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The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

Indio — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:05:05 EST

*more extensive than Obama's my bad

GOPBack...your screenname is politically motivated, and you're whining about someone supporting a candidate?

Awww, a little conservative got his fweewings hwut.

Indio

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

Indio — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:02:21 EST

Racist people...indeed.

Obama falls in this camp; if he doesn't, then he ought to be given honorary membership for having this memo "leaked" about Clinton's purported racism (then read the next where he regrets letting the memo be "leaked":

[www.huffingtonpost.com]

[tpmelectioncentral.com]

The 4 comments by the Clinton's are "racially sensitive". Really? I thought that Hillary's were based in actual history.

More than that, Hillary's platform is more extensive than Hillary's:

[www.hillaryclinton.com]

I'm sorry but I will NEVER vote for a race baiting politician who calls himself a uniter than pursues a line of racism campaigning with the media.

Ever.

Indio

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BradBot — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:07:07 EST

Hahah, I saw this on TV and got a good laugh out of it.

@hun_nomin: Funny, your comments themselves are rather racist.

Maybe it's just cause I'm white, but what is with your posts?

First, I only read one comment before your post that could be considered racist, but maybe that's cause I'm an ignorant white man.

Secondly, you're assuming this blog is used primarily by white people, but how could you possibly know that?

Third, you allude that white people, or at least the majority of them, are racist.

I hope you appreciate the numbered format of my post; I thought it best because you're obviously an idiot.

Racist people, such as yourself, are infecting every race be it white, black, asian and everything in between.

BradBot

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thechansen — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:54:20 EST

@GOPBACK:
Are you serious? Please, by all means, leave. The fact that you are so up tight conservative that you need to get your gadget news from the people who may or may not be liberal, you may in fact be an asshole. I've been coming to gizmodo for a while now and I haven't really picked up on anything "liberal" other than a few jokes here and there. When politics and tech collide, such as the case with the Obama and his stance on technology, isn't it within a blogs right, or in fact it's duty to report on it? Reporters of all nature have some sort of bias (aka everyone has opinion, even you), and almost every news story now a days has some sort of opinion in the article. If you only read one news source yeah that bias can hurt you in making an informed decision. Yeah I consider myself a liberal but that doesn't stop me from watching Fox news or reading Michelle Malkin's blog. You need to weigh arguments vs their counter arguments to make informed decisions. Liberal and Conservative media work hand in glove to make democratic choices possible. As long as the public is wise enough to listen to rational from both sides of an issue.

I just try to avoid the side of the aisle that has the most religious fundamentalist on it, because political leaders like that are kinda the reason why Iran and Saudi Arabia are so dang fun! And the fact that you have the lunatics on the conservative side saying that if you support a woman's right to choose, youre a "Godless faggot liberal".

If Giz wants to BanHammer my ass for this post I'll take it with a smile. But if this prick wants to attack a humorous post and this site in general, because you guys reported on a presidential candidate that isn't in his party, who just happens to have a progressive stance on technology, which is the very heart of this website, then I'll go down fighting.

thechansen

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

nappleheaded — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:57:26 EST

Steve Jobs as our country's first CTO??!!?? Sounds good to me.

nappleheaded

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

diablofreak — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:55:08 EST

if obama were president apple will move itself to canada

diablofreak

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

GOPBACK — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:31:01 EST

I love Gizmodo, but you guys are so disgustingly liberal that I'm always on the lookout for a political-free (or perhaps right-of-center one) gadget blog to replace you. Obama? Please...

GOPBACK

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

kittenman — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:26:21 EST

all sounds cool till Oprah...

kittenman

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

BostonK — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:22:40 EST

BARACK OBAMBA FTW

BostonK

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

spoindexter — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:08:46 EST

@j0hneb0y81: Actually, I understood the sarcasm from other posters, but thought they were laughing at Obama's pandering, not his expansive view of executive power. Two different things. Cheers.

spoindexter

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spoindexter — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:06:59 EST

@djdare: Ding ding ding! We have a winner. I was merely illustrating absurdity. Now, where's me tinfoil hat... must find it before THEY find me!

spoindexter

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

djdare — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:58:06 EST

@j0hneb0y81: uh I think he was going for sarcasm there on top of the sarcasm of the article, or sarcasm squared. and on top of that, he was still able to be topical, and speak the truth.

djdare

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

j0hneb0y81 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:21:28 EST

@ SPOINDEXTER...
apparently your tin foil hat is blocking the "sarcasm/obvious joke" waves..

j0hneb0y81

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

spoindexter — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:12:56 EST

Funny no one hear thinks it's a tad frightening that a serious contender for US President thinks it is within his right to dictate to private entities when they can or can't release new products into the marketplace. Does no one think that that kind of control of "free" markets is a bad thing?

This isn't just pandering by some politician, this guy actually believes this crap. Like Hillary promising to take away profits from whomever she deems to have earned too much money. This is today's Democrat party.

Meh. Nevermind. Wrong forum.

spoindexter

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

aphex242 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:31:27 EST

"wrassle" makes it funnier. That's why they used it.

aphex242

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

x23 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:34:06 EST

@nutbastard: pretty sure i got elected to student council promising that all water fountains would have root beer plumbed into them instead.

naive fools!!!

x23

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

LoganSix — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:25:24 EST

@proseven: If we had as good of a female US presidential candidate as Margaret Thatcher, then she would be elected. It's not that Hillary is a female, it's because she's a horrible candidate for leading the most powerful nation in the world. Colin Powell would have won, if he decided to run for president, but he chose to stay out.

LoganSix

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

spaceman37 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:40:36 EST

@Churrito: He's just reading the cue cards. It says wrassle instead of wrestle.

spaceman37

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

cij61 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:35:44 EST

@proseven: Dude ... wake up. 21st century says HELLOOOO...

cij61

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

Churrito — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:11:31 EST

and WTF does WRASSLE mean? is that the same as wrestle? In which case it doesn't matter if he can pronounce nuclear properly

Churrito

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:41:38 EST

@proseven: And I'm sure you have this from the highest authority. Wait, who's that again?

Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

ProSeven — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:34:28 EST

There is no way a black man or a woman is ever going to rule America. Sad but true.

ProSeven

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

Wwhat — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:16:22 EST

LOL @VAKEROROKERO, "the mexican OS is amiga", that's just cruel :)

Wwhat

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

nappleheaded — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:06:08 EST

@ THEORIE: Ron Paul?? He's still running??? lol... isn't he a cooky spaced out racist?? SMH.

nappleheaded

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

theorie — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:58:46 EST

wow...once again this goes to show: americans only care about consumption and capitalism.

obama said he would bomb iran if given the chance. he's no better than mccain in my book. obama also supports the repressive israeli occupation of palestinian territories, and promised aipac (the pro-israel lobby) that he would never reduce the $30billion that the u.s. sends to israel every year.

i'm voting for ron paul.

theorie

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VakeroRokero — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:50:17 EST

hey I'm mexican, I get harrased by whites AND blacks. but I get lots of sex with the college chicks in Mexico's spring break, so it's ok...

@blacksamurai87: there's already a black dude in the OS wars, it's called UBUNTU. and the mexican OS is called AMIGA.

VakeroRokero

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

jkl567 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:49:39 EST

plus, the internet draws the inner racism out of white kids who live in the 'burbs...-cough- ventrilo -cough

jkl567

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

blacksamurai87 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:15:41 EST

@hun_nomin: All hail the majority!

I'm black, woo hoo!

And Apple should feature a black guy as the new Mac. I would be delighted to see some jokes fly in those commercials.

blacksamurai87

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

nappleheaded — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:14:20 EST

@YOUR_BORING: Black is Beautiful.

nappleheaded

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

jkl567 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:03:30 EST

wow...a lot of racism going around on gizmodo >.> Guess you cant expect much out of a majority white blog >.>

jkl567

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

Autotom — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:38:39 EST

hahaha, he's so black.

Autotom

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

stinkyboy — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:57:07 EST

oh please :rolleyes:

stinkyboy

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

gamecrazychris — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:47:37 EST

I just happend to have an alligator so everyone vote for him so we can watch him wrestle it. Lets see Bush do that.

gamecrazychris

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

balloondoggle — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:43:41 EST

@whootowl:
Tech nuthin', Bush hadn't BEEN in a supermarket until there was a photo op. Rich folks like him have people who do the shopping for them.

balloondoggle

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

Justapspfan — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:52:06 EST

I bet Hillary wouldnt wrassle an gator, she'd just eat it.

Justapspfan

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

discounteggroll — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:38:29 EST

yeah, but can he really make the poop deck into what I think it is?

goddamn I'm on fire today (okay, maybe not...but at least simpsons-movie-ruled may get a sideways lol outta that one)

discounteggroll

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

davidfbecker — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:37:31 EST

Oh dang, even at the same time-stamp! Heh. Nice.

davidfbecker

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

nappleheaded — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:32:48 EST

@ DAVIDFBECKER: Great minds think alike.

nappleheaded

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

nappleheaded — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:30:50 EST

Actually Barack's real plan for technology in this country is very noteworthy.

[www.barackobama.com]

nappleheaded

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

davidfbecker — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:30:11 EST

Barack Obama is the only serious candidate for President that really understands and supports the major technological issues and ideas that we Giz readers care about.

Barack Obama's Plan:
"Let us be the generation that reshapes our economy to compete in the digital age. Let's set high standards for our schools and give them the resources they need to succeed. Let's recruit a new army of teachers, and give them better pay and more support in exchange for more accountability. Let's make college more affordable, and let's invest in scientific research, and let's lay down broadband lines through the heart of inner cities and rural towns all across America."

This is from Obama's Technology Issues page on his website. Check it out!
[www.barackobama.com]

davidfbecker

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

ProSeven — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:20:47 EST

Great.

ProSeven

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

kibets — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:14:56 EST

He had me going till the first one - Oprah - yikes!

kibets

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

whootowl — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:11:28 EST

It's amazing to have candidates that are so tech savvy. I'll never forget the amazed look on Bush's face when he beheld a grocery store price scanner for the first time.

whootowl

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

NightElfMohawk — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:07:25 EST

One of my friends works for Apple and they had the same thing happen when they bought an iPod. The company doesn't even give their employees a break when a new one comes out.

NightElfMohawk

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permissionmag — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:07:18 EST

Funny, but it just reminds me that politicians like Obama love to promise that the government will be there to regulate all our problems out of existence... until the regulations become another problem, then they'll regulate those!

permissionmag

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

GBirdii — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:55:07 EST

I'm gonna hold him up to these promises. It would be super gnarly to have my birthday on Barack-tober.

GBirdii

The Apple Fanboy's President: Barack Obama

nutbastard — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:53:26 EST

Unfortunately, most elected officials really are elected based on their saying they'll do all kinds of things that aren't actually within their power to do, and while i know this was a joke... meh.

Hillary, on the one hand, would tell everyone that she'll force apple to give you all your money back as soon as anything you bought from them becomes obsolete.

On the other hand... you have other fingers.

nutbastard