Google Employees - Including CEO - Gave Overwhelmingly to Democrats (98% to Dems)

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[governsleastgovernsbest]

Search engine is cash engine for Democrats

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.

Copyright 2005 by United Press International. All rights reserved.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I like Google and use it all the time, yet when I read this I was tempted to think of seeking alternatives.

[b4its2late]

They'll learn the hard way.

[Vision Thing]

These folk live in the Gay --- err! --- Bay Area.

[Walkingfeather]

Please provide a thread for alternatives

[bahblahbah]

[Allen In Texas Hill Country]

To remove Google from Firefox go to Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins and remove google.src and google.gif.

I now use Clusty.

Google is way over the top both in their donations and political search responses.

[jackbill]

I haven't used Google for years. Now I know why.

Check out www.metacrawler.com. It's at least as good.

[billorites]

I like Google too, but will we be using it in 5 years?

I used to think Yahoo! was where it's at.

There are people out there who believe that the only way onto the www is via AOL.

[ghannonf18]

How do we tell them we will no longer use their search engine?

[jackbill]

How do we tell them we will no longer use their search engine?

They'll know. They count hits.

[TexasCajun]

I like Google and use it all the time, yet when I read this I was tempted to think of seeking alternatives.

DITTO THAT!

Damn liberal Aholes!

[Behind Liberal Lines]

You know, google has become almost a necessity, like a utility company or health care.

Maybe its time to nationalize it. As Democrats, the employees should approve.

;-)

[NorCalRepub]

I'll use the best and most efficient search engine regardless of their donations unless it influences their web page which I've heard it may regarding news.......I won't boycott a company that is legally doing business and putting out a decent product.....

[G.Mason]

"Check out www.metacrawler.com. It's at least as good."

And who do they donate to? Hummmmmm?

[freeangel]

Ha! 'Guess they wasted their bucks.

[Clypp]

Microsoft put a lot of work into their new search engine. I use it along with google for searches, it's Microsoft but hey, it works.

[Frohickey]

Yahoo search

[bahblahbah]

M$ gave 9 times as much than Google.

[bahblahbah]

M$ gave 9 times as much to the Democrats than Google.

[Hildy]

Unfortunately, Google is the best search engine out there so I'm going ot keep on using it. Rememeber, they're the ones who wasted so much money.

[FreedomCalls]

http://www.a9.com/

http://www.yahoo.com/

http://search.msn.com/

http://www.content.overture.com/d/

http://search.looksmart.com/

http://www.teoma.com/

http://www.altavista.com/

http://www.kartoo.com/

http://www.findwhat.com/

http://www.ask.com/

http://search.aol.com/

http://www.hotbot.com/

http://www.gigablast.com/

http://www.lycos.com/

http://search.netscape.com/

[MississippiMan]

I'll use the best and most efficient search engine regardless of their donations unless it influences their web page

A Freeper told months ago how they kept cancelling his Google ad that linked to a site that sold conservative bumper stickers and such. No such policy regarding the exact same merchandise of liberal persuasion, though.

MM

[gwbiny2k]

removed the searchplugins. thanks!

[SF Republican]

Republicans must work hard to win support from a company whose employees seem philosophically wed to Democrats - and why is that?

[calcowgirl]

Yahoo used to be good because from 2002-2004 it used googles search engine.
It switched to its own search engine in February 2004.

[Gee Wally]

I just tried Ask Jeeves. Here's a link to their employee donations (Dean, Kerry, etc.):

Ask Jeeves Employee Political Contributions 2000-2004

[Gee Wally]

Yahoo has a few people giving to Republicans:

Yahoo Employee Political Contributions 2000-2004

[muleskinner]

Many of these high-tech chiefs don't want to be percieved as geeks, even though they are. They see themselves as cutting-edge....so no conservatives here.
A very good friend works with the brother of the President of Google. Total geekazoid/dork. You could drag a corn dog past his cubicle and he jump on it. He prefers to keep old computers in use long after they ought to be dumped, just to save a buck.

[Gee Wally]

Lycos is just as bad:

Lyco s Employee Political Contributions 2000-2004

[SandRat]

I won't use Google anymore.

[Gee Wally]

AltaVista - more Dem giving:

AltaVista Employee Political Contributions 2000-2004

[confederate66]

I use Google alot. BUt I'll NEVER buy from any of it's sponsors or services. Yahoo is worse than google.

[mewzilla]

Good to know.

[G3]

Try my favorite search site...

vivisiom.com

Cluster searches make for quicker results.

[Gee Wally]

He prefers to keep old computers in use long after they ought to be dumped, just to save a buck.

Is there something wrong with that? (Reply posted from my circa 1999-2000 computer.)

[kcinnh]

By Google!!!

[jackbill]

metacrawler is apparently owned by Infospace. Check out the principals at:

http://www.infospaceinc.com/corpinfo/exec/

I checked a few of them at www.opensecrets.org and it looks like at least as many gave to Republicans as gave to RATs. They are apparently based in Bellvue, WA and I noted contributions to Jennifer Dunn, Bush, etc., as well as one board member from AOL who gave to Kerry. Too bad. He lost his money.

[BobL]

My problem is that Google does a really good job - which SUCKS.

Here in Texas, a Company from California, 21st Century Insurance, which doesn't seem to have much of a political agenda is about to clean the clock of Progressive (a company even more socialist than its name). I used 21st in CA when I lived there (a while back) and they were great.

[new cruelty]

You could try contacting them at gblog@google.com

Their blog is located here- http://www.google.com/googleblog/

[Steve Eisenberg]

I can't find a site at http://www.vivisiom.com/

The big advantage to me of google is their cache, so you can see sites when they are down and/or as they were a few days ago. I remember when the Saudi embassy for the first time put out a visa web page and it said, accurately, no Jews allows. They changed it, after a day or two of scandal, in order to hide their true policy, but you could still see the old page on google. I do not think any other search engine can match this because google has such an enormous bank of computers.

I don't normally worry about the politics of people I am paying for goods and services, so I certainly am not going to worry when I don't pay. How much money do you pay your dentist, and how many of them are Democrats?

[ReadTheFinePrint]

Of Course Google gave overwhelimingly to democrats..

their corporate credo is "Do no Evil" and they clearly mark advertisers as separate from the unbiased hits..

only democratic pansies like google would have such a motto ...

use microsoft they will have an inferior product, and mingle in paid advertisers with objective results.

[Trajan88]

I use Copernic... seems to provide a higher successful hit rate than other search utilities.

Trajan88

[mlmr]

Is there a decent alternative?

I only shop where my values are respected.

[G3]

Sorry for the typo...

www.vivisimo.com

Far superior.

[mlmr]

M$ gave 9 times as much than Google.

to the Dims?

[bahblahbah]

You would have known if you would have just read the next comment. :p

[SteveBosell]

I don't have a problem with a company (or actor, musician, etc.)merely donating money to the democrats, which, as noted by a poster above, is perfectly legal and ethical. Once, however, they start spouting the far-left moonbat nonsense (Bush = Hitler, no blood for oil, etc.) I will actively avoid their product.

[JoeDubya]

Link to Google just deleted from my favorites.

[mlmr]

You would have known if you would have just read the next comment. :p


I am a restless and impatient one....

[dennisw]

Sue google for causing such mental distress you went to a gay bar where you ran into one of your employees and now all your Mexican concrete workers razz you for this