Posted on 09/16/2008 9:49:14 AM PDT by steve-b
McCain senior domestic policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin said Tuesday the BlackBerry mobile e-mail device was a "miracle that John McCain helped create."...
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“Helped created” is a good bit different than “invented.”
Heck I helped create them too. Worked on the software end of the RIM two way pager back in the late 90s. Ugly nasty piece of crap... not that different from it’s great great grandchild the Blackberry.
Thanks, I did, and this story is BS.
“McCain policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin was asked Tuesday in Miami how McCain’s tenure on the Senate Commerce Committee helped shape his knowledge of financial markets. Holtz-Eakin tried to link McCain’s reforms on the committee to innovations in the telecom market.”
He was holding up a blackberry as an illustration.
Doug Holtz-Eakin is actually a genius. I had Doug in a class as Syracuse; his academic record is stellar and his economic knowledge is incomparable.
For the record, he served under 41 and 44 and was the director of the CBO.
“Helped created” is a good bit different than “invented.”
LOL. Steve, as usual you have nothing. You are every DUers’ favorite Freeper.
Similar to a ‘useful idiot’.
He appears to be a successful deeply embedded troll, read his shorter than expected posting history.
When I heard this, I thought he was mocking Algore.. still, poor move considering how the media will twist anything.
Asia’s phones and communications are 100 times better than ours.
Our biggest problem is the size of the country. We can’t upgrade infrastructure fast enough compared to places like Japan or Hong Kong etc.
Actually, I think the msm has an interest in keeping the election close. The more suspense to the horserace, the more eyeballs to the ads, the more money.
After all, it was Algore who got skewered by the msm in 2000, for a similar issue. And don't forget how they built up Obama when he was behind Clinton, then made it look like a close primary race when it was really over. They love a tight race.
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