OT: Which OS do the candidates run? republican or democratic hitchhiker?

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 14:54 -0400, max bianco wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:09 PM,  <rlengland at verizon.net> wrote:
> > >From: max bianco <maximilianbianco at gmail.com>
> >  >Date: 2008/04/07 Mon PM 12:48:46 CDT
> >  >To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >  >Subject: Re: OT: Which OS do the candidates run? republican or democratic      hitchhiker?
> >
> >
> >
> >  >On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com> wrote:
> >  >> Ric Moore wrote:
> >  >>
> >  >> > On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 09:29 -0400, max bianco wrote:
> >  >> >
> >  >> > > I am an independent and I don't care what OS the candidates run as
> >  >> > > long as they help straighten out this mess! I doubt in the end that
> >  >> > > any of them will do anything useful.
> >  >> > >
> >  >> >
> >  >> > True, true, but it would be useful for the next President to have an
> >  >> > Open-Source mindset for a change! Couldn't hurt. Nosirree! Ric
> >  >> >
> >  >> >
> >  >>  Hell with mindset, I'd settle for a working *mind*... as one of the online
> >  >> cartoons noted, it's a thrill to have a candidate who can speak in complete
> >  >> sentences.
> >  >>
> >  >
> >  >Actually if they were all mute I think we might be better off. I am
> >  >tired of hearing why I shouldn't vote for the other guy, how about
> >  >someone gives me a reason to vote for them without slamming the
> >  >competition! Now that would be something!!
> >  >
> >  >Max
> >  >
> >
> >  Are you hearing this in the context of a presentation by the candidate first hand or as a >sound-byte presented by the news media or the oppositions organization?
> >
> The candidates hide behind their campaigns so often they won't say it
> themselves but the campaign spokesman or an aide will say it. To me
> its all the same, it is the candidates campaign so saying that it
> wasn't Obama or Clinton or McCain that actually said it doesn't matter
> to me because they should be controlling who says what and when, if
> they cannot control the people that work for them now what makes you
> think they will have any control when one of them makes it to the
> white house.
> 
> >  The two candidates I've heard, spent very little time, tearing down their opposition (though >I admit it was there) than they did attempting to present their vision and goals (but not so >much the plan, when I heard them).
> >
> 
> They are all full of grandiose visions and ideas but who's going to
> pay for it all? That's the real key! It's nice to talk about new
> programs and healthcare reforms etc....but where is the money coming
> from?
> 
> >  I am suspicious of the media, these days (especially TV) because they are controlled by >business interests who want them to sell air time and nothing draws listeners like >controversy (or so they think).
> 
> The media doesn't help matters that's for sure.

Can we *please* stop this? At least the endless reminiscing on the punch
cards thread might be tangentially interesting to members of this list,
if you close one eye and squint a bit, but rabbiting on about the US
elections is so OT it's not funny, especially to those of us -- more
than a few I suspect -- who are not from the US.

poc