# McCain: "I Invented the BlackBerry."

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-i-invented-the-blackberry/463914>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 16, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-i-invented-the-blackberry/463914 "2008-09-16T23:51:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-i-invented-the-blackberry/463914/1 "2008-09-16T23:51:56Z")

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Not really, but let’s see if the press runs with it like they did the phony “Al Gore said he invented the internet” story (fat chance).

The story: [http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/16/mccain.blackberry/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/16/mccain.blackberry/index.html)

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-i-invented-the-blackberry/463914/2 "2008-09-16T23:58:07Z")

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Nothing personal, **Fiddle Peghead** , but I’m going to lock this. We do have [one MPSIMS thread mocking this statement](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=483615), and [a Pit thread decrying it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=483613). I think that pretty much covers the topic.