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The Reaction —
... The McCain Campaign is unloading their surplus property this week in Arlington,VA. I'm surprised that they didn't put the laptops, Blackberrys and folding chairs up for sale on eBay, but perhaps the failure of Sarah Palin to sell that surplus Airplane on eBay (despite the fact that McCain said it sold at a profit) was a lesson to them. Too bad, I'd have liked to run some undelete software on one of those bargain laptops and see what kind of porn the righteous right prefers. ...
McCain campaign sells surplus Blackberries with ‘hundreds of emails,’ phone numbers still on them.
Think Progress —
... The Washington Post reported this week that the McCain campaign is selling surplus office and computer equipment. Reporters from Fox’s Washington, DC affiliate went over to the “fire sale” and bought several Blackberries from the campaign. When the Fox employees turned the devices on, they found that Blackberries still “contained more than 50 phone numbers for people connected with the McCain-Palin campaign, as well as ...
Technology was never their strong point
Political Animal —
TECHNOLOGY WAS NEVER THEIR STRONG POINT.... On Wednesday, the Washington Post noted that the McCain campaign's Arlington headquarters was about to host a " blowout sale ," getting rid of some leftover equipment -- including laptops and blackberries -- at a fairly deep discount. Everything, as the saying goes, must go. Reading the piece, a little voice in the back of my head said, "These guys do know to clean up the equipment and delete campaign-related information, right?" I assumed the staffers knew what they were doing. ...
No More McCain Fire Sale
Hotline On Call Part Deux —
... Thought you were going to get a bargain price on the remnants of John McCain's presidential campaign? Discounted blackberries and printers and laptops galore. Think again. Seems the McCain fire sale is no more. ...
