September 12th 2008
More Obama Idiocy
T
he minute I heard the new Obama dirty, ageist ad against McCain being all hateful because McCain can’t use a computer, I knew intuitively what the real story it was. Turns out I’m one intuitive dude:
Yep. The day after 9/11, as part of its “get tough” makeover, the Obama campaign is mocking John McCain for not using a computer, without caring why he doesn’t use a computer. From the AP story about the computer illiterate ad:
“Our economy wouldn’t survive without the Internet, and cyber-security continues to represent one our most serious national security threats,” [Obama spokesman Dan] Pfeiffer said. “It’s extraordinary that someone who wants to be our president and our commander in chief doesn’t know how to send an e-mail.”
Well, I guess it depends on what you mean by “extraordinary.” The reason he doesn’t send email is that he can’t use a keyboard because of the relentless beatings he received from the Viet Cong in service to our country. From the Boston Globe (March 4, 2000):
McCain gets emotional at the mention of military families needing food stamps or veterans lacking health care. The outrage comes from inside: McCain’s severe war injuries prevent him from combing his hair, typing on a keyboard, or tying his shoes. Friends marvel at McCain’s encyclopedic knowledge of sports. He’s an avid fan – Ted Williams is his hero – but he can’t raise his arm above his shoulder to throw a baseball.
Read the whole NRO post here, including the excellent point that the oh-so-computer savvy Obama campaign apparently didn’t even bother to do a Google search to verify their ad, which could have been done quickly.
Since Obama’s campaign turned negative – because it had run the positive, Obama as celebrity bit as far as it could – the wheels have gone completely off the track. If you thought it was funny that Joe Biden asked a local Dem leader to stand up … from his wheelchair … this is tragically, overwhelmingly and incredibly destructively funny.
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