Posted on 02/14/2005 1:05:43 PM PST by PDR
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Employees of U.S.-based search engine Google gave $207,650 to federal candidates for the 2004 elections -- virtually all of it to Democrats.
A USA Today analysis published Monday indicated 98 percent of the money went to Democrats, the most-lopsided giving of any of the top tech company donors.
Microsoft was the biggest tech donor, with its political action committee contributing $3.1 million last year, 60 percent to Democrats.
Overall, 53 percent of high-tech industry contributions went to Democrats, said the liberal Center for Responsive Politics, a group that tracks campaign spending and contributions.
Republicans must work hard to win support from a company whose employees seem philosophically wed to Democrats, CRP's Larry Noble said.
Google declined to discuss employee campaign contributions but the among the company's top 2004 givers was Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt, whose biggest single donation was $25,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
I can't figure that out.
Oh well looks like I'm going to have to find a new search engine!
even more surprising when you consider that the GOP controlled both houses of congress and the white house.
The really serious problem is that Google imposes it's political biases on its search engine.
I'm working determinedly to eliminate as much Microsoft as I can from my life. Google's gonna be tough though....
I switched to Clusty.
but but but I thought evil republicans controlled the tech sector and all of the software companies. Didn't they rig the electronic vote machines after all???? (sarcasm)
I will do my best to avoid google from now on.
WTF? What is the nature of the quid pro quo? WHAT IS GOOGLE BUYING?
Which part???
"Google declined to discuss employee campaign contributions"
They must be aware that a loss of conservative dollars could spell real problems for them. Anyone got any ideas about non Google search tools?
Oh well looks like I'm going to have to find a new search engine!
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Yep, Google is BLACK-BALLED!!! DEAD.
Boycott everything!
As you may remember, Howard Dean was raising money illegally from Canada and Europe. This news was forgotten once Dean dropped out of the Presidential race. This may now be the norm in the DNC.
It looks like the Clintons and Reno taught Microsoft a lesson: Pay up or we'll make things hard on you.
"Microsoft was the biggest tech donor, with its political action committee contributing $3.1 million last year, 60 percent to Democrats."
Who said Bill Gates wasn't a demoncRAT? (rhetorical)
Just repalced google with MSN's engine on my bookmarks. At least Gates & Co. are smart enough to spread their love ($$) to both parties.
Ok - now I am really confused... or maybe I just need my 3rd coffee. "indicated 98 percent of the money went to Democrats"... that does not seem right.
Substantiation?
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