JOHN W MCCAIN INVENTED THE BLACKBERRY - WHO KNEW?!

[rndmprsn]

HAHAHAHA...what a big LIE!

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/16/mccain.blackberry/

... During the 2000 presidential campaign, Vice President Al Gore drew controversy when he said that during his time in Congress, he "took the initiative in creating the Internet" -- based on his work promoting funding and early research in that area.

The Obama campaign responded to the McCain adviser's comments Tuesday shortly after they were reported.

"If John McCain hadn't said that 'the fundamentals of our economy are strong' on the day of one of our nation's worst financial crises, the claim that he invented the BlackBerry would have been the most preposterous thing said all week," said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton.

Meanwhile, McCain senior aide Matt McDonald said that the senator "laughed" when he heard the comment.

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

The Obama campaign debuted an ad last week that attacked McCain's skills with technology, including computers.

[NightWatcher]

1. hasnt used "the google" but invented the blackberry, sure

[jeff30997]

2. He couldn't even invent wet water if he wanted to.

[niyad]

3. if I hadn't just seen this on the cnn crawl, I would have thought it came from the Onion

[C_U_L8R]

4. There seems to be a striking likeness

[tomreedtoon]

5. I think you mean McCain invented the telegraph.

Blackberry? What would McCain want to do with anything (or anyone) black?

[RoccoR5955]

7. I would argue that he invented fire, but hey! n/t

[tomreedtoon]

8. Naah, he's afraid of fire.

Have you ever seen him near fire? He goes frantic and hollers "Fire bad! Fire BAAAD!"

[RoccoR5955]

6. Yeah, next thing he'll have a bridge in Alaska to sell you! n/t