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McCain vs. Obama on Tech Issues

Posted by timothy on from the six-v-half-a-dozen dept.

eldavojohn writes "Ars is running a brief article that looks at stances from Chuck Fish of McCain's campaign and Daniel Weitzner from Obama's in regards to technical issues that may cause us geeks to vote one way or the other. From openness vs. bandwidth in the net neutrality issue to those pesky National Security Letters, there's some key differences that just might play at least a small part in your vote. You may also remember our discussions on who is best for geeks."

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  1. Re:Has Obama been selected by DriedClexler · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Or Obama will need to majorly screw up in the next few weeks, like pull a Spitzer. Exactly. I swear, about the only thing that could take Obama down at this point, would be the revelation that he regularly attended the sermons of some preacher who, like, claims that the government engineered AIDS to wipe out blacks or something!
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  2. Re:method is more important than issues by EQ · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The problem is neither one of these idiots is one that will "follow the constitution and do little to hamper our freedoms".

    But Ii will say that the cult of personality being built around Obama scares me more than McCain's bluster.

    At least with McCain you know what you are fighting against.

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  3. Vote Hillary! by suck_burners_rice · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why is everyone ignoring Hillary?

    Bush #1, economy in the gutter. Clinton, economy booming. Bush #2, economy in the gutter. Is there a pattern here?

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  4. Re:probably a slight majority of americans by EastCoastSurfer · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And this how is this different than another group of Americans who will walk up and say "ok, who was the black guy again? oh yeah" and vote for the latest idiot from the democrats?

  5. it's them scheming democraps by rootpassbird · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    well, let's assume I represent the majority voter who's probably not even bothered about foreign policy as long as his son is not fighting in iraq.

    Who does he get as choices?
    1. mccain, white, war veteran, can protect america from "'em fuckin jihadis"
    2. a woman! to hell with color, size, shape, brains, personality, ethics, whatever else....
    3. a goddamn black with a different middle name.

    who do you think I'll vote for?

    this election is one long drama being played out to perfection.
    The choices decide the result much before the actual vote.
    Two-party is an illusion.
    The last one was stolen, this one is predecided.
    Wake up guys, we have a huge problem.

    [/conspiracytheory]

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  6. Who cares about tech issues by FranTaylor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Two of the supposed three candidates are gunning for war, war, war. We may not even have a tech industry to care about.

  7. Re:Has Obama been selected by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's pretty fucking cowardly.

    Because a lot of Americans might be racist, you have an excuse to be racist?

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