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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.
By Amanda Terkel

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  • Wednesday, August 13, 2008 07:21 AM

    Old, techologically ignorant, foolish.... but better than the alternative.

    Alas, the choice is between the proverbial rock and hard place...

    Yes, McCain is an old fool--too old and too foolish. Many of us would have laughed at the notion that we could ever vote for him. But times change.... In these times--times when the alternative is Barack Obama--both I and my 90 year old mother (a woman who, in almost 70 years of voting, has NEVER voted for a Republican), will hold our noses (cross our fingers) and pull the lever for old, foolish John McCain. Most of our friends--in both age groups--will do likewise.

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