Anyone see CNN report on Warren Buffett and Steve Jobs?

[blm]

They are both lined up with Kerry as part of his economic advisory team.


This will NOT go unnoticed by moderate Republicans and Democrats.

[madrchsod]

1. buffett joined?

that`s really good news,i mean really good news. buffett is the best financial guy in the usa, there will be alot of people who will start thinking about changing from bush to kerry. buffett is great news

[tridim]

2. Steve Jobs... Ugh.

I don't like that guy at all. Everyone I know who has worked with him has said he's a first class asshole.

[emulatorloo]

5. Yes, but he is our @sshole. . .

and is super-smart and innovative.

[Paradise]

6. could be, but he's our a**hole, now :) . n/t

[htuttle]

8. It's not just that Steve Jobs is almost always right...

...but the fact that he KNOWS it that is the problem. :)

Even with his obvious socialization issues, I've always had a lot of respect for Steve Jobs. I probably respect Woz more for a number of reasons, but the two of them together always had that 'Kirk and Scotty' thing going on.

[Bandit]

12. Exect for the one huge blunder that pretty much sunk Apple

Not allowing their hardware to be produced by anyone other than themselves. It pretty much eliminated Mac from the market. I don't think they will ever make the comeback and it is a shame because their software is so much better than Windows.

[emulatorloo]

18. Not Job's Decision - try Jean-Louis Gassée and John Sculley EOM

[ShaneGR]

21. Apple already made a comeback

They have a very steady revenue stream and new product lines emerging every year. What more do you want? I could make the argument that not allowing outside manufacturing SAVED them in the long run because without it they'd be making a 100 dollars a copy for the OS, and nothing for the hardware. The problem is people wanted to defeat Microsoft, no... just form your own share of the market and expand slowly.

[tridim]

14. He said the Segway would change the world

and he was dead wrong. Well, technically it almost changed *'s sex, but other than that the Segway was a total bomb. No worries, only nerds like myself know he's an asshole. Most people don't even know who Jobs is. Buffett on the other hand is a huge pickup.

[Jackpine Radical]

16. Well, nerds are all Libertarians,

as everybody knows. So of Jobs can pull in the Libby-Geek vote, I'm all for it.

[cheezus]

13. an asshole who gets results

and I want results

[ShaneGR]

20. Since I own Apple stock

I love him, he's fantastic!

Seriously, brilliant.

[JPJones]

3. This will have more impact than

Clarke, Woodward and Wilson combined. It will take a long time for word to filter out, though.

[whistle]

4. I agree with this...

...This will give Kerry firm direction that will truly help the economy.

[wysimdnwyg]

7. My sister sent me a WSJ article on it

this morning. For the Journal, it was actually pretty even-handed. For the Journal.

[Paradise]

9. this is exactly what kerry needs to do (just like * did, remember?),

start surrounding himself with good people. thanks for the update.
:)

[TrogL]

10. * surrounded himself with fascists

not good people

[Paradise]

11. oh, you're so right Trogl, but what i meant was that

* was able to fool people with colon powell, condoleeza rice, et. al.. proud to say, i wasn't. :)

[stopbush]

First, Soros. Now Buffett.

Does it make any kind of an impression on businessmen when big guns like these guys advocate the removal of *?

Just wondering.

[moof]

15. Kerry with Buffett & everyone's OK with this?

Buffett the guy in the bunker with Bush On 9/11

Buffett the guy that just happened to have his annual meeting in that bunker instead of as usual at the WTC ?

Buffett one of the very richest & powerful people on the planet ?

Buffett The guy that has his stock price so high that no one but the very rich can afford it ?

Buffett the guy that was so forward thinking that he only brought a few shares of Microsoft because he was not sure of the technology?

Buffett is on the right side of a few issues but a broken clock is correct over 700 times a year.

Buffett may standing there with Kerry but just because Kerry is good for " our " side does not mean that Buffett is on " our " side.

It's us against them and Buffett is near the very top of the them side.

[ShaneGR]

22. He's filthy rich because....

He's a financial genius. Sounds good to me on a financial team. He's also been publicly against the tax-cuts since day 1.

Also, care to back up your 9-11 "bunker" claims? Why start making stuff up?

[Nordic65]

17. Some useless trivia...

- Former Apple CEO John Sculley was seated next to Hillary during Bill Clintons first State of The Union Address.

- Al Gore is one of six directors at Apples board of directors.

- The Clintons have been regular visitors to Jobs house in CA.

- In return, Jobs has had the privilege of staying at the White House with his wife Laurene in the now infamous Lincoln Bedroom.

- The Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles in 2000 was jam-packed with Apple hardware http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-502775.html?legacy=zdnn


Not much on Kerry and Jobs thou...


And of course, Rush Limbaugh, an avid Mac user, called Apple CEO Steve Jobs a "Clinton-loving Democrat"...

[Octafish]

19. They're smart fellows.

Buffett and Jobs also have unkempt desks, because they use them to work.