A TERRIFYING REVELATION

Barrack Obama issued his latest ad today entitled “Still.” Now this ad is clearly a sign that the Obama campaign is reeling from recent Republican momentum and is desperately searching for something to grab hold of in order to right their ship. They are urgently searching for that one sound bite or character flaw of John McCain/Sarah Palin to exploit, and hopefully use to regain the momentous ground they have recently lost. They’ve tried throughout the week, but nothing has really stuck quite yet (“the lipstick on a pig” comment didn’t turn out very well). But it seems that today, the Dems feel like they’ve finally found their election-shifting issue. It appears they’ve stumbled upon the one attribute of a McCain-Palin presidency that will shock the American public and propel Senator Obama back into the lead. What is this earth-shattering revelation? Well ladies and gentleman, you must prepare yourselves, for this revelation will surely alter the way you view the election and these candidates. Today the Obama campaign released their newest ad outlining John McCain’s….COMPUTER ILLITERACY!!!!

Terrifying, is it not? John McCain is bad at using computers. The ad begins with a shot of McCain in the 1980’s, when he first began his tenure in Washington. It then states, “1982, John McCain goes to Washington. Things have changed in the last 26 years, but McCain hasn't. He admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail…” The ad then goes on to deride McCain as someone who doesn’t “understand the economy” and will provide tax breaks for American corporations over the middle class. But my favorite is the part about the computers, without a doubt.

But it gets worse. In conjunction with the release of the ad, Obama spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said this: "Our economy wouldn't survive without the Internet, and cyber-security continues to represent one our most serious national security threats. It's extraordinary that someone who wants to be our president and our commander in chief doesn't know how to send an e-mail." That’s right folks, the Obama campaign wants to link John McCain’s computer illiteracy with the stability of our economy and the strength of our national security. That’s a bit of a stretch if you ask me.

But the bottom line is this: who gives a rat’s behind about whether or not John McCain uses email. That has absolutely no reflection of John McCain’s ability to lead this country as commander-in-chief. Now an example of something that WOULD hurt one’s qualification to become commander-in-chief would be, say, a total lack of experience. I don’t know about y’all, but when selecting my next President I’ll take the experienced war hero who doesn’t know how to navigate a webpage over the 4 year junior Senator who only knows how to make speeches any day of the week.

Their getting desperate folks. Their getting very desperate. This ad might be absolutely laughable, but it’s a good sign for Republicans.