McCain camp: John McCain invented the Blackberry

[Teaser]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Al_Gore_call_your_office.html?showall

Asked what work John McCain did as Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate's top economic adviser wielded visual evidence: his BlackBerry.

"He did this," Douglas Holtz-Eakin told reporters this morning, holding up his BlackBerry. "Telecommunications of the United States is a premier innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce committee so you're looking at the miracle John McCain helped create and that's what he did."

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Actually, he invented this:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

13. More like:

[islandmkl]

2. i was expecting a fried pie, you know, the one's that fit in your hand....

m.c.johnny could prove that he knows what 'handheld' refers to...

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. Isn't the Blackberry Canadian?

I mean, huh?

[central scrutinizer]

4. you have to be kidding

how is this different than what Al Gore said? Will it become a meme like "Gore invented the internet"? Let's push this one hard.

[NewJeffCT]

12. I know - it's eerily similar

Only, Al Gore was instrumental in the formation of the internet way back in the day...

Does McCain know how to send email yet?

[progressoid]

21. I know a couple repubes that trot that old horse out regularly.

Guess I can throw this back at them the next time they try it.

[FatDave]

22. I was starting to wonder if anybody would make the connection.

John McCain invented the Blackberry!

[eShirl]

5. er...

[Happyhippychick]

6. I thought he was unable to use a computer? He can use a blackberry but not a computer?

I smell another McFib....

[TwilightGardener]

7. Can't go on the internets, can't send email, can't USE a Blackberry, but he invented it--

Because he's a telecommunications EXPERT!!! :rofl:

[blondeatlast]

15. ZING! That one hurt McCain, so why am I laughing?!

:rofl:

[Stanchetalarooni]

8. And who invented the Internets?

[zulchzulu]

9. KKKarl Rove said McGrumpy doesn't use computers becuz of his war wounds... so...

...we should really see what kind of hero McGrumpy is.

:crazy:

[TwilightGardener]

16. Funny, I always thought McLame's fingers worked. Apparently

he's more disabled than Max Cleland, and we just never knew it. :eyes:

[MaineDem]

10. Research in Motion may have a different story

And yes, they are Canadian.

[maseman]

11. He invented the Crackberry but can't use his arms?

[TwilightGardener]

17. He just looks longingly at his invention, wishing his fingers worked so that

he could partake in the joy of his new technology--damn those Vietnamese captors!!!

[maseman]

19. Goes back to

if Stephen Hawking can use a computer it is safe to say anyone can.

I'd love a quick interview with Hawking throwing down John McCain on the email thing. That would be f-ing funny.

[TwilightGardener]

20. Yep--McCain's fingers work. That "POW disability" excuse was laughable and

pathetic and shameful, all at the same time.

[sammytko]

14. Holtz-Eakin - top economic advisor - what did we expect?

Economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin speaks with unmatched authority on the economy, globalization and healthcare. A former Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Dr. Holtz-Eakin is a unique resource on the economics of public policy—the economic constraints and impacts of policy in all areas

[IDemo]

18. Only his has a little crank on the side