According to Obama's campaign, McCain is too old and out of touch to use technology anyway, so I suppose using their logic, he had to be there.

 

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Its not "according to Obama's campaign." It came directly from Sen. McCain.

 

In January 2008, Yahoo! News asked McCain whether he used a Mac or PC, and McCain said, "Neither. I am an illiterate that has to rely on my wife for all of the assistance that I can get." But two months ago in an interview with The New York Times, McCain said:

 

NY Times: What websites if any do you look at regularly?

 

McCain: Brooke and Mark show me Drudge, obviously, everybody watches, for better or for worse, Drudge. Sometimes I look at Politico. Sometimes RealPolitics, sometimes.

 

(Mrs. McCain and Ms. Buchanan both interject: "Meagan's blog!")

 

McCain: Excuse me, Meagan's blog. And we also look at the blogs from Michael and from you that may not be in the newspaper, that are just part of your blog.

 

NY Times: But do you go on line for yourself?

 

McCain: They go on for me. I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself. I don't expect to be a great communicator, I don't expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need - including going to my daughter's blog first, before anything else.

 

http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/is_mccain_unable_to_use_a_computer.html

 

Its one thing for a competitor to insinuate something. However, its completely 100% fair game when you bring it up yourself.

According to Obama's campaign, McCain is too old and out of touch to use technology anyway, so I suppose using their logic, he had to be there.

 

I would rather have a leader present to show his support/opposition to what is going on in a situation that Obama rightfully deemed as 'the worse financial crisis that our country has faced since the great depression.'

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/us/politics/26campaign.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

 

Senator John McCain had intended to ride back into Washington on Thursday as a leader who had put aside presidential politics to help broker a solution to the financial crisis. Instead he found himself in the midst of a remarkable partisan showdown, lacking a clear public message for how to bring it to an end.

 

At the bipartisan White House meeting that Mr. McCain had called for a day earlier, he sat silently for more than 40 minutes, more observer than leader, and then offered only a vague sense of where he stood, said people in the meeting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/us/politics/26campaign.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

 

What he said was 'I support the principles that the republican caucus has presented' which was given to the group in 4 distinct principles at that meeting per the tv news reports I saw.

 

The New York Times getting their information from those persons trying to force this bill thru is not the most reliable news source IMHO.

Huckabee Calls McCain Debate Ploy a ‘Huge Mistake’

 

I thought this was an interesting article...

 

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/26/huckabee-calls-mccain-debate-ploy-a-huge-mistake/

Its not "according to Obama's campaign." It came directly from Sen. McCain.

 

In January 2008, Yahoo! News asked McCain whether he used a Mac or PC, and McCain said, "Neither. I am an illiterate that has to rely on my wife for all of the assistance that I can get." But two months ago in an interview with The New York Times, McCain said:

 

NY Times: What websites if any do you look at regularly?

 

McCain: Brooke and Mark show me Drudge, obviously, everybody watches, for better or for worse, Drudge. Sometimes I look at Politico. Sometimes RealPolitics, sometimes.

 

(Mrs. McCain and Ms. Buchanan both interject: "Meagan's blog!")

 

McCain: Excuse me, Meagan's blog. And we also look at the blogs from Michael and from you that may not be in the newspaper, that are just part of your blog.

 

NY Times: But do you go on line for yourself?

 

McCain: They go on for me. I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself. I don't expect to be a great communicator, I don't expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need - including going to my daughter's blog first, before anything else.

 

http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/is_mccain_unable_to_use_a_computer.html

 

Its one thing for a competitor to insinuate something. However, its completely 100% fair game when you bring it up yourself.

 

I agree. But he also stated that he is learning how to get online and get the information he needs. I have older relatives who are very intelligent and wise but don't care much for computers, yet they seem to have a good understanding of what is going on in the world. They are not 'out of touch' which is exactly what that ad stated that McCain was.

 

Of course, this coming from a candidate in Barack Obama who only got his first elected job in Chicago when he was able to get the incumbent, who he had been a protege for, removed from the ballot due due a technical error she had made on her filing papers. She was trying to get the nomination for the state senate, had asked him to run to take her place expecting to get the nomination, didn't get it, filed for re-election and apparently made some errors on her filing forms. That was how he thanked her, by having her removed from the ballot so he could be elected, unopposed. I don't believe that ethics are something he understands or could relate to.

Huckabee Calls McCain Debate Ploy a ‘Huge Mistake’

 

I thought this was an interesting article...

 

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/26/huckabee-calls-mccain-debate-ploy-a-huge-mistake/

 

 

Bunning blast him yesterday, and now Huck?:walk:

What is McCain doing? He's veering all over the place like a drunk on a two lane highway.

 

Last week: The fundamentals of the economy are strong.

Tuesday: McCain admits he hasn't read the (3 page) Paulson proposal, which had been released four days earlier.

Wednesday: I'm suspending my campaign and may not participate in the debate to work on this crisis until a solution is reached.

Friday: No agreement, but DEBATE ON!

 

What happened to the principled stand to "suspend the campaign" and keep hammering on the problem until it is resolved? This is the most erratic display of decision making by a high profile politician in recent memory. This guy wants to run the country?

I agree. But he also stated that he is learning how to get online and get the information he needs. I have older relatives who are very intelligent and wise but don't care much for computers, yet they seem to have a good understanding of what is going on in the world. They are not 'out of touch' which is exactly what that ad stated that McCain was.

 

Of course, this coming from a candidate in Barack Obama who only got his first elected job in Chicago when he was able to get the incumbent, who he had been a protege for, removed from the ballot due due a technical error she had made on her filing papers. She was trying to get the nomination for the state senate, had asked him to run to take her place expecting to get the nomination, didn't get it, filed for re-election and apparently made some errors on her filing forms. That was how he thanked her, by having her removed from the ballot so he could be elected, unopposed. I don't believe that ethics are something he understands or could relate to.

 

Please don't tell me you want to bring up past history of our current candidates when it comes to being partisan or driven by power to cause others to lose their positions(and , no, I'm not talking Troopergate).