John Mccain Internet

McCain Computer Ignorance Raises New Questions: Can His Injured Hands Type?

Sarah Granger | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home


Sarah Granger

The debate about McCain's computer literacy has returned and is now focusing attention on the Senator's physical fitness, with bloggers circulating reports that McCain's war injuries prevent him from using a computer keyboard.

Companies Win, Consumers Lose in McCain's Tech Plan

Art Brodsky | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media


Art Brodsky

McCain's internet policy is the product of a team of advisors that gives lip service to consumers, but when the rubber meets the road, it's the corporations that get most of the goodies.

The Words Not Found in McCain's Tech Policy

David Weinberger | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics


David Weinberger

McCain's internet policy is the same as his energy policy: hand a key resource off to big corporations whose interests are fundamentally out of alignment with ours as citizens.

McCain Tries To Show Internet Savvy With Tech Plan

WSJ | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics


Under fire for being a technophobe, John McCain will unveil a technology agenda that bundles previously announced pro-business proposals with continue...

John McCain Offers Prizes To Internet Commenters Who "Spread The Word" With Campaign Talking Points

Washington Post | Paul Farhi | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics


Spread John McCain's official talking points around the Web -- and you could win valuable prizes! That, in essence, is the McCain campaign's pitch to...

Techies Try To Help McCain Catch Up

Politico | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics


John McCain's low comfort level with the Internet, a technology familiar to 73 percent of American adults, poses a political problem for his campaign ...

Why McCain's Internet Ignorance Matters

Washingtonian | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics


There's been a lot of conversation in the presidential race so far about the impact of the Internet. From online videos and online fund-raising to soc...

McCain Makes Historic First Visit to Internet

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics


Andy Borowitz

McCain aides said that the senator's journey to the Internet will span five days and will take him to such far-flung sites as Amazon.com, eBay and Facebook.

John McCain Admitted To Ranking Near Bottom Of His Class At Naval Academy, "Barely Passing" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Sean Morrow | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


At a 2007 event at Google Headquarters, a man asked Arizona Senator John McCain, "We know that the President Bush was a C student at Yale, so do you...

McCain: Americans Are Tired Of The "Cable Monster"

CNN | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


The man who once jokingly described the political press corps as "my base" has a few complaints about the state of American media. In a New York Time...

Nico Pitney

McCain: I'm 'Learning To Get Online Myself'

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics


The good news: John McCain is in fact aware of the Internet. From today's New York Times interview: Q: What websites if any do you look at regularly...

Jason Linkins

Campaign Manager: McCain "Loves To Tool Around On The Internet"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


This morning, Obama communications director Robert Gibbs took a shot at John McCain for not knowing what an "Internet" was or how to set up the tube i...

Jason Linkins

CNN Commemorates McCain Internet Joke With T-Shirt

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


Hey, everyone! Remember a couple days ago when Mark Soohoo, who is ostensibly part of John McCain's "internet team," ran afoul of blogger Tracy Russo...

Jason Linkins

McCain Staffer Turns His Candidate Into A Joke The Whole Internet Can Enjoy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


Okay. This is a little bit complicated to explain. Also: boring. So here's the short version. This week, there was this conference called the Pers...

Obama Outpacing McCain On Web By Miles

Washington Post | Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics


Less than five months before The Big Day -- Nov. 4, 2008 -- national polls show John McCain and Barack Obama locked in a dead heat. The latest CNN pol...