Whoops!!!

One of the recent problems Barack Obama is having is the fact that he has begun to appear tone deaf.  The comment about lipstick on a pig may have been perfectly innocent, but after Sarah Palin's comment about hockey moms, people were bound to make a connection.  If you listen to the crowd reaction to that comment, you get the feeling that there was no doubt in their minds what he meant.  OK.  We'll give him the benefit of the doubt.  He was tone deaf--not mean, and he didn't realize when he heard the crowd reaction that he needed to clarify his comment.  He needed to be more tuned into what was happening to avoid the charges of sexism.  He does better with a teleprompter.

OK.  Now we have the McCain is old--he doesn't do email commercial.   Jonah Goldberg has an article up on The National Review Online in which he cites a 2000 Boston Globe article that says the following:

: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. Friends marvel at McCain's encyclopedic knowledge of sports. He's an avid fan - Ted Williams is his hero - but he can't raise his arm above his shoulder to throw a baseball."

If the information gets out about McCain not being able to type, it will make the Obama campaign ad look cruel.  I don't think that's a good idea.

I didn't link to the Boston Globe article.  It was written during the 2000 Republican primary campaign, and other than explaining why John McCain doesn't type, it is somewhat irrelevant, which is generally my opinion of the Boston Globe.