Mason4Assassin444
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McCain created the blackberry?

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

McCain adviser: BlackBerry a 'miracle' he 'helped create'

From CNN's Chris Welch and Rebecca Sinderbrand
A McCain senior aide said Tuesday he “helped create” the Blackberry.

(CNN) – McCain senior domestic policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin said Tuesday the BlackBerry mobile e-mail device was a “miracle that John McCain helped create.”

Addressing the nation’s economic crisis, Holtz-Eakin told reporters traveling with the campaign “there’s no magic solution. And I don’t think that it’s at this moment imperative to write down exactly what the plan has to be.” He also said a president isn’t someone who needs to be heavily involved in policy specifics, which should be handled by “quality” advisers, and echoed McCain’s assessment that there might be a need for a “9/11-style commission” to determine what went wrong with the nation's economy, and to issue recommendations.

He added, though, that McCain — who has struggled to stress his economic credentials this cycle — did have experience dealing with the economy, pointing to his time on the Senate Commerce Committee. Pressed to provide an example of what McCain had accomplished on that committee, Holtz-Eakin said the senator did not have jurisdiction over financial markets — then held up his Blackberry, telling reporters: “He did this.”


LMAO! McCain = Gore of GOP?
Mekstizzle
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Maybe it was being used as a metaphor or w/e for something else, as in "he did this" whilst pointing to a device, maybe it meant something else and you weren't supposed to take it literally. Iunno...
Uzique
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If McCain invented the Blueberry and Gore invented the Internetz, my God they'd make an awesome Presidential team. They should unite on technological similarities alone, screw the politics. Technocracy!

Last edited by Uzique (2008-09-16 10:17:15)

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AussieReaper
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Mason4Assassin444 wrote:

Pressed to provide an example of what McCain had accomplished on that committee, Holtz-Eakin said the senator did not have jurisdiction over financial markets — then held up his Blackberry, telling reporters: “He did this.”
Maybe the guy was holding up his Blackberry, that was displaying a web page of an article describing something McCain had achieved.
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ghettoperson
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McCain can't even use email; inventing a portable email device seems a little beyond him. Has the McCain campaign clarified what he meant by this?
God Save the Queen
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McCain shits on veterans.
CameronPoe
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God Save the Queen wrote:

McCain shits on veterans.
But McCain's a war hero - he's responsible for the US victory in Vietnam.
God Save the Queen
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he's responsible for losing millions of dollars worth of tax payer dollars and fueling enemy propaganda.
KEN-JENNINGS
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McCain is alluding to his work with Telecom companies, which have historically been HUGE fundraisers for him.  He's got his hand in all kinds of unscrupulous dealings within his fanbase (telecommunications firms).  I'm surprised some anti-McCain people here haven't posted about it.
God Save the Queen
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KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

McCain is alluding to his work with Telecom companies, which have historically been HUGE fundraisers for him.  He's got his hand in all kinds of unscrupulous dealings within his fanbase (telecommunications firms).  I'm surprised some anti-McCain people here haven't posted about it.
I didnt know much about it, but Im glad you brought it up.
usmarine
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Mason, he prolly said it because...... oh nvm.  have fun with your blogs
MGS3_GrayFox
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McCain can't even fly a plane right, much less invent an electronic device.
usmarine
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MGS3_GrayFox wrote:

McCain can't even fly a plane right, much less invent an electronic device.
can you fly a plane?  ever been shot at in combat?

no?  then STFU you know shit
MGS3_GrayFox
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usmarine wrote:

MGS3_GrayFox wrote:

McCain can't even fly a plane right, much less invent an electronic device.
can you fly a plane?  ever been shot at in combat?

no?  then STFU you know shit
Yes I know how to fly a plane, and I can even create a simple circuit to add up integer numbers.

Have you ever been shot in combat?

Yes? I don't give a shit.
usmarine
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so this is what this section has become?  make fun of someone who fought in combat?  wow.  whatever.  and the sad thing is half or more then half cant even vote.
FatherTed
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MGS3_GrayFox wrote:

FatherTed wrote:

MGS3_GrayFox wrote:


You go me confused with Palin's son.
tbh, that's bannable.

Quit being a tool.
LOL what the hell, I offended no one (only stated the truth).
no, you were/are being a tool.


And like marine said, since when has it been ok to poke fun at somebody because they were in combat.


You say you can fly a plane (i personally doubt), i highly doubt you could fly a combat aircraft, let alone in actual combat.


Before you come out with your armchair-esque comments, think, and ask yourself a question;

"Am i being a douche"

If the answer is yes, dont fucking say anything.
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MGS3_GrayFox
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FatherTed wrote:

MGS3_GrayFox wrote:

FatherTed wrote:

tbh, that's bannable.

Quit being a tool.
LOL what the hell, I offended no one (only stated the truth).
no, you were/are being a tool.


And like marine said, since when has it been ok to poke fun at somebody because they were in combat.


You say you can fly a plane (i personally doubt), i highly doubt you could fly a combat aircraft, let alone in actual combat.


Before you come out with your armchair-esque comments, think, and ask yourself a question;

"Am i being a douche"

If the answer is yes, dont fucking say anything.
Its fun because its not truth.

And the answer is no.

Oh, and neither could McCain (evidently).

Last edited by MGS3_GrayFox (2008-09-16 15:42:07)

FEOS
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MGS3_GrayFox wrote:

McCain can't even fly a plane right, much less invent an electronic device.
What an utterly clueless statement...

Getting shot down over the most heavily-defended spot on the planet (at the time) says nothing about his ability to fly.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
LividBovine
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God Save the Queen wrote:

McCain shits on veterans.
Get over it!
"The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation" - Barack Obama (a freshman senator from Illinios)
God Save the Queen
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LividBovine wrote:

God Save the Queen wrote:

McCain shits on veterans.
Get over it!
You!
nukchebi0
Пушкин, наше всё
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FEOS wrote:

MGS3_GrayFox wrote:

McCain can't even fly a plane right, much less invent an electronic device.
What an utterly clueless statement...

Getting shot down over the most heavily-defended spot on the planet (at the time) says nothing about his ability to fly.
Wasn't Moscow worse?
Mason4Assassin444
retired
+552|6968|USA

usmarine wrote:

Mason, he prolly said it because...... oh nvm.  have fun with your blogs
The campaign has said it was a joke. 2nd funniest of the day to "the economy is fundamentaly sound".
And yes it is a blog....  From CNN's Chris Welch and Rebecca Sinderbrand.
Diesel_dyk
Object in mirror will feel larger than it appears
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McCain inventing blackberry is the same as Al Gores claim to have created the Internet.... you have to wonder about his senility?

Then McCain says the fundamentals of the economy are sound ...you have to say he's an asshole given everything that is going on, he better crawl back to his rich bitch wife and their 14 homes.

Then later in the afternoon McCain says the economy IS in trouble ... ohhh what a relief I thought it was all in my head,  its like an aid whispered to him pssst you can't say that remember you're a reformer now, what a john kerry flip flopper.

McCain is a combination of senile Reagan mixed with flip flopping Kerry and out of touch Gore.... Yup he is the best of all of them.
FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
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nukchebi0 wrote:

FEOS wrote:

MGS3_GrayFox wrote:

McCain can't even fly a plane right, much less invent an electronic device.
What an utterly clueless statement...

Getting shot down over the most heavily-defended spot on the planet (at the time) says nothing about his ability to fly.
Wasn't Moscow worse?
Nope. Not at the time.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

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