(John McCain ‘invented the BlackBerry’)
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the Republican presidential candidate’s economics guru, was being grilled about Mr McCain’s qualifications for addressing the current crisis in the markets when he made the claim.
He cited the senator’s experience and leadership of the US Senate Commerce Committee, saying it placed him at the intersection of a number of economic interests, including the telecommunications industry.
And when pressed on Mr McCain’s achievements on the committee, Mr Holtz-Eakin pulled out his BlackBerry personal digital assistant and declared: “You’re looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create.”
John McCain is so out of touch with America his economics adviser says he deserves credit for creating the Canadian company that invented the Blackberry. Message to Republicans: it’s American entrepreneurship our President is supposed to encourage. — Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt, Think Progress
