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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. Barack Obama's Plan by dalmiroy2k · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you have time there are some interesting points here:

    http://www.barackobama.com/issues/technology/

  2. Re:Do you really think they have opinions? by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Informative

    doubt either one of these guys has the background or passion for tech to really have well thought out, firm ideas on any tech issues

    I can't speak for McCain, but go watch Obama at Google and tell me that he has no passion for tech issues. Half of his broader economic plan boils down to putting our faith in science and technology again -- we'll never be competitive with China at building toys out of injection-molded plastic -- we can be competitive in the technological arena.

    Half the reason I started following him back before it was popular was because he was one of the few candidates that I heard that even acknowledges the war on science and all the ill effects that we've suffered as a result.

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  3. Re:What about the other candidates? by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 5, Informative

    Obama and McCain want to put potsmokers in prison.

    Obama has indicated a willingness to halt the DEA raids on dispensaries in California. He and Bob Barr (Libertarian) favor letting states handle the issue. Obama still wants the FDA involved somewhere; I'm not sure about Barr. McCain has waffled but apparently endorses the current Bush Administration policy. link

  4. Re:Send These Clowns a Message! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    that joke could have been modded "interesting" if we were speaking of Italy...

    our situation is just like the upper post... sigh...
    we've even called (nation-vide) the 2 candidates "Veltrusconi" ( Veltroni + Berlusconi), since they're just the same....

    they had the same program, their parties have almost identical names (pd vs. pdl), and the "opposition" actually said that they won't oppose...

    uhm...time to change country, i guess...

  5. Re:A lot can be seen from their choice of advisor. by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't know which is which, but I know which one asked Steve Ballmer to be his technical advisor. Knowing that, NOW which one would you pick?

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