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A Look At Joe Biden's Tech Voting Record

Posted by Soulskill on from the but-did-he-invent-the-internet? dept.

Aviran brings us an analysis of Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden's voting record on technology issues. CNet breaks down the issues by category and provides details on the tech-related legislation he's introduced in the past several years. Biden received a score of 37.5% on CNet's 2006 technology voter guide. We've discussed the technology stances of McCain and Obama in the past.

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  1. My thoughts on US politics right now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Fuck McCain
    Fuck Obama

    1. Re:My thoughts on US politics right now by bsDaemon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      I say this as a guy with a Libertarian Party card in his wallet -- Bob Barr is worse than either Obama or McCain. He's fucking crazy -- seriously.

    2. Re:My thoughts on US politics right now by cayenne8 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
      "and the poor get shafted, myself for an example, i was denied disability, despite having a serious mental illness twice, it wasn't until i had a lawyer who takes 25% of my back pay that they'd even seriously consider my claim. Arguably i've never been able to handle any kind of stressful work with my illness, and i also dislike physical but menial labor... i also have a hard time budgeting, again because of my mental illness, but until i got a lawyer, they system was rigged against me getting needed benefits to cover the cost of my food, my medicine, etc. fortunately i was able to get the meds for free, because i'm unable to work and they only look at my income, and when a charity housing specifically designed for people with disabilities had an opening i then qualified for food stamps etc (instead of relying on my parents for food etc.)

      and i still haven't gotten my money, but the hearing is going to be scheduled shortly where the lawyer will earn his living getting me disability... and the sad thing is, my disability from fed and state is around $700 a month, it's so low that once i have disability i'm allowed to work part time, like at a fast food. at least i'll have affordable living, because my rent will be 30% of my income, whatever that is. but food is my biggest fear, they won't raise my disability just because food costs go up. and my food stamps will be down to like $10 or $20 a month, because i have disability income."

      Apparently, you have enough money to afford luxuries like a computer and an internet connection....

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  2. Re:Who gives a flaming fuck? by wellingj · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Your an idiot. Or a troll. Or an Idiot-Troll.

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  3. Obama should have picked a Mexican VP by Mex · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That lowers his chances of being a target for crazy nutjobs, because if Obama goes, who would want a mexican Vicepresident? ; )

  4. Re:Change by Zeinfeld · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    And you're lecturing about ad hominem attacks?

    Since you asked, I will. Ad Hominem is a logical fallacy, it takes the form "John McCain argues X', 'John McCain is senile', therefore 'X must be false'. That is an ad hominem fallacy, I did not make an argument of that form.

    The question at issue here is suitability for office, McCain is a candidate. In this situation 'John McCain is senile' or 'John McCain with his seven houses is out of touch with ordinary Americans' are not 'ad hominem' fallacies but entirely relevant issues.

    Nor can McCain complain, since he has spent $5 million attacking Obama as a 'celebrity' - or rather that is what he claimed to be doing. In actual fact what the slime merchants he hired were really up to was the old 'race-baiting' trick. The not so subtle undertone to the 'celebrity' ad was 'black men want to rape white women, thats why McCain's slime merchants showed Obama next to Britney Spears (a Republican known for her promiscuous sexual behavior) and Paris Hilton (parents Republican, notorious for her promiscuous sexual behavior). The idea was that Obama would respond to this racist ad as racist and McCain would then reply with the reverse-racism bid for sympathy.

    The same slime merchants McCain hired did the exact same thing to Harold Ford with a series of race baiting ads 'Fancy Ford'. They tried the same on Obama util David Gergen belled the cat pointing out that the real message of the ad was 'uppity'.

    Far from being a self-assertive warrior, McCain is a pathetic broken shell of a man who wants to be elected out of sympathy. Any time he gets asked a difficult question he tries to dodge it by talking about his POW days: "Bleat, bleat, oh have pity on this poor vet, don't hit me, don't ask me diffcult questions, bleat, sob, blubber".

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  5. Re:NOTA by InsaneProcessor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    An electoral college that doesn't represent the popular vote is little better than establishing a monarchy by divine providence.

    Then go and start your own country. This is the way this country was founded and those of us that understand that are good with it!

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  6. Re:Some people just don't understand by sumdumass · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Lol.. you wouldn't know a point if it poked you in the arm. Now go back to sleep and let the world move on around you. Just don't be surprised when it looks different.