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Obama "Old Man" Ad Attacks McCain's War Disabilities
NRO - The Corner ^ | 12 September 2008 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 09/12/2008 4:01:22 PM PDT by PhatHead

The Obama campaign is mocking John McCain for not using a computer. From the AP story about the computer illiterate ad:

"Our economy wouldn't survive without the Internet, and cyber-security continues to represent one our most serious national security threats," [Obama spokesman Dan] Pfeiffer said. "It's extraordinary that someone who wants to be our president and our commander in chief doesn't know how to send an e-mail."
Well, I guess it depends on what you mean by "extraordinary." The reason he doesn't send email is that he can't use a keyboard because of the relentless beatings he received from the Viet Cong. From the 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.
In a similar vein I guess it's an outrage that the blind governor of New York David Patterson doesn't know how to drive a car. After all, transportation issues are pretty important. How dare he serve as governor while being ignorant of what it's like to navigate New York's highways.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ads; attackad; campaignads; danpfeiffer; election; electionads; emails; internet; mccain; mccainattacks; mccainpalin; obama; obamabiden; pow; typing
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To: cartoonistx

Outstanding cartoon!


221 posted on 09/13/2008 6:49:04 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Lijahsbubbe
I’m not going to suspend reality...

One must first grasp reality to suspend it.

222 posted on 09/13/2008 6:53:50 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: American in Israel
"McCain is breaking records with his Internet savvy in this campaign..."

No kidding ... do you have an example?

223 posted on 09/13/2008 7:09:39 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (America: Home of The Free Because of The Brave)
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To: Scarchin

McCain ztated during the 2000 gop debates that he used the internet, clicked on news sites like cnn, nyt, others......and other ‘instruments of communist propaganda,’ so he can use a mouse in some configuration.


224 posted on 09/13/2008 7:09:40 AM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: All

KEYBOARD-GATE!!!


225 posted on 09/13/2008 7:11:18 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (Airlines can take their $15-per-checked-bag surcharge and shove it!)
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To: Lijahsbubbe
You sanctimonious blowhard. You know nothing about the disabled.
226 posted on 09/13/2008 7:19:26 AM PDT by MrsEmmaPeel
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To: PhatHead

Scappleface just did a video mocking the Obama video which mocks McCain’s disability.

http://youtube.cafenetamerica.com


227 posted on 09/13/2008 7:29:28 AM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: truthandlife

LOL! Your post even has a sound effect of a horrible collapse playing in my mind. ;)


228 posted on 09/13/2008 7:32:02 AM PDT by MonicaG (Help Wanted: Conservative leadership '08)
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To: obama

Hey there, 0bama....If you went to the Hanoi Hilton School of typing, then you can be as proficient with a keyboard after a few of these warm-up exercises.

229 posted on 09/13/2008 7:37:09 AM PDT by BulletBobCo
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To: ARCADIA

Actually, he goes through his email every night - and Cindy does his typing for him. Gee, that’s a real negative mark. /sarc


230 posted on 09/13/2008 7:59:06 AM PDT by piytar
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To: Lijahsbubbe

“Most tech savy Senator.” He knows how to use one, just admits that he’s slow at it. His wife types his responses when they go over his email every night.

Moron.


231 posted on 09/13/2008 8:05:03 AM PDT by piytar
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To: Lijahsbubbe

Oops, thought you were quoting some libdolt’s point. “Moron” was directed at them. Re-read posts and now can’t tell. If it’s your own post, then I retract and instead suggest you read up on (a) what McCain actually does with his e-mail and (b) what McCain’s actual tech savy is (i.e., very high).


232 posted on 09/13/2008 8:14:58 AM PDT by piytar
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Really going for their vote, Eh, Obama?

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233 posted on 09/13/2008 8:21:29 AM PDT by polymuser (Taxpayers voting for Obama are like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders.)
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To: xDGx
staffer on Sen. Tim Johnson's (D-SD) successful '02 re-election campaign,L

Hmm. . . am I remembering wrong or was that campaign only successful because they bought/bribed/tampered with the vote on the Indian reservations?

234 posted on 09/13/2008 8:36:47 AM PDT by maryz
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To: All

Just mentioned on Roger Hedgecock’s Saturday national show.


235 posted on 09/13/2008 9:22:57 AM PDT by newzjunkey (McCain-Palin! YES CA PROP 4. (Family notification for underage abortions))
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To: cake_crumb

Oops...


236 posted on 09/13/2008 9:44:57 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (Seriously, do I need to add the sarc tag?)
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To: ponygirl

Can you hit the Abuse button on yourself?


237 posted on 09/13/2008 9:46:00 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (Seriously, do I need to add the sarc tag?)
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To: Lijahsbubbe

lol


238 posted on 09/13/2008 9:50:53 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (By Obama's own reckoning, isn't Lyndon LaRouche more qualified? He's run since the 70's)
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To: Lancey Howard

There he goes with that middle finger thing again.


239 posted on 09/13/2008 9:56:20 AM PDT by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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To: PhatHead

BHO: intellectual homunculus.

You know, if his Presidential campaign maintains this pace, he may just find that he has trouble hanging on to his Senate seat as well.

What a waste of a human being.


240 posted on 09/13/2008 9:58:03 AM PDT by SlayerOfBunnies (An Indian friend of mine wishes to remind everyone... Indians <> muslims)
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