Comments on: McCain is an “illiterate”

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By: arthus

arthus — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:07:58 +0000

@Mike: Of course he shouldn’t be getting his intelligence from Wikipedia. However, I think he should be able to have a basic knowledge of the web and have been on it.

On issues of Iraq, politicians listen to advisers intimately familiar with the situation (one would hope), but they still have been there and know where it is on a map.

Obama isn’t going to make a decision without talking to advisers. There isn’t a single decision made in that office where the President doesn’t talk to advisers or senior staff. Obama isn’t so arrogant as to assume he knows best in every case. The problem is McCain doesn’t even know enough to understand what is advisers are telling him.

In terms of using the web, being able to read his own daughter’s blog without assistance would be a nice start…

By: Mike Hasley

Mike Hasley — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:59:40 +0000

While I agree that everyone should be somewhat literate about the web, exactly what do you want McCain “googling?” Should he look up WMD’s on Wikipedia? Actually, I’d rather have a President who doesn’t think much of the web so he’ll just leave it alone. Sadly, there are 535 members of Congress, 3000 appointed policy makers, and 9 members of the Supreme Court making these decisions. Furthermore, if issues of net neutrality come up, I’m sure McCain would use advisers for this as most Presidents do with most important bills he must sign. Obama may think he knows it all (and doesn’t) and make a decision without advisers.

In the end, I’d rather have a President who often asks (not all the time) “What do you all think?” instead of, “Here’s what I think.”

By: arthus

arthus — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:12:03 +0000

@Chris: True, at least he admits he has a problem. However, instead of just getting someone else to do it for him, he should learn about the tech.

Sure, I don’t expect CEO’s to have an intimate knowledge about every facet of their business, I expect them to have some general knowledge about every major project/issue. I don’t expect McCain to know about how the web actually works technically, but I expect him to be able to use it. You can be sure Bill Gates knows how to use Windows without an engineer standing over his shoulder and Steve Jobs can use an iPhone.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:15:39 +0000

On the plus side, he realizes that he has a knowledge deficiency and he delegates his web presence to someone who does understand it (his daughter).

Like many CEOs he cannot be expected to be up to speed on every facet of his business, but he can hire advisers who have the required expertise and trust their judgment.

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