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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Why Doesn't McCain Use a Computer?

Why Doesn't McCain Use a Computer?

September 14, 2008 10:59 AM

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. introduced a new TV ad his week that paints Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as out of touch for being, when it comes to technology, shall we say a touch "old-school."

"1982, John McCain goes to Washington," the narrator says. "Things have changed in the last 26 years, but McCain hasn't. He admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail, still doesn't understand the economy, and favors two hundred billion in new tax cuts for corporations, but almost nothing for the middle class. After one president who was out of touch, we just can't afford more of the same."

STILL : Barack Obama campaign ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ae409tJEI

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Assuredly McCain isn't comfortable talking about this -- and the McCain campaign discouraged me from writing about this -- but the reason the aged Arizonan doesn't use a computer or send email is because of his war wounds.

I realize some of the nastier liberals in the blogosphere will see this as McCain once again "playing the POW card," but it's simply a fact: typing on a regular keyboard for any sustained period of time bothers McCain physically.

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Read Mr. Tapper’s entire article here: Why Doesn't McCain Use a Computer?

Political Punch: Power, pop, and probings from ABC News Senior National Correspondent Jake Tapper,

Jake Tapper is ABC News' Senior National Correspondent based in the network's Washington bureau. He writes about politics and popular culture and covers a range of national stories.

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20080914 Why doesnt McCain use a computer by Jake Tapper for ABC News