> not because he was a dinosaur who didn't understand
> the Internet
He may have had a good analogy, but I doubt that he understood the Internet. Comments like "my office sent me an Internet on Friday and I didn't get it until today" don't really imply good knowledge of the Internet. More likely the 'series of tubes' analogy was given to him by a staffer or lobbyist and he tried to run with it even though he didn't understand it.
While likely true, that's incidental to my point of perception mattering more than reality. I was unaware of the "sent me an Internet" comment, but I'm hardly surprised. The man was not known for verbal acuity.
