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Google Bribing the Next President of the United States?

posted on July 30, 2007


How do you make sure your company is fondly remembered by the next president of the United States of America? Simple; invite them to the Googleplex, make them feel very special, and give them free lunch and M&Ms.

Ok, so I’m being flippant, but Google’s still using the Googleplex as a means to make nice with the potential next American president.

Five White House hopefuls from both Republican and Democratic parties have stopped by Google’s Silicon Valley campus in recent months to face questions and endear themselves with voters in the country’s most populous state.

Google has an impressive list of those that have spoken:

  • Ron Paul
  • John McCain
  • John Edwards
  • Hillary Clinton
  • (no idea who the fifth is)Bill Richardson

The debates are aired on YouTube and the questions come from Google employees. Google gets up close and personal with the next president, while the candidates get to show they’re hip by visiting Google.


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  • http://ancapistan.typepad.com Tex MacRae

    Google employees are the ones who request the @GoogleTalks. BTW, the fifth one is Bill Richardson.

    http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=AtGoogleTalks&p=v

  • http://www.marketingpilgrim.com Andy Beal

    Thanks Tex.

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  • http://bushidoblog.com.ar Bushido

    Desperate times require desperate measures! :P

  • http://www.gypsybandito.com CT Moore

    This is the thing with Privacy Policies. Governments have to follow rules to collect personal data, and that can either be time consuming or outright impossible.

    But users are waiving that right whenever they use online services, so the private sector is amassing data that governments are simply going to be able to ASK for. It’s ludicrous: http://gypsybandito.com/privatization-of-privacy/

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