McCain: "I don’t e-mail, I’ve never felt the particular need to e-mail,”

[ruggerson]

"As he answered questions, sipping a cup of coffee with his tie tight around his neck, his aides stared down at their BlackBerries.

As they tapped, Mr. McCain said he did not use a BlackBerry, though he regularly reads messages on those of his aides. “I don’t e-mail, I’ve never felt the particular need to e-mail,” Mr. McCain said."


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/us/politics/13mccain.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1215890279-bp6wbjqwDmRh3%20KyqyI9OA&pagewanted=print

[Cant trust em]

1. Talk about out of touch with America.

Hey John, the world is changing. Care to keep up?

[gateley]

3. Out of touch with the WORLD. Out of touch with the times. nt

[JoFerret]

46. Quite amazing n/t

.

[Cant trust em]

2. Dupealoop

[Muttocracy]

4. funny, I've never felt the need to vote Republican! nt

[Blondiegrrl]

5. Why bother? Parchment and quill works just as well.

:evilgrin:

[Happyhippychick]

7. And town criers.

[CoffeeCat]

12. ...and also a sharp rock, a cave wall and...

...hyrogliphics.

[Happyhippychick]

14. And smoke signals.

[RNdaSilva]

33. Hieroglyphics?

[Egnever]

6. Email ? Hell he cant even use a computer

I guess if he were to get into office we would go back to using the telegraph for communications. I cant imagine honestly how it would affect communications in the white house. Would he have an aide ever present with him to handle his communication needs?

[givemebackmycountry]

8. Is this guy dead yet?

HOW can he even be in this thing?
HOW can ANYONE even THINK that voting for him is a good idea?
I get 20 or 30 e-mails an hour at work, and at least three or four of them are actually important enough to act on.
Is this freakin' guy PREHISTORIC or what?

Vote for John McCain!
Party like it's 1939!

[CoffeeCat]

9. sounds like my grandfather...

...who declared ten years ago that he would, "...never use of them them newfangled bank cards! I can go to the bank myself!"

Is McCain Grandpa Simpson?

[paparush]

10. Does he have a passport?

Can he find New Orleans on a map?

Does he know about the Google?

[lebkuchen]

11. and Bush doesn't read

small wonder they're best buds.

[Egnever]

13. A troubling trend

Perhaps the pukes are getting what they want from public Education?

[lebkuchen]

19. leave no child behind = leave 'em dumb and their parents dumber

The US rates second to last in a UN study of children's happiness and well-being. The UK is last. Visit that country, and the trend is obvious.

[Egnever]

21. Really? I wasnt aware of that

The UK is last... Wow!

When i was there 20 or so years ago the kids at the time seemed very well educated have they totally slipped since then?

[lebkuchen]

25. Here's the NPR report of the UNICEF report

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7407245

I had printed it out in 2007. I'm sure you can still find it on the web. It was a first of its kind study.

I spent a month in the UK last summer, and I spent a month there in 1984. Things have changed a great deal. The kids and their families in the villages I visited (while camping) seemed unhealthy, poor, and uneducated.

[Imagevision]

41. McCain & Bush, no need for the internets...

[terrya]

15. Them newfangled things!

He's probably still angry that about the end of the Pony Express.

[ashling]

16. though he regularly reads messages on those of his aides.

[Muttocracy]

22. hey, that's kind of cheating! nt

[ashling]

24. Do you mean him or me?

clarify yourself!
:rofl:

[Muttocracy]

27. him of course! :) nt

[asdjrocky]

17. Stone tablets are heavy...

But hey, if it ain't broke, why fix it?

[ruggerson]

34. but large and easy to see

[PA Democrat]

18. Is he actually PROUD of this? Is he going after the technophobe vote?

Jeez. I have relatives in their late 80's who correspond regularly by email.

[TahitiNut]

20. He probably doesn't cook, drive, or shop either. Must be nice to have servants ...

... and sycophants. Another Bubble-Boy. :puke:

[NJCher]

42. that's it, exactly

He said he doesn't feel the "need" to e-mail. Of course not--he has an aide (at our expense) at his shoulder every step of the way. He tells the aide to call so & so. That's how big shots did it in the old days and I know because I saw it on The Dick Van Dyke show circa 1961.

Someone like McCain would approach the computer as an annoyance, not as a means of getting something done in a more efficient or cost-effective way.

There should be a basic skills test for president. It would include things like:

--locating a bar code and, on a large or heavy product, being able to show it to the cashier
from a shopping cart

--handing a dog to another person without dropping it

and so on.



Cher

[zulchzulu]

23. If McCain refuses to be computer literate at this point, he clearly is not ready to be President

Understanding the Internet and even just being able to use a computer is a given as a skill that a President in the 21st century needs to have.

Either he's a halfwit or he's too impatient to understand the basics in life in these times... hardly the quality that a President should not have.

[elkston]

26. Honestly, this doesn't really matter that much.

In the end its about judgement, instincts, character, etc..

Its great that Barack is in touch with technology, but not essential. There are always assistants who can do these things for the President.

[AllentownJake]

31. it shows an uncurious mind

it also shows a lack of interest in his children since children regularly email their parents. Espicially say if they are in the Military or in Iraq.

[opihimoimoi]

28. "I still use QUILLS...can't figure out those typewriters or fountain pens..Damn"

[skooooo]

29. He also doesn't use viagra.

[Ichingcarpenter]

39. This Billboard says he does!

[DeepModem Mom]

30. K&R

[sniffa]

32. That's a shame. He could use the free V1@GRA

[baldguy]

35. You don't have to be comfortable with new technology to be President

like the telephone or the auto-mobile.

[BattyDem]

36. Even my 90 year old aunt knows how to email!

What century does this guy live in?

Hey John ... email is how the world communicates now. KEEP UP!

[Occam Bandage]

37. Of course. The dude is a decade older than ENIAC.

[Olney Blue]

38. The founding fathers only dealt with stuff like separation of church and state.

They forgot about computers!

[Imagevision]

40. McCain is use to and living in another time zone...

[crimsonblue]

43. he still uses the pony express

or has his messenger ready to run the message.

[BklynChick]

44. Seriously, though, how are you in the Senate and not use email? Does he secretary print every

goddamn email out for him and brief him about it?

[Monk06]

45. He's Reagan redux. Lazy, dumb as dirt and more than happy to let

the neo cons continue their agenda while
he naps in the afternoon.