Senator Lieberman -- come quickly -- I need you!
-First words ever spoken on a Blackberry
Those words were spoken by Alexander Graham McCain, inventor of the device that not only works as a cellphone, but allows you to send email and text. Most people think the Blackberry was invented by an R&D division staffed with nerdy IT types, electronics engineers, and computer programmers. But it was really invented by a 72-year old Senator who has no idea how to use the internet.
Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle:
Yes, this is a ridiculous one, but we have to throw it on the LHC [Lies, half-truths, and contradictions] pile. When talking with reporters Tuesday morning, Sen. John McCain's chief economic adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, held up his Blackberry and said, "You're looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create."
Of course, Holtz-Eakin was talking about McCain's service on the Senate Commerce Committee and it's dealings with the telecommunications industry. He didn't so much "help create" the Blackberry as he allowed someone else to create it. It would've happened regardless; John McCain was simply one of the people who were around at the time. It's like being on the board of the hospital Sarah Palin was born in and claiming you helped deliver her. So John Sidney helped invent the Blackberry. Despite the fact that he wouldn't even be worthy of a footnote in the history of that device...
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