Should the next president know how to send an email?

[RandomGuy]

"See the big bad Democrat teechin' sex to our kindiegardeners..."

Booga booga booga!!!




Missing of course, is enough information to actually understand the policy in context or detail.

It goes for an emotional hot-button, just like most campaign ads, and, just like most campaign ads, distorts any reasonable interpretation of the truth.

Does the ad promote an issue, or suggest a policy solution to a perceived problem? No.

[Yonivore]

Wow, not only could you not stick to one sentence, or a yes or no; you spread it out over two posts.

"Teaching sex education before reading" was the point. How idiotic is it to teach five and six year-olds any facet of sexual behavior -- no matter how rudimentary -- before you even start academics?

That was the point of THAT portion of the ad.

And, yes the ad does pose a solution to a pressing policy issue. Obama is weak on education...don't put his ass in charge of the Department of Education.

[Mr. Peabody]

"Teaching sex education before reading" was the point. How idiotic is it to teach five and six year-olds any facet of sexual behavior -- no matter how rudimentary -- before you even start academics?

The goal of the legislation in question was not to teach sexual behavior to "five and six year-olds." Part of the legislation was aimed at teaching kids about inappropriate touching.

Out of bounds! McCain misstates Obama sex-ed record

By Margaret Talev | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — Throw the flag against: The McCain-Palin campaign.

Call: Unsportsmanlike conduct.

What happened: A new 30-second TV ad attacks Barack Obama's record on education, saying that Obama backed legislation to teach "'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners." The announcer then says, "Learning about sex before learning to read? Barack Obama. Wrong on education. Wrong for your family."

Why that's wrong: This is a deliberately misleading accusation. It came hours after the Obama campaign released a TV ad critical of McCain's votes on public education. As a state senator in Illinois, Obama did vote for but was not a sponsor of legislation dealing with sex ed for grades K-12.

But the legislation allowed local school boards to teach "age-appropriate" sex education, not comprehensive lessons to kindergartners, and it gave schools the ability to warn young children about inappropriate touching and sexual predators.

Why does McCain favor sexual predators....?

[PixelPusher]

And, if that's the case, it would be wrong, Peabody.

As the ad points out, McCain "can't send an email?" That is true. But, as Jonah Goldberg explains, it's not because he doesn't know how:

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):

You're actually the 2nd person to cite Jonah Goldberg on this thread, but don't feel too bad, he didn't catch the mistake either.

[johnsmith]

You know, I think johnsmith gets it. Seriously.

I am usually serious in here, but lately reading all the partisan bull around here has enlightened me to the overall humor this forum provides.

Because honestly, everyone here (except boutons, Dan and Yoni) knows we arent changing any hearts or minds with our political discourse, therefore this is more a battle of wits than facts.

Which in turn is sarcastic by nature.

John doesnt even feign interest in the topic at times, he just posts the most obvious criticism one can think of.

I usually tend to laugh while reading, when taken in the proper context.

DR is the only one that understands me..............clambake too.................



But.............GO AVS!!!

[Yonivore]

The goal of the legislation in question was not to teach sexual behavior to "five and six year-olds." Part of the legislation was aimed at teaching kids about inappropriate touching.

Why does McCain favor sexual predators....?

forgive me if I don't trust a media characterization of the legislation.

[Mr. Peabody]

forgive me if I don't trust a media characterization of the legislation.

So the McCain campaign characterization is more trustworthy...?

[mogrovejo]

In certain ways, McCain was a natural Web candidate. Chairman of the Senate Telecommunications Subcommittee and regarded as the U.S. Senate’s savviest technologist, McCain is an inveterate devotee of email. His nightly ritual is to read his email together with his wife, Cindy. The injuries he incurred as a Vietnam POW make it painful for McCain to type. Instead, he dictates responses that his wife types on a laptop.

FORBES MAGAZINE,


McCain can, in fact, send e-mails and is computer savy. He's slow using keyboards because of his tortured fingers.


How Obama dares to make an ad mocking the injuries an American soldier suffered while being tortured is beyond my comprehension.

[clambake]

FORBES MAGAZINE,


McCain can, in fact, send e-mails and is computer savy. He's slow using keyboards because of his tortured fingers.


How Obama dares to make an ad mocking the injuries an American soldier suffered while being tortured is beyond my comprehension.

you guys made torture cool, so it is beyond your comprehension.

[Bartleby]

McCain can, in fact, send e-mails and is computer savy.

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/1884558/6206369

[mogrovejo]

you guys made torture cool, so it is beyond your comprehension.

Who are "you" guys? Wasn't McCain one of the biggest critics of the BA on the torture issue? I'm not even a republican, nor a conservative and I've never voted for W.


Are you really defending this ad? Because only fanatics would do that, from my point of view. It's truly disgusting.

[RandomGuy]

The goal of the legislation in question was not to teach sexual behavior to "five and six year-olds." Part of the legislation was aimed at teaching kids about inappropriate touching.





Why does McCain favor sexual predators....?

... and you notice the total lack of "well maybe that was kinda dishonest" from any Republican.

Obama supporters can admit their guy might put out a misleading ad from time to time.

McCain supporters... can't.

That is a fundamental difference between the two camps.

One can be honest, the other, can't.

That says volumes to me.

[SpursWoman]

I'd rather the BMOC were concentrating more on running the country than sifting through all of the "Hwo To Increase Your Mebmer to Pelase All The Laides" spam.



(don't care one way or the other ... that's why he's got secretaries)

[ChumpDumper]

forgive me if I don't trust a media characterization of the legislation.

So you went out and read the legislation, right?

Please post it or post a link to it.

[exstatic]

FORBES MAGAZINE,


McCain can, in fact, send e-mails and is computer savy. He's slow using keyboards because of his tortured fingers.


How Obama dares to make an ad mocking the injuries an American soldier suffered while being tortured is beyond my comprehension.

Stephen Hawking manages to check his email, run a motorized chair, and push the envelope in understanding the universe, and all he can do is blink his eyelashes. It's funny that the Party that accuses the opposition's voters of playing the victim runs right out and plays that card for their candidate. Weak.