Apparently, the editors of the rightwing New York Sun think McCain's tech illiteracy is a virtue. Here's their editorial from today:

Senator McCain has been coming in for some mockery lately for having answered the "Mac or PC?" question from Politico.com with, "Neither, I am an illiterate." But before writing off the likely Republican nominee as a Luddite or an old fogey, allow us to contemplate the idea that Mr. McCain might be smarter than we all think.

Without a computer, he has more time to spend with his family and friends, time that he might have squandered surfing the Internet. Without a computer, he doesn't have to worry about fixing it when it breaks, or spend time transferring all his data to a new machine when the old one becomes obsolete. He doesn't have to wait for the one day a year that the local government will accept the old machine in the trash, while also worrying about wiping all the confidential data off the old machine so as not to fall victim to identity theft. He doesn't have to spend hours on hold with "technical support," only to finally reach someone who can barely speak English who will blame the problem on someone else.
He doesn't have to worry about electric storms taking out his broadband service, about his computer being taken over by viruses or spyware. He doesn't have to worry about falling victim to an Internet "phishing" scam or about blocking pop-up ads, about whether he has downloaded and enabled the latest version of flash or java or Windows Media Player or Firefox. He doesn't have to worry about the federal government finding inappropriate pictures that someone else has stored on his hard drive or about opponents in civil litigation trying to move for discovery on all of his e-mail.

He doesn't have to suffer through reading and deleting silly jokes and pictures forwarded from distant relatives. He doesn't have to spend time reading status updates of Facebook "friends" who are really just remote acquaintances. He doesn't have to worry about what the bloggers are saying about him. He saves a lot of money on all the online shopping he isn't doing. He doesn't have to worry about his stock portfolio by checking it incessantly online; he can just think about it when his monthly or quarterly statement arrives in the mail. He doesn't have to worry about accidentally sending the confidential memo to the whole staff. Truth is, given all the advantages of going computer-free, it's a wonder Mr. McCain doesn't have more company.

I agree Micah,
Let's see - a president that understands that he doesn't know enough about a subject to honestly admit it...or someone who cho claims that they are up-to-date?
Let's be honest here - do we really want our president online anyway? Say Russia/China/etc.... really pisses him/her off at 3am and there isn't anyone around to proofread or filter.....can you say" Let's start a war over an e-mail" or inappropriate post???

Someone at that level has more than enough to worry about other than "Should I really get more up-to-speed on these newer programs or should I read the reports in the red-box?" Hmmmmm, I know what my preference is. They get to that level by having someone or multiple people t do that stuff for them - does a CEO do his own email, uh- no.

I get Ms. Russo's and "her minions out there" enthusiasm, however, in her/their rush to brand all those who don't use the internet as much as she/they do, it is forgotten that knowing about something and having to do something are two different things.
Obviously they've never had a real office job or been in the military or medical field or you'd know that everyone has to know certain basic procedures (such as emergency procedures, where the bathroom is, where the local restaurants are) but that doesn't mean you have to use them on a daily basis, e.g. not everyday is an emergency(no matter what the boss says); if you mostly travel for work or telecommute, you don't care where the bathrooms are; if you pack your lunch, you won't need a restaurant.Medical and military personnel all need to know certain basic facts, but just because my neurosurgeon doesn't use email doesn't mean I won't trust him to remove that tumor on my brain. Do I want a General sending an orer to attack through an e-mail? Ummmm, no.

I realize that the "Tracy's" of the world may think that these are simplistic examples, but so is their statement that you won't vote for a president who doesn't know how to use the internet.

I guess Ms. Russo didn't vote for Gore then either - even though he "created it" LOL