McCain awash in zeroes
Published by punkass marc May 6th, 2007 in Punkass!, McCainery, TechnologyAww. America’s Official Cranky Old FussbudgetTM waddled out onto his lawn to make the peace with the neighborhood kids causing all that digital ruckus with their interwebs.
An audience of far younger and far more liberal Google employees sparred politely with Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who praised the mostly 20-somethings Friday as “the future of the nation.”
Though they asked him tough war questions and what-not, apparently they were also easily amused by a little string dangled in front of their face to distract them:
He also won the crowd over with a promise to buy his daughter a Prius when she graduates from college.
Riiiiight. Good call, Googlers. Because that’s the best thing a powerful legislator can do to combat global warming. It certainly makes up for all of his recent official acts of energy injustice.
I would’ve hoped the people who will soon control the flow of information in America would’ve been a bit more discerning in handing out their kudos.
And can I just say that I question the Google Nation’s liberal credentials? They turned down punkassblog as an advertising partner, and I have to believe it’s either because the word ‘ass’ appears in our title (along with it being prominently featured on network sitcoms these days, I might add) or because we have a middle finger for a logo (whereas I say if it was good enough for Goose it should be good enough for Google).
Can any group so prude actually be liberal at heart? What’s next for Google ad partners — swear jars that dock them revenue for every word of which the notably un-liberal FCC is afraid?
Remember these trends in 10 years, when Google is morally policing our tubes. Which by then will be their tubes. [And no, John McCain's artificially animated corpse still won't understand them.]
Google rejects your Ass? Hmm. BTW–don’t try for a merchant account with BofA or any other big bank. They rejected TwirlyGirl and Miss Indigo Blue’s Academy of Burlesque because they’re “adult-oriented.” God knows naughty things never made money from the intern… oh, wait.
“I will buy my daughter a Prius when she graduates”
Proper response from twenty-something, no matter how awash in privilege: “Why aren’t you and your entourage driving them now?”
Seriously, I’d like some more context for that quote. It seems to me that even a young voter living in the lap of Gluxury (google luxury) that Google supposedly provides its workforce in exchange for their souls or their silence or whatever should be able to see through such lame ass pandering.
This has nothing to do with has-been/never-was McCain, but I thought fellow pervert punkasser’s would appreciate this vid from World ‘o Crap on a Sunday eve.
No. Dumbfuck.
Eh. Somehow, I doubt McCain really charmed the pants off of those Google folks. It’s far more likely that McCain’s weird press aura that skews every story favorably toward him is in effect here.
Good point, Nick. I’d love to hear from an actual Google employee what went down.
It’s far more likely that McCain’s weird press aura that skews every story favorably toward him is in effect here.
EXACTLY. What the fuck is wrong with people that they buy the Maverick horseshit?! “I plan on buying a Prius, but I also plan on raping the Earth a good deal longer. ‘Cause I’m a maverick! High five!”
:highfive:
I hate to be pedantic, but I must object to your comparing the Internet to a series of tubes. That’s about as imperfect a metaphor as can be imagined. In reality, the Internet is more like a big truck.
A big truck? That’s a HORRIBLE comparison. Ooo. Unless it was a *dump* truck.