MySpace and Politicians
© Copyright Frank D. Kanu 2000-2008
First Senator McCain’s campaign is cheap enough to take someone else’s design and the bandwidth of the other person. Stealing bandwidth is quite an issue for a lot of people. I took a picture of a car from my server because just too many folks linked to it—at times it made up 90% of all my bandwidth… But when done from a politician—that’s like they put their fingers right in your pockets. Not that they don’t do that anyway…
Needless to say—Senator McCain is not an option for me.
This morning I learned: The Obama campaign is in a battle with the volunteer who created and voluntarily run the Obama MySpace page.
The Obama campaign claims Joe Anthony wants to cash in and Joe Anthony ask to be paid for the work he put into it. The unofficial Obama profile had ~160,000 friends.
Anthony states that the Obama campaign had password access to the profile and made it clear on the profile that it’s not the official page.
We all know that the truth lies somewhere in between. Personally—I really don’t care about who is right or wrong. I would have preferred when both stories would not have made the news.
Needless to say—Senator Obama is not an option for me.
As of yesterday afternoon, Obama’s new official MySpace page had about 17,000 friends. The McCain page has 25382 friends. Not a lot—compared to the number Anthony generated…
With a few easy steps—both campaigns could have looked way better:
Many people are worried about the lack of leadership that President Bush and his administration show. Do you think that Senator McCain or Senator Obama have done any better? Don’t get me wrong: We all make mistakes. But don’t we expect leaders to stand out—morally and ethically?
Technorati (All Links are external): 44k acted bandwidth barack obama bargain blue eyed campaign claims campaigns crying out loud democrats desperately dirty laundry due diligence fingers inconsiderate joe anthony leadership and ethics mccain mistakes money morally myspace obama opted password access pockets politician politicians presidency president bush presidential campaign republicans senator mccain senator obama stealing supporters thou shall not steal truth lies volunteer volunteers yea yesterday afternoon business ethics leadership politics
First Senator McCain’s campaign is cheap enough to take someone else’s design and the bandwidth of the other person. Stealing bandwidth is quite an issue for a lot of people. I took a picture of a car from my server because just too many folks linked to it—at times it made up 90% of all my bandwidth… But when done from a politician—that’s like they put their fingers right in your pockets. Not that they don’t do that anyway…
Needless to say—Senator McCain is not an option for me.
This morning I learned: The Obama campaign is in a battle with the volunteer who created and voluntarily run the Obama MySpace page.
The Obama campaign claims Joe Anthony wants to cash in and Joe Anthony ask to be paid for the work he put into it. The unofficial Obama profile had ~160,000 friends.
But is it really about the money?
Or just control?
Anthony states that the Obama campaign had password access to the profile and made it clear on the profile that it’s not the official page.
We all know that the truth lies somewhere in between. Personally—I really don’t care about who is right or wrong. I would have preferred when both stories would not have made the news.
Needless to say—Senator Obama is not an option for me.
As of yesterday afternoon, Obama’s new official MySpace page had about 17,000 friends. The McCain page has 25382 friends. Not a lot—compared to the number Anthony generated…
Both, McCain and Obama have shown everything but leadership and ethics. That in a time where leadership is desperately needed.
With a few easy steps—both campaigns could have looked way better:
- If you want to run for Presidency—do your due diligence for crying out loud!
- Don’t wash your dirty laundry in public!
- Thou shall not steal!
- Honor your volunteers!
Many people are worried about the lack of leadership that President Bush and his administration show. Do you think that Senator McCain or Senator Obama have done any better? Don’t get me wrong: We all make mistakes. But don’t we expect leaders to stand out—morally and ethically?
Do we really want someone as President who is so inconsiderate of others?
How much do politicians really care about us: the normal voter?
How much trust do politicians deserve?
Do you think MySpace acted right? Or did they—like everyone else—ended up blue-eyed?
Tags:
44k acted bandwidth barack obama bargain blue eyed campaign claims campaigns crying out loud democrats desperately dirty laundry due diligence fingers inconsiderate joe anthony leadership and ethics mccain mistakes money morally myspace obama opted password access pockets politician politicians presidency president bush presidential campaign republicans senator mccain senator obama stealing supporters thou shall not steal truth lies volunteer volunteers yea yesterday afternoonTechnorati (All Links are external): 44k acted bandwidth barack obama bargain blue eyed campaign claims campaigns crying out loud democrats desperately dirty laundry due diligence fingers inconsiderate joe anthony leadership and ethics mccain mistakes money morally myspace obama opted password access pockets politician politicians presidency president bush presidential campaign republicans senator mccain senator obama stealing supporters thou shall not steal truth lies volunteer volunteers yea yesterday afternoon business ethics leadership politics
This blog-entry is protected by a digital fingerprint:785273ed81985582c8a1be62f78c9459
22:58 on Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
Plus, the 160,000 myspace “friends” is meaningless. It’s not like it was 160,000 votes for Obama, let alone 160,000 people who would be able to vote for any candidate.