Hilzoy reported this the other day but it mostly went unnoticed. Crooks and Liars brought it to the forefront again today.

Jonah Goldberg at the National Review Online (no link provided – use The Google should you care to torture yourself) stated, in response to Barack Obama’s 1984 campaign ad:

Does anyone know why McCain doesn’t use a computer or email? As a couple readers suggested to me, it might be because his injuries prevent it. I mean he can’t lift his arms much higher than his chest and it looks like he has all sorts of other mobility problems with them. Maybe he can’t type or use something like a blackberry. I don’t know. But I hope the Obama campaign found out before they played the granpa Simpson card on McCain. I’d hate for Obama to be mocking a veteran’s disability to score cheap points.

Apparently, John McCain, a man of means beyond the majority of disabled American citizens, has never heard of things such as Dragon Speaking or the vast number of other software applications which allow people who need assistance to use modern technology.

Like this man.

And while this is not really Steven Hawking, the point remains valid.

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