“Presidential candidates are touting widespread broadband as a boost for employment and rural education, but a close look at financial interests suggests tech policy may also be a campaign paycheck. Candidates for both of the major political parties are drawing contributions from the technology industry, and from communications firms in particular. But the proportion differs,” Emily Kumler reports for Medill News Service.
“Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts says universal broadband access is necessary for the country to rebuild its tech sector and increase employment in high tech industry. As of mid-June, 38 percent of the $2,415,894 Kerry has received from his top 20 donors has come from contributors with a strong interest in the technology sector, according to data collected by the Center for Responsive Politics,” Kumler reports.
“Meanwhile, 5 percent of the $5,886,487 provided by the top 20 contributors to the incumbent Republican candidate, President George Bush, comes from tech companies or lobbyists. The majority of Bush’s top contributors are financial firms that may have investments in the technology sector but are not directly acting on tech firms’ behalf. Another 5 percent, or $3,332,700, of Bush’s total contributions grouped by business sector came from the communications and electronics industry. At nearly $3.8 million, donations to the Kerry campaign from the communications and electronics industry nearly matched Bush’s, but they account for 9 percent of Kerry’s total donations,” Kumler reports. “Bush says broadband will facilitate a classroom in every living room, giving the most remote citizen access to a wealth of information and opportunity. The president has set the goal but has not outlined its execution other than imploring Congress to permanently ban Internet taxes.”
Full article here.
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President George W. Bush calls for universal broadband by 2007 – March 29, 2004
The Mac is Bush to Windows’ Clinton – October 25, 2002
Don’t forget Steve Job’s came on board to help Kerry. Tech sector has a big say in this Election
Yeah, but Kerry doesn’t use a computer, and his staff is all Windows. George Bush uses a Mac.
“Tech sectors has abig say in this Election.”
What a maroon.
>>Yeah, but Kerry doesn’t use a computer, and his staff is all Windows. George Bush uses a Mac.
Yeah, now we know that Macs are foolproof.
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hagar57. LOL!!!!
yeah, and the Segway is crashproof, too…
And the winner is … big business. And why not? They pay for it. Anyway, the relevant question here is: “Which is the Mac candidate? At least now I can complete the 4th P to what drives broadband [pornography, piracy, patches, and politics].
Re: “Yeah, now we know that Macs are foolproof”
OK, so George Bush, who is portrayed by some as a fool, makes the correct computer choice.
And Kerry, who is portrayed as being heaven sent by some, does not use a computer, but does have a Windows staff, and I am sure he is probably not even aware of it one way or the other.
hmmm, anyone see a pattern here?
“George Bush uses a Mac”
Yeah, he was also photographed with a fake Turkey in Iraq.
That’s where I come in.
Bush uses a Mac? I seem to remember this discussion before, and this association was made from a single photo.
In which, completely by coincidence, Bush found himself sitting at/near a Mac at the time the photo was taken.
Unless someone knows something else that I don’t…
Just trying to keep the facts straight (c:
I’m George Dubya Bush and I approve this commercial.
George Dubya Bush is not portrayed as stupid any more than Bill Clinton was portrayed as cheating on his wife. They are both accurate statements.
…and don’t give me that crap about his grades at Yale. The boy was pushed through by the system. Don’t tell me you don’t know dumb people with college degrees.
Dubya is an example of privilege. He was born on third base and truly believes he hit a triple.
GW has failed at everything his father has excelled in, from being a war hero to running a big business. The trend suggests he is doing a spectacular job of doing that again at the expense of this country.
Here we go again. You liberal, tree hugger, terrorist lovers are absolutely out of your minds. Keep blubbering away. You’re wrong and you only look more foolish every day and every time you open your mouths. You people are SICK!!!!!!!
I have to agree with Jayson. These poor soles are misdirected. George Bush is a saint. He will save the civilzed world from these terrorist mad men. I for one am very glad that he is taking the fight to them in their back yards. Bless George Bush.
GWB rocks! Let’s keep kicking terrorist butt!!!!!!!
Why is it that it’s always the same euro-trash bashing George Bush. Pretty obvious jealous pattern going on here.
I’m George W Bush and I approve this war and we shall call it Operation Iraqi Liberation (oh wait that turns into O.I.L), then I mean this war to show I can do more than my daddy (wait, I can’t say that! Thats the real reason!), I mean war for weapons of mass destruction (oh none of those were found?), then I mean a war because Iraq was allied with Al Queda (oh they weren’t?), then I mean a war to liberate the Iraqi people and we will torture and humiliate them to do it!
I also approve tax cuts for all my rich friends and myself which we will pay for by cutting programs that benefit people who are not rich. We will dupe them into accepting it by giving them small tax breaks too.
I also approve pulling out of the Kyoto accord and allowing big business to start polluting as they see fit because more than anything else I stand for Freedom!
to the person posing as George Bush,
you are ridiculous! most likely a jealous european.
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Randolph. I am American and I think George Bush sucks air. Your comment about europeans bashing him just serves to illustrate rather convincingly that dubya has done more to more to alienate the international community than any previous president. Why do you think that is? Please tell me why you think dubya has pissed off the world so much. And I don’t think jealousy will cut it since they could have been just as jealous at anytime previously (maybe more) and they were not this angry or this overtly against any other previous president.