Tuesday, September 16, 2008

From the department of W-T-F:

My god, it's a miracle!

Adviser says McCain helped create the BlackBerry

Published: September 16, 2008

Filed at 10:38 a.m. ET

MIAMI (AP) -- Move over, Al Gore. You may lay claim to the Internet, but John McCain helped create the BlackBerry.

At least that's the contention of a top McCain policy adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin. Waving his BlackBerry personal digital assistant and citing McCain's work as a senator, he told reporters Tuesday, ''You're looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create.''

McCain has acknowledged that he doesn't know how to use a computer and can't send e-mail, one of the BlackBerry's prime functions."

... Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office, said McCain's service on and leadership of the Senate Commerce Committee put him at the intersection of a number of economic interests, including the telecommunications industry.

1 comment:

Alvy said...

By the transitive property, doesn't that mean he also invented amateur pornography? And Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? And the little TV sets in the headrests of gangsta hoopties?

Thanks a lot, war hero.