Comments on: Tech President Endorsement On Local Fox Affiliate

By: AFFILIATE CONSPIRACY

AFFILIATE CONSPIRACY — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:52:28 +0000

AFFILIATE CONSPIRACY…

Affiliate Conspiracy Is Being Launched By Eric Rockfeller On May 22nd…

By: Рыбалка

Рыбалка — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:21:19 +0000

Say it over and over until it becomes true.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:01:27 +0000

After reading and before watching I was expecting mass awkwardness - not the case at all. TV is very, very different and those lights get pretty hot. Early in the morning makes it 10x worse.

Nice job - segment looked good.

By: johns

johns — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:13:21 +0000

@16 (Sven) - I think this is ridiculous or stupid, whichever is worse. The premise that tech positions are valid criteria to select the next POTUS shows Silicon Valley for what it is: a mile wide and an inch deep.
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Agreed! It makes no sense to ignore a candidate’s whole package and focus on just your hot buttons. This just leads to uninformed voting and making poor choices. Many people did this in 2004 and reelected Bush purely on their fear of a “terrorist around every corner”. Do we want tech friendly president who is wrong on everything else that affects our lives? I think not.

As I’m sure the Ron Paul cult will do their best to out-vote everyone, here is a comparison chart of the positions of the major candidates on the major issues (and I included RP solely for the sake of argument, even though he has zero chance of getting nominated to run for the Republican party).

http://tinyurl.com/32qenp

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:38:21 +0000

Actually going back and reading through the comments…every comment here is positive - and others have noted deletions. Clean up your act TC, seriously.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:35:12 +0000

So how often are you guys censoring comments? Cause I’ve seen the ones critical of the vid removed over the past few days…being a blog that can dish criticism so easily on companies you should be able to take it as well from readers. just my two cents.

By: john

john — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:33:49 +0000

Good question Fake Steve.

I suspect Mike will make whatever selection he wants and will put himself out there as somehow speaking for lots of tech savvy people.

In the end, it’s always about Mike.

By: Abhishek Shrestha

Abhishek Shrestha — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:24:24 +0000

Hey the main video is not available.

By: Туризм и спорт

Туризм и спорт — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:22:47 +0000

Nice job Mike !

By: Fake Steve R

Fake Steve R — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:30:45 +0000

I’m confused as to how the voting on the site will factor into the candidate to endorse. Are we picking the candidate, or are you?

By: Gibson

Gibson — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:56:37 +0000

For more info on the “tech” president, check out http://www.techpresident.com. It is an interesting blog about how the campaigns are making use of technology. The current community / blogging / social media landscape is a perfect storm of opportunity to bring traditional politics online, yet few are making much headway…

By: iwantaniphone

iwantaniphone — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:03:32 +0000

@ Mark, as you can see Techmuch removed my response earlier. (as evidenced by the # mismatch) its their blog and as such they can do whatever they want with it, atleast i am not like the rest of “kiss ass” on here.

i have gone back and looked at quite a few posts and one thing is evident, for whatever reason most of these readers agree with everything Mike says..

feel free to delete this too. hahahaha

By: Brett

Brett — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 06:37:27 +0000

Congrats Mike! Love the idea as well, people get so wrapped up in graphically polarized issues of gay marriage, abortion, and other such things that they forget some of the key competencies we need in a leader for the next 4-8 years. Thanks for bringing technology into the debate again.

Also, I hope for the primaries the techcrunch staff looks at the interviews and makes some good decisions. Forget the polling since the 8 Ron Paul faithful are continually erasing their cookies to revote.

Also, as a small business owner…please don’t vote for Hillary, Obama, or Edwards, I can’t handle their taxation plans

By: Victor

Victor — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 06:00:29 +0000

Like most people here have said, congrats on getting the TV spots. And you present/speak very well. You did go to law school and I’m sure you have plenty of professional speaking experience. So, don’t be so humble about being on TV =p.

Congrats on helping to bridge the gap between politics and technology. Actually, SV sometimes seems to be so segregated from the rest of the world. It’s refreshing to see TC reach outside of SV, and to see the candidates respond is very encouraging.

By: RPM

RPM — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:45:12 +0000

Michael, your interview on Wednesday was with ABC news, at least according to the video that you linked to (not CBS as stated). Seems like something you should have remembered and/or easily spotted and corrected before posting this?

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:22:11 +0000

Good job Michael. It is understandable that interview of this magnitude could make people a bit nervous. I think you communicated well all the important issues.

By: Akkdio

Akkdio — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:20:46 +0000

Nice job Mike. Tech is pervasive so the nextpres views are important to consider. I also like your issues. I will take the time to cast my vote.

By: Joe T

Joe T — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:02:35 +0000

I would like to nominate my friend Ken Davitian (”Azamat Bagatov” from Borat) for president!!

By: Asurez Nieto

Asurez Nieto — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:29:05 +0000

Deadpoolers watching your show. Upset.

Congrats yourself.

By: JeffC

JeffC — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:05:54 +0000

Nice job on the interview. Very relaxed, knowledgeable, brief answers, quick on your feet … exactly how it should be done. And despite the general spitting toward traditional media, it’s still cool and beneficial to get TV exposure.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:48:06 +0000

Congrats on showing up on TV as a “net guru”… your progression in the online world is inspiring Michael.

Jon

By: Somewhat Frank

Somewhat Frank — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:40:39 +0000

Video: Forbes Top 25 Web Celebs…

The video I decided to highlight this week happens to showcase a friend of mine, TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington as he appeared on the San Francisco Bay area local Fox affiliate discussing being named one of the Forbes top 25 web celebs. Also notab…

By: Matt (Mad) Chider

Matt (Mad) Chider — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:22:51 +0000

Good Stuff Mike. I’ll be criticizing all the candidates as well…
but before that, wow the interviewer doesn’t know much about the internet at all

Mad Chider
http://www.chide.it

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:14:35 +0000

Gee, #21, Mike must be reeling - he’s never had a “shot to” his ego like that before.

And it should be ‘iwantaniphone’, not ‘iwantaiphone’

By: iwantaiphone

iwantaiphone — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:50:35 +0000

How is this news. a joke if you ask me. and who the hell cares which candidate you endorse, it wont a difference, the 648k people who read your blog dont even matter to the process and the ones that do, are only trolling.

so there you go a shot to your ego.