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Would Bill Gates be No. 2?

latimes.com — Now that Bill Gates no longer has to worry about running Microsoft, why not help run the country? The Microsoft Corp. co-founder is mentioned by some in political circles as the "dream running mate" for Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

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  • aguynamedben, on 07/01/2008, -27/+8hmm, I guess that's a neat thought

    /fatchance
    • jthhtj, on 07/01/2008, -2/+2/fatchance. haha love it.
    • VinceNoir, on 07/01/2008, -2/+3Yeah. "Neat" kinda like:

      1. Bringing Hitler and Saddam Hussein back from the dead and making them running mates. (No one even MENTION Godwin's law...)
      2. The president eating babies on the Whitehouse lawn like he did back in 2004
      3. Repeatedly slamming a baseball bat into your solar plexus at about 50 MPH for an hour or two

      That kind of "neat"?
    • Elranzer, on 07/01/2008, -2/+3Whoever runs as McCain's running mate won't be #2, since McCain will never be #1.
  • whatsrequired, on 07/01/2008, -13/+212Only problem is, he's given the max to Obama (and HRC) and zilch to McCain.
    • ladon86, on 07/01/2008, -3/+80Exactly - Bill would never do this. Besides anything else getting involved in politics would get in the way of his philanthropy. And more to point, he has zero political experience.
      • Jlaugh, on 07/01/2008, -3/+11He's a Democrat anyways.
      • Buckeye17, on 07/01/2008, -7/+2Your mom's a democrat.
      • sodade, on 07/01/2008, -2/+11"zero political experience." umm - are you unaware of the complex political landscape in large corporations?
      • paradexes, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2Bill Gates as VP....Considering how ruthless and controlling MS has been....do we really want him as a VP? I mean he did run the show after all at MS. This could prove to be worse in some ways.
    • Yeyui, on 07/01/2008, -14/+3That should not be a problem.

      It is -- but shouldn't be. Party affiliation should not be a barrier to choosing a vice president.
      • Badandy127, on 07/01/2008, -1/+9That's bollocks. People with a certain sense of ideals or conviction that their beliefs will lead to the improvement of their constituents obviously would choose a number two who conformed to his ideas and his belief that it would be for the good of the people.
      • UTPinky, on 07/01/2008, -0/+8Sure it is. If he's donating to Obama, then he is indicating that he would like to see Obama win over McCain. Now if he thinks that if he were asked to be the VP for McCain that he would increase McCain's chances of winning, why on earth would he want to accept? He's clearly shown who he thinks is the better candidate to lead the country. Why would he want to increase the other candidate's chances of winning?
      • CatalystDM, on 07/01/2008, -0/+8It's not party affiliation, it's candidate affiliation. He's given the max to McCain's opponent. You don't see that as a conflict of interest?
    • gn0stik, on 07/01/2008, -21/+20Buried as inaccurate.

      http://www.campaignmoney.com/biography/bill_gates. ...
      • nysus, on 07/01/2008, -3/+20Burying your bury as inaccurate from the information in your own link. Learn how to analyze information, not just find it.

        He gave to mccain back in 2003, when he was just a Senator. He has given nothing to McCain since, and $2300 to Obama.
      • niradg, on 07/01/2008, -2/+13Are you actually retarded? Your own link shows $2300 (the max) to Obama, and nothing to McCain during this cycle.
      • dema, on 07/01/2008, -2/+12I'm digging you up just so people can see what a fail your comment is (:
      • VinceNoir, on 07/01/2008, -1/+1@dema

        Truthiness FTMFW! No?
      • powerfullogic, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2You are a failure at life who should be banned from the internet.
      • rugabug, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2What am I missing here? gn0stik is right. Gates gave to Obama and not McCain for this round making Gates not a good choice for McCain as the article states.
      • nikdahl, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1rugabug: you are missing that gn0stik was reply not to the original post, but to a comment by whatsrequired. gn0stick is implying that Gates gave to McCain. He did, but not in this presidential campaign.

        but you are also missing the fact that the article doesn't say anything about Gates being "not a good choice for McCain".
    • SteVisDiggn, on 07/01/2008, -0/+6Is that logic you used there? Nah... Don't do that. It doesn't make good news.
    • Egoist, on 07/01/2008, -1/+16Gates has traditionally supported Democrats, so I have no idea why a reporter would even consider the idea.
    • dOOBiEx213, on 07/01/2008, -11/+3Plus, every apple fanboy would flock to Obama... even if they're white supremacists (which all of them are.)
      • vinod1978, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2@dOOBiEx213- Apple fanboys are white supremacists?

        I guess some people like to spit ***** out no matter how much of an idiot they look like.
        You must have some of Bush's genes in you.
      • reaper527, on 07/01/2008, -2/+4"Plus, every apple fanboy would flock to Obama..."

        you mean they aren't already? apple fanboys tend to be socialist hippies
      • prth8machine, on 07/01/2008, -1/+1I really hope that you are making the joke that a lot of apple hardware has been white at one point or another. Even if so, it's still not funny and you suck.
      • VinceNoir, on 07/01/2008, -0/+3Note to Apple haters: Apple is a very conservative business. Steve Jobs is as conservative a business owner as you can get. Don't let the Apple flair fool you. There is nothing liberal about Apple or it's users. Apple is all about the reds, err... I mean the right wingers.
    • Lionhart, on 07/01/2008, -1/+1lol! Pac to the future? awesome.
    • Spudster, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2Gates really doesn't bring much appeal anyway. Most of the savvy tech world is not in love with Bill Gates any way, they're more just jealous of his success more than anything.

      His candidacy WOULD bring a ridiculous amount of money to McCain's campaign however!
      • cougar618, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2And then we can all watch him flounder around when he explains why he's not doing public financing.
  • Cmasury, on 07/01/2008, -45/+5Anybody know why we need a scumbag like Bill Gates in leadership of our country? Bill Gates is currently involved in the NWO's genocide program along with Rockefeller . From what I see McCain will be a clone of the Nazi Bush. Think these statements are far fetched? Might be time to dump your current news service. One good one is Brasscheck Tv . Its on the Web. P.S. 9/11/01 was a inside job and Bin Laden is said to be killed by Mohamad Atta some time ago. We are scared of a dead man? Atta of 911 fame was said to be protected by the CIA
    • SwedishNinja, on 07/01/2008, -4/+62/10
    • wayyy, on 07/01/2008, -2/+13Ignoring the end of this unintelligent comment and focusing just on the first sentence...

      You do know that Bill Gates is an avid philanthropist, right?
      • dajuggernaut, on 07/01/2008, -0/+10try not to confuse him by using grownup words like: avid and philanthropist
      • Badandy127, on 07/01/2008, -1/+9And "know".
      • Cmasury, on 07/01/2008, -3/+3You are aware that Gates is afraid that the stock market will take a drastic adjustment if natural cures that are here now,like for cancer, were to take over ? About 18% of our budget is devoted to meds and fake doctors. His foundation which is about the same as a trust which Dad Gates controls dumped 1% into the med merchants stocks like Merck & Co. .History is repeating itself. Rockefeller was doing this kind of fakery years ago. Would you want him to be your President? If So , Just vote the NWO ticket.
      • captmorgan555, on 07/01/2008, -1/+3@Cmasury Um... citation needed.
      • ryan850, on 07/01/2008, -1/+3Shouldn't you be out on a ledge somewhere?
      • VinceNoir, on 07/01/2008, -5/+2Don't confuse philanthropy with concepts like good, ethical, unselfish, kind, or decent. It's just a tax write-off for him and a drop in the bucket as well.
      • Badandy127, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2Nothing's ever good enough, is it VinceNoir. Please continue with your pathetic existence thinking that everyone who is rich and chooses to give away a large portion of their money is just greedy and selfish. It will help justify what an economic failure you are.
      • thegreenspanput, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1lol... easy to be "kind to the less fortunate" when you live in a hundred million dollar house and that represents a tiny fraction of your net worth.
      • VinceNoir, on 07/01/2008, -1/+1@Badandy127

        Shock! And dismay! Another idiot on the internet thinks that life is all about being wealthy! Who would have ever believed it?! Try that again jackass...
    • GQCarrick, on 07/01/2008, -3/+9See your psychiatrist, your crazy pill prescription must have run out.
    • phoenixshard, on 07/01/2008, -3/+20Are you the reason I can't find any foil in the store?
      • GQCarrick, on 07/01/2008, -1/+3Probably the funniest comment I have seen in a while.
      • Cmasury, on 07/01/2008, -1/+1I know that there are plenty of open minded people that are searching for the real truth about what is going on in this world. As for the rest of you , I am proud that you are able to remember exactly what the news media has programmed into your susceptible minds. I guess you are scared to question the corrupt news media in public? Afraid to be ridiculed ? The truth could set you free ,if you let it.
      • djholybolt, on 07/01/2008, -0/+3ignorance is bliss phoenix.
      • 1timeuser, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1"I know that there are plenty of open minded people that are searching for the real truth about what is going on in this world."

        Don't you mean- I know that there are plenty of idiots who make ***** up to start a ruckus while they pretend to know about what is going on in the world."?
    • vinod1978, on 07/01/2008, -1/+3@ Cmasury - I think our current administration has lied as well, however what you suggest is utter nonsense. Have their been cover ups? Sure - but not of the things you speak of. This administration is guilty of lying to us so they could have a reason to go to Iraq, among other things. But when people like you spit stupid ***** out that makes no sense it makes it harder for the people that actually live in reality to expose the REAL cover ups instead of your 9/11 fantasy.
    • rootsm3, on 07/01/2008, -2/+1And Stonehenge is a computer from outer space right?
    • Bodhinature, on 07/01/2008, -2/+2I'll see your "NWO conspiracy" and raise you a "Planet X is causing global warming!"

      Who wins the crazy hand?
  • trer, on 07/01/2008, -19/+5If Bill thought a pie in the face was bad...
    • drunkard, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2I don't understand why your comment is dugg down, I thought it was quite witty.
  • seans9, on 07/01/2008, -25/+10Obama and Jobs '08
    • Xihix, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2All you need now is a "***** the RIAA" hat, and you are the most stereotypical Digger.
  • Pittance, on 07/01/2008, -15/+206January 2009: United States of America: Service Pack 1
    • ladon86, on 07/01/2008, -1/+51With incremental improvements to national security every tuesday.
      • RaulMuadDib, on 07/01/2008, -2/+12We can reboot the country when it crashes
      • DemonWasp, on 07/01/2008, -1/+4/s/country/economy/g
      • tonaros, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2Too geeky for me, DemonWasp. That one is over my head.
      • cutchyacokov, on 07/01/2008, -1/+1Sorry I have to point out that should be the first Tuesday of every month, plus emergency cases. If MS does consider any security flaws to be emergencies. :/
      • Thuktun, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2$ echo "With incremental improvements to national security every tuesday." | sed /s/country/economy/g

        ountry/economy/g

        FAIL
      • DemonWasp, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1@tonaros: Unless I'm mistaken (probable, I don't use it much), that line, when used in the text editor Vi, means "substitute (s) all instances (g) of 'country' with 'economy' ".
    • Sillywombat, on 07/01/2008, -3/+61American defender needs confirmation:

      Allow app. ILLEGAL WIRETAPPING.exe
      Yes / Yes
      • Jeffler, on 07/01/2008, -3/+2*power off, restart*
      • cap11235, on 07/01/2008, -0/+9Alt Tab to some other window, leace the "Allow app" dialog open. The only winning move is not to play.
      • djholybolt, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2'An error occured while launching the application. Windows will now close the program. Try restarting your Computer and try again.'
      • eShinn, on 07/01/2008, -0/+4"*power off, restart*"

        aka "Revolution 2.0"

      • duckyinc, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1Yes!
    • orlyfactor, on 07/01/2008, -3/+9Almost made me spit out my soup. Well played!
      • shondell, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2how come it's always some sort of liquid with you diggers? don't you guys eat solid foods?
    • masamunecyrus, on 07/01/2008, -0/+11Hey, I think we could use a Service Pack. Or two. Or three.
    • Jeremyz0r, on 07/01/2008, -2/+37@masamunecyrus: I'd prefer if we rolled back to a clean install of the constitution.
      • maccam94, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2oh how i wish i could digg you twice...
      • rugabug, on 07/01/2008, -0/+4To the unaltered constitution where women couldn't vote, Negros [sic] were sub-human and worker rights were non-existent.
    • Exquisitething, on 07/01/2008, -6/+1He should give away Microsoft office for free!!!???
    • zomglolcats, on 07/01/2008, -3/+16Don't forget Norton Homeland Security.
    • anagoge, on 07/01/2008, -1/+24It looks like you're running a country. Would you like to:

      º Bomb Iran
      º Expand Guantánamo Bay detention facilities
      º Vote McCain into office
      º None of these
    • bingostud722, on 07/01/2008, -0/+12A system function that should never fail has failed
    • 1timeuser, on 07/01/2008, -1/+3hmmm... I'll stick with Great Britain till America service pack 2. I know the Rome users were a lot happier because they waited for Great Britain 2nd edition.
    • ell0bo, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2if you think our economy is crashing now...
    • darkstar635, on 07/01/2008, -0/+0Aww ***** the states just got BSoD
  • k0rt, on 07/01/2008, -14/+7So much for my dream of gov't offices running linux.
    • jnava121, on 07/01/2008, -1/+4they do , it's above your pay grade though... ; )
  • postalblowfish7, on 07/01/2008, -31/+4jesus christ digg, stop sucking off bill already :/
    • GQCarrick, on 07/01/2008, -1/+12oh please, like there isn't 10 Apple stories for every story about Microsoft or Bill Gates.
      • postalblowfish7, on 07/01/2008, -2/+2the rules have changed. bill gates is a super hero and steve jobs is the enemy - that's the way it works with digg now.
    • UnWeave, on 07/01/2008, -1/+4He's better than you.
  • sysoprock, on 07/01/2008, -20/+6Visual United States # .net 2005 Enterprise Edition SP2
  • duckyinc, on 07/01/2008, -14/+2Don't worry your not crazy, this article is just from Los Angeles
  • popstation, on 07/01/2008, -20/+2Bill Gates is the new kevin,iphone,ronpaul...
  • Soulbow2, on 07/01/2008, -20/+62He does know about the economy and cares about human life. That might balance out John McCain.
    • vinod1978, on 07/01/2008, -1/+11Anybody that is under 65 and has a pulse would help McCain - but that is not the point. Gates & his wife supported democrats not republicans (if you follow the money), and not just them but a vast majority of employees at Microsoft as well. Besides McCain said he can't even use a computer. Gates would kill him out of frustration.
      • urothane, on 07/01/2008, -0/+5I just had a vision of the SNL skit with Bill as the IT guy in the oval office....
    • devinmurphy, on 07/01/2008, -5/+3Users Manual for Campaigning for President

      -- How to ruin your chances. --
      Step 1. Pick the former richest man in the world, responsible for monopolizing the computer software industry in the early 90's as your running mate.
      Step 2. ...
      Step 3. Fail
      Step 4 (optional). Profit?
    • jsebrech, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1On the other hand, he's actually both intelligent and sane, which should balance out his desire for holding public office.
  • Squigy, on 07/01/2008, -15/+7Do it Bill!
  • LastDitchHero, on 07/01/2008, -16/+3He has crashed our computers, made us lose important documents, threatened our personal information, DRM'd us. Sounds far better than McCain
  • mcmullet, on 07/01/2008, -4/+132He's not a Republican.
    • 1timeuser, on 07/01/2008, -0/+5He's not an idiot either.
    • thegreenspanput, on 07/01/2008, -2/+0...and...
    • Rageous, on 07/01/2008, -4/+2Neither is McCain.
      • 1timeuser, on 07/01/2008, -0/+3The Crypt Keeper has more in common with McCain. Maybe they should be running mates.
    • enantiodromia, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2no one is a Republican anymore, haven't you noticed?
  • BigManOnCampus, on 07/01/2008, -25/+38Seems appropriate to refer to Gates as #2, considering his software has been giving me ***** since 1987.
  • tehcommodore, on 07/01/2008, -12/+1Nothing says i care about the present state of the economy like naming the most successful business man of all time to be your VP.
  • CatalystDM, on 07/01/2008, -3/+11There's no way. But the thought of him in a Vice Presidential debate was good for a laugh.
    • prth8machine, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2He could use a crashing powerpoint presentation to simulate the economy.
  • guygoldman, on 07/01/2008, -12/+5For me he was always No. 2.

    *hihi*
  • Kohaxx, on 07/01/2008, -7/+20Well that's desperate wishful thinking on the author's part. I love how they mention having the third richest man in the world as your running mate would obliterate Obama's fundraising.

    What does McCrazy need in a running mate?
    A humanitarian?
    An experienced senator?
    An admirable cross-party leader?

    No! He just needs someone elses money to fund his uninspiring run for office.
  • Sillywombat, on 07/01/2008, -6/+5Exellent, that means McCain will keep ***** up.
    With a bit of luck, he will even permantly crash!
  • grexeo, on 07/01/2008, -12/+1Uh-oh, I think the bury brigade just turned up...
  • gn0stik, on 07/01/2008, -5/+71Bill is not a republican...... or a democrat. He's independent. Fiscally conservative, and socially liberal. He is pro free market.

    Here's his campaign donation history.

    http://www.campaignmoney.com/biography/bill_gates. ...

    As you can see, he didn't give "Zilch" to McCain, however he did give slightly more to Obama.
    • nysus, on 07/01/2008, -6/+14Learn how to analyze information coming at you. He gave nothing to McCain this election cycle (as a candidate for President). He gave to McCain in 2003 as a Senator, probably when he needed some kind of anti-consumer, DRM legislation passed and needed to suck John's dick.
    • Luke2012, on 07/01/2008, -2/+1Good find. How come some of those numbers are negative?
    • OfficeSpacing, on 07/01/2008, -2/+3"Bill is not a republican...... or a democrat. He's independent. Fiscally conservative, and socially liberal. He is pro free market."

      I got news for you. Fiscally conservative, and socially liberal, is democrat.
      • Crimsoneer, on 07/01/2008, -4/+2Erm...no. Sorry, but democrats are big, big fans of economic protectionism, high taxes, and all kinds of economics measures which get you elected but screw people over.
      • iomatic, on 07/01/2008, -1/+1"Fiscally conservative, and socially liberal, is democrat."

        So that's a good thing it turns out, for the economy and social progress; explain why we need Republicans, then?
  • weters, on 07/01/2008, -8/+13"My fellow Americ-" *ding* Speech has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you were in the middle of a speech, it may have been lost.
  • Eywanadi, on 07/01/2008, -4/+14As much as I am not a fan of Bill Gates I could live with this. I am all for people who show no desire to be politicians taking public office.
  • SoopaflySAM, on 07/01/2008, -9/+1Is starting to look like a graveyard in here....damn it
  • SOTD666, on 07/01/2008, -2/+8You know... as crazy as it sounds, why not have someone outside of politics for a running mate (not to McCain though, he's a disaster whoever his VP is)
    Alas, the days of true representation are long gone... the political elite protect their niche very well.
    • Depthfunction, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1Or maybe politicians are the only people stupid enough to run for political office.
  • Mononuclear, on 07/01/2008, -10/+5Sorry but Bill Gates would make a horrible vice president. I admire the guy but I do not want him leading this country.
  • jakdracula, on 07/01/2008, -22/+5Yet another reason NOT to vote for NObama.
    • PhoenixAvatar2, on 07/01/2008, -2/+6Awww, did you come up with that nickname all by yourself?
    • Zephkiel, on 07/01/2008, -2/+2You don't even RTFA, do you? There's no way in hell Gates will be McCain's president. This is just somebody's musings.
    • orlyfactor, on 07/01/2008, -1/+5Yet another reason to digg you down.
      • CorneliusStump, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1NO ONE CAN CRITICIZE OBAMA, NO ONE
      • 1timeuser, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1corneliusstump, Maybe you dont understand how digg works. Majority rules.Now quit your bitching.
    • cadmiumpaint, on 07/01/2008, -2/+4anne coulter called...she wants her slogan back.
    • 1timeuser, on 07/01/2008, -1/+1anne coulter called... she wants her penis back.
    • ericmerrill, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1no digg for you!
  • HeadJam, on 07/01/2008, -6/+16Why the hell is this on the front page? This is 88 diggs and complete pandering crap.
  • cambob76, on 07/01/2008, -2/+5WTF? That's just wack.
  • kingmanic, on 07/01/2008, -1/+9Gates is a Pragmatist. why on earth would he be asked to run with McCain? Gates is on which ever side is winning and willing to help Gates (causes or finances). So while Gates has a very Democrat social justice ideology he also has a very republican economic outlook. McCains position of pumping money into the Iraq war and possibly starting an Iranian war would contravene Gates democrat social views and republican economic leanings.
    • iofthestorm, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2I think you should use liberal social justice ideology and conservative economic outlook, as the positions of the parties are really not good descriptions since they change more often than the definitions of liberal and conservative (which do change quite, but more slowly).
  • orenshk, on 07/01/2008, -3/+10Um... because he has no political experience?
    • mdwstmusik, on 07/02/2008, -0/+0No political experience? I beg to differ...

      http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9811/02/gates.vo ...

      "Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates asserted in a videotaped deposition Monday that he had no memory or direct knowledge of a series of e-mail messages and meetings that government prosecutors claim are evidence of Microsoft's illegal business practices."

      Plausible deniability that's all you need to be a politician these days.
  • TheInformer, on 07/01/2008, -3/+1VPOTUS XP
    Coming in 2009

    To run this new OS, you'll need to uninstall political rhetoric. After the initial install, VPOTUS XP will need the Fairtax upgrade.
  • radink360, on 07/01/2008, -5/+4He would never run with McOld.
    • thegreenspanput, on 07/01/2008, -0/+0McOld... HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!! PURE GENIUS!!!!
  • Qtip42, on 07/01/2008, -3/+9I have to question anyone's brain function if they side with mccain on anything.
  • kingsal, on 07/01/2008, -1/+4Well, if America could CONTROL + ALT + DELETE its way out of Iraq, national debt, a terrible international reputation, etc, then maybe.

    It's so hard to find good help these days...
    • lAmoebal, on 07/01/2008, -0/+0Try F1.
    • Jeremyz0r, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1Kill Tree Processes: Current President -> Current Vice President
  • Rufus2005, on 07/01/2008, -6/+7Bill Gates would never run with McCain. He actually cares about people.
  • Treoinmypocket, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2Would Bill Gates be No. 2?

    No.
  • Tulle, on 07/01/2008, -2/+6Guias Baltar?
  • CarStan, on 07/01/2008, -8/+2Even if Gates would support Mccain and not the democrats, they DO remember that the Vice-President becomes president IF the president days, for example bec. of a heart attack, or resurfacing terminal skin cancer, or gets demencia, commits suicide because of PSD, or turns out to be sleeper of the vietcong, or simply because of old age.
    Do we really want the man who brought us Windows ME to be officer in chief?
    • radink360, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2Officer in Chief? WTF is that?

      It's commander in chief.
  • gothicform, on 07/01/2008, -7/+1Why would Bill Gates do this. He's a big supporter of republicans, and his family even campaign to have taxes increased for the rich! I think he's pretty much the opposite of McCain
  • johnsonjoeb, on 07/01/2008, -6/+1bill gates? no. steve jobs? maybe...if he wasn't running with mccain.
  • Dustin00, on 07/01/2008, -5/+25In Microsoft's early days, they was a brief, ugly little debate over benefits going to gay domestic partners. Bill didn't hesitate in setting the Microsoft policy that is in force today: allowing gay couples to register as fully married partners in the eyes of the company for the purposes of all benefits.

    Yeah, the Republican base would love that.
    • Jeremyz0r, on 07/01/2008, -1/+6Someone had to say it. Look at all the republicans trying to bury you.
      zomg
    • HyperVirt, on 07/01/2008, -0/+3Dugg up for telling the truth.
    • VitriolAndAngst, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2This isn't a factor because it wouldn't make the news.

      All the dirt on McCain, amazingly, is not well known. And I think we all know when Obama and his wife had fillings for cavities.

      Being pro-corporate and pro-military means a free pass with the background checks.
  • justaskyourmom, on 07/01/2008, -8/+3PaulGates08
  • ArmyEagle, on 07/01/2008, -3/+4Would not work. It would take too long to reinstall the government and wait for reboot.
  • s4g4n, on 07/01/2008, -2/+1Now if Bill Gates is No.2 then wouldn't we need SP1 installed for vista in order to vote? We don't need more internal error messages and now appearing on tv, this is crazy.
  • keitarofujiwara, on 07/01/2008, -3/+2BSOD! Well at least we'd get hilarious news headlines.
    • mrraven200, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1That's what I was thinking if McCain attacked Iran and Gates was VP it would give Blue Screen of Death a chilling new meaning.

      BTW Does this mean Ralph Nader or Cynthia McKinney should run with Richard Stalman? Obama with Linus Torvalds? When does the madness end?
  • Croman28, on 07/01/2008, -2/+1That's about the scariest thing I've ever heard of.
  • yuukanna, on 07/01/2008, -3/+1I don't know about any of you, but I don't think I want to live in a country run like Microsoft.
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