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No, because she was a republican who was a key player in one of the worst administrations in the recent history of the US government.

I don't have any problem with people who believe in small government, defense, the rule of law, and sound fiscal policy. Lying to the American public to justify a boondoggle of a war in Iraq is different.

Al Gore, whatever his failings, doesn't have that kind of massive black mark on his resume.



Al Gore was one of the key figures supporting extraordinary rendition during the Clinton administration: http://tigerhawk.blogspot.com/2005/11/al-gore-was-for-extrao...


Al Gore was a member of an administration that bombed Iraq, with the justification that Iraq was building weapons of mass destruction.

(Coincidentally, the bombing coincided with Monica Lewinsky's testimony.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Iraq_(1998)


And Kosovo. Don't forget Kosovo.


You don't want to go through all the things the Clinton administration did? People can trump up just as many silly charges against him (yes, including the deaths of "hundreds of thousands"). Hackers need to mature into the real world if they want to run grown-up companies.


> Hackers need to mature into the real world if they want to run grown-up companies.

A talk-radio slogan when Bush was elected was that "the adults are in charge". How'd that work out for you?

Really, you can't talk about being "grown-up" out of one side of your mouth while basely insulting your opponents' "maturity" out of the other side just because we disagree politically.


It's not because we simply disagree politically, that's obviously fine with me, but not with anyone else in the tech community apparently. This is now the second instance in as many weeks where the tech mob is actively running out anyone who disagrees with their political views and boycotting entire companies for having the gall to hire useful people who happen to be conservative.


> having the gall to hire useful people who happen to be conservative

BS. To me it's really simple, and not about party affiliation: A strong supporter of warrantless wire tapping and bulk anonymous data collection is a terrible choice for the board of a consumer file-storage service.




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