Topic: 2008 US Presidential Election
Profile photo: On March 5th, US President, Republican Bush (right) and Senator John McCain from Arizona attended a press conference at the White House in Washington. Bush announced at the White House on the 5th that he supported McCain in running for the next president, which indicated that McCain’s position as the Republican presidential candidate in this year’s general election was officially recognized by our party. Xinhua News Agency/Reuters
China. com: According to comprehensive reports, John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate in the United States, publicly revealed for the first time that he is trying to learn how to use a computer. At the same time, he admitted that he has never used email, and he did not particularly feel the need to use it.
In an interview with a reporter from The New York Times, USA, McCain revealed that at the age of 71, he has not given up learning some new things, and he is studying how to use computers very hard at present, which he believes will help him better serve the American people after being elected president. Mccain said that he has made great progress in learning to use computers, and he already knows how to switch computers on and off correctly and perform routine operations, including using some commonly used office software. However, McCain also admitted that he didn’t learn how to send and receive emails in the process of learning to use computers, and he had never used email to contact others before. Mccain said that e-mail is people using computers to ditch.
But he always felt that he didn’t need to use e-mail, but he wouldn’t rule out that he would choose to use e-mail to communicate with support in the future.
Although McCain is not proficient in computers, he is very concerned about the development of the Internet. He had previously said in a joking tone that he would use Google search engine to find a vice presidential running mate. When attending a fund-raising luncheon, McCain said that the Republican Party has listed a number of candidates for vice presidential running mate, and he has been actively negotiating with senior Republican Party officials on this matter recently. Mccain said in a joking tone that he would use Google search engine to investigate the popularity of these partners and select the deputy candidates who can win the Republican Party. Mccain said that Google’s search engine is very powerful, ranking first in the United States and even in the world, which can directly reflect public opinion. If you search for the name of the vice presidential candidate, you can know who is more popular with the American people from the interview results. Mccain said, "You know, it basically depends on Google. You can find everything you want on the Internet, which is really incredible."
In an interview with reporters, Frank Frankoff, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee of the United States and the president of Commission on Presidential Debates in 2008, said that this year was not a very favorable year for the Republican Party to run for the presidency. President Bush was very unpopular in the United States, and there were also many problems such as the Iraq war, high oil prices and the economy. If things get worse, the party to which the White House owner belongs will be held responsible. The presidential election is different from all other election rules. In other elections, the winner usually gets the most votes, but this is not the case in the US presidential election. Candidates will pay attention to each state and regard each state’s campaign as independent. So, when you look back on the election in 2000, Gorbi Bush won 550,000 more votes, but he still lost because Bush won 271 delegates. When the high-level meeting of the Republican Party is over, people can not only know who is the candidate for president and vice president, but also know the policy program of the political party, but under normal circumstances, these policies are not really implemented.
At the age of 71, McCain was selected by Time magazine as one of the 25 most influential people in America. In a recent opinion poll conducted by American media, about 19% of Americans think that McCain’s age is too old for running for president.
Editor: Li Xingcun