McCain: ABC News should have purchased American-made iPads, iPhones (They're manufactured in China).

[Amerigo Vespucci]

ABC News dedicated several segments of their World News broadcast last week to furnishing a home only with products that were made in the US. In the end, the house was left without key electronic products like televisions and computers.

McCain told Amanpour that the ABC News team should have simply purchased products from Apple.

"I would also point out that if you emptied that house, if you had left a computer there or an iPad or an iPhone, those are built in the United States of America," he said.

In fact, both Apple products are designed in the US but manufactured in China. United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard corrected McCain in a later segment.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/06/mccain-claims-ipad-iphone-are-made-in-us/

[OhioChick]

1. Clueless n/t

[IDemo]

2. He probably thinks Foxconn is owned by Murdoch...

[ClarkUSA]

3. Yep, McCain sure has crossed that ‘Commander in Chief threshold’

[dsc]

4. I did think Dell's were manufactured here though

[druidity33]

6. Some assembly here maybe...

but definitely not manufactured here.

:shrug:

[OhioChick]

9. Not anymore...

"The last major U.S. plant in North Carolina is scheduled to close in November 2010. It is expected that most of the work carried out in North Carolina will be transferred to contract manufacturers in Asia and Mexico, though Dell said some of the work will move to its own factories overseas."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell#Manufacturing

[IDemo]

10. Mostly in China

Virtually all of the parts for Dell and any other brand are manufactured in Asia.

[JI7]

5. he looks confused in that pic, his memories are probably from decades ago

[Angry Dragon]

7. a lost little boy

I wonder when the last time he went grocery shopping. filled up his car with gas, actually talked with someone that was just getting by?? Out of touch and out of his mind........

[PearliePoo2]

8. Holy Crap...

Did we dodge (barely) a bullet or WHAT?
Clueless In Arizona!

[global1]

11. This Goes To Show You Just How Out Of Touch Many Senators & Congressmen Are.......

I wonder what else he thinks is still made in the USA that isn't. We should send McCain a list of all those former truly U.S. companies that no longer produce/manufacture their products in this country.