Not only is a fundamental understanding of the importance of information technology crucial to governance in the 21st century, it is crucial to economic literacy in this century as well.
McCain -- who I'm now somewhat ashamed to say I supported and contributed money to in 2000 -- has admitted he knows nothing about information technology -- he doesn't use a computer and can't even do email -- and has famously admitted he knows nothing about the economy in general.
Combine that with the fact that he can't keep the players in the middle east straight (claiming repeatedly and incorrectly that the Wahabists in al Qaeda were assisting their sworn mortal enemies, the Shi'ia government of Iran, for instance) and even forgets who the president of Russia is (No, John, it's not Putin anymore!), and it becomes painfully clear that McCain is clearly a man out of his elements in the race for President of the US going into the second decade of the 21st century.
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Not only is a fundamental understanding of the importance of information technology crucial to governance in the 21st century, it is crucial to economic literacy in this century as well.
McCain -- who I'm now somewhat ashamed to say I supported and contributed money to in 2000 -- has admitted he knows nothing about information technology -- he doesn't use a computer and can't even do email -- and has famously admitted he knows nothing about the economy in general.
Combine that with the fact that he can't keep the players in the middle east straight (claiming repeatedly and incorrectly that the Wahabists in al Qaeda were assisting their sworn mortal enemies, the Shi'ia government of Iran, for instance) and even forgets who the president of Russia is (No, John, it's not Putin anymore!), and it becomes painfully clear that McCain is clearly a man out of his elements in the race for President of the US going into the second decade of the 21st century.