Our current president, George Bush the Second, had some of the technical details messed up -- another intelligence failure -- when he spoke of The Google and the internets. He had a good excuse, though, living in a bubble. When you're in a bubble your biggest concern is with the bubble bursting and letting in whatever you're trying to avoid in the first place.
Now we have John McCain. McCain might be our last dinosaur, so I suppose we ought to treat him nicely. He's from a bygone era, recently wheeled out of a nursing home somewhere to make mischief for the country. And of course he has that whole throwback feel, like Gnarls Barkley's song "Crazy" or that great new song by Duffy, "Mercy." I'm not saying McCain is "crazy," but I am saying I don't plan on showing the old duffer any "mercy." Yee hah! You goin' down, boah. We don't much like yer kind 'round here!
John McCain was asked recently the most important question in the world, whether he's a Mac or PC? He took the middle course, saying, "Neither." Then he begged off on the question, saying he was illiterate in these matters. "No speak techese."
Well, nothing can be left alone for five seconds without an aide jumping in to defend the boss. You see this in saying what they really meant, how, yes, Poland was still an iron curtain country and Mr. Ford knew that all along.
The McCain aide of the day was Mark Soohoo, who gave this reassuring comment, "John McCain is aware of the Internet. This is a man who has a very long history of understanding on a range of issues." I don't suppose there's much skepticism over this comment. I'm willing to accept it as a fact that John McCain is "aware of" the internet.
This just in -- other things that John McCain is "aware of":
- Walkman cassette players
- Color TV
- Running boards on cars
- Automatic transmission
- Eight slice toasters
