'Gates for President' Group Gives Up

netbuzz writes "Dilbert creator Scott Adams had done his best to make this fantasy (or nightmare, depending on your point of view) a viable notion, but after three months of trying the group's leader has acknowledged that it's unlikely Gates will give up his current gig. They've tossed in the towel." Here is our original coverage of this ill-conceived plan.

Comments

Re:Why would he?

[Anonymous Coward]

Seriously. When the President of China came to Washington state, he met with Gates at his own home. The Governor was an 'invited guest'. Gates has more power as a businessman than he ever would as a politician.

Re:Why would he?

[Stormwatch]

When the President of China came to Washington state, he met with Gates at his own home. The Governor was an 'invited guest'.

Maybe that was because he wanted to see Gates' place? You know, it sure is a really nice house.

Well...in some circles...

[HungWeiLo]

When Chinese president Hu Jintao came to the U.S. for a state visit last year, he visited Bill Gates before going on to visit GWB.

Mr Hu goes to Washington (after he's seen Bill Gates and the Boeing factory)

Re:Not a Microsoft fan, but better than neo-cons

[rbanffy]

Seriously, you want an evil genius as president?

Not only he is unbelievably rich and powerful, but he is responsible for nearly every kind of almost-but-not-quite criminal corporate misconduct in the book and then inventing some. He recklessly and shamelessly exploits everyone and everything he can to benefit himself and the company he sees as an extention of himself.

And you want to give him, in addition to everything he already has, the position of commander of the armed forces.

You gotta be kidding.

Re:Why would he?

[rtb61]

Now doesn't that really depend upon how much you can supplement you basic presidential salary whilst in office. Even the current vice president currently makes far more from his previous and current business associations than his base pay and that the current presidents decisions, that seem to some how, accidentally, for no real reason at all, favour those business associations, has nothing at all to do with the vice presidents new found wealth.

I mean rumour has it, that the goal of a war with Iran has more to do with cutting off the supply of Iranian oil and achieving a price target $90 barrel for oil (which for no real apparent reason accidentally favours the current presidents business relationships) rather than WMDs which autocrats love to make lots of noise about but fear to use because they will end up being personally targeted by those same weapons.

Now of course Bill would make no money from M$ software being made compulsory in every US government department, every US school and every US business. Personally I don't see Bill being interested in any kind of silly nonsense like that, but billy goat ballmer would be whole different story, he would leap at the opportunity and just think how entertaining he would end up becoming, an all new, all singing, all dancing US president, and as a bonus, chair throwing would become a new national sport, cool ;-))) (well at least it is funny from my point of view, not being an American).