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Obama Mocks McCain’s War Injuries
Truth News ^ | 9/12/08 | unknown

Posted on 09/13/2008 7:00:59 AM PDT by Upstate NY Guy

Just when it seems the Democrats can't sink any lower, they manage to surprise you.. What the Obama ad fails to mention is that the reason McCain can't a computer is probably because his arms were broken when he was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967. His injuries were exacerbated when the communists refused him medical care and then tortured him repeatedly during the five and a half years McCain spent as POW in Hanoi. According to an article in the Boston Globe in the year 2000... McCain gets emotional at the mention of military families needing food stamps or veterans lacking health care. The outrage comes from inside: McCain's severe war injuries prevent him from combing his hair, typing on a keyboard You have to wonder, though, why the Obama campaign didn't do the very basic research to find out why McCain can't use a computer.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; ads; electionads; internet; keyboard; mccain; obama
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To: Upstate NY Guy

Please. McCain is healthy enough to keep a grueling Presidential campaign schedule (I don’t think I could keep up with him), but he can’t push a few buttons on a keyboard? I don’t believe it. If I thought he was that incapacitated, I wouldn’t want him to be President.

Will his hands and arms (which everyone here says keeps him from pushing a few buttons) keep him from reading books? What about turning pages of the Presidential Daily briefing?

Just think about it for a bit. Look at the videos of him on the campaing trail. Obviously, he has pain and range of motion issues to deal with, but the guy has great vitality. He can can absolutly use a computer. I’ve seen many people type using just two fingers. I think arguing that he can’t is laughable.


21 posted on 09/13/2008 8:26:05 AM PDT by Diverdogz
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To: Upstate NY Guy
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22 posted on 09/13/2008 9:07:38 AM PDT by FelixFelicis
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To: Diverdogz

Drop it.


23 posted on 09/13/2008 9:10:26 AM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: Upstate NY Guy
Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”

24 posted on 09/13/2008 9:34:32 AM PDT by narses (...the spirit of Trent is abroad once more.)
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment

Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”

25 posted on 09/13/2008 9:35:01 AM PDT by narses (...the spirit of Trent is abroad once more.)
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To: Cobra64

Anyone know how to call in a kitty dump on this jerk.


26 posted on 09/13/2008 9:55:45 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: mel
Just curious how was McCain able to salute on that new video just released.

If you think about it, or try it, a salute requires virtually no shoulder movement...and the shoulders are the area of McCain's disability.

27 posted on 09/13/2008 10:01:07 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
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To: AndyJackson
Anyone know how to call in a kitty dump on this jerk.

If you really want to, hit the "abuse" button and explain things to the mod.

28 posted on 09/13/2008 10:04:03 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
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To: ErnBatavia

Yes, thanks I just did that and it didn’t require arms to be moved high. I noticed how he could not wave to the crowd during convention. Waving with hands at about waist level.


30 posted on 09/13/2008 10:30:20 AM PDT by mel
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To: ErnBatavia

Yes, thanks I just did that and it didn’t require arms to be moved high. I noticed how he could not wave to the crowd during convention. Waving with hands at about waist level.


31 posted on 09/13/2008 10:30:23 AM PDT by mel
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To: mel

Maybe arthritis and other degenerative bone and muscle issues have set in over time. Kind of like those old football players who can barely walk after the pounding they took in the NFL. Seen Earl Campbell lately?


32 posted on 09/13/2008 10:34:45 AM PDT by rabidralph (She shoots, she scores!)
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To: rabidralph

“Maybe arthritis and other degenerative bone and muscle issues have set in over time. Kind of like those old football players who can barely walk after the pounding they took in the NFL. Seen Earl Campbell lately?”

This is very possible. I was in a near fatal auto accident over 30 years ago. I did pretty well the first 20 years...but oh, my the last ten have been something else!


33 posted on 09/13/2008 10:36:15 AM PDT by AuntB ( "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: BigBobber

“Did you have a laugh a Bob Dole’s war injuries too?”

At least McCain doesn’t use a pen as a constant prop and refer to himself by name like Dole did.


34 posted on 09/13/2008 10:38:31 AM PDT by AuntB ( "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Upstate NY Guy

“McCain’s severe war injuries prevent him from combing his hair, typing on a keyboard You have to wonder, though, why the Obama campaign didn’t do the very basic research to find out why McCain can’t use a computer.”

False.

2000 gop debates, mccain stated that he used the internet, browsed a number of news sites of communist propaganda. My memory says he used the word ‘click’ to describe what he did, but that was 8 years ago.

A keyboard may be another matter entirely, but to say he cannot use a computer is to call mccain a liar on the topic.


35 posted on 09/13/2008 10:57:14 AM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: WoofDog123

“but to say he cannot use a computer is to call mccain a liar on the topic.”

But that is what BHO is mocking him about in the ad. BHO is either mocking a disabled vet or lying about McCain’s poor computer skills. Take your pick.

Or BHO can say he did not do the research which makes him the computer bonehead.


36 posted on 09/13/2008 11:10:30 AM PDT by Upstate NY Guy
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To: AuntB

A person who refers to himself by name is called an illeist.


37 posted on 09/13/2008 12:23:51 PM PDT by Bluenose
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To: Upstate NY Guy

agree on the ad, it is toxic for obama. my comment was about how this article addresses this.

my point was that the ad is wrong too, and it is important to understand what McCain himself is on film having said, since this article doesn’t seem to know about this tape and it could be dragged out to discredit statements like this.


38 posted on 09/13/2008 1:09:06 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: Diverdogz; darkwing104

I think you need a kitty raid post #10.


39 posted on 09/13/2008 1:34:42 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: WoofDog123

Right, I agree. Both the add and the article equate keyboard skills with computer use and literacy. McCain may struggle with pain while using the keyboard but that does not mean he is computer illiterate.

It seems he has figured out some work-arounds. In the case of emails he dictates to Cindy who does the typing.


40 posted on 09/13/2008 6:17:48 PM PDT by Upstate NY Guy
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