“I Am Aware Of All Internet Traditions”

2:45 am EST June 24th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 12 Comments

The web meme du jour takes on a John McCain shading based on these words from an aide:

“John McCain is aware of the Internet,” says Soohoo. “This is a man who has a very long history of understanding on a range of issues.”

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12 Responses to ““I Am Aware Of All Internet Traditions””

  1. Duros62 says:
    June 24, 2008 at 8:36 am

    Wasn’t it the Reagan Library debate when all the candidates were asked “Mac or PC?” and McCain said neither, I have Cindy do all that new-fangled technology stuff?

  2. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    June 24, 2008 at 10:00 am

    Way to look hip and young.

  3. Repack Rider says:
    June 24, 2008 at 10:11 am

    “And what ‘traditions’ would those be, sir?”

    “As I understand them, they are ‘point’ and ‘click.’”

  4. Duros62 says:
    June 24, 2008 at 10:18 am

    Found it.

    Yahoo news.

    http://gizmodo.com/352501/mac-vs-pc-the-republicans

    McCain says he’s illiterate.

  5. Duros62 says:
    June 24, 2008 at 10:21 am

    Oh wait, I see now.

    “John McCain is aware of the Internet,”

    So at least he knows it exists. Okay, well, that’s a start. Doesn’t know anything about it, but he is aware of it.

  6. Duros62 says:
    June 24, 2008 at 10:23 am

    “Is it proper to say I don’t do raised hand questions?” Soohoo responds.

    Friggin’ elitist.

  7. Azhrie says:
    June 24, 2008 at 10:24 am

    Actually, the meme doesn’t have anything to do with McCain. See documentation of the incident here: http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=10643.

  8. Duros62 says:
    June 24, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    Yes, Ollie, I was going to suggest a little back story. Not every one witnessed that meme being born.

  9. SpiderJ says:
    June 24, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    I don’t think OW was saying that the meme originated from McCain, just that this admission from McCain’s camp seems strangely serendipitous when you consider the birth of this meme.

  10. Scratch says:
    June 24, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    Well, let’s look at the flip side. I’ll wager you two bits that Obama has no idea how to use an abacus.

  11. Pierre Markuse says:
    June 24, 2008 at 4:18 pm

    I believe its quite pointless to discuss the candidates knowledge of new technologies. In the end all of them, like most politicians, don’t know enough about stuff like the internet for example to fully understand it.

    I don’t know what its like in the US but I can remember a news show here in germany asking politicians about a ‘browser’, sadly most of them didn’t know what it is. And most of the others just knew ‘its some internet thingy’.

    The next generation of politicians might be more versed in these things.

  12. Duros62 says:
    June 24, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    I’ll wager you two bits that Obama has no idea how to use an abacus.

    Ha! Point, Scratchy.