Senator John McCain Is A BlackBerry User

Barack Obama is an avid BlackBerry user as well. The difference is that Obama actually uses a computer and email, whereas McCain has admitted that he does not and is “computer illiterate.” I think there is a good chance that McCain only uses his BB for voice calls.

In fact, after being embarrassed by admitting that he didn’t use a computer, McCain then admitted that he was learning how to get online, as if it was some complicated process that takes hours.

It’s rather scary to have a candidate for President that has such a poor understanding of personal technology. As one IT consultant put it:
Ask yourself how you’d feel about working for a corporation where the CEO doesn’t know how to use a computer. No matter how smart, someone who can’t open a web page, type a letter on a word processor, or compose an email message, is going to be fundamentally out of touch with the daily experience of every member of the knowledge economy.

Is he? Or did one of his handlers who actually use the BlackBerry simply pass him the phone after a call came in?

More likely. I doubt he or Obama would want to be bothered with trivial emails and scheduling issues, they pay people to do that for them.

If McCain uses a bb, I’m not going to vote for him because he won’t have any time to run the country, he’ll be too busy looking for new ringtones, themes, and the latest videos.

I just read an article about how some McCain strategists are trying to figure out ways to remake McCain’s image into one more tech savvy. Perhaps this picture was leaked to that celebrity website as part of that strategy.

Ironically, in the same article, one of the Republican consultant remarks “The guy is pretty busy,”… “The last thing he needs is a BlackBerry.”

Bottom line: McCain is a pathetic candidate.

I’ve worked for an elected official who is younger than McCain (by about five years). They all own the fanciest phones they can buy, but very, very few can use the full functions of a smartphone.

The state senator I worked for had a Treo 700, and couldn’t use the calander, email, contacts, or texting, camera, or web browser. In his coat pocket, he carried a stack of business cards held together with a rubber band. He also used email just like you would use a fax machine (if you still use such a dinosaur). He would send an email only to relay a document, making a phone call to make sure the recipient received the message.

Just because John McCain’s bodyman uses a BB to set up McCain’s phone calls doesn’t mean McCain uses a BB. If his phone is a BB, he probably can’t use it for anything more than a phone.

Obama is the anti-christ.

There are several articles on the web about McCain’s technology use. He does have help: His wife handles the keyboard. But it’s sheer sophistry to say he has is “fundamentally out of touch with the daily experience of every member of the knowledge economy.” He was head of the Telecomm Subcommittee.

http://www.forbes.com/asap/2000/0529/053_print.html

http://www.slate.com/id/74812/

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/us/politics/13text-mccain.html?_r=4&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

I think he’s all right. He’s certainly not shaking in fear like you geniuses.

I don’t think mccain really knows how to use anything on the phone