McCain and Computers

[Franny]

Should a president be able to use a computer? Probably. He or She certainly doesn't need sit on one for hours throughout the day, but he should at least understand modern technological trends and technology "life skills." Without a base knowledge of computers and the Internet, your advisers probably won't be able to help you.

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Important for president to be computer literate?
Posted: 01:39 PM ET
McCcain told the San Fransisco Chronicle, “Now, I read e-mails.” The staff is “constantly showing them to me as the news breaks during the day.”


FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty:

Will the Internet be John McCain’s grocery store scanner moment? Remember how the first President Bush was awestruck in a grocery store by that little gizmo that tells you the price of your Cheez Whiz? The president of the United States with cameras rolling was simply beside himself. You’d think one episode like that would be enough.

Now we have a guy who wants to be president that doesn’t know how to use a computer. Two years ago, John McCain expressed amazement that his wife could order movie tickets online, something people had been doing for years at that time. He called her a wizard and admitted he was a “Neanderthal” when it comes to computers.

Dear Senator McCain, computer technology and the Internet have changed the world. And the fact that you don’t know much about either one suggests you’re in some sort of a time warp. Translate that: “old.”

Sensing the risk of being perceived as a fossil, McCain recently told the San Francisco Chronicle that he understands the importance of the computer and blogs, that he’s using the computer more and more every day. McCain says this doesn’t mean he has to e-mail people, but that he reads e-mails – that his staff constantly shows him emails during the day.

Grocery store scanners, computers and the Internet are the ingredients of every day life for the overwhelming majority of Americans. For a man who wants to be president to admit that he is pretty much clueless about some of these things feeds into the perception that old, rich, white Republicans are out of touch. They have no idea what the average American’s life is like. For the last 26 years, John McCain has lived inside the cocoon of the United States Senate and his wife’s money.

Here’s my question to you: How important is it for the next president to understand computer technology?

McCain's admissions certainly don't help him shrug off the "old and out of touch" labeling he's received.

[master_of_muppets]

good to see that CNN is falling in line, being the obedient bitches they enjoy being for obama. when jack and wolfy speak, i hear a black snake moan....

[PokerDude]

The presidents job is to guide and protect this country, it's people, and it's principles...I don't give a damn if he/she even know what a computer is as long as they are focused at the job at hand.

The Osama networks are fumbling to find shit to talk about because "their homey" is finally starting to step in his own shit and it is only going to get worse.

[Franny]

So who you like - The Britney-Paris-esque Populist or the Decrepit Luddite?

As this young man points out, McCain "is aware of the Internet", and he keeps a close eye on PokerDude's antics:

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[Tedesco]

I don't know. I'd like the person running our country to more than a little "aware" of the internet. It's not like it's brand new.

[i like fried chicken]

Originally Posted by PokerDude

The presidents job is to guide and protect this country, it's people, and it's principles...I don't give a damn if he/she even know what a computer is as long as they are focused at the job at hand.

The Osama networks are fumbling to find shit to talk about because "their homey" is finally starting to step in his own shit and it is only going to get worse.

Its as if you've waited your whole life to make this post

[Franny]

Does anyone else get the feeling that McCain is going to get smoked in the debates? He means well, but he just doesn't seem very sharp. You just don't see 73 year olds maintaining mental sharpness.

Here is your 2008 schedule (with moderators)


Schedule:

Presidential Debates
Jim Lehrer, Sept. 26, at Ole Miss.
Tom Brokaw, Oct. 7, in Nashville
Bob Schieffer, Oct. 15, at Hofstra.

Vice Presidential Debate
Gwen Ifill, Oct. 2, at Wash. U in St. Louis

[bearcat428]

might as well be someone from obama's campaign moderating these debates. obama will need that help. there is a reason he has refused to take part in anything with mccain like town hall meetings until he has to. mccain will do well.

[PokerDude]

No I don't think...at least I hope....McCain will get smoked in the debates...if there is one point Osama sucks at and that is answering point blank questions that need solid answers and need solid back up...ON THE SPOT...unless one of his handlers is out there scribbling feverously on a que card and then holding it up...."homey" stands a better than 50% of stumbling and stepping in his own crap.

Whether McCain answers "correctly" or not will not be the point what will be the point is who answers coherently and with reasoning...be it right wrong or indifferent...not some left wing whack job reciting rhetoric like "we are the change we have been waiting for"...wtf is that?

[PokerDude]

Originally Posted by i like fried chicken

Its as if you've waited your whole life to make this post

You got something to say to me?

[master_of_muppets]

i don't think one can look at the pure polling data and assume that obama will blow out mccain in the election or debates. if obama was half as popular as the media would have us believe, the polls would reflect it. but right now this is a close race, even though a lot of us on the Right side of things are holding our nose to the choice of mccain.

personally, i'm now undecided.

[Franny]

i don't think one can look at the pure polling data and assume that obama will blow out mccain in the election or debates.

This is based on the fact that Obama is becoming a more confident, compelling, charismatic speaker as this election goes forward and McCain becomes less and less eloquent each day as he approaches 75.

We shall see...

[scoot]

Originally Posted by PokerDude

No I don't think...at least I hope....McCain will get smoked in the debates...if there is one point Osama sucks at and that is answering point blank questions that need solid answers and need solid back up...ON THE SPOT...unless one of his handlers is out there scribbling feverously on a que card and then holding it up...."homey" stands a better than 50% of stumbling and stepping in his own crap.

you called him "osama" and "homey" within the same paragraph. personally, i find that ridiculous and below the belt. if you want to say he doesn't have enough of a track record, or if you want to say he's all flair and no substance, or if you want to say that his policy smells too much like marx, i have no problem with it. but this is just hateful and immature.

vote for or against the human being running for office, and leave the childish propaganda bits at home. i love freedom of speech, but i hate that it protects the grown men who vomit useless words. i have plenty of reasons not to vote for obama. i don't need terrorist name comparisons and quasi-racist name calling.

[PokerDude]

Lighten up Francis.....

[PokerDude]

Yeeeaaahhh....ummmm....yeaaahhh ummmm.....

Just what I thought...

Then funny thing about "homey" is that most of his younger denegerate supporters are not registered voters for whatever state they are attending college....so factor that in.

On top of that read MF's comments above...for once he has a valid point.