techcrunch readers: if you are so fickle that a last minute post from a tech blogger sways your political leaning, you probably shouldn’t be allowed to vote.

MIKE, your blog is good and i read it everyday. but that doesn’t mean sometimes i worry about your sanity. the comments on this article made by you are mostly very absurd and it makes me a little concerned. i have seen a few other threads in the preceding months too, when you have been put in a position to defend yourself, and you have gone all absurd writing weird things in reply.

perhaps its best to stick to what you are good at/ can defend if a public outcry breaks out. otherwise, at least get some sleep buddy. and take care of yourself, get a damn girlfriend if you have to. personal relationships are even more important than tech entrepreneurship you know. stay healthy, i think the IT community the world over cares about you. don’t go nuts on us.

thanks!

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In my experience, I have only met 1 Obama supporter who could actually explain her support for Obama without using the words “hope”, “change”, or “inspire”. Whenever I have asked an Obama supporter to tell me something specific that he or she likes about Obama (besides hope, change, or “he inspires me”), I find it hard to get an answer. Most of the time, it’s just silence followed by “He inspires me.”

You got it wrong. You should correct your mistake. Nothing wrong with that.

Murali

Tommy
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You all are a bunch of windbags Who the hell cares?

I do understand the **drive-by Hannity** that Mike just hit Obama with. I have to admit it did cause me to raise an eyebrow when I read it. Mike’s not dumb – he knew **exactly** what he was doing and he knew he’d get a rise out of ya’ll (pretty good move Mike – I have to admit).

In closing I’d like to share a bit of age old wisdom to my fellow Obama supporters. When it comes to Barack there are 3 types of people out there:

1. Those that share you passion for either Barack or what you feel he represents.

2. Those that no matter what you say, will always believe that Barack Obama is:
a. a communist
b. a socialist
c. a terrorist
d. a radical
e. an arab (how else do you explain his name??)
e. a redistributing wealth spreader
f. a black liberation theology zealot with latent “The Spook who sat by the door” aspirations.
e. the anti-Christ
f. all of the above

3. Then there are folks that carefully weigh their opinions of Barack (and McCain for that matter) based on what they actually *see* him do and *hear* him say – not what someone *said* he did or *translated/reinterpreted* what he said.

These are the folks that are turned off by Keith Oberman **and** Sean Hannity – because in the end they figured out that both are actually **making lots of money** touting their fringe quasi political views. It’s all part of the “bread and circus” continuum. It’s Jerry Springer and Cheaters wrapped in broadcast/cable journalistic programming!! If it weren’t so recklessly stupid – it would be brilliantly hilarious.

Again – kudos to Michael for *peeping* the game and with pimp-like precision! While I’m not impressed, I must admit; well done!!

abitv

I guess that’s the part that makes it hard for me to believe. The only conclusion I’d make is that the comment would be a crack about her appearance, “lipstick” making it about her and not McCain because it’s a woman’s cosmetic, and “pig” being the insult. Is that the common belief about the comment?

In context, I don’t think that makes sense. I guess I just want to understand the opposing viewpoint.

According to our friends over @ TechCrunch the facebook search module is on the fritz again.

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Do you truly believe that simply because Palin had made a joke about lipstick, that any comment about lipstick made afterwards is about her?? That would be like McDonalds suing John McCain because he had a ‘Mc’ in his name…