>>>I just don't agree with your statement. I think it's just plain silly. It appears you are pandering to the geeks out there and this is just plain intellectually laziness. Can't you find something else to disagree with him on? Even though Obama has been extremely vague on his positions, McCain has not. I'm sure there are a multitude of policies you disagree with. I just think that it doesn't matter whether or not the new president is a blackberry addict; there are more important issues out there.
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>>After all the filthy rich candidates who seriously went through the motions and staged elaborate photo ops with hardhats and blue collars, there's finally one who's subtly pandering to the geeks, and sending a discrete "you aren't that important this time" to the rednecks. The subtlety is there only because a no-brainer would insult the target audience ;).
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>I've never considered blackberry use or putting up one of them new fangled 'website' things to be pandering, and i've been known to enjoy a PBR once in a while... after driving the pickup with ol' Blue out to the millpond.

Maybe we're reading too much into this. The guy could be using these gadgets regularly, for his own use and habit, not with any ulterior motives. They caught him with a blackberry when he thought he had a moment to make a private call, big deal. If that worked out as pandering to the geeks, well, the PR team could claim the intent after the fact :).