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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:00 AM

John McCain, Internet dunce

Why the Arizona senator, who can barely Google, is not the chief that an increasingly technological world requires.

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  • Thursday, August 14, 2008 06:54 AM

    And not just the Internet

    "I'm an illiterate who has to rely on my wife for all of the assistance that I can get," McCain said in an interview with Yahoo/Politico earlier this year."

    No argument here. But you could never be as illiterate as Bush.

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