Well, I’ll grant that a legitimate element, even if the troll would never grasp why or the following response — But other reading may not be such closed-minded fools, though they might not see the answer due to unfamiliarity with the state of technology — So, for their benefit, let’s note:

Voice recognition does work — sort of. Like handwriting recognition, if you’ve ever used either — It’s still a long ways away from perfection, is far from consistent or easy, requires a notable amount of time to train and/or set up.

It’s truly orders of magnitude better that being utterly without.

But when you are wealthy enough to have human assistants, and a supportive wife and daughter, etc., who can assist you — voice recognition is a complete waste of very valuable time.

Sure, you may be able to do fine enough on your own in a wheelchair(see Stephen Hawking), or with a seeing eye dog (and voice reader software)… but if you can afford a human assistant to help you instead, then EVERYTHING you do is so much faster it’s better to have than the assistive techniques in question.

So Duh and QED. “Voice Recognition”, for McCain, is a ridiculous option.

Don’t be ridiculous. All it’s done is given the McCain/Palin people an opportunity to point out how ridiculously biased the MSM are by showing how carefully they edited highly relevant parts of the interview out. The only ones who will stay convinced that Palin is a bad choice are the ones who were already of that opinion on day 1. Everyone else will get the whole deal, regardless of Gibson’s smarmy questioning and ABC’s egregious attack job in the edit room.

The Gibson interview has given the GOP not less than two talking points which any rational viewer can see as valid –
The MSM is attacking M/P in a way that they are clearly *NOT* attacking O/B
The MSM isn’t even being fair when they get to put forth biased questions, but are taking the responses and removing context to smear as much as they can.

There may be more to come, we’ll see.

I dunno, there.

Biden seems to be able to trump him daily.

Near as I can see, Biden can’t say anything without one foot in his mouth, and he’s always making the supreme effort to put the other one in there, as well.

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How can you have both feet on the ground when one is always stuck in your mouth?
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LOL

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Making it glaringly clear how unprepared and unable to perform they are for the Top Spot.

Surprises are an eternal part of international diplomacy and international interactions of all sorts.

Getting broadsided because you did not properly research your opponent is bad. Floundering wildly about while attempting to regain your footing is worse still.

Once more we see that Obama doesn’t have what it takes.

Jimmy Carter, Part Deux? I damned sure hope not!

Serious executives never touch email, from what I am seeing.

Their secretaries cull through it. They have f2f and phone conferences, and they are very selective about who gets to be in either of them.

Email is mostly a waste of time. Ten emails get typed to resolve things that could be done in ten seconds on the phone or in person.

McCain not touching email, if it is true, is smart not stupid.

It makes better sense that McCain actually can type, though not easily and painful. I couldn’t understand how he could get recertified as a pilot if he couldn’t physically type. It explains some of the comments about his determination and how he barely made it.

In addition to the Obama campaign’s ‘John McCain is stuck in the last century’ smear, I also find the McCain campaign’s ‘Barack Obama wants your kindergarters to learn about sex’ smear quite beneath these two candidates. I’m hoping we are not in for more lies and the campaigns will pull back from these shameful attacks.

Going back to Obama’s ad. I know others have pointed this out on other blogs and forums but it needs to be said – is the ability to type really the most important qualification for a President. When I blogged about it, somebody reminded me that Tony Blair could not use e-mail (not a surprise, most MPs don’t know how to switch on a computer) and has only just learnt to text. So? He was a pretty crummy prime minister but not because of that.

And as much as I pride myself on voting based on experience, qualifications, and voting record, I have to admit that Sarah Palin has just flat-out inspired me. I’m not sure I can explain why, but I think it has a lot to do with her story…where she came from, how she got involved in politics, and how she took on “the forces that be” and won. And in a fairly short period of time, she rose to be governor of the Great State of Alaska, with very little help from her own party. She’s quite a lady.

I have long predicted that the first female President will be a Republican, not a Democrat. If she comports herself well as V.P., my prediction may well come true.

“A chief is a man who takes responsibility. He does not say “my men were defeated,” he says *I* was defeated.”

–Antoine de St-Exupery

Two words about the disability excuse: VOICE RECOGNITION

My mother had to use voice recognition software and I have even written some. It doesn’t work well. People use it only has a last resort. McCain doesn’t have to use it so he doesn’t.

If McCain had the lifestyle and leadership style that required persistent, asynchronous, accountable, immediate communications, he would have no choice but to use email.

McCain’s workflow makes heavy use of all forms of electronic communication. It is merely that he himself does actually manipulate the human/computer interface. He has others do it for him. Since people talk faster than they type this is most time effective way to communicate. Given that executives like McCain or Obama must process vast amounts of information from many different sources, using human interfaces is more efficient.

Not arguing that disqualifies him from the presidency, but it does tell you something about how he works.

No, Obama intended the ad to demonstrate that McCain is old and out of touch to the point were he “doesn’t use that new fanged interweb thingy the kids are so excited about these days.” That is not true. In fact, McCain has been somewhat out ahead on the use of the internet over the last decade.

The ad represented a major error on Obama’s part because he apparently did not realize that McCain suffered from a physical disability. It’s his job and his responsibility as a candidate to know these things and to not make these kinds of errors. That he has made two (at least) so far says something about his executive skills.

By the way, Forbes said it was painful to type in 2000. It’s now 8 years later. If it’s painful 28 years after the initial injuries, it’s got to be worse now, as McCain is 72. But his speaking voice is as great as ever, and he certainly has all the assistance typing he could possibly want.

Obama: “I have experience typing. But please don’t ask me how to land a jet fighter on an aircraft carrier in a storm. There’s some technology even the godlike can’t understand”

Powerful people like presidents and senators don’t have a lot of spare time to devote to sitting at the computer typing. Instead, they pay someone else to do it. If something actually demands their attention, they get briefed on it, and if a response is needed, they can dictate one.

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Watching somebody be subject to unfair attacks triggers sympathy, and sympathy makes you more willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and to listen to them. It’s not as though the attacks will somehow magically make women vote for Palin; rather, the attacks will trigger a degree of sympathy (among men too!) that will make people more likely to identify with her and with her message. Not everybody votes based on a careful analysis and weighing of every issue; a lot of people vote based on who inspires them or who catches their imagination or who “feels” right to them. Obama inspired a lot of people and captured their imaginations during the primaries, but as he’s started making silly attacks and Palin has been their subject, a lot of people have shifted over to her side.

The election is still a long way off, but if Obama keeps attacking and Palin keeps garnering sympathy, it’s going to be 1988 (but probably not 1984) all over again.

What is the counter-identification here? Rather, I think some women will feel identification (or solidarity if you prefer), having themselves experienced or witnessed their sisters being the target of snarking, hate, contempt, and double standards.

So what does that say about the Messiah’s constant race-baiting? Or is that a nightmare you prefer to forget?

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Do you know what polls are?

How condescending. do you really believe conservative women are [blah blah blah - deleted for trolling]

Where did you hear McCain’s dexterity was so crippled that he can’t type?

See above about the Forbes article. The issue was fairly well documented in the 2000 election.

Most politicians try to minimize their disabilities so that they do not become readily apparent. Few people realized, for example, that Bob Dole had a crippled hand form an injury sustained in WWII because he always held a pencil in it.