Romney and G.O.P. Make Inroads in Silicon Valley

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/us/politics/romney-and-gop-make-inroads-in-silicon-valley.html

by michael_miller • 14 years ago

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davidw2• 14 years ago

Please leave politics to other web sites, thank you.

This article involves issues that directly involve silicon valley and other internet startup centers. Why would it not be appropriate for this site?

davidw2• 14 years ago

Because it's fundamentally about politics, which is a poisonous topic for communities like this.

rorrr• 14 years ago

SOPA / PIPA was mostly supported by democracts (35 vs 19 republicans).

https://projects.propublica.org/sopa/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_Congresspersons_who...

I'm extremely liberal, and hate GOP, but democrats really aren't that great when it comes to understanding the internet.

tzs• 14 years ago

> Mr. Andreessen’s office declined to comment for this article, but he, like other tech industry executives, have said they find Mr. Romney’s business background appealing.

I've never understood this. Running a country is significantly different from running a business. For instance, businesses can fire underperforming employees. A President, on the other hand, can't say "Louisiana, we spend $1.78 on you for every $1.00 we get back in taxes. It's just not working out. We need states to be more like New Jersey, where we only spend $0.61 per $1.00 we get back. Please pack you things, and the TSA will escort you to the Mexican or Canadian exit. We wish you the best of luck in finding citizenship in some other country, and we will be happy to write you a letter of recommendation".

The background I think would be most appealing for a President would be someone who in college double majored in history and something quantitative (a hard science, engineering, or economics at a school with a very mathematical economics program), went to law school, and worked in some field with international exposure.

lk145• 14 years ago

I don't know why any Silicon Valley entrepreneurs would put their faith Mitt Romney -- the guy who thinks Tesla Motors is a "loser" company, doesn't support net neutrality, demanded mandatory porn filters on computers (http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/24/could-romney-really-ban-por...), and is from a party that rabidly opposes immigration, science research, and science education. If the GOP candidate were a libertarian, I would understand, but what I don't get from this article is what Romney could possibly offer Silicon Valley other than the hand-wavy "business background".

Romney and G.O.P. Make Inroads in Silicon Valley

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