Buh Bye Barry - Thanks For Playing

Now go home, son. I rather think you have had your run. I mean, it is your campaign your running? Right? You put that out there as a sign of your executive experience. Forget Hillary as Veep - they'll be tossing Barry under the bus given this:

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.

Update: As of 8:15 PM this is from Obama's website.

Comments

[janet]

Dan Love the way you word things. Don't share some of your views but you are funny. Could it be that we knew each other about 20 years ago in Ham. Square ? I recognized some things - your favorite author, your brother in California, etc. Remember Parfait with Bobbi D?

[janet]

Dan--- What do you do for fun to escape your rage?

[Scrapiron]

“In certain ways, McCain was a natural Web candidate. Chairman of the Senate Telecommunications Subcommittee and regarded as the U.S. Senate’s savviest technologist, McCain is an inveterate devotee of email. His nightly ritual is to read his email together with his wife, Cindy. The injuries he incurred as a Vietnam POW make it painful for McCain to type. Instead, he dictates responses that his wife types on a laptop. “She’s a whiz on the keyboard, and I’m so laborious,” McCain admits.”

Well I'll be dam*d. McCain Chairs the Senate Telecommunications Subcommittee (savviest technologist) and Hussein O thinks he owns the banking Subcommittee which he isn't on. I think someone in Hussein O's world is eating crow or dodging the wheels of a bus tonight.

[moldy]

Can someone link to the ad. I would like to watch it.

[James]

At least for the job of "Commander-In-Chief" McCain has military experience whilst BO has NOT!

BO is a muslim per their book. Takes on the father's religious belief.

Donot vote for BO. 173 days experience as a senator.

McCain 22 years worth.

Military record.

Officer.

Palin will supplement McCain's ability.

[Dan Riehl]

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/new_ads_obama_presses_change_m.php

[moldy]

The fact that John McCain can't send an email is irrelevant and defending the issue by saying he can't type because he is injured is unneccessary. It's making excuses where none need to be made. He doesn't need to send an email to be a good president. Just leave it at that.

[JustOneMan]

New poll shows Obama, McCain in a dead heat in N.J.By Editor
Category: PresidentTags: Barack Obama, Marist, poll, John NcCain
Another poll shows the race for New Jersey's 15 electoral votes tightening: Barack Obama leads John McCain by three percentage points, 48%-45% among likely voters including leaners, according to a Marist College Institute for Public Opinion poll released tonight.

Among registered voters, Obama leads 47%-40%. The poll was in the field between September 5-8 and has a margin of error of +/- 4%.

The presidential and vice presidential candidates have nearly identical favorable/unfavorable ratings: Obama is at 62%-32% and McCain is at 61%-32%; Joe Biden is at 58%-27% and Sarah Palin is at 55%-29%. Half of New Jersey voters say Obama has a better plan to bring about change, while 39% say McCain does. But 51% of voters say McCain has a better record of bringing about change, while 37% say Obama does.

A Fairleigh Dickinson University poll in the field September 4-7 has Obama leading McCain by six points, 47%-41%.

[Neo]

“So, when American workers hear John McCain talking about putting ‘Country First,’” Obama said, “it’s fair to ask –- which country?”

Breathless coming from "The One"

[seekeronos]

"--- “So, when American workers hear John McCain talking about putting ‘Country First,’” Obama said, “it’s fair to ask –- which country?” ---"

Indeed, the High Caliph Barack Hussein Obama II shows great favourables in the European satrapies and emirates, and is highly thought of in the Arabian Islamic Empire.

Not so sure about here in the US though - some might not care to elect a self-professed Muslim to the office of POTUS.

[LOL]

are you serious?

That war injury stuff is a load of bullshit.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/09/obama-slams-mcc.html

" "John McCain travels with a laptop," said McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds."

Seriously? Are you this fucking stupid? Or are you just this shameless of a liar?