Obama meets Apple supremo Steve Jobs

[onehandle]

Source: AFP

Visiting California on a campaign swing ahead of mid-term elections on November 2, Obama spoke with Jobs about "education, especially reforms such as the president's Race to the Top initiative," spokesman Robert Gibbs said, referring to the White House's drive for federal grants to public schools.

Gibbs told reporters the pair, who last met on the presidential election campaign trail in 2008, also spoke about "energy independence and ways to increase job creation." The meeting took place a day after Jobs unveiled Apple's new MacBook Air notebook computer inspired by its winning iPad tablet devices.

Obama earlier attended political fundraising event for his Democratic Party hosted by Google executive Marissa Mayer at her Palo Alto home. He praised the Internet titan and said the company "spoke to the essence of the America, the American ideal -- that if we're innovating, if people have the tools to let their imaginations run, that there's nothing we can't do in this country."

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Steve Jobs: Democrat

Michael Dell: Republican

[tridim]

1. Jobs may call himself a Democrat, but I need proof.

Everyone I know who has worked for and met Jobs says he's the biggest asshole on Earth.

Fred Phelps claims to be a Democrat too.

[onehandle]

2. So 'papers, please' for Democratic creds. Nice.

Where's your proof?

Jobs famously housed Bill Clinton in his California home during Bill's campaign.

What did you do and please provide video and notarized witness statements.

[meegbear]

3. Jobs did whore NPR at the WWDC in 2005, so I guess that's close enough ...

but I will NEVER worship him, nor anyone. Except my Mother, she's a SAINT.

[awoke_in_2003]

4. plenty of democrats...

are assholes- republicans do not have a lock on that category. As far as Steve Jobs being an asshole- most visionaries are. He sets an extremely high standard, and that is why we get products like the new, ridiculously thin, Macbook Air.

[tridim]

5. Yes, I know, but Jobs also hoards his corporation's profits.

A very Republican thing to do these days.

:shrug:

[awoke_in_2003]

7. His salary is $1...

everything else is based off of stock performance. If he is doing well, so is the company and its employees. What is republican to do is something like start an oil company, somehow manage not to find oil in Texas, and get out at the peak just before the stocks crash- the rest of the investors be damned. Oh, then there is Enron, too.

[Ginto]

12. How much of his salary goes to help the needy?

And no, iphones and ipads are not a form of help.

[Taverner]

6. Um, Some Dems ARE assholes

[LiberalLovinLug]

9. I sometimes wish

More Dems, especially those in office, were assholes.

I'm sure the GOP thinks Alan Grayson is a first grade asshole.

[Ter]

14. So you can't be an asshole and be a Democrat?

What does that have to do with anything?

[LoKnLoD]

8. Did he ask him

Did he ask him to start making his Apple crap in this country instead of Chinese slave factories?

[archiemo]

11. EXACTLY....Talk about help on the job front! Walk the talk people!

[Javaman]

10. iAmerica.

Having a recession/depression? Need to fix it? there's an app for that.

or maybe not.

[Ter]

13. Ya know what's weird?

Just about all of the non-Hollywood millionaires are Republicans, yet the billionaires are mostly Democrats.

[madokie]

15. And I have a damn dell computer

I hadn't heard of DU back in '01 when I purchased it and I had no idea that michael dell was a repuke pervert. This ole computer was getting long in the teeth but I switched to linux a few months back and its like I gave it a shot of B12

I will do better the next time and build my own damn computer.