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NYT: Obama is Mac, Clinton is PC
The NYT interviewed several people, including Alice Twemlow, the chairwoman of the M.F.A. program at the School of Visual Arts and a Mac user. "With Obama's site, all the features and elements are seamlessly integrated, just like the experience of using a program on a Macintosh computer," said Twemlow.
It is no doubt that the candidates in this year's elections are using technology to their advantage. As an additional and interesting note, the NYT endorsed Hillary Clinton as their pick in the 2008 election. What do you think? Be sure to sound off in the comments.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Jeff Kirk said 9:36PM on 2-04-2008
Well, I'm a Republican....but I respect Obama A LOT MORE. I'm glad to be on the same side he is when it comes to computers.
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Tyler Darko said 6:11AM on 2-05-2008
A REPUBLICAN with a MAC?
What?
;)
DJCarbon43 said 10:45PM on 2-04-2008
I think you aren't alone in that sentiment. A McCain Obama ticket would be very interesting...
A lot of cons I know seem to prefer him for some reason.
As an aside, whats up with Hillary's website not having all 50 states? Is PA not good enough for her? :O
Vince said 11:30PM on 2-04-2008
A McCain Obama ticket? Are you kidding? John McCain is not going to run with a Democratic VP and Obama is definitely not going to run with a Republican. There is not a cold chance in hell. Anyway, Obama will be the Democratic nominee, so he won't be available to run on anyone's ticket.
Jay said 1:02AM on 2-05-2008
@ Vince
Not to turn this into a political debate, but Ron Paul supporters
include some of the brightest economists in the nation. You just
don't hear about them because the ones with all the corporate funds
are lining up behind Obama to push their ulterior motives through
Obama-supported CFR policies, etc.
Yes, many of the Paul supporters are simply caught up in the hype.
But as an American who fully understands what each candidate stands
for (and the policies they plan to implement), I don't see how you
could NOT support Ron Paul. Basically, if you don't, I would venture
so far as to say that you're everything corporate America wants you to
be: a dumb sheep stuck up in a little hole of American pride.
Do some real research on a political candidate's policies, their
background, and their key supporters before running at the mouth.
Thanks :)
Jay
DJCarbon43 said 2:47AM on 2-05-2008
@Vince
Really??? Gee golly thanks!
StrangeBum said 10:36AM on 2-05-2008
@ Jay
Hell yes! Ron Paul has always been my candidate of choice. The only reason that I have not and will not vote for him is simple though. He doesn't have a rat's ass chance in hell of winning this presidency. He may have the best values around, but he just does not have the support nor the media coverage that he deserves.
Maybe one day Libertarians will actually band together in a bigger fashion and get a candidate like Ron Paul into office. But until that day, I will be a guerrilla supporter but will not waste a vote on something I know has no chance.
So Obama was my pick in today's primaries here in AZ. May good fortune come to America soon.
Brady Williams said 9:47PM on 2-04-2008
Barack Obama has a good website but i feel like it bombards you with becoming a volunteer which is bad in some ways but easy to figure out how to be a volunteer but it is very well laid out and easy to find whatever you want
one problem with it is that you have to do alot of scrolling one thing a teacher said in a tech class of mine is you dont want to make the reader do much scrolling which isnt always true but i think in a political website where you want to get all the facts out really fast it makes sense
Hillary Clintons website bombards you with a video almost like when going onto a myspace page and you get bombarded with music and worse yet there is no way to stop it again you have to scroll to go to the main page which i didnt find at first making it dificult to leave the ask a question page the scrolling on her page is good because the text makes you want to read it making it neccessary to scroll but still has to big of a header
Well thats pretty much it from one of the biggest comments ive ever wrote
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matt said 4:01AM on 2-05-2008
Hillary Clinton's website does not ordinarily do so--tonight was a poor choice for this article, as Sen. Clinton hosted a live, nationwide "town hall" on her website.
Tuning in tonight was just like turning on the TV to whatever cable channel would have been carrying the event.
Anyone making a real determination on the candidates based on the look of their website--which neither places as a top priority (fortunately!) would be doing themselves a serious disservice.
MrBlank said 9:50PM on 2-04-2008
What do I think? I think that's the most pointless comparison of two political candidates I've ever seen.
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artifex said 10:49PM on 2-04-2008
you must have missed boxers vs. briefs (vs. "Depends")
db cooper said 9:55PM on 2-04-2008
Web presence notwithstanding, the only candidate who truly thinks different is Ron Paul.
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thethirdmoose said 10:06PM on 2-04-2008
Woot! Gold standard FTW!!! We don't need that research funding!!!
right? guys?? guyyyss???
Nick said 10:03PM on 2-04-2008
That means Ron Paul must be Linux!
Difficult to understand at first, but once you learn more, you truly begin to appreciate it. The open source-ness of Linux is mirrored by Ron Paul's message of liberty and freedom! :)
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thethirdmoose said 10:10PM on 2-04-2008
Yes, like the liberty to not have an abortion? the liberty to have the US sink into obscurity because of the lack of any and all research funding? the liberty to have our economy suck because of the gold standard?
Vince said 11:33PM on 2-04-2008
I'm sick and tired of all of this Ron Paul crap. Ron Paul supporters are the most naive group of people that I've ever seen.
Nick said 11:50PM on 2-04-2008
@ thethirdmoose:
The government does *not* need to fund research projects for discovery and innovation to take place. In fact, if the government would get it's ass out of research and allow for a freer market, private organizations would step in and do research without having to delve into taxpayer money. Research benefits these organizations, so they would clearly be willing to do it without government funding.
Don't think for a second that the United States government is doing a net favor to research. If they'd get their hands off of stem cell research we'd see some truly amazing technological advancements coming from privately funded research.
Besides, the gov't *doesn't have any money* to be funding research projects. We're going bankrupt. Explain to me, a U.S. taxpayer, why the government should be taking my money and investing it in research that is best left to non-government organizations?
Oh, yea... Ron Paul 2008!
andrewh said 12:55AM on 2-05-2008
You're pretty naive to think that big corporations are just going to 'do research' and then benevolently hand it over without making a buck off it first, and even then they may not ever release their results.
No results = no shoulders to stand on = a declining research environment.
Governments are able to fund research that may not be profitable in the short term, if ever. Their 'wasteful' attitude towards research is genuinely needed here because the fact of the matter is that research is resource intensive and time consuming with little guarantee of success. Companies & private interests don't like those odds; Properly run, fiscally responsible governments can absorb them.
mrengles said 10:53PM on 2-04-2008
They both remind me of PC.
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dagamer34 said 10:09PM on 2-04-2008
Linux has been around for 20 years and still polls in the single digits, just like Ron Paul.
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