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Flashback: Obama Campaign Defends Mocking John McCain’s Disabilities

‘He doesn’t know how to use the computer’

EXCERPT:

HEMMER: “Did you know he can't use a key --"
BURTON: "OK." (Laughter)
HEMMER: "-- I'm just quoting from what I'm reading from the campaign rally in Jacksonville, Florida --" [crosstalk]
BURTON: "I understand that. I understand that. But if John McCain thinks --"
HEMMER: "-- just to finish. Hang on." [crosstalk]
BURTON: "-- that the fundamentals of our economy are strong then he should stand by that comment. As for your question about ‎whether or not --"
HEMMER: "Please."
BURTON: "-- he can use a computer -- I read an interview with him in 'The New York Times' and another with him in 'The San Francisco Chronicle,' where he said ‎that he was in fact learning how to use a computer, and he was learning how to email, but he wasn't quite there yet. So --"
HEMMER: "Did it occur to you that the --" [crosstalk]
BURTON: "-- it's clear that --"
HEMMER: "-- the injuries he suffered in the Hanoi Hilton is the reason why?"
BURTON: "Why he was still using --‎learning how to use a computer?"
HEMMER: "Correct. And‎ unable to type on a keyboard. Were you aware of that."
BURTON: "I think that I was aware of the fact that he had specifically said that he was learning how to use a computer.” 

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