'I'm hot, I'm hip,' says 78-year-old senator explaining email habits

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) caused a bit of a stir last weekend when he claimed to have never sent an email. That admission put Graham at odds with most of his peers, including Maryland's Barbara Mikulski (D), who scoffed at those who "want to cling to papyrus and stylus."

"Yes, of course I email," the septuagenarian senator told The New York Times. "I'm modern, I'm contemporary, I'm hot, I'm hip."

The Times article is full of other amusing nuggets about lawmakers' embrace or rejection of email. Read it here.

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