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Why Romney Couldn't Attract High Tech

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:53 am
by MSimon
It is pretty obvious now that Romeney got second class tech help for his campaign even if he paid big money for it.

http://www.ecnmag.com/news/2013/03/gop- ... technology

The question I'm asking is why Romney couldn't attract the passionate talent and guidance Obama and the Democrats have.

http://reason.com/blog/2012/11/29/nate- ... silicon-va
Perhaps a different type of Republican candidate, one whose views on social policy were more in line with the tolerant and multicultural values of the Bay Area, and the youthful cultures of the leading companies here, could gather more support among information technology professionals.

Ron Paul, the libertarian-leaning Republican, raised about $42,000 from Google employees, considerably more than Mr. Romney did.
Well, yes. In fact, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has correctly warned that the GOP "risks extinction" unless it becomes more libertarian.

BTW it is interesting that a certain faction on the right has this former ACORN worker scared:
In the last year, I have been ramping up for the push to legalize marijuana in Illinois. For some reason my liberal friends are silent on this. Why?

Instead, Rand Paul is vocally in support of ending the drug war, or at least decriminalizing it. Is this what you want? Republicans to take up the mantle of legalization and rise to power on a wedge that will increasingly show democrats to be just as politically clueless as republicans?

But still, our democrat friends remain silent.

This is not right. Two states have voted to legalize Cannabis! Marijuana is the new swing vote. It’s time for liberals, and democrats to jump on this change. Don’t let republicans turn this into a wedge issue.
http://www.theweedblog.com/to-all-my-li ... wing-vote/

Re: Why Romney Couldn't Attract High Tech

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:12 pm
by DeltaV
This could result in a Demoblican vs. Republicrat cyber war, if there is truly any difference between the two.

Re: Why Romney Couldn't Attract High Tech

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:20 pm
by MSimon
DeltaV wrote:This could result in a Demoblican vs. Republicrat cyber war, if there is truly any difference between the two.
No. We have the Progressive Right and the Progressive Left. The common thread being - "There ought to be a law..." and "Government should..."

Re: Why Romney Couldn't Attract High Tech

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:52 pm
by DeltaV
Obviously, there's been some serious lawyerin' and governin' --

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Re: Why Romney Couldn't Attract High Tech

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:22 pm
by MSimon
DeltaV wrote:Obviously, there's been some serious lawyerin' and governin' --

http://static2.businessinsider.com/imag ... gnated.jpg
Quite so.

Re: Why Romney Couldn't Attract High Tech

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:47 am
by DeltaV
Interesting thing (in a fishy way) about that chart... The Apollo moon program didn't even cause a significant blip away from the exponential trend.

Meanwhile, a potential p-11B fusion future continues to be chump-changed...