The injuries he incurred as a Vietnam POW make it painful for McCain to type. Instead, he dictates responses that his wife types on a laptop. "She's a whiz on the keyboard, and I'm so laborious," McCain admits.

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Moving on to South Carolina, the McCain campaign tried to keep its Internet momentum going by hosting a "CyberExpress Fund Raiser." Supporters paid $100 each for 500 slots, enabling them to log into the McCain headquarters in Charleston. They were encouraged to watch via WebTV as the candidate fielded questions and Cindy McCain typed in his responses. Behind her, typing on his own laptop, Fose was monitoring the event while clearing out some of the several thousand emails he was receiving each day.

(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: computer; email; mccain; mccainpalin
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To: frankjr

Good Grief! Are we sure that Karl Rove isn’t running the Obama campaign?


21 posted on 09/12/2008 6:17:25 PM PDT by 230FMJ (...from my cold, dead, fingers.)
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To: calex59

John McCain to Obama : John “ ohh yeah ? Obama ? just Google it, it’s there “


22 posted on 09/12/2008 6:18:12 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: j_k_l

They need to wheel out handicapped veterans for the apology demand.


23 posted on 09/12/2008 6:18:52 PM PDT by Chet 99 (http://www.mccainpalinvictory2008.com/)
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To: urroner
Excuse my French, but I will use it here since it’s such a nasty language, but Obimbo would be a perfect a$$hole if it wasn’t for his hemorrhoids.

Or, as MGD prefers to put it, "he has really nice teeth for a guy with his personality-and it's amazing...they're still originals, too!"

24 posted on 09/12/2008 6:19:00 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom (How to make a Dem crazy: Speak softly and carry a big LIPSTICK!!!)
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To: 230FMJ

You almost have to wonder if Schmidt doesn’t have a mole in the Zero camp. This latest Zero ad is an OMG moment. How could they possibly have put out something so utterly offensive, stupid, laughable, and immediately debunked at the same time? Talk about “vetting” errors. In my entire life, I’ve never seen a campaign implode in such spectacular fashion before.


25 posted on 09/12/2008 6:25:30 PM PDT by Ilya Mourometz
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To: Prophet in the wilderness

Has McCain that magnificent barnacle done another Palin Punch on Ears O Rama?

Did he lay in wait on this this very ad? He should have surrogates hit back hard on this one. It shows a callow youthlike arrogance with mindless intellect who strikes out without thinking.

John McCain obviously can’t use a blackberry or computer for any length of time with some discomfort.


26 posted on 09/12/2008 6:28:08 PM PDT by TurtleStink
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To: frankjr

Thank you for sharing this very timely find.


27 posted on 09/12/2008 6:28:15 PM PDT by donnab (some people use change to promote their careers...others use their careers to promote change.)
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To: frankjr

Obama and his minions = dog turds


28 posted on 09/12/2008 6:37:07 PM PDT by Keith (McCain-Palin Get off your duff and work to get them elected!)
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To: Ilya Mourometz
I’ve never seen a campaign implode in such spectacular fashion before.

Yeah, this campaign sure was jerry-rigged.

29 posted on 09/12/2008 6:38:30 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Eras will now be referred to as: BS: Before Sarah and AS: After Sarah)
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To: Chet 99
They need to wheel out handicapped veterans for the apology demand.

Make sure Biden is there. He has a gift with people in wheelchairs.
30 posted on 09/12/2008 6:47:32 PM PDT by j_k_l
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To: j_k_l

“Make sure Biden is there. He has a gift with people in wheelchairs.”

The ObaMessiah will speak and the people in the wheelchairs, including Chuck, will stand and walk.


31 posted on 09/12/2008 6:50:12 PM PDT by urroner
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To: TurtleStink
John McCain obviously can’t use a blackberry or computer

Maybe not, but John McCain sure knows how to take a byte outta Obama.

32 posted on 09/12/2008 6:54:38 PM PDT by BARLF
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To: frankjr

great find. Thanks


33 posted on 09/12/2008 6:56:08 PM PDT by IrishCatholic (No local communist or socialist party chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing.)
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To: frankjr
BTTT.

This story need to get out. Everyone reading this thread needs to send the story out to every one in your email address book. Its that important. The election is that important.

34 posted on 09/12/2008 7:01:24 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: frankjr
It's on Instapundit too, so it should get a lot of exposure.

Instapundit

And this from Instapundit too:

McCain's Web Explosion

Friday, Feb. 11, 2000

"Six months ago, no one would have pegged McCain as the most cybersavvy of this year's crop of candidates. At 63, he is the oldest of the bunch

and because of his war injuries, he is limited in his ability to wield a keyboard.

But McCain's job as chairman of the Senate commerce committee forced him to learn about the Internet early on, and young Web entrepreneurs such as Jerry Yang and Jeff Bezos fascinate him. Well before he announced his exploratory committee, McCain had assimilated the notion that the Web could be vital to the kind of insurgent, anti-establishment campaign he wanted to run. In December 1998, he sent his longtime political aide Wes Gullett to Minnesota to study Jesse Ventura's successful gubernatorial campaign, which was the first to use the Web in an effective and innovative way. "Wes went up to Minnesota and talked to Ventura's people," McCain told reporters on the Straight Talk Express yesterday. "That's really where we got the idea."

And don't forget about this:

McCain character loyal to a fault

Boston Globe, March 4, 2000

"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.

35 posted on 09/12/2008 7:02:39 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The Alaskan landscape is littered with the bodies of those who have crossed Sarah Palin)
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To: 230FMJ
Good Grief! Are we sure that Karl Rove isn’t running the Obama campaign?

I think you must be referring to Kurt Grove.

36 posted on 09/12/2008 7:13:36 PM PDT by PosterQue (Pumped about Palin!)
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To: comebacknewt

“another one of the obama kiddies slander attempts...”

You mean godbama didn’t “approve of this message”? I really like seeing his hand get caught in the cookie jar over and over and over and over again.


37 posted on 09/12/2008 7:21:34 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: freeangel

bttt


38 posted on 09/12/2008 9:03:42 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (Obama is the Democrats guy. They bought the ticket, now they must take the ride.)
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