The "Techie" Vote?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 12, 2003 @01:13AM from the they're-just-starting-to-get-it dept.

Ironica writes "This Los Angeles Times article discusses a compelling trend: techies are making their collective voice heard in politics. Quote from the article: "After years as political agnostics, the programmers and engineers who orchestrated the technological revolution of the 1990s are trying to reboot government...They have money, earned during the boom. They have time, found since the bust. And they are using their technological savvy to recruit even casual Internet users to their causes." Perhaps instead of "boxers or briefs," our next presidential candidate will have to answer "POP3 or IMAP?""

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If you can't think of a better by Savatte · 2003-08-12 02:53 · Score: 1, Flamebait

question than POP3 or IMAP, you probably shouldn't be voting at all. A candidate's preferred email protocol has absolutely no bearing on the important issues. If you have the chance to ask such an inane question, why not make your question meaningful and ask about social security or welfare.
Re:Makes me feel important by buck-yar · 2003-08-12 04:42 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I have a really good joke for you lone_marauder.

What does Moveon.com and Al Gore have in common?

Al Gore probably didn't get any for a month after he lost.