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kevinmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 09:34 AM
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McCain Makes Historic First Visit to Internet
Andy Borowitz


In a daring bid to wrench attention from his Democratic rival in the 2008 presidential race, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today embarked on an historic first-ever visit to the Internet.

Given that the Arizona Republican had never logged onto the Internet before, advisors acknowledged that his first visit to the World Wide Web was fraught with risk.

But with his Democratic rival Barack Obama making headlines with his tour of the Middle East and Europe, the McCain campaign felt that they needed to "come up with something equally bold for John to do," according to one advisor.

McCain aides said that the senator's journey to the Internet will span five days and will take him to such far-flung sites as Amazon.com, eBay and Facebook.

With a press retinue watching, Sen. McCain logged onto the Internet at 9:00 AM Sunday, paying his first-ever visit ever to Mapquest.com.

"I can't get this thing to work," Sen. McCain said as he struggled with his computer's mouse, causing his wife Cindy to prompt him to add that he was "just kidding."

Having pronounced his visit to Mapquest a success, Sen. McCain continued his tour by visiting Weather.com and Yahoo! Answers, where he inquired as to the difference between Sunnis and Shiites.

Sen. McCain said that he had embarked on his visit to the Internet to allay any fears that he is too out-of-touch to be president, adding that he plans to take additional steps to demonstrate that he is comfortable with today's technology: "In the days and weeks ahead, you will be seeing me rock out with my new Walkman."
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BklynChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 09:35 AM
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1. LOL! k/r
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 09:47 AM
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2. That may be the first time I ever laughed at Borowitz.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 09:51 AM
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3. LOL
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 09:55 AM
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4. haahahaha!
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 10:02 AM
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5. You don't "log" onto the Internet...
stupid writers...
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 10:29 AM
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6. I wonder which one of the internets McSame used when he logged on.
Did he go see The Google? What about The Yahoo?

Do you think he knows that Amazon.com isn't located in the Amazon? :rofl:

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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 10:30 AM
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7. must have given some secret service guy a migraine lol love it
"In the days and weeks ahead, you will be seeing me rock out with my new Walkman."
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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 10:38 AM
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8. Here he trying to master Walkman technology.
:rofl:
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sazemisery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:37 AM
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9. If he went to mapquest then why..
does he think Iraq and Pakistan share a border?
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Towlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 10:09 PM
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11. Don't they?
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sourmilk Donating Member (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:54 AM
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10. Most sites McFloppy visited today had .de, .dk, .nl and .se TLDs...
Tomorrow he is scheduled to visit several Nigerian Charity sites...
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 10:16 PM
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12. So he was watching the Drudge Report?
That's actully what he said...referring to how his aides like to watch... like it's a TV...

:crazy:
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Whisp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 10:17 PM
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13. McCain thinks a url in something you pee in.
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 09:52 AM
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14. LOL!!!!! What a brilliant way of showing how out of touch he is.
Edited on Tue Jul-22-08 09:53 AM by rocknation
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rocknation
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