Shame on the Liberal Yuppie compu-nerds

Well I think it's sad. There are also voice programs that would be able to help him with whatever issues that would require fingers. I don't think that it's uncommon for people to lack knowledge over the internet. I worked for a man that didn't know how to use a computer and this was last year.

If that is the reason why McCain does not access the Internet, then I believe you are right in saying the Obama should be ashamed. But, in this age of digitizers and mouses, touchpads, voice recognition and even movement recognizers, I believe it hard to believe that a person like senator John McCain would not have access to these kind of devices which can still allow him to use the internet and email on a regular basis!! Cheers! Ram

John McCain said himself that he doesn't know how to use the internet. There are better reasons not to vote for him, but he's a computer illiterate by his own admission.

Ah I guess according to these yuppies, I should not be on myLot. After all, I am 65, and McCain is only six years old than I am. I know what it is like to have someone unable to do what they could have done. My husband had a stroke and has arthritis in his fingers and if it were not for the pills he takes, he would be in worse trouble. So someone who can work and strive to be president in spite of the pain has my admiration. Sorry not American cannot vote.

I am sorry for McCain's hinderances, but that doesn't keep him from being computer literate or internet knowledgeable. With all the people in his camp, he could hire someone to do the actual fingerwork for him. Just because he cannot send an e-mail himself, doesn't mean he can't dictate one. So I don't believe that Obama is mocking him, whether deliberate or unintentional. He could have it done for him if he wished.

It's just another one of those things that Obama is spouting about McCain that just doesn't really matter. Is it going to have an impact on the economy - on gas-prices - on food-prices - on the mortgage crisis - on the war in Iraq? What impact is John McCain not sending emails going to have on those issues?

To be honest the mud slinging I pay not attention to. But My opinion on McCain is not a high one. My opinion on his lack of knowledge on the internet, would be this; "You can access the internet through voice commands, he has plenty of money to be internet savy." SO I think that Barack has a point. McCain will be like having Bush in Office for 4 more years. Not a good thing.

Well I find it amusing that you condemn these people for criticizing McCain being computer illiterate and then admit that he is. What is your point!! I am Australian so I watch the election with curiosity. I find it amusing that you call Democrats left wing. As if! You do not have any thing called left wing in your politics. You have the same as us right wing and extreme right wing. McCain is in the extreme right wing category. I do not think that we have had a left wing person in politics for years. In fact I remember the time when the last left leaning conservative was removed from the Australian conservative party. They call themselves the liberals it is a good joke. They would not know a real liberal if he/she bit them on the nose. I think it is important that McCain understands the internet. He does not have to use it but it can be a dangerous tool in the hands of a skilled user. He needs to know this and he should have experts advising him of this. Hell I am not a skilled user but I understand how useful the internet is for public information in the hands of the skilled. I still find it amazing that you can find information on anything on the net. In my view that makes it a great way to prevent cover ups by politicians. I got into computers in 1992 and I understood them then. Now they are so far out of my expertise that I just shrug and smile. I am getting old. My nephews know more about computers than I do yet I was trained to teach computers in high school. Technology is constantly growing and unless you are an IT expert you will be out of touch in a month. So you need someone who understands it to be advising you about it. No my problem is that you are condemning people for being right. Pathetic. Ok so they are right. By condemning them you are making it more important than it is.

There are many people who don't know a thing about computers. I have family members who have never touched one. Just because they are everywhere doesn't mean everyone uses one. It was a moronic move on the Obama camp's side and so pointless to what people are voting for. Someone ridiculed me in another post because I said we'd be getting to the point of talking about a candidate's hangnail. Guess I was more right than wrong because we are surely getting to that point.

He should be proud of them. If they were sustained in service of the country they should be a thing of pride. Its awfull that other people make fun of this disability. I don't understand this kind of mockery. Its definitely not in keeping with patriotic principles.