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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: Protect the Bill of Rights

Stand up, Chuck!

41 posted on 09/12/2008 4:51:03 PM PDT by maggief (Read my lip-stick!)
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To: Soul Seeker

No president since Clinton would ever want to use the internet or email.

White House counsel would advise a president to never use it.

Besides, the president of the United States does not have to send an email out to someone. That’s what White House secretaries are for, to manage the president’s correspondence. A president does not usually send a casual note to anyone, because their every activity is recorded to help run their administration and to save for history.

The fact that Obama’s campaign does not understand this is ridiculous.

I bet they do not know that the president has a private study and that is where he spends most of his time working. They probably imagine Obama sitting at Rosevelt’s desk with his sleeves rolled up, every morning.

Geesh! These people are so ignorant about how business is conducted in the White House.

These children need to be sent packing.


42 posted on 09/12/2008 4:53:48 PM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife
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To: maggief

LOL! New keyboard needed in aisle 13!

LOMA!!!!!


43 posted on 09/12/2008 5:05:55 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights (Durham, where bottom feeders go to die.)
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To: maggief

LOL


44 posted on 09/12/2008 5:05:59 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: piytar

Bingo


45 posted on 09/12/2008 5:15:34 PM PDT by saganite (Obama is a political STD)
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To: mylife
While Barama is renting football stadiums and handing out free beer, .......

As well as erecting environmentally unfriendly styrofoam columns for the event

46 posted on 09/12/2008 5:17:31 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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OCRAP is such a worthless piece of royal sh-t. His true arrogant, elitist, evil, militant colors are shining so bright at this point and the media is in full attack mode to lay cover for this cowardly son of Muslim. RALLY 2008: "THE YEAR JOURNALISM DIED AND THE SOCIALISM WAS DEFEATED" ! I would not send my bird dog to Yale, Middlebury, Amherst, Harvard, or Trinity - nor would I dare wipe my clean ass with a copy of NY TIMES. Let's RALLY BOYS ! Let's over that wall at the ANGLE and to the damn top of Little Round Top once and for all ! Obama can go to hell ! libscum- Riverton ,CT
47 posted on 09/12/2008 5:26:05 PM PDT by libscum (don't sit out- vote Mccain)
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OCRAP is such a worthless piece of royal sh-t. His true arrogant, elitist, evil, militant colors are shining so bright at this point and the media is in full attack mode to lay cover for this cowardly son of Muslim. RALLY 2008: "THE YEAR JOURNALISM DIED AND THE SOCIALISM WAS DEFEATED" ! I would not send my bird dog to Yale, Middlebury, Amherst, Harvard, or Trinity - nor would I dare wipe my clean ass with a copy of NY TIMES. Let's RALLY BOYS ! Let's over that wall at the ANGLE and to the damn top of Little Round Top once and for all ! Obama can go to hell ! libscum- Riverton ,CT
48 posted on 09/12/2008 5:26:16 PM PDT by libscum (don't sit out- vote Mccain)
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OCRAP is such a worthless piece of royal sh-t. His true arrogant, elitist, evil, militant colors are shining so bright at this point and the media is in full attack mode to lay cover for this cowardly son of Muslim. RALLY 2008: "THE YEAR JOURNALISM DIED AND THE SOCIALISM WAS DEFEATED" ! I would not send my bird dog to Yale, Middlebury, Amherst, Harvard, or Trinity - nor would I dare wipe my clean ass with a copy of NY TIMES. Let's RALLY BOYS ! Let's over that wall at the ANGLE and to the damn top of Little Round Top once and for all ! Obama can go to hell ! libscum- Riverton ,CT
49 posted on 09/12/2008 5:26:29 PM PDT by libscum (don't sit out- vote Mccain)
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To: PhatHead

That’s a backhanded way of remindning the American people that McCain has disabilities. It’s almost as tasteless as calling Barack the N word. Heck it is just as bad.

This ad is like McCain running a commercial showing Barack eating watermelon and chicken. And then showing other black people doing a drive by shooting. Simply disgraceful and Obama owes McCain a public apology each week until the election is over.

This makes the macaca story look like Ghandi message.


50 posted on 09/12/2008 5:27:16 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: mylife
Barama is killing himself with this one.

It's an idiotic ad. We're not electing an IT computer geek; we're electing a president.

51 posted on 09/12/2008 5:29:18 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: Scarchin
Just click on the image...
52 posted on 09/12/2008 5:29:49 PM PDT by PhatHead
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To: PhatHead; xzins
He just singlehandedly enraged old people and disabled people and disabled specifically disabled veterans

Is he deliberately trying to throw this election so that he can step down and Hillary can take over as the Democrat nominee?

The incompetence of the Obama team is simply breathtaking.

53 posted on 09/12/2008 5:34:45 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: P-Marlowe

Everyone needs to demand an apology. This is Obama’s Macaca moment http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/16/allen/

Let’s hang this around his neck like they did George Allen’s. Making fun of a disabled veteran is simply over the top and not presidential. In fact, he should be censured by the Senate.


54 posted on 09/12/2008 5:35:38 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: for-q-clinton
Everyone needs to demand an apology.

No. As I stated on the other thread, you look lie a pansy if you DEMAND an apology. McCain can simply run an ad explaining why he can't use a computer.

55 posted on 09/12/2008 6:01:03 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: PhatHead

OBAMAD’S theme of Change and Hope should be called something else.


56 posted on 09/12/2008 6:09:33 PM PDT by FreedBird
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To: PhatHead
Barack, perhaps you could use one of these:


57 posted on 09/12/2008 6:25:24 PM PDT by RockinRight (Obama who?)
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To: RockinRight

I think he needs a backhoe. lol


58 posted on 09/12/2008 6:31:13 PM PDT by kalee
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To: P-Marlowe

Saw a T-Shirt the other day, McCain’s picture, under it, the word “old”.

I now have a response the next time I see that.

Hey, could you tell me where I could get a shirt with 0bama on it with the word “black” under it?


59 posted on 09/12/2008 6:34:56 PM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: PhatHead

The Joe Biden comedy tour:

“John McCain is so old that I was only starting my 11th year in the senate when he arrived in Washington.”

“... and Al Gore invented the internet 25 years ago, but John can’t even send email ... Oh, God love ya. What am I talking about?”


60 posted on 09/12/2008 6:44:46 PM PDT by vamoose
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