September 12, 2008 10:10 AM PDT
Friday Poll: Is Obama the iPhone?
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As part of CNET News' election coverage, we thought we'd turn the Crave Friday Poll to a burning question on the minds of so many voters. If the two major presidential candidates were tech gadgets, which would they be? We'll start with Barack Obama and move on to John McCain next Friday. After all, we believe in equal opportunity (that's equal opportunity harassment) here.
If none of our poll options quite fits, in your view, be sure to suggest your own ideas in the Talkback section below. We know you'll come up with some great ones.
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If he were a SmartPhone he would be a BlackBerry; superior at communication, very reliable, isn't the prettiest (he called him self "funny looking" during his keynote speech) but has what really counts.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is that according to you and relating that to information I know from my self, if Obama was a Blackberry, He'd be great at first and then we start realizing that past presidents connected better and his ball will get gummed up every once in a while.
Thus, leading us into an argument which should have been stated at the beginning of this article: What does this have to do with anything? No intelligent thought process came from this and I want my 10 minutes back.
Cannot be a computer, since he admits he has no idea how to use a computer.
John McCain is two rusty tin cans connected by a piece of string.
1. Rotary dial phone
2. Central operator phone
3. Telegraph
4. Heliograph
5. Shouting
Sara Palin is more facebook with the fact that her "news feed" are very public to everyone.
Is Obama the iPhone?
Naaaaah.
That's just selling The One too short, old chap.
Obama is The One, aka The Messiah, aka Jesus Christ himself.
Hey Fried, why don't you simply resign and go work for the Obambi campiagn?
That way, at least you make it official, and you get paid for it too.
How's about it, then?
I'd much rather have a Top Gun, who's flown fighter jets under intense anti-aircraft fire from Soviet built Surface to Air Missiles, than a guy who can just open a browser or send emails, for president. Can Obambi fly fighter jets?
How many emails did George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and FDR send in their lifetimes?
If something modern that doesn't have to be age appropriate, probably Windows Me: rehashed crap that is somehow worse than the previous version.
You mean like the 2 bit community organizer, who spent his time working in the corrupt Chicago Democratic Party machine, including helping ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) fill the electoral register with fake, fraudulent voters?
Flying a fighter jet under intense enemy fire, being shot down, then tortured for 5 years, all in the service of your country, makes you a heck of a lot more qualified to be president then merely typing an email and clicking send.
The 2 are not even close. Not even on the same planet.
- by September 19, 2008 10:59 AM PDT
- As far as McCain goes, maybe the wheel isn't so bad. It is one technology that has stood the test of time, it hasn't required significant upgrades, it's dependable, does what it is supposed to... Yeah, I like that.
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