i think it would be nicer if he was a little more technology savvy but i think he has more experience than barack in a lot of other areas a lot more relevant to the duties of the president



your pants are...the weakest link...take them off

8/29/2008 7:13:10 PM

I agree when people say he doesn't even need to use a computer. But you have to wonder, why hasn't he tried? And don't you think the lack of knowledge is going to affect his policies?

8/29/2008 7:14:16 PM

i dont think lack of computer knowledge is necessarily going to affect his policies

i also think someone can show him the finer points of email, everyone on tww im sure knows its not that difficult

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 7:16 PM. Reason : .]

8/29/2008 7:15:35 PM

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"It's not that we want him surfing the web... but it's not a very good sign when the leader of our nation doesn't know how to access his own email."

That and the amount of information he could find out by using the Internet is staggering. The Internet is basically indispensable to most middle-class Americans, and having a leader that doesn't get that may be a problem.

I guess I just find it hilarious that McCain is against net neutrality without actually understanding what the Internet is firsthand.

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 7:23 PM. Reason : .]

8/29/2008 7:23:17 PM

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"the amount of information he could find out by using the Internet is staggering"

while the internet is obviously a huge resource of information, its also a huge resource of false and biased information...i'd rather either mccain or obama get the vast majority of their information from intelligence agencies, advisors, etc

8/29/2008 7:26:33 PM

someone link mccain to tdub.

8/29/2008 7:28:59 PM

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"'d rather either mccain or obama get the vast majority of their information from intelligence agencies, advisors, etc"

nope, no bias there at all either

8/29/2008 7:30:00 PM

....Bush's advisors told him there were WMDs in Iraq, too

sure there's bias on the internet, there'd be plenty of that from people in their cabinets as well

but there's still a lot of great information from reliable sources being shared on the web

8/29/2008 7:30:01 PM

At least we know he won't be surfing porn on the web. Who cares if he does not use a computer. As long as he know what one is is all I care about.

8/29/2008 7:30:18 PM

^^^how the hell is that biased? i'm saying its a good idea to not rely on the internet as your primary source of information, and i specifically mention that i'd prefer both candidates to do that, and thats biased? stfu

^^so....rather than listen to his advisors, you'd prefer Bush search around google to see if Iraq had WMDs...is this a joke?

8/29/2008 7:31:20 PM

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"stfu"

u mad?

8/29/2008 7:36:33 PM

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"Why's it always me against everyone?"

8/29/2008 7:37:17 PM

^^nah i just dont know how you could think what you quoted was biased, unless you had brain damage

i mean if you want to say its biased against the internet, then that might be true...but thats dumb

8/29/2008 7:39:20 PM

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"That and the amount of information he could find out by using the Internet is staggering."

The thought of the most powerful man in the world, with many of the most knowledgeable people on the planet literally at his command, surfing wikipedia to research things is hilarious.


There is absolutely NO reason for the president to ever have to do any research himself. That would be a tremendous waste of time.

8/29/2008 7:41:24 PM

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"The thought of the most powerful man in the world, with many of the most knowledgeable people on the planet literally at his command, surfing wikipedia to research things is hilarious."

QFT

8/29/2008 7:42:15 PM

Yeah, I also don't really see the point of the president using the internet to try to obtain factual information...

But reading his own email? Couldn't hurt in my opinion, assuming it's not an open address that any random person could email.

8/29/2008 7:43:45 PM

no what i meant to say is that any information that a president gets from one of his advisors is always going to be biased

8/29/2008 7:44:32 PM

i agree with that, but i'd still take that over THE INTERNET any day

as a sidenote, that guy in the "Internet: Serious Business" picture looks kind of like Howard Dean

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 7:46 PM. Reason : .]

8/29/2008 7:45:07 PM

of course you would

8/29/2008 7:46:15 PM

and anybody who wouldnt is an idiot

you're trying to say the internet isnt biased, and probably more often than not, FACTUALLY INCORRECT?

8/29/2008 7:47:00 PM

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"no what i meant to say is that any information that a president gets from one of his advisors is always going to be biased"

Then get some less biased advisors.

Or get an intern to do some research and write you a summary report.

8/29/2008 7:48:13 PM

glad you finally got your head wrapped around it though

8/29/2008 7:48:35 PM

Excuse me Mr. President, what do you want to do about the Russia/Georgia conflict? We need to make a public statement to the press to let them know our position.

Hold on a second, lemme google some shit

BRILLIANT

8/29/2008 7:52:05 PM

yep, that's exactly how it would play out

8/29/2008 7:53:12 PM

well then why dont you enlighten us to how it would play out if computer savvy Barack Obama was in the White House

before I make any drastic decisions, I want to see what the bloggers on DailyKos think, and then I'll read the comments below

8/29/2008 7:53:36 PM

i was gonna just wait for you to do it

8/29/2008 7:54:47 PM

in other words you have no answer

8/29/2008 7:55:35 PM

my dad can't turn on a computer and he's one of the most intelligent people i've ever known

8/29/2008 7:56:42 PM

damn. maybe it was a good pick for him. he definitely changed the conversation. i think in 3 weeks he may be like, "WTF, B?" . . . but he'll have to follow through with.

Romney was out the race right after that "how many houses you own question that McCain fumbled". he should have pulled the POW thing right there . . . and it would have worked.

8/29/2008 7:56:52 PM

I'll bet you Socrates and Plato were computer wizzes

^it wouldve been strong, but too smug to say "well, my home for 5 and a 1/2 years was a concrete floor in Vietnam where I was beaten and maimed every day for the United States of America"

8/29/2008 7:57:11 PM

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"my dad can't turn on a computer and he's one of the most intelligent people i've ever known"

I was the same way before computers too.

8/29/2008 7:57:42 PM

TITS

8/29/2008 7:59:31 PM

he's a republican though so he gets all his knowledge from fox news

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 7:59 PM. Reason : and rush limbaugh]

8/29/2008 7:59:39 PM

^^^hahaha

8/29/2008 7:59:54 PM

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"my dad can't turn on a computer and he's one of the most intelligent people i've ever known"

so one of the most intelligent people you've ever known doesn't know how to push a button?

8/29/2008 8:00:10 PM

intelligent for a red neck? or for reals?

8/29/2008 8:00:15 PM

^^not if it's on a computer


^for reals

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 8:01 PM. Reason : asdf]

8/29/2008 8:00:44 PM

lol, get the fuck outta town!! your dad is a republican? i call bullshit...

8/29/2008 8:00:46 PM

i think the only people who wouldnt honestly vote for obama is the entire south which is comprised entirely of racist white males who like nascar and incest and stuff...thats all my brain can fathom

8/29/2008 8:01:05 PM

oh, k... had to check

8/29/2008 8:01:48 PM

i don't know who i'm supposed to vote for

8/29/2008 8:02:08 PM

i'm gonna go out on a limb and say 1/5 of white voters that vote for mccain are voting for him cause obama is half black and has a funny muslimish name

8/29/2008 8:02:23 PM

i think i'm supposed to vote for him because he's supposedly tall and handsome...

i don't get it...but i think that's what i'm supposed to do

8/29/2008 8:03:42 PM

^i thought you were supposed to vote for mccain cause you were brought up repub

8/29/2008 8:04:12 PM

oh that's right...

i have to vote for him because that's what my daddy told me to do....

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 8:05 PM. Reason : he was mad that i voted for a different governor than him ]

8/29/2008 8:04:49 PM

i thought i was supposed to vote for obama because the usa sucks and we need change or something

i was watching tv and i heard mccain was old...i mean thats a pretty good reason to hate him as far as im concerned

8/29/2008 8:05:20 PM

its been ingrained in your head that dems are socialist etc

8/29/2008 8:05:27 PM

no....it's been ingrained in my head that socialists are socialists...


not democrats

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 8:07 PM. Reason : asdf]

8/29/2008 8:06:05 PM

thats what all the socialist hating repubs say

8/29/2008 8:07:29 PM

id say vote for the lesser of the two evils

8/29/2008 8:08:20 PM