Algorithm Names Powell 'Ideal' Vice President Candidate

CWmike writes "Turns out the ideal vice presidential candidate for Sen. John McCain is the same person as the ideal vice presidential candidate for Sen. Barack Obama, according to a sophisticated online survey based on technology developed at MIT. Mr. Ideal? Colin Powell, a former U.S. Army general and former secretary of state. Affinnova's survey methods doesn't use the typical polling method of asking respondents to pick a name from a list. Instead, it gives respondents larger concepts, including photos, biographical information and possible first-term priorities. Affinnova calls this algorithm 'evolutionary optimization.' Steve Lamoureaux, the company's chief innovation officer, said of the VP finding: 'We never imagined that the same candidate would show up for both parties.'"

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Re:Who does age matter to?

[Idiomatick]

Its not physical aging thats the problem. Its that he is out of touch with reality. Which could lead to regression. Alot of people in McCains age group are racist, religious, sexist, homophobic and hold hatred toward countries for things that occured 70years ago. This doesnt apply to all old people but alot of them apply to mccain so i think 'hes to old' sums up his faults quickly. Its like calling microsoft a dinosaur, it has nothing to do with physical health. Anyways, if we intend to move forwards we can't be pushing backwards conservative views.

Powell: Liar

[Doc Ruby]

No, I'm not just talking about how Colin Powell kicked off his military/political career whitewashing the My Lai massacre in Vietnam. I'm talking about him waving around those fake vials in the UN, lying us into the Iraq War.

How can anyone possibly consider giving that bloody old liar the keys to the Cheney Bunker?