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Some people take to computers easily, no matter what their age. Nonetheless, generally speaking, the younger you are the easier it is to learn how to use a computer, navigate the web, etc. So I'm willing to grant John McCain the same amount of slack I grant my older friends and relatives who aren't computer-savvy. But that slack is all used up for him, because he wants to be president. If he has a hard time with the computer, he must seek help and get up to speed, not so that he can do his own internet surfing, but so that he gets in touch with the modern world. To be a modern world leader you need a modicum of computer literacy. The fact that he is not even computer literate on a basic level is equivalent to discussing foreign policy regarding other countries without knowing where they are ... oh, yes, he's already done that, when he talked about the Iraq-Pakistan border. Gee, maybe it's not just computers he doesn't understand. Maybe he needs to go back to 5th grade and study world geography as well.
