Just wonderful, John McCain says he is unable to use a keyboard due to POW injuries

[madville]

I imagine we will be hearing this after the recent ad saying McCain can't use a computer or send an email. They are gonna throw out that his injuries he got as a POW prevent him from doing so. Saw someone mention a Boston Globe article from 2000 that mentions this (http://graphics.boston.com/news/politics/campaign2000/news/McCain_character_loyal_to_a_fault+.shtml).

Maybe since the media already ran a story about the ad saying that Obama was "mocking" McCain they won't revisit it from this angle.

[Muttocracy]

1. A close friend worked on assistive technology for the disabled - I'm not buying that. nt

[goodgd_yall]

54. Really---he could get something set up for himself.

This guy doesn't know when to stop milking his POW status.

[Muttocracy]

56. If people can use eye movements to type, John can find a way. nt

[The Magistrate]

2. That, Sir, Will Be Just Too Damn Bad For Old Lying John

By now, nobody really cares that 'he was a P.O.W., you know': it is becoming the punchline of a joke in poor taste.

[Turn CO Blue]

3. One wonders how paraplegics, quads and Steven Hawking manage

to use computers. Hmmm.

[ComplimentarySwine]

9. To the OP's credit

I didn't see where he/she said that McCain can't use a COMPUTER, so much as that he can not use a KEYBOARD.

To the best of my knowledge, Steven Hawking DOES NOT use a keyboard with his computer.

[Turn CO Blue]

75. My point is that there is an entire industry

around making this technology available to all types of disabilities. Most companies have a person in HR whose job it is to observe the person's range of movement and limitations and get the right equipment to accommodate the user and his/her disability.

But sometimes, the employee or user does have to initiate the request - either themselves or through their direct report.

If John McCain had been so inclined to have a keyboard that he could use with his shoulder limitations - he could have requested that assistance or explored all the different types of keyboards years ago.

[Crunchy Frog]

84. Even if you don't have functional hands...

you at least need a functional brain.

[kestrel91316]

4. How does he write or feed himself, the poor thing?

[emilyg]

48. Supposedly he can't even

comb his hair. Who knows.

[Crunchy Frog]

85. I wonder who wipes his bottom for him.

:puke:

[tannybogus]

5. There are now a lot of ways to use computers without typing.

I don't think investing in a system will bankrupt them.:sarcasm:

[dchill]

6. Just another reminder that one really does need to...

make an effort to keep up with the technology. (That's teck knowledge-y, John.)

[meow mix]

7. wow he cant even click a key, i never knew he was completly helpless

guess he cant do anything then

[sam sarrha]

25. not his fingers.... it is the Alzheimer's, .. maybe just dementia... maybe just STUPID

[beac]

51. Funnily enough, he sure seemed able to dial a cell phone just fine.

So much so that his campaign staff had to take it away from him to keep him from leaping like an electrified frog from idea-to-idea based on whomever he'd spoken to last.

If you can dial a cell phone you can use a keyboard. Hunting and pecking, anyone???

Trying to claim that he can't type b/c he can't use the 100% proper finger placement and produce 30 words per minute is just the latest in an ongoing string of POW excuses.

[dysfunctional press]

8. it's a dumb ad from obama anyway...i really expected better.

it had a very mocking tone to it- and there are still A LOT of voters who are computer illiterate.

[Stellen]

12. That comment goes with your avatar perfectly!

:rofl:

[creeksneakers2]

19. I thought it was dumb too

Who cares if he can use a computer? And lots of old folks will identify with him for not using one. There are so many better things to make ads about. How about taxes on health care benefits? How about an ad about trying to trick people out of their votes?

[ejpoeta]

74. i care if he can use a computer.

look at the prerequisite for any entry level job beyond mcdonalds..... they want basic computer skills. i think in today's day and age a person expecting to run the country ought to have the most basic of computer skills. it wasn't about the computer as much as it was about mccain's general thinking and understanding of the world being of another century. how can the man deal with the issues we face today if he is in a different mindset altogether!

[goodgd_yall]

55. It was so insubstantial

And you're right, a lot of people consider themselves computer illiterate. That's that Obama-not-connecting-with-people coming through again. His campaign's polical ad people have no political savvy, it seems.

[Nevilledog]

10. But here's the REALLY big question....

If he's so impaired who holds his willy when he has to tinkle? Or wipes his POW patoot?

[City Lights]

11. He can't use his fingers to peck at a keyboard, but he'll be able to wrap them

around a pen to sign bills into law? :wtf:

Can he dial a phone?

[CitizenLeft]

29. unless he needs help buttoning his shirt...

...zipping his fly and dialing a touchtone phone, that's total bullshit.

[Lex]

60. Good points.

nt

[eleny]

13. Onscreen keyboard with a mouse

McCain's campaign is full of shit.

[sam sarrha]

14. could be from jumping off the burning plane. when he wet started it and killed 160 people and nearly

sunk an aircraft carrier... just fucking off practical joke..

[Thothmes]

73. No proof of wet start. His A 4s

tail pointed toward the South China Sea. Check the film of the flight deck camera that was in operation at the time. He is no more responsible for the deaths of Forrestal crewmen than you are.

[AlCzervik]

15. how bout this huh, hey look at him working his crackberry and he's on his cell

[Nevilledog]

18. Good catch. What a lying rat bastard he is. n/t

[meow mix]

22. those are some nimble lookin fingers to me..

the guy could play piano i bet, what a liar

[KathieG]

23. God he is such a liar...those buttons are so much smaller than a computer keyboard too

[CitizenLeft]

32. you got that right.

I build websites on the side, but I can't stand laptop keyboards and those itty bitty buttons on cellphones. And I'm 30 years younger than he is. He's full of shit.

[ColbertWatcher]

40. Good catch! n/t

[Richard Steele]

43. Yup. Just another damned lie from that damned liar. nm

[eshfemme]

59. That is a really ugly as fuck picture of McCain

What the hell? The top of his head is nearly TRANSLUCENT! That is really scary...

[SammyWinstonJack]

71. Busted!

:evilgrin: Lying Liar!

[JerseygirlCT]

80. Nice catch

So either he's a lying poser there, or he's lying now.

Or, hey, both. The odds are with that one.

[Kadie]

82. McLiar.

It just doesn't stop.

Good Catch... Thanks for posting the picture.

[Canuckistanian]

16. I've seen quadraplegics use computers

Either with sip n' puff tubes or those eye movement glasses.

A lack of keyboard ability is no barrier these days.

[eShirl]

17. I'm sorry, that's a bullshit excuse

I know a quadriplegic man who uses a computer
McCain just doesn't want to bother himself enough to do it

[The_Casual_Observer]

20. Does blondie wipe his ass for him?

[lurky]

21. If Stephen Hawking can use a computer,

I'm pretty sure McCain could figure something out.

[Vickers]

24. To be fair, his computer still has the old-fashioned carriage return

where you have to physically shift it over using that silver bar.

:P

[XemaSab]

47. Probably has to call his nurse

to unjam the letter bars when they get stuck. :eyes:

[Tikki]

26. He would show so much determination if he used modern technology to overcome that limitation...

Think how he could inspire others...

Tikki

[Lint Head]

27. Maybe that's why he selected the 'forced birth lady animal killer'

for VP so she can push the red nuclear button because he is too disabled to actually kill people. We know she can handle killing with an automatic weapon from a helicopter. :dem:

[Mojambo]

28. If the McCain camp keeps going to the "he can't do it cause he's POW'd" excuse

Eventually people are going to start to ask (maybe not out loud) if he can't be President because of being POW.

[AlCzervik]

30. oh what, another pic texting---

[Muttocracy]

57. good find. nt

[marlakay]

31. they have voice recognition software my dad had it

because he couldn't type...

just one more lie and also one more reason he is sooo stupid and not ready for modern society. if he knew about computers he would know about the software.

[Duke Newcombe]

33. ZOMG!?11 McCain is a POW? I did not know that. n/t

Duke

[Jane Austin]

34. Oh, for Cripes sake.

Steven Hawking can use a computer.

McWhine is such a baby.

[AlCzervik]

35. oh hey look here, this chicken wing is attacking him, he can barely fight it off.

[beac]

52. ZOMG! Someone help John McCain!!!!

:rofl:



How appropriate-- a spacey wing-nut attacked by a spicy chicken wing!

[ColbertWatcher]

36. So?

[CoffeeCat]

37. The significance of these McCain comments....

Since it is totally false that McCain's war wounds prevent him from using
email--this speaks volumes.

These pictures of McCain typing/texting demonstrate that John McCain will sink
to the lowest of lows--by using his POW status and his war injuries for
political purposes--even if that means lying about his POW injuries.

John McCain will lie about his injuries as a POW--in order to cull sympathy
from voters.

This is really shameless, and shows that John McCain has very little regard
for his time as a POW--if he would like about it and denigrate it in this way.

When you reduce your time as a POW, to a lie-based gimmick--you've sunk to the lowest
of lows.

[MiniMe]

38. Next thing you know, McCain will be caught in the men's room with another man...

Saying "I'm a US Senator. You don't understand, I can't pull it out to pee by myself due to POW injuries"

Maybe Larry Craig should have used that excuse.

[ColbertWatcher]

44. That's a good one! n/t

[SeattleGirl]

39. He obviously isn't aware of assistive technology.

He should look into it.

[ColbertWatcher]

41. No kidding. n/t

[fishwax]

87. maybe he can't afford it

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

89. Oooooh, you are so bad!!!

:rofl:

[boppers]

42. You are forgetting how old he is...

... and the social status of the 'Typing Pool' in his young adulthood.
... and the typical gender of the 'Typing Pool' for most of his adulthood.
... and his lifelong 'Social Climber' status, when menial work like typing was 'manual labor'.

I suggest we take his sexist, outdated, elitist attitudes about what "using a keyboard" is, and totally nail him to the wall with it.

Oh, and from the OP, circa 2000(!), article:

---
Now, Keegan frequently travels with McCain's campaign and advises him on education policy. ''He's never going to win the Miss Congeniality award or take you to lunch, but he is always looking to do the right thing.'' she said.
---

:rofl: , I guess we know why Palin's on the ticket...

[0rganism]

45. voice recognition interface software is well over a decade old, so no-go on that one

Even without all those pictures of McBomb using a cell phone and a blackberry, even if we take his word about the keyboard-use-impairing injury, he could still talk to the computer and use email just fine thank you very much.

He's a senator, so we know damn well he can talk. And talk. And talk.

[notadmblnd]

46. If he can lift his arms to raise a cell phone to his ear or press the buttons to make a phone call,

he can damn well use a keyboard at waist level or slide a mouse on a little pad.

[Old and In the Way]

49. Here's link to a 39 second video clip taken when McCain was released

from captivity. He obviously has some mobility issues, but he gives a pretty snappy salute. If he had to type with his feet, I might be inclined to believe this. I think this is pure CYA...to cover the fact that he is intellectually lazy and used to having other people fetch him information that he wants.


http://wilmette.blogspot.com/2008/09/from-sweden-john-mccains-newly.html

[blogslut]

50. Unmitigated Horseshit

Ever hear of a mouse, Johnny?

Not to mention - touch pads, voice recognition software, keyless keyboards, pen tablets, and just lowering the damned keyboard so it doesn't strain your arms.

[kskiska]

53. Keith needs to have those photos

This will be Monday's story.

[pokerfan]

58. Good

If he can't press a key then he can't press The Button. But it's not like he's ever going to get the chance.

[TexasObserver]

61. Adultery? POW. Keating Five? POW. Can't use a computer, but Stephen Hawkings can? POW.

Adultery? POW status.

Keating Five? POW status.

Wife stealing prescription drugs? POW status.

Lobbyists? POW status.

Choosing an unqualified VP? POW status.

Afraid of jingling keys? POW status.

Can't use a computer, but Stephen Hawkings can? POW status.

[johnaries]

62. Stephen Hawkings, I was thinking the same thing.

Of course, McCain is no Hawkings.

[kskiska]

63. Then what about this NYT interview (7-13-08)?

(snip)

Q: But do you go on line for yourself?

Mr. McCain: They go on for me. I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself. I don’t expect to be a great communicator, I don’t expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need – including going to my daughter’s blog first, before anything else.

Q: Do you use a blackberry or email?

Mr. McCain: No

Mark Salter: He uses a BlackBerry, just ours.

Mr. McCain: I use the Blackberry, but I don’t e-mail, I’ve never felt the particular need to e-mail. I read e-mails all the time, but the communications that I have with my friends and staff are oral and done with my cell phone. I have the luxury of being in contact with them literally all the time. We now have a phone on the plane that is usable on the plane, so I just never really felt a need to do it. But I do – could I just say, really – I understand the impact of blogs on American politics today and political campaigns. I understand that. And I understand that something appears on one blog, can ricochet all around and get into the evening news, the front page of The New York Times. So, I do pay attention to the blogs. And I am not in any way unappreciative of the impact that they have on entire campaigns and world opinion.

more…
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/us/politics/13text-mccain.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

[Essene]

78. more photos and contradictions

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7054245&mesg_id=7054301

1. blackberry


2. more blackberry


3. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/07/29/MNQS120PDK.DTL

"I am using the computer more and more every day."

"I use a computer almost every day. I go on different web sites ... ours and the various media"

"Now, I read e-mails"

[Breeze54]

64. This is the RW PITY PARTY"S New meme!! --- Pity Party Votes!

:eyes: :puke:

:silly:

[madville]

66. Makes you wonder what will be next

They are already playing the sexist and ageism cards with some disabled veteran mixed in for good measure. I do feel sorry for them, just not for those reasons.

[mcctatas]

65. I think this whole thing started in freeperville...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7046001

[deutsey]

67. In what respect, Charlie?

:evilgrin:

[RayOfHope]

68. Tell that to all the disabled folks that use assisstive technology every day n/t

[Aviation Pro]

69. Hey, Seantor Angry Old Prick! Ever hear of voice recognition?

Of course you haven't you fucking moron.

[tsuki]

70. The answer to all questions...noun, verb, POW. nt

[gulliver]

72. McCain defends himself: "I'm an invalid." n/t

[AzDar]

76. POWPOWPOWPOWPOWPOWPOWPOWPOW

Bullshit.

[Oak2004]

77. Utter liar

I use a keyboard despite lots of arthritis. I don't much like chat and IM -- my typing is too slow -- but if all else fails I can use voice control, or any one of a number of other adaptive devices.

And a friend of mine has a device that lets her use her communications device (a tablet computer) with her brain waves. Does John McCain claim he does not have brain waves???

[JerseygirlCT]

79. Voice recognition software perhaps?

I don't really buy it. He seems to be quite happy to shake many hands.

This is just another attempt to cry victim.

[Maria Wr]

81. Another lie

People who want ot use a computer find ways to do so.
Bull

[Blue Belle]

83. If Stephen Hawking can use a computer...

I'm sure McCain can. Although, Hawking just has Lou Gehrig's disease... I'm sure being a POW has much more physical limitations.

[malaise]

86. Does anyone believe this crap?

McPOW uses his POW status as a crutch for every one of his fucking weaknesses and there are many.
Just go away John McPOW. EfuggingNOUGH!

[crimsonblue]

88. His arms worked good enough to hug Bush,

so I'd say they're good enough to chicken peck with 2 fingers.