Apple’s trademarked phrase “There’s an app for that” became political cannon fodder after a Republican candidate called out a Democrat for breaking the rules of a televised debate by looking at a text message.
The best part?
Even though the device delivering that text-message bomb turned out to be a Droid, the Republican posted a doctored photo of his rival and an iPhone calling her an “iCheat.”
Here’s what happened: during a break in the CNN debate, while the two Florida frontrunners for governor get those pesky shiny spots dusted with powder, Democratic candidate Alex Sink’s aide shows her a text message.
Her opponent, Republican Rick Scott spies from beneath the tattooed arm of his makeup gal and points at her. Then asks a CNN staffer if its ok that “we can have people who work for us come give us messages?” The staffer replies no, then the debate goes back on air.
While Scott may not seem super tech savvy — first he tells the CNN staffer it’s a Blackberry, then on air he stumbles calling it an iPod-iPad — his crying foul still managed to get some media traction.
“Alex you say you always follow the rules. The rule was, no one was supposed to give us messages during the break and your campaign did with an iPad—iPod.” It’s unclear whether these cries of “iCheat” will have any effect on voters.
But one thing is for sure, the Droid’s debut in politics caused collateral damage to the campaign adviser who texted Sink during the break.
“After the debate tonight, one of my campaign advisers admitted he tried to communicate with me during one of the breaks… it was a foolish thing to do. It violated a debate agreement and I immediately removed him from the campaign,” said Sink in a statement.
