“The owner was Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democratic congressman from Texas and an admitted tech-geek,” Gavin reports. “‘I’ve always considered myself a techie,’ Cuellar told POLITICO. ‘I’m always looking for the newest technology out there and I’ve done that for many, many years. The iPad is just one of those fabulous pieces of equipment that’s available out there. First thing I do in the morning is get my cup of coffee and start reading the papers. … And at night, before I go to bed, I check my last e-mails and check to see if there’s any new stories online.'”
Gavin reports, “He says he’s not the only one toting the Apple gadget: ‘I’ve seen a couple of other members that have their iPads.'”
Full article here.
“If you were watching C-SPAN…”
So I’m guessing no one saw it.
See!!! Even trained monkeys can use an iPad….
Anyone want to guess the ratio of Mac v. WinBlows use, Democrats v. Republicans?
I’m guessing that the Republicans use the same logic on computer purchasing that they use on government spending- if it’s cheaper, it is INDUBITABLY better. “I mean, same or more ram, less cost . . . only a liberal would own one of those ‘More Pretty’ toys. Oh, and Steve Jobs probably worships the devil and unpatriotically pays his taxes in full . . . Apple should just import a cheaper CEO from China, but they won’t do it because that doesn’t makes sense to a liberal.”
@MT Truth
I wish more liberals used Windows 7. Hopefully that would give them problems nuking our country, just like it did for Iran.
Jesus H Christ I wish the White House would wake up and let everyone use Macs, iPad and iPhone at work. I would like to work for that Congressman. At our place we are stuck with circa 2003 Dell P.O.S. all in ones, with file servers that can literally freeze you you out of a word doc for 30 seconds out of every minute in track changes and local file systems so corrupted the antivirus crapware runs pretty much nonstop. And yet politics in this godforsaken country is so fucked up that the President spending a measly few million bucks on 21st century gear for his own people would be twisted by his opponents into some awful symbol of government run amuck rather than just people trying to get some shit done at the office like any other Joe Blow does all day. God help the USA.
If all Senators and Congressmen and their staffs were issued iPads, think of the millions of dollars the country would save in printing!
(Not to mention the trees.)
@White House Intern,
I’m sympathetic of the need to upgrade the White House computers, but maybe more Americans would be sympathetic if President Obama weren’t spending trillions like a drunken sailor.
Seriously, how can you work for this White House?
I’d watch it in the morning, but I have no agenda that encourages it…
Seriously, how can you work for this White House?
Well, maybe he/she has a sense of public service and prefers to go out there and make a difference in accordance with his/her political beliefs.
As opposed to being an armchair critic who believes that, if you don’t believe in his/her narrow world view, you shouldn’t do anything.
I hope this was an out of pocket expense, and not my tax dollar at work.
Maybe now they will be able to read the bills before they pass them.
Where is the MacBook or MacBookPro in which the screen is a detachable iPad? You can now dock your iPad into your MacBook/MacBookPro base when the full blown power of a laptop is needed. How nifty is that? Then simply pop the screen off when the ultra power portability of the iPad is what you’re after. Incredible!
Not all of us sailor’s were drunk! Well, quite a few anyway.
MT Truth
Don’t get too excited, he’s from Texas.
Probably more conservative than Olympia Snowe.
@Your_Mom_BluRay
“See!!! Even trained monkeys can use an iPad….”
haha 😀 love that one
@MCCFR
I wish MDN would implement a like button on here
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I wished editors would not use the word “podium” when what they mean is lectern. A podium is something you stand on, like a stage or riser, and a lectern is what you stand behind when speaking. Just saying….
dictionary.com lists the 3rd definition of podium as “lectern”
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Just saying….
Learn more about the iPad Congressional Caucus at
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37518.html
The political trolls are out in force today to spread their nasty insults,
Saw a National Geographic Doc on WH photographers last week and in the scenes I saw there were Mac Pros & iMacs on many places.
I have no doubt that Dells populate the place (GSA), but in a time of huge budget problems swapping out the entire WH would probably bring howls of protest. Anyone old enough to remember the bitchfest when Namcy Reagan ordered new China for the WH in the midst of a recession?
Uhhh… I think tech purchases are vastly different from plates and tea cups. #just sayin’
Not trying to troll. Perhaps I’m feeding them, but I just can’t resist. They’re soooo cute.
I’ll just leave this here…
http://reaganbushdebt.org/
Oh, and…
@MCCFR – Respect. You have mine.
@ Scott
“I hope this was an out of pocket expense, and not my tax dollar at work.”
Since its an Apple product, not matter how he got it we’ll be getting more mileage out of him
You need to be more specific. What country are you in? What state are you in if US? Store.apple.com/iPad you can buy from there. I don’t know about VAT either, that depends on country.
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