About nine years ago, in the Dec. 1, 2000 issue of (print) magazine "Internet World", more precisely page 16, we could read readers´ letters squaring off in support of Al Gore and George W. Bush, both candidates at that year´s presidential election.
First, there was Ken Greenberg, president at the time of Edge Communications Inc.
He made a strong argument for Al Gore, and against GWB:
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"George W. Bush is simply the least qualified candidate of my lifetime. Leaving aside Al Gore´s very real role in marshaling Congressional support to fund the Internet, his economic and social policies argue strongly, even overwhelmingly, for his election.""I find it laughable that so many dot-commers appear to find Bush appealing. Haven´t entrepreneurs done incredibly well under the current Democratic administration (whatever weight you give fiscal policy)? I certainly have.""Isn´t it clear that a trillion-dollar giveaway and the undermining of Social Security will in fact be ruinous for everyone?"------
He was, of course,
right-on.
But then, the magazine featured a letter from a Duke Walls, president and CEO of "Sabertooth Systems, inc." in support for GWB. He claimed that
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A vote for Gore is a vote for dead Internet firms" and that "a vote for Bush is a vote for continued growth and innovation without interference and censorship".
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So G.W.Bush
stole won the election in 2000, and after two G.W. Bush terms, the business of Duke Walls´ firm must have done certainly well, just like the U.S. economy (joke), right? Well, I looked around and
there isn´t a Sabertooth Systems Inc. anymore.
The web site at
SaberToothSystems.com redirects to a
non-existing page at Cology.com. Further googling around reveals a
2005 article showing it was acquired by Cology, a firm dealing with back-end processing of
student loans.
And how did the future-reading, Al Gore supported Ken Greenberg fare?. Nine years later, he's still
succesfully commanding Edge Communications Inc.
Need I say more about the wisdom and predictive powers of conservatives vs. progressive people?
;-)
FC
