Obama's New Ad Mocks John McCain - "Can't Send An E-Mail"

The campaign of Barack Obama has released a new ad - which one could assume has been personally approved by Senator Obama - mocking John McCain for being 'out of touch.' (Watch the ad here.)

In their own words:

"He admits he doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail."

To make matters worse, Obama campaign spokesman Dan Pfeiffer followed up on the ad by attacking McCain in a story by the Associated Press:

"Our economy wouldn't survive without the Internet, and cyber-security continues to represent one our most serious national security threats," Pfeiffer said. "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."

McCain has said he relies on his wife and staff to work the computer for him and that he doesn't use e-mail.

The problem? John McCain can't use a keyboard. The torture he was subjected to as a POW in the Vietnam War leaves him unable.

McCain gets emotional at the mention of military families needing food stamps or veterans lacking health care. The outrage comes from inside: McCain's severe war injuries prevent him from combing his hair, typing on a keyboard, or tying his shoes.

One could reasonably expect that this isn't an intentional attempt on the part of Barack Obama to attack John McCain's wartime injuries, just an extremely sloppy attack committed out of ignorance, based on an extremely pathetic attempt to inflate an irrelevant personal issue into something it isn't. As Jonah Goldberg points out:

In a similar vein I guess it's an outrage that the blind governor of New York David Paterson doesn't know how to drive a car. After all, transportation issues are pretty important. How dare he serve as governor while being ignorant of what it's like to navigate New York's highways.

Even one of Obama's local supporters is crying foul:

The latest ad depicting McCain as being out of touch because he can't use a computer is terrible. It is insulting to many people who don't use one and frankly opens the campiaign and Obama to charges of elitism.