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Unlike McCain, Most Senior Citizens Surf The Web

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When asked by the New York times about his proficiency in surfing the Web, presidential candidate John McCain admitted to being Web 'illiterate,' and relying on his wife for 'any assistance he can get.'

The interesting part about this story isn't the fact that a 71-year-old-man is unable or unwilling to use the Internet. Only 35% of senior citizens (people over 65) are online. However McCain is in the minority when it comes to 'white, college-educated men over the age of 65.' Approximately 75% of that demographic is hip to the Web.

Still, the thing that strikes us most is the immediate responses from the McCain camp after the story broke. Brooke Buchanan, McCain spokesperson, made it clear that the senator was 'fully capable of browsing the Internet and checking Web sites.' She added 'He has a Mac and uses it several times a week. He's working on becoming more familiar with the Internet.' (Maybe McCain's newfound enthusiasm for his Apple computer is a result of getting flack for previously admitting, this past spring, that that he doesn't know how to use a computer, much less the Web.)

Brooke, listen, if he hasn't studied up before now, it ain't gonna happen. He is who he is. He was never running as the tech-friendly candidate anyway, unless you count his 'pro printing-press' agenda(sorry).

The man is a career politician who has seen and achieved more than most ever will. Drop the 'I'm hip and with it' routine. It makes everybody involved look ridiculous. And, might we add, needlessly so. [Source: CNN]

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