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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 10:25 AM

    McCain/Internet

    I've observed several people like this. There is a subtext to this attitude often seen in older white males. I goes like this;

    'I can't be bothered with this stuff, I have secretaries and servants for that. I'm very very important.'

    It's a sort of status symbol among them.

    —tDiva Read tDiva's other letters

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