McCain Camp Furiously Backpedals On "Inventing THE Blackberry" Claim

[slinkerwink]

From Jonathan Martin at Politico.com:

UPDATE, from the pool report: McCain aide Matt McDonald said that the senator "laughed" when he heard the comment.

"He would not claim to be the inventor or anything, much less the BlackBerry. This was obviously a boneheaded joke by a staffer," McDonald said.

[slinkerwink]

1. Sure, bone-headed joke, right.....

[Marsala]

2. Too Late!

The media has already seized on this meme. McCain's campaign will henceforth be forever associated with this.

[KaryninMiami]

3. . The only blackberry McLame has ever had anything to do with, was in a pie folks

Maybe that would be a better way for them to flounder their way out of this - they meant blackberry as in the fruit. Schmucks. All of them

[lurky]

14. You should have seen him trying to do his email on it, though.

"I didn't know technology was so gooey! Send! Send!"

[sammytko]

4. they are calling their top economic advisor a staffer

and a bonehead??

[ErinBerin84]

11. lol, yup.

I love how they try to dismiss their top economic advisor as being some low level staffer. Embarrassing for them.

[SuperTrouper]

5. LOL! Blackberry is God for the MSM and now it has been used as a pawn by McBerry

:rofl:

[ErinBerin84]

6. lol.

"obviously"!


weell, if we play along....
Why did that person think that questions about McCain's economic knowledge in light of the news for the past two days is a joking matter? Tomfoolery! No, the truth is that lying is just a relex for these people.

[NYYFan]

7. Strike 2 of the day for the campaign.

First with Mika and Joe, and now this. Keep it up McAncient ! :thumbsup:

[ErinBerin84]

8. and day two of

the McCain campaign having to "clarify" a comment.

[Connie_Corleone]

9. When we asked McCain about the blackberry claim...

McCain said, "I don't like blackberries. Blueberries taste better."

[City Lights]

10. The big question is, "CAN HE USE ONE?," and if so, "HOW?," since his POW

years left him unable to press MUCH LARGER keys!

[Democrats_win]

12. Another Calamity McCain moment.

[WeDidIt]

13. But, I'm already calling it my "MacBerry"

:evilgrin:

[City Lights]

16. Should be McBerry. MacBerry makes it look like an Apple product.

:hi:

[spanone]

15. i recall how they all chuckled about gore inventing the internet then skewered him with it

[scheming daemons]

17. How long until the staffer is thrown under the bus? LOL....