Posted on 09/18/2008 8:46:29 AM PDT by GVnana
McCain 'laughed' at BlackBerry comment
MIAMI, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- John McCain's presidential campaign has quickly backed away from an adviser's statement that seemed to indicate the Republican helped "create" the BlackBerry.
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, one of the Arizona lawmaker's top economic advisers, cited McCain's tenure as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee during a briefing with reporters on the GOP candidate's plans for the Wall Street crisis, The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) reported Tuesday.
"He didn't have jurisdiction over financial markets, first and foremost,'' Holtz-Eakin said of McCain's experience on the committee.
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The media is still upset over people seeing Algore try to take credit for creating the internetz.
As a purely practical matter, if John McCain is physically unable to use a standard keyboard, there is absolutely no way he could use a BlackBerry.
He does use a Blackberry. And cell phones. He only needs use his thumb. I’ve seen pics of him. Using a keyboard takes “fuller” use of the hands.
Interesting. As a B’Berry user myself, I should have thought of that.
I’ve never used one. I just saw a pic of him. :-)
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