Gore's Internet is McCain's BlackBerry

The story line on John McCain and his admission that he is not so tech savvy continues. (To check out the string of posts on Tech Insider, click here and here.)

In a brief titled "Tech Daddy," which appeared in today's CongressDaily 11:30 Extra (subscription required), one of McCain's policy advisers, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, bragged about the Republican nominee's role in creating the BlackBerry. According to the brief:

Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain acknowledges he doesn't know how to use a computer and is in the dark about sending e-mails, but that isn't stopping one of his top policy advisers from claiming that the Arizona senator helped create the BlackBerry. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, waving his electronic tether, told reporters this morning, "You're looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create." The former CBO director went on to say that his leadership roles on the Senate Commerce Committee put him in a position to regulate -- and sometimes deregulate -- the telecommunications industry. Those changes, he added, brought us the BlackBerry and other personal digital assistants. Some days, when the thing never stops buzzing, we're not so sure that's a good thing to take credit for. Besides, voters and the Supreme Court turned their backs on inventor-of-the-Internet Al Gore eight years ago, so merely being a creator of one device might not be a big selling point.