Typical loyal apparatchik:
Page was born on March 26, 1973,[19] in Lansing, Michigan.[20][21] His mother is Jewish;[22] his maternal grandfather later immigrated to Israel,[21] though Page’s household growing up was secular.[22][23] His father, Carl Victor Page Sr., earned a PhD in computer science from the University of Michigan. BBC reporter Will Smale described him as a “pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence”.[24] Page’s paternal grandparents came from a Protestant background.[25][26] Page’s father was a computer science professor at Michigan State University and his mother Gloria was an instructor in computer programming at Lyman Briggs College at the same institution.[27][24][28]
While Google and Page are a big deal, I am doubtful the industry would look that much different if they hadn’t hit the scene. Yahoo and Alta Vista were decent search engines that would have evolved more had Google not made the leap when they did.
That comment reeks of the strong stench of anti-intellectualism rampant in conservative circles today.