Gore Created Internet, McCain The BlackBerry

McCain’s policy adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, claims that McCain’s efforts on telecom regulation in the Senate birthed the BlackBerry.

The BlackBerry is Canadian, not American, and its development was a result of both consumer demand for mobile email devices and stellar technology innovation, things having little to do with telecom legislation.

McCain has acknowledged that he doesn’t know how to use a computer and can’t send e-mail, one of the BlackBerry’s prime functions.

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The Arizona senator’s handling of regulation and deregulation of [the telecom] industry in particular left him with the skills to help revive the economy amid a mortgage crisis, an energy crisis and a Wall Street meltdown, the adviser said.

How could McCain’s regulatory skills revive our economy amid three crises?

Keep in mind, this is coming from one of his crackpot advisers, and not him, so I guess we shouldn’t knock McCain for this. However, he should ensure that his posse sticks to the script when talking to the media.

It’s not like politicians are known for embellishing or anything.

Adviser says McCain helped create the BlackBerry – AP