Obama oops: War injuries prevent McCain from e-mailing

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A Barack Obama ad that mocks John McCain for not being able to use a computer and send an e-mail apparently didn't take into account the fact that the Republican presidential nominee can't use a keyboard because of the severe injuries he suffered as a Navy pilot and POW during the Vietnam war.

A Boston Globe report eight years ago cited by the National Review's Jonah Goldberg said McCain's "severe war injuries prevent him from combing his hair, typing on a keyboard, or tying his shoes."

But the Obama campaign ad posted on the Internet today poked fun at McCain for admitting "he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail."

The text of the ad says:

1982. John McCain goes to Washington. Things have changed in the last 26 years. But McCain hasn't. He admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail, still doesn't understand the economy and favors $200 billion in new tax cuts for corporations, but almost nothing for the middle class.

After one president who was out of touch, we just can't afford more of the same.

My name is Barack Obama, and I approve this message.

See the Obama campaign's ad:

The Globe story noted that after McCain returned from Vietnam he had a physical therapist help him regain flexibility in his leg, which had been frozen in an extended position by a shattered knee. His therapist, Ann Lawrence, said the treatment was excruciatingly painful, but McCain "endured it, he wouldn't settle for less. I have never seen such toughness and resolve."

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HotAir.com noted a New York Times interview in July in which McCain said that, with assistance, he was looking regularly at websites such as the Drudge Report, Politico and RealPolitics.

Asked if he went online himself, McCain said, "They go on for me," referring to his daughters. 'I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself. I don't expect to be a great communicator, I don’t expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need – including going to my daughter's blog first, before anything else."

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