July 15, 2008

John McCain isn't listening to you, but there's something you can do

Imagine for a moment life without the Internet. Imagine that your only source for information was the MSM, government officials, politicians, lobbyists, screened voters at townhall meetings, and protective staffers with their own agendas. That's a very close approximation to the knowledge base of John McCain:

"I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself. I don't expect to be a great communicator, I don't expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need." Asked which blogs he read, he said: "[Press secretary] Brooke [Buchanan] and [senior adviser] Mark [Salter] show me Drudge, obviously. Everybody watches, for better or for worse, Drudge. Sometimes I look at Politico. Sometimes RealPolitics."

Does anyone expect "Brooke" or "Mark" to show McCain any of the thousands of posts or comments pointing out issues with the National Council of La Raza, immigration "reform", or all the rest? The link above has a round-up of "liberals" mocking McCain, but the far more important issue is that he's cocooned and is unable to research or direct others to accurately research groups like the NCLR. In brief, McCain isn't listening to you.

Since McCain won't come to the information, we have to take it to him by going to his public appearances, asking him tough questions about his policies, and then uploading his response to video sharing sites.

Posted to Politics at July 15, 2008 01:09 PM