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Opening Arguments

Analogue John

Asked if he used a MAC or a PC, John McCain confessed to being a computer illiterate who depends on his wife for anything digital. Should we care?

I only recently became aware that John McCain doesn't know how to use a computer. I suppose it's not that shocking, a lot of people his age aren't necessarily adept with newish technologies and a U.S. Senator is in a position to have his computing done for him. Still, I could see having some concerns about the leadership of someone who doesn't use the dominant new technology of our time. Eve Fairbanks reports that Mark SooHoo, deputy e-campaign manager for McCain, had this to say on the matter at the Personal Democracy Forum:

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    • You don't necessarily have to use a computer to understand, you know, how it shapes the country.

Comments

Mitchell Surface
Tue, 06/24/2008 - 11:54am

I don't know. After all we didn't elect Al Gore and he *invented* the Internet.

Doug
Tue, 06/24/2008 - 12:02pm

That not electing Al Gore thing (via the electoral college, anyway) hasn't worked out for us. The thing is, my Mom uses the Internet. She's only 5 years younger than McCain. While my mom isn't the latest of adopters, she's certainly not an "early adopter" when it comes to technology. I'd say she's pretty typical.

McCain's decision to remain aloof or ignorant or whatever you want to call it from computers isn't primarily about age, I wouldn't say.

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