• Robyn74

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  Wow, who knew he was so tech savvy? I guess he underestimated himself.

  Posted 9/16/2008 respond (flag)

McCain Created The Blackberry
Eschaton — Pretty impressive.

The Inventor of the BlackBerry (?)
The Page by Mark Halperin - TIME.com — ... McCain’s top economic adviser Holtz-Eakin holds up his BlackBerry when asked by reporters Tuesday what work McCain did as Senate Commerce Committee chair that helped him understand the markets. ...

McCain campaign's latest whopper: John McCain invented the Blackberry
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Not kidding. That techno-wizard John McCain doesn't really use technology. No, he just creates it: Asked what work John McCain did as Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate's top economic adviser wielded visual evidence: his BlackBerry. "He did this," Douglas Holtz-Eakin told reporters this morning, holding up his BlackBerry. "Telecommunications of the United States is a premier innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce committee so you're looking at the miracle John ...

McCain Adviser: McCain ‘Helped Create’ The Blackberry
Think Progress — ... Speaking to reporters today, McCain campaign adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin claimed that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is responsible for the “miracle” of PDAs. Politico reports: ...

John McCain Claims to Invent Blackberry
Burnt Orange Report: - Quick Hits's RSS Feed — From Politico: "He did this," Douglas Holtz-Eakin told reporters this morning, holding up his BlackBerry.  "Telecommunications of the United States is a premier innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce committee so you're looking at the miracle John McCain helped create and that's what he did."

McCain Invented the Blackberry?
Talking Points Memo — From Jonathan Martin: Asked what work John McCain did as Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate's top economic adviser wielded visual evidence: his BlackBerry. "He did this," Douglas Holtz-Eakin told reporters this morning, holding up his BlackBerry. "Telecommunications of the United States is a premier innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce committee so you're looking at the miracle John McCain helped create and that's what he did." Isn't ...

McCain invented the Blackberry
Lawyers, Guns and Money — Really. Could this be the 24 hours during which his campaign melts down as quickly as the mortgage-backed derivatives market?

DHE: No McCain, No BlackBerry
Matthew Yglesias — Hm . . . it seems Doug Holtz-Eakin thinks John McCain invented the BlackBerry: Asked what work John McCain did as Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate’s top economic adviser wielded visual evidence: his BlackBerry. “He did this,” Douglas Holtz-Eakin told reporters this morning, holding up his BlackBerry. “Telecommunications of the United States is a premier innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce committee so ...

So when does this start to get the Al Gore treatment?
Brilliant at Breakfast — ... during the last six years. During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system. Al Gore will be haunted by his clumsy wording until the end of his days. Now will the same thing happen to John McCain, now that his campaign is claiming he invented the Blackberry? Asked what work John ...

McCain's Top Policy Man: McCain Qualified for Presidency Because He "Helped Create" BlackBerrys
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — Someone get Al Gore on the phone. Asked what work John McCain did as Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate's top economic adviser wielded visual evidence: his BlackBerry. "He did this," Douglas Holtz-Eakin told reporters this morning, holding up his BlackBerry. "Telecommunications of the United States is a premier innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce committee so you're looking at the miracle John McCain helped create ...

McCain Helped Create The Blackberry
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Al Gore, call your office. Does McCain use a Blackberry?

But What About the Love Canal?
Balloon Juice — ... After two weeks of being condemned in the media as a liar, the narrative of John McCain as a liar and serial exaggerator just got better: ...

He Took The Initiative
pandagon.net - these things don't just blame themselves — by Jesse Taylor John McCain’s campaign says he invented Blackberries.  If I were a robot, this is where smoke would start coming out and the overload of potential responses would have me flailing around and sputtering random words referring to earlier events.  POW...sexist...celebrity...moose...Sedona...MAVERICK… Asked what work John McCain did as Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate’s top economic adviser wielded visual evidence: his ...

Mid-day Madness: Another Whopper From McCain Camp
Taylor Marsh — ... Asked what work John McCain did as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate’s top economic adviser wielded visual evidence: his BlackBerry. ...

Daily Digest: Pioneering Pushback by Proxy
techPresident — ... McCain's BlackBerry: This is breaking as we go to, um, "print," but it's worth a mention. McCain policy advisor Douglas Holtz-Eakin tried making the case this morning that McCain's long-time service on the Senate Commerce Committee gives him tech cred. "He did this," said Holtz-Eakin, holding up his BlackBerry. The "John McCain invented the BlackBerry" joke writes itself, but we're not going to make it. We've argued in the past that it's only sensible for McCain to aggressively tout his long committee record when it ...

Political Theater of the Absurd
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Via Jonathan Martin: Holtz-Eakin: McCain helped create BlackBerry. Cuz, ya know, telecommunications legislation went through the Commerce Committee (which McCain once chaired). It is astounding that people make these kinds of claims. h/t: Cole. Update: According to the AP: A McCain aide later dismissed the remark as “a boneheaded joke by a staffer.”

McCain Adviser Says John McCain Invented The Blackberry
Oliver Willis — BWAHAHAHAHAHA. Asked what work John McCain did as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate’s top economic adviser wielded visual evidence: his BlackBerry. ‘He did this,’ Douglas Holtz-Eakin told reporters this morning, holding up his BlackBerry. ‘Telecommunications of the United States is a premier innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce Committee. So you’re looking at the miracle John McCain helped create and that’s ...

Serial Fibber II
Blah3 Feed — Al Gore must be laughing to himself today. Asked what work John McCain did as Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate's top economic adviser wielded visual evidence: his BlackBerry. "He did this," Douglas Holtz-Eakin told reporters this morning, holding up his BlackBerry. "Telecommunications of the United States is a premier innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce committee so you're looking at the miracle John McCain helped create and that's what he ...

MoveOn Calls Out McCain's 'Friends'
44 — ... failed legislation designed to benefit big carriers. Of course, we should probably be glad that John McCain really didn't invent the cell phone or wifi, otherwise we'd all be getting our wireless services from one monolithic company free to restrict our access to only the pages that pay for the privilege. And we'd all be using "Jitterbugs." ...and, not only did John McCain invent the cell phone and wifi, he was the first to tie them together in his other invention the Blackberry. ...

Former FCC Chairman Blasts Claim That McCain Invented The Blackberry: He Is ‘So Out Of Touch’
Think Progress — ... Speaking to reporters today, McCain campaign adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin claimed that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is responsible for the “miracle” of PDAs. Waving around his Blackberry, Holtz-Eakin said: ...

Hullabaloo — ... People are having fun with John McCain's economic adviser's absurd statement that McCain invented the Blackberry (that "serial liar" tag is going to stick any minute now, right?), but the Obama campaign is staying on message. ...

John McCain campaign sez McCain invented the BlackBerry!
Crooks and Liars — While Al Gore never said he invented the Internets, but was attacked b the media, McCain’s people are claiming he created the Blackberry.. Asked what work John McCain did as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate’s top economic adviser wielded visual evidence: his BlackBerry. “He did this,” Douglas Holtz-Eakin told reporters this morning, holding up his BlackBerry. “Telecommunications of the United States is a premier innovation in the past 15 years, ...

Memo to John McCain:
Comments from Left Field — ... Al Gore may have invented the internet, but if there was one Senator in the history of the Senate that topped Al Gore’s amazing feat, it would be one John Sidney McCain.  According to Team McCain, he not only invented the Blackberry, but he invented ...

Mid-day Madness: Another Whopper From McCain Camp
The Democratic Daily — ... Asked what work John McCain did as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate’s top economic adviser wielded visual evidence: his BlackBerry. ...

John McCain Invented Twitter
Comments from Left Field — Ok, so maybe he only invented the Blackberry but the Twitterverse sure has something to say about what else John McCain #invented. Join me in the discussion why don’t you?

Why I Am Totally Qualified To Serve On President McCain’s Cabinet
Firedoglake — ... So I understand that Senator McCain intends to put some Democrats in his cabinet if he gets elected, and I figure, hey, why not me? If John McCain, inventor of the Blackberry, thinks Sarah Palin understands national security because she can see Russia, is a leading expert on energy because her state has oil, and is ready to be Commander-In-Chief because she was in charge of the Alaska National Guard, then I think I'm equipped to take on just about any cabinet position you can name. Allow me to present my qualifications: ...

McCain on his heals...
The Reaction — By Creature ...this should be the media meme tomorrow and forward. He's been forced to explain himself on lies. He's been forced to explain himself on fundamentals. He's offering commissions as solutions. He's been twisted in knots over regulation. His surrogates have to answer question about BlackBerrys. And his Palin bubble has burst. This is the reality of the race today. McCain in on his heals. Pass it on. (Cross-posted at State of the ...

how about 'lying'?
skippy the bush kangaroo — jesse wendel (one 'l' only, please) of the group news blog directs us over to what did john mccain invent? apparently, mcmuffin invented the blackberry. jonathan martin@politico: ...

The McCain campaign's Al Gore moment
TigerHawk — By TigerHawk at 9/16/2008 10:06:00 PM The "invention of the internet" just met the invention of the Blackberry . If McCain himself had said this rather than his flack, we'd be hearing about this for a very long time. Or maybe we will anyway. ...

John McCain Made the World Profitable for Canadians?
Angry Bear — Via Dr. Black, Douglas Holtz-Eakin eliminates his last shred of credibility as he tells us what John McCain invented: "He did this," Douglas Holtz-Eakin told reporters this morning, holding up his BlackBerry. "Telecommunications of the United States is a premier innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce Committee. So you're looking at the miracle John McCain helped create and that's what he did." And the Blackberry is made by that fine American company Research in Motion, based in Waterloo, Ontario. ...

Oh oh Telephone Line, give me some time, I'm living in twiligh
SteveAudio — Not only is John McSame delusional, but so is his entire campaign staff. Courtesy of Doug Holtz-Eakin, here's his great accomplishment: Asked what work John McCain did as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate's top economic adviser wielded visual evidence: his BlackBerry. "He did this," Douglas Holtz-Eakin told reporters this morning, holding up his BlackBerry. "Telecommunications of the United States is a premier innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through ...

mccain invented the blackberry
skippy the bush kangaroo — or so they are now claiming... asked what work john mccain did as chairman of the senate commerce committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate's top economic adviser wielded visual evidence: his blackberry. "he did this," douglas holtz-eakin told reporters this morning, holding up his blackberry. - politico well...if he really did invent the blackberry, he is canadian and also responsible for copyright infringement.

John McCain created the blackberry
Clareified — ... Wow, didn’t know that! So voting for him now, I love my blackberry! Oh, wait, no I love my Treo…hated the blackberry…never mind, back to Obama. ...