McCain’s Disturbing Internet Ignorance

John Murrell of Good Morning Silicon Valley has a good post up noting a recent New York Times interview where John McCain admits to Internet illiteracy. Murrell comments: OK, if he were the 72-year-old guy down the block, I could cut him some slack. Whatever age you are, if you don’t have any use for the Net, if you don’t want the hassle of learning all that new stuff, fine … But if you’re running for the highest office in the land and one of the most powerful positions on earth, shouldn’t you at least know how to log on to the freakin’ Internet by yourself? [McCain said] “I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon.� Have it down fairly soon? It’s a double-click, Senator. A little closer together, sir — click-click. Sheesh. Ordinary folks from 3 to 103 have picked this up in minutes, and he’ll have it down fairly soon. Murrell goes on to say he’s bothered by McCain’s willful ignorance of the Internet not because such a t...