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He created what?

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Senator John McCain's senior domestic policy adviser, said Tuesday that the BlackBerry mobile e-mail device was a "miracle that John McCain helped create." Of course McCain couldn't have invented the BlackBerry until Gore invented the internet [or internets as President Bush would say].



Holtz-Eakin was discussing the nation's economic woes with reporters, said that McCain -- who has struggled to stress his economic credentials -- did have experience dealing with the economy, pointing to his time on the Senate Commerce Committee. Pressed to provide an example of what McCain had accomplished on that committee, Holtz-Eakin said the senator did not have jurisdiction over financial markets, then he held up his Blackberry, telling reporters: "He did this." "Telecommunications of the United States, the premiere innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce Committee. So you're looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create," Holtz-Eakin said. "And that's what he did. He both regulated and deregulated the industry." While Holtz-Eakin was just making a point, I'm not sure his words will help McCain's campaign.

Labels: Politics

posted by TheWino @ 8:01 AM