Internet Literacy

I didn't, and still don't, buy into the Democrat-inspired blogosphere meme that John McCain is unqualified to be president in the information age because he is backward when it comes to using technology.

But you can't help but see the humor in the advertisement below by the "video professor." It uses actual video of the Luddite McCain as the poster child of online ignorance and as a sales pitch for training to educate the McCains of the world of their technological ignorance. 

It's one of the most clever and timely marketing gimmicks I've seen in a while -- and one that a guy like McCain, who has shown an ability to laugh at himself, might even enjoy.

Kos writes:

There are those who chafe a bit when we take shots at McCain's age, but there's always a deeper point lurking behind many of those shots (cheap or not) -- leading the world's sole superpower in this digital era should require basic understanding of those things which drive the modern culture and economy. 

Asked whether he is a Mac or PC person, McCain answered:  "Neither, I'm an illiterate that has to rely on my wife for all of the assistance I can get."

Apparently Kos is in league with those who believe that McCain is a TR Republican:

Age isn't the dividing line. There are clearly those who evolve with the times, this site is testament to that fact. But there are those, like McCain, who insist on living in the era of James Garfield and Teddy Roosevelt. How that's supposed to help him lead the America of the 21st Century is beyond me.

In addition to spreading the word that McCain is technologically unfit to lead the nation, Ben Smith's blog gave Patrick a nice nod for reverse engineering mBO's online machinery at Politico today.