Where do the candidates stand on technology? Most of them won’t tell you.
unknown wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
It’s extremely important for IT guys and gals to understand where the candidates stand on technology issues. I am going to link to each of their technology pages here. Overall, I am disappointed with the lack of focus on technology. The Democrats are much better than the Republicans. All of the Democrats except Kucinich make a mention of technology or “innovation.” Barack Obama is the only candidate to feature technology as an issue on the his website. Mitt Romney is the only Republican to have information about technology on his website, but it’s not an issues page. I linked to it anyway. Have a look:
Democrats
Barack Obama: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/technology (Includes speech at Google)
John Edwards: http://www.johnedwards.com/issues/innovation (A few sparse comments)
Hillary Clinton: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/innovation (Only a couple paragraphs)
Dennis Kucinich: I can’t find anything obvious or through search.
Republicans
Mitt Romney: http://www.mittromney.com/News/In-The-News/TechCrunch (Interview with TechCrunch)
Rudolph Giuliani: I can’t find anything obvious or through search. Did somebody say 9/11?
Mike Huckabee: I can’t find anything obvious or through search.
Duncan […]
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