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McCain 'invented BlackBerry', says his key adviser
London, Sept.17 (ANI): A senior policy adviser to Republican presidential nominee and Senator John McCain has claimed that he helped create the modern-day "miracle" known as the BlackBerry.
The Telegraph quoted Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the Republican presidential candidate's economics guru, as saying that McCain had the required experience and leadership to discuss and resolve economic issues, including issues related to telecommunications industry.
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When pressed on McCain's achievements on the Senate Commerce Committee, Holtz-Eakin pulled out his BlackBerry personal digital assistant and declared: "You're looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create."It is another matter that the 72-year-old McCain does not know how to use a computer and cannot send emails, one of the BlackBerry's prime unctions.
Holtz-Eakin said McCain's handling of regulation and deregulation of the telecommunications industry in particular equipped him to revive the economy amid a mortgage crisis, energy crisis and Wall Street meltdown. (ANI)
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