Friday, February 27, 2009

Recovery.biden

In yet another slip of the Biden tongue, he's apparently reveling in his role of Old Man Capitol to Obama's Internet Savvy Outsider.

see clip on CNN

It's a "web address" Joe - not a "web number." I'd also accept "URL" as a response.

This single word faux pas has the internet lampooning Biden in much the same way Bush was skewered throughout his tenure for not *quite* getting that whole World Wide Web thing. Biden also pointed any number of people to the wrong site when he quoted the domain as Recovery.com vs. the actual Recovery.gov during a press conference. Sure it's an easy mistake to make, but when you've got an audience like the White House press corps at your feet, you want to nail that home run. Let's increase some web traffic, Joe!

Careful, everyone. Particularly those of us (I'm looking at you, politicians of a certain age) who aren't completely comfortable with the lingo or maybe even the entire concept of the internet. Whether or not you like it, you should respect its omnipresent impact on our lives. Especially its uncanny ability for sharing a verbal slip like this one!

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