[scoobysnak71]

Now, here’s a good question, and I’d like to hear the views of those who have Apples.

Here goes ... (and dont kill the messenger, I’m ONLY asking a viable question.)

Can you be a good conservative, standing up for conservative ideas and values, and still buy Apple products and support Gore, knowing they spend a portion of your money to further Liberal causes?

(yes, I know, MS gives to Liberal causes too, but I dont think as much as Apple, and certainly not as much as Gore)

I know ALOT of people on here dont support AARP (me neither) for their contributions to the far Left. Do you consider Apple the same?

For my 2 cents, I cant support Apple OR Gore (or Google (Gore sits on its board too))

No flames please. I simply want to know what you think.

[Fresh Wind]

No flames please.

Good luck with that!

[sodpoodle]

IIRC Rush uses Apple products.

[Revelation 911]

Interesting question.....what do you drive?

[LearnsFromMistakes]

Can you be a good conservative, standing up for conservative ideas and values, and still buy Apple products and support Gore, knowing they spend a portion of your money to further Liberal causes?

'Pull'

[Crusher138]

I don’t know, by these numbers from campaignmoney.com I would rather support Apple than Microsoft.

Company Name Apple Computer, Inc.
Stock Symbol AAPL
Sector Technology
Industry Computer Hardware
Total Contribution Dollar Amount $622,500
(1999 - Present)
Average Contribution Dollar Amount $858
Total Contribution Dollar Amount to Republicans $128,931
(21% of total)
Average Contribution Dollar Amount to Republicans $1,182
Total Contribution Dollar Amount to Democrats $354,736
(57% of total)
Average Contribution Dollar Amount to Democrats $759

Company Name Microsoft Corporation
Stock Symbol MSFT
Sector Technology
Industry Software & Programming
Total Contribution Dollar Amount $12,076,267
(1999 - Present)
Average Contribution Dollar Amount $815
Total Contribution Dollar Amount to Republicans $1,625,876
(13% of total)
Average Contribution Dollar Amount to Republicans $955
Total Contribution Dollar Amount to Democrats $4,922,639
(41% of total)
Average Contribution Dollar Amount to Democrats $825

[vortigern]

In the same vein: How many conservatives have Progressive Auto Insurance?

I use a mac because it works. Period. Not because who’s on the board. Would I quit my job because my company supports liberal causes periodically, not hardly. It called the real world.

[Irenic]

but we buy Chinese products....

[Jagdgewehr]

I see your point, but....

You would have to live in a shebang, eat what you hunt or gather and walk everywhere you needed to go to avoid having a cent of your money ending up in the pockets of liberals and liberal causes.

[Dem Guard]

Can you be a good conservative, standing up for conservative ideas and values, and still buy Apple products and support Gore, knowing they spend a portion of your money to further Liberal causes?

No, I don't think that will be permitted under the dems healthcare legislation. ;-)

[Codeflier]

It's more than just Apple as a company. For the most part the entire culture of their customer base is a complete turn off. I see Apple and immediately think, "another duped democrat".

I know there are some exceptions, but almost all Apple users I meet:

1. believe in man-made global warming.
2. vote Democrat
3. annoy the s*&t out of me.

[AJ504]

If I boycotted every company that had a liberal nutcase on its board, I'd be living in a cave.

FWIW, I use a MacBook Pro and use a portable Pioneer Inno XM satellite radio. My wife has a Gateway laptop and a 2nd Generation iPod. The Gateway is the only source of frustration these days.

[Laserman]

I send Steve Jobs an article on Globull Warming once a month (to all his various email addresses), and remind him that he is supporting a fraud and that he has a charlatan on his BOD.

Unfortunately, there is not a reasonable competitor to Apple for the quality of products they produce.

[Talisker]

Can you be a good conservative, standing up for conservative ideas and values, and still buy Apple products and support Gore, knowing they spend a portion of your money to further Liberal causes?

A "good conservative"? What groupthink consensus decides what a "good conservative" is? And who are you to pose a question demanding not only introspection, but self-judgement and then a report back for group consensus review? In the Chinese and Soviet prison camps, prisoners had write, and rewrite, their life histories until they "correctly" described them according to the politically correct interpretations of their lives. What camp review board do you aspire to?

I have a Mac, and I'm a conservative, and here's my answer to your question: Screw you.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"Can you be a good conservative, standing up for conservative ideas and values, and still buy Apple products and support Gore, knowing they spend a portion of your money to further Liberal causes?"

Ask Rush Limbaugh.

And: sure. The computer industry is left all around, now that Scott McNeely's left the building.

[noblejones]

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Can you be a good conservative, standing up for conservative ideas and values, and still buy Apple products and support Gore, knowing they spend a portion of your money to further Liberal causes?
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Simply because you would die if applied that standard to everything you need to work and live. Assholes exist in every walk of life and every endeavor; even in those that align with you politically.

[Star Traveler]

I don't know about you, but I usually buy products because they are the best for the money, on the market and because they do what I want. And I've found that Apple's products are the best on the market, and they do better than anyone else's -- so I buy them... :-) ...

And here's something for ya, too... :-)

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Rush talking about his Macs... :-)

You know, I'm a big Mac guy. I love Macs, and I've got four Mac Pros. They're the top-of-the-line Mac Pros, maxed out.  And they just had a new system upgrade, went to 10.5 Leopard, and they've had two upgrades since October.  Yesterday brought 10.5.2, which was loaded.

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Karl Rove loves his iPhone

NB: All right, I've got just one more quick question for you. Last time I saw you, you'd just gotten an iPhone. How's that working out for you?

ROVE: I love it. My life has changed. I have a shred of coolness. I've got my 3,500 people in my addressbook on the phone, I can sync my calendar. I keep track of my modest little stock investments. I can check the weather of my house in Washington, my house in Florida, my boy at school, my hunt-lease in south Texas. I can surf the web, I'm just–I get part of my email there.

You chose the right phone, Karl!

I mean it is just shocking how much better, how much more productive I am. I no longer carry around a giant address book, if I don't have my calendar close at hand, I can quickly check it out of my– I don't have to carry, I used to carry several notecards, now it's just as easy to scribble on my little notepad, I can take photographs and forward them on immediately, it's just remarkable.

Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove love Apple! :-)