MORFORD: John McCain, please log on

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 7/23/8 | Mark Morford

[SmithL]

The crusty ol' Repub says he has no clue how to use a computer. Isn't that cute?

Dear McCain presidential campaign:

You know what's funny and cute and just a little bit sad? Wacky old pre-industrial war-hungry guys admitting they don't know a computer from a microwave oven, a hyperlink from a heart med, can't turn on one of those newfangled PC things if his life depended on it and/or he wanted to see what his weird tattooed bi-curious grandson is posting on his MySpace home docking station whateveryoucallit. Adorable!

Cuter still is when said wisecrackin' curmudgeon admits he depends on the wife to show him how it all works, to log on and open a browser and check e-mail and describe what it all might mean out there in Interweb Cybertown, as you get the distinct feeling the old guy has no idea what makes it go and believes all this crazy gizmongery is for troublemakin' whippersnappers anyway, as he pines for the days of teletype machines and prop aeroplanes. Charming!

Or, you know, maybe not. Because you know what's depressing and just a bit beyond sad? A serious presidential candidate — that is to say, yours — who thinks it's harmless that he's actually one of those guys, who admits he's a complete Luddite when it comes to computers and, by extension, most every aspect of modern multimedia and technology, except perhaps the exact specs of the nuke required to annihilate Iran and/or take out a big pile of "gooks."

See, word has gotten out. Your boy John McCain says has no clue how to work a computer. He's an admitted tech illiterate, couldn't Google his way out of a DailyKos to save his Yahoo.

[SmithL]

Morfordite Alert

You have been warned!

[shrinkermd]

Luddite=a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.(Dictionary.com)

"... Or, you know, maybe not. Because you know what's depressing and just a bit beyond sad? A serious presidential candidate — that is to say, yours — who thinks it's harmless that he's actually one of those guys, who admits he's a complete Luddite when it comes to computers and, by extension, most every aspect of modern multimedia and technology, except perhaps the exact specs of the nuke required to annihilate Iran and/or take out a big pile of "gooks

Besides slashing, trashing ad hominems he uses "Luddite" in the wrong way. Senator McCain may not be computer literate, but he definitely is not trying to destroy them.

Moroford gets paid for this?

[6SJ7]

I bet Morford is an expert on back-end servers.

[cyberslave]

We'll McCain did understand the avionics on the A-4 Skyhawk (aka Heinneman Hot Rod) so he isn't a Luddite. In fact he was quite good with the bomb toss computer and the electronic gun sight computer. I suspect that he may not be able to send prof notes or emails as they're now known, but he should be able to enter the codes into the “football” (doomsday signaling device for those who don't know DefCon Speak) should his duty officer be KIA, MIA, or WIA. And after all isn't that the most important computer that an American President has to be able to operate?

[kb2614]

Eh, kind of a weak article for Morford. I mean where is the insane preening, spittle flying arrogance, & freshly baked stupid that is the norm for Morford?? I’m very disappointed, I expect better from bugfxck crazy journalists.

[meandog]

Wonder if the cretin who wrote this would know Java script from a C++?

[ejonesie22]

I don’t think he does, but I bet he is very adept at “logging” in and out...

[gate2wire]

“...he wanted to see what his weird tattooed bi-curious grandson is posting on his MySpace home docking station whateveryoucallit. Adorable!”

Amazing. This despicable homo calling someone’s grandson “weird tattooed bi-curious.”

I think we all know that the SF homo sure knows everything about his “home docking station whateveryoucallit.” Faggot.

[TLI]

Mark Morford. One sick puppy. Check out his "bi-line."

Mark Morford is a columnist for sfgate.com and the San Francisco Chronicle. He also teaches yoga, subscribes to magazines, admires trees, detests shrill alarmism (including his own), sleeps naked. He has not seen your blog, but is sure it's amazing. He never wears sneakers. He writes about politics, pop culture, sex, music, design, a wry and punch-drunk universe, vibrators, scotch, media, spirituality and small European cars. And sometimes, genital grooming. Email him here. Subscribe to his Notes & Errata column here. Or dig into the RSS feed.

Genital grooming?

sick, sick, sick sick, sick, sick, sick, sick, sick...

[dforest]

Dude, he’s gettin’ a Dell.

[rabscuttle385]

I bet Morford is an expert on back-end servers.

Rumor has it that Morford is an export on using a piece of software called BackOrifice to control his victims.

[driftless2]

I think the Dems should back away from this so-called issue. There is a very large percentage of Americans over sixty who never use a computer. To label anyone (usually an oldie) who is computer illiterate an an idiot is courting losing votes over a non-issue.

[McGruff]

Your boy John McCain says has no clue how to work a computer. He's an admitted tech illiterate,

And this maroon reporter doesn't get it that a lot of people who vote can relate to John McCain in this area. Who has no clue?

signed,
Proud not to know how to text message.

[HAL9000]

John McCain: Confirmed Mac user, Barack Obama: Confirmed Mac user (and BlackBerry sufferer)