Quit Living in the Past!
July 16th, 2008The big question about John McCain is: is he too old and out of touch to be President?
Well, he can’t use the Internet.
And he still thinks Czechoslovakia is a country.
(Nice analogy, by the way. Not in the least patronising.)
And that it’s pronounced “Czechlosovakia”.
So yes, he is. Czechoslovakia broke up on the first day of 1993, when McCain was 56 and therefore had no excuse for not being able to learn new things. The Internet was just getting widespread around the same time. Clearly, whatever year it is inside John McCain’s head, it’s no later than 1992.
Only the GOP, a political party so insane that GOP stands for “Grand Old Party”, could possibly think this idiot could make a passable world leader.
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July 16th, 2008 at 21:04
And yet he’s the only thing left in Obama’s way. The mind boggles.
Maybe we’re lucky and he’ll forget all about things like Iraq and move on.
July 17th, 2008 at 11:17
Is muddling Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic being old? Bush makes that sort of mistake all the time.
I’ve got a suspicion that there’s a large section of the electorate who will find it quite endearing that he can’t use a computer. It’s a bit like laughing and saying you’re crap at maths – although maybe you’re right and that’s a bit 1992.
July 17th, 2008 at 11:32
Yes, and Bush gets roundly made fun of for it and has an approval rating of 28%.
I’m sure there are voters who think computer illiteracy is endearing, and I hope the electronic voting machines scare them into staying home. Personally, I’d hope people would vote based on perceived competence and morality rather than vague fondness. I’d mock McCain if he laughed and said he was crap at maths, too. Then I’d put something up on the NewsBiscuit submission board about him feeling confident because almost 1 in 3 people like Bush and only 1 in 2 people liked Clinton.
I’m sure there are lots of people who make the Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia mistake, but those people are usually not making public statements about the region’s politics to try to convince people that they should be allowed to run a major nation. I think that in his position, getting the names of countries right is a basic tactic I’d use to convince people I was qualified for a job like that.
July 19th, 2008 at 11:24
True good points. I agree these are all quite scary things for a very potential president. Perhaps it’s the very scary electorate I’m most worried about then.
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