According to Mark Salter, of the McCain campaign, my Garmin Nuvi, although only a couple of years old, may indeed have an age issue. Read more below the fold
Even though I know my way around the streets of my little town fairly well, I still get a kick out of having my navigation system on in my car. Something about maps. They have always intrigued me since the days of trying to figure out why it took so long to drive the three inches on the map from Chicago to the Ohio River on the way to the grandparents' home in South Carolina.
Anyway, my poor Garmin Nuvi keeps thinking that there is a connection between two roads that would allow a "short cut" to get to my house from the local supermarket. Problem is - there is no access between the roads and thus no short cut. And it never learns differently. By all objective standards - it has "lost its bearings."
Now according to Mr. Salter (referenced above) this would suggest that my poor little Nuvi is old - and dare I say it - a tad demented.
It was "a not particularly clever way of raising John McCain's age as an issue," said Mark Salter, a McCain adviser, in an e-mailed statement.
"It is important to focus on what Senator Obama is attempting to do here," Salter added. "He is trying desperately to delegitimize the discussion of issues that raise legitimate questions about his judgment and preparedness to be President of the United States."
But just to clear the air. I do NOT believe my Nuvi is old, just that it has a bit of faulty programing ... just like Senator McCain seems to have some faulty "programing" when it comes to recognizing the difference between fantasy and reality. And in case we doubted that this "faulty programing" leading to losing one's bearings has nothing to do with age, we have this:
An Obama campaign spokesman shot back: "Clearly losing one's bearings has no relation to age, given this bizarre rant that Mark Salter just sent out."