Wondering Way McCain Doesn't Use a Compter?

From the National Review

Wondering No More [Jonah Goldberg]

Yep. The day after 9/11, as part of its "get tough" makeover, the Obama campaign is mocking John McCain for not using a computer, without caring why he doesn't use a computer. From the AP story about the computer illiterate ad:

"Our economy wouldn't survive without the Internet, and cyber-security continues to represent one our most serious national security threats," [Obama spokesman Dan] Pfeiffer said. "It's extraordinary that someone who wants to be our president and our commander in chief doesn't know how to send an e-mail."

Well, I guess it depends on what you mean by "extraordinary." The reason he doesn't send email is that he can't use a keyboard because of the relentless beatings he received from the Viet Cong in service to our country. From the Boston Globe (March 4, 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, or tying his shoes. Friends marvel at McCain's encyclopedic knowledge of sports. He's an avid fan - Ted Williams is his hero - but he can't raise his arm above his shoulder to throw a baseball.

In a similar vein I guess it's an outrage that the blind governor of New York David Patterson doesn't know how to drive a car. After all, transportation issues are pretty important. How dare he serve as governor while being ignorant of what it's like to navigate New York's highways.

For more information on the campaign check out, The Corner at National Review blog.

Michelle Obama's Radical Bootcamp

The mainstream liberal media have been so busy delving into the personal life of Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, looking for dirt, that they have overlooked doing their real job, vetting the presidential candidates, especially their darling, Barack Obama.

It has taken the newspaper, Investors Business Daily, to finally do the work that the industry giants should be doing. IBD has begun to pull back the layers to look into the past (and present)of Barack and Michelle Obama's radical background.

Barack Obama was a founding member, and his wife, Michelle, executive director of Public Allies, a non profit organization which is basically a training ground for young radicals. Obama's goal is for this organization to be funded by the federal government. Public Allies, which sounds good on paper, is little more than a re-education camp.

What was found by the newspaper was enlightening.

Read the entire IBD story here.

Sarah Palin gets the spiteful Margaret Thatcher treatment

A terrific look at the attacks on Sarah Palin, noted by a reporter in the London Telegraph.

Maybe you have to be a journalist from another country these days to clearly see the the hypocrisy of the liberal elite.

Read it here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/09/04/do0404.xml&DCMP=EMC-new_04092008

Best Quote on Palin Speech

The best quote I have seen about Sarah Palin's speech.

"She was put on this earth to do two things: kill caribou and kick butt. She's all out of caribou."

...Jonah Goldberg, who posts on the National Review online.

Sarah Steps Up

Sarah Palin made a dynamic entrance onto the national political scene last night.


Some of her best quotes:

..."I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities. I might add that in small towns, we don't quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren't listening.

We tend to prefer candidates who don't talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco."

..." I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I've learned quickly, these past few days, that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.

But here's a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion - I'm going to Washington to serve the people of this country. Americans expect us to go to Washington for the right reasons, and not just to mingle with the right people.

Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests.

The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it."

Media Bias? What do you think?

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