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- nanoscare, on 09/16/2008, -11/+62This is a stunt to knock McCain's comment, "the fundamentals of our economy are strong" off the front page.
- WendyThomas, on 09/16/2008, -11/+51John McCain doesn't know how to use a computer, but yes I'm sure he invented the Blackberry. Didn't Al Gore invent the Internet?
- jsatz23, on 09/16/2008, -7/+44I bet John McCain thinks that a blackberry is a fruit.
- ZETAZEN, on 09/16/2008, -5/+36One thing is for sure...his economic adviser created the financial mess this country is in now - Thanks Phil Gramm for your failed insight!
And he calls himself a "maverick"....a maverick for chaos....
http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/ ... - ironhide, on 09/16/2008, -4/+29Before the winguts start complaining, this is exactly the same thing you did to Gore. Suck it up.
- luke374, on 09/16/2008, -5/+29John McCain also invented the printing press.
- AmericanElitist, on 09/16/2008, -5/+25McCain was one of just five senators to vote against the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
- VicHislop, on 09/16/2008, -2/+18I cannot believe that you folks are now asserting that because of injuries sustained while he was a POW, McCain cannot use a computer and is excused for being oblivious to technology.
I've seen this on a few sites now, the same thing repeated over and over. Do you receive some sort of talking point on the issues from McCain's campaign, or is this a widespread case of spontaneous idiocy? - sandiegodude, on 09/16/2008, -4/+20Screw it, let the Repubs have the PDA, us Democrats got the Internet, MUhahahahahah!
In all seriousness though, why is this under sciences and not Campaign 2008? - razor150, on 09/16/2008, -0/+15What Gore said was true though. Gore never claimed to have invented the internet, he claimed he helped make legislation to open it to the people. Which is completely true.
- Dweller99, on 09/16/2008, -1/+16You may want to let him know that. He called himself "illiterate" with regards to computers.
- newman8r, on 09/16/2008, -3/+17Mccain doesn't know how to use a computer or email, he's admitted this. I simply don't see how someone who doesn't understand the internet through use of it could run a country.
now he's trying to claim he's responsible for the blackberry... hah.
It's sad really. Ask anyone if they think the president should know how to use the internet. - razor150, on 09/16/2008, -0/+13But he voted against the bill that made it possible...
- zombies187, on 09/16/2008, -7/+20Al Gore never said he invented the internet.
- AmericanElitist, on 09/16/2008, -8/+19John McCain is so out of touch with America his economics adviser says he deserves credit for creating the Canadian company that invented the Blackberry. Message to Republicans: it’s American entrepreneurship our President is supposed to encourage.
- crazyhorse13, on 09/16/2008, -3/+13So basically, everyone took everyone else's quotes out of context. Yay for politics.
- cadmiumpaint, on 09/16/2008, -2/+12John McCain invented the lie, P.O.W.'s and trophy wives.
he also invented murder as told in Genesis 4:1-16...the story of McCain and Abel - angusm, on 09/16/2008, -5/+15I'm all for giving credit where credit's due. Without the telecommunications revolution that John McCain made possible, we wouldn't be able to use our Blackberries to follow the stock market crash that his economic advisor made inevitable.
- publiclurker, on 09/16/2008, -1/+11I'm sure McCain's eaten blackberries at some time. That has to count for something.
- MxM111, on 09/16/2008, -2/+12Even if Al Gore never said it, he had more right to say that he invented internet, becasue his policies did make a difference, then McCain to say that he invented Blackberry.
- VicHislop, on 09/16/2008, -1/+10OK, well how about McCain's answer to the recent Science Debate 2008 questionnaire:
"Under my guiding hand, Congress developed a wireless spectrum policy that spurred the rapid rise of mobile phones and Wi-Fi technology that enables Americans to surf the web while sitting at a coffee shop, airport lounge, or public park."
Is that out of context? - Crynos, on 09/16/2008, -0/+9Except Gore wasn't that bad. Read about it...
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp - tora03, on 09/16/2008, -0/+9Except that he voted against the telecommunications bill that made it possible.
FTA - Levin pointed out that McCain actually voted against the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA ‘93) that “authorized the spectrum auctions that created the competitive wireless market that gave rise to companies like Research in Motion [the creator of Blackberry].” - MAARRS, on 09/16/2008, -2/+11The blacker the berry, the sweeter the false praise.
- doiveo, on 09/16/2008, -3/+11McCain a Canadian?
- cadmiumpaint, on 09/16/2008, -0/+8McCain invented Canada! duh
- explnx, on 04/27/2009, -2/+10@VicHislop
Limbaugh said it on his show the other day. I really don't buy it. Ask anyone with carpal tunnel - there are a lot of ways to use a keyboard. - CVL4317, on 09/16/2008, -2/+10Bob, the "North Vietnamese" story could be accepted if only McCain had not bragged about his "POW" all the time.
- interactivideo, on 09/16/2008, -5/+12John McCain re-invented desperate.
- amoirae, on 09/16/2008, -1/+8McCain took a dingleberry as a running mate. Someone get Grampy John his meds.
- Wryly, on 09/16/2008, -6/+13I think McCain meant that he invented blackberries. I mean, the guy's been around forever.
- haydesigner, on 09/16/2008, -2/+8Oh, it was a joke? Now I see then...
Wait, why wasn't anyone laughing then? And why was it during a serious discussion about the economy?
Wait... is that you Sarah Pailn? Are you making up stuff again? You naughty MILF, you. - cowsgonemadd3, on 09/16/2008, -4/+10No Al gore did not invent the internet:
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp - stone2020, on 09/16/2008, -2/+8Because people have stopped reading the politics section. So the spammers have resorted to this tactic. Oh please! Can I have another scoop of Think Progess with Huffington Post on top? Please Digg!
- cadmiumpaint, on 09/16/2008, -1/+6no, every major media network is having a field day at making fun of this idiotic statement.
- WayneCA, on 09/16/2008, -0/+5Sorry, I read the AP article before I read this one. It wasn't a joke, the staffer is just a moron. It should've been a joke since we all know McCain can't even use a computer or send e-mail. This article was still a waste of my time.
- skav, on 09/16/2008, -1/+6Public Display of Affection
- pintomp3, on 09/16/2008, -0/+4Panamanian.
- DarkPrincess74, on 09/16/2008, -0/+4John McCain's notable inventions:
- Successfully cheated on his first wife many times and eventually divorced her for a sugar momma.
- Opposed creation of Martin Luther King federal holiday
- Successfully received $112,000 in illegal donations from Savings and Loan banker
- Invented Sand
- Successfully increased his level of agreement with George Bush by voting affirmatively more each year, this year - 100%.
- Ran the most false presidential campaign ever
- Successfully demonstrated his poor opinion of women by calling his wife a "c*nt"
- Invented the blackberry - wookee88, on 09/16/2008, -0/+4i thought he can't even check his own email
- BaudiIROCZ, on 09/16/2008, -0/+4"Black" Barry Obama?
- ironhide, on 09/16/2008, -2/+6I love it...poor little repubs can't take some ribbing. Talk about thin-skinned.
- amoirae, on 09/16/2008, -0/+4The only thing he has in common with that company is in rimming. He has had his tongue in Duhbya's ass for years.
- VicHislop, on 09/16/2008, -0/+4Who cares which one makes the front page, as long as one of them does?
- Schmapdi, on 09/17/2008, -0/+4The difference is Al Gore actually did pound out some of the base legislation that made the internet a reality.
So while it's a stretch to say he invented the internet - it did take a politician with some vision to help make it happen, and that was Al Gore.
FTA - it actually says McCain voted against the bill that made wireless comm. possible. - AlbionEikon, on 09/16/2008, -1/+4Yet another McCain election deception. The Blackberry is a Canadian invention. Hmmm, makes me wonder... which country does John McCain think he's running in an election for?
- haydesigner, on 09/16/2008, -1/+4@ BlakeEM: "Of course it was a joke"
How was it ""Of course"...? Please provide the missing context, because every thing I've seen of the interview show no other indications of levity.
Unless, of course, you mean that the statement was so patently absurd that there is no other possible explanation other than it was a joke. If so, is that really a person you want on your team as an "expert"? - agentVivid, on 09/16/2008, -0/+3please... can you define what "American" means?
- doiveo, on 09/16/2008, -0/+3We do have a brand of fries called McCain's
http://www.mccain.com/ - ErickStevenson, on 09/17/2008, -0/+3Hey ***** you and your POW ***** again... I have seen people with no arms use a computer... heck Look at STEVEN ***** HAWKINS for god sake! That guy can make a computer speak for him! WTF!?
McCain = FAIL!
Go back to your POW! -
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