Seems like the McCain campaign’s claim that McCain invented the Blackberry isn’t really going over that well. You can practically hear the snickering in the articles. Here’s AP, which, for the most part, has been hyper-supportive of McCain:

Move over, Al Gore. You may lay claim to the Internet, but John McCain helped create the BlackBerry. At least that’s the contention of a top McCain policy adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin. Waving his BlackBerry personal digital assistant and citing McCain’s work as a senator, he told reporters Tuesday, “You’re looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create.” McCain has acknowledged that he doesn’t know how to use a computer and can’t send e-mail, one of the BlackBerry’s prime functions.

McCain’s top aide held the device in his hands and told reporters that the Blackberry is the McCain miracle. Part of the miracle is that McCain doesn’t really know what the Blackberry is or does. But, he created it anyway.

Behold, the McCain miracle:

