TheCigSmokingMan
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Google CEO says Internet is key to campaign win
Posted 11/30/2006 8:25 AM ET
MIAMI (Reuters) — Google's chief executive offered some advice Wednesday to Republicans looking ahead to the 2008 presidential contest: make better use of the Internet's electioneering power if you want to win next time.
"The ones that take advantage of this most effectively will be the ones that will be the winners of the next election," Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told Republican governors gathered in Miami.
He offered a few examples of how the Internet, especially video file-sharing sites like Google's newly acquired YouTube, had changed the political landscape by enabling anyone to disseminate information widely and instantly.
Left-leaning bloggers were credited with giving Democrats a boost during the November elections by "Google bombing" — setting up Web pages with links to a site containing negative comments about Republican candidates.
"The truth emerges much faster on the Internet but falsehoods also propagate more quickly," he warned the governors.
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Mr. Schmidt? Really the internet was the key? I think it was Republicans trying to take over America and people posting news article links on viral bulletin boards and not creating websites to pump up on Google search lists. No pays attention to that garbage.
A little full of your company I think....
We are WAY AHEAD OF you REPUBLICANS
<Not so evil laugh HA HA HA>
We do not need the internet to communicate anymore!!! <HA HA HA>
TheCigMan
Posted 11/30/2006 8:25 AM ET
MIAMI (Reuters) — Google's chief executive offered some advice Wednesday to Republicans looking ahead to the 2008 presidential contest: make better use of the Internet's electioneering power if you want to win next time.
"The ones that take advantage of this most effectively will be the ones that will be the winners of the next election," Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told Republican governors gathered in Miami.
He offered a few examples of how the Internet, especially video file-sharing sites like Google's newly acquired YouTube, had changed the political landscape by enabling anyone to disseminate information widely and instantly.
Left-leaning bloggers were credited with giving Democrats a boost during the November elections by "Google bombing" — setting up Web pages with links to a site containing negative comments about Republican candidates.
"The truth emerges much faster on the Internet but falsehoods also propagate more quickly," he warned the governors.
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Mr. Schmidt? Really the internet was the key? I think it was Republicans trying to take over America and people posting news article links on viral bulletin boards and not creating websites to pump up on Google search lists. No pays attention to that garbage.
A little full of your company I think....
We are WAY AHEAD OF you REPUBLICANS
<Not so evil laugh HA HA HA>We do not need the internet to communicate anymore!!! <HA HA HA>
TheCigMan