Re: McCain answers Scientists & Engineers for America's questionaire

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Rahul Tongia <tongia () cmu edu>
Date: September 15, 2008 2:22:45 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:    McCain answers Scientists & Engineers for  
America's questionaire

Dave,

I have a suggestion.

Can someone please reproduce the answers in an anonymous form, without  
the red or blue, and where the order of answer varies randomly (so  
that things like "as a former navy officer" don't give everything  
away)? [I don't have the skills/time/both?]

If I read it in that manner, I find that many of the answers are  
surprisingly "similar" but perhaps just statements not reflective of  
action (though some answers had more substance).  If they are both  
saying similar things (candidates always say things like smarter,  
efficient, governance, never more, bloated government), then this  
boils down to our ability to trust whether they truly *understand* and  
*believe* the underlying issues, and whether they will take specific  
actions and policies to achieve the goals.

Rahul

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Rahul Tongia, Ph.D.
Senior Systems Scientist

Program in Computation, Organizations, and Society (COS)
School of Computer Science (ISR) /
Dept. of Engineering & Public Policy

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
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David Farber wrote:
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: "Malin, Bradley A" <b.malin () Vanderbilt Edu>
> Date: September 15, 2008 12:04:33 PM EDT
> To: <dave () farber net>
> Subject: RE: [IP] McCain answers Scientists & Engineers for  
> America's questionaire
>
> Dave,
>
> This link appears to be dead.  I believe that the following is live:
>
> http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=44
>
> Also, to put McCain's answers in context, there's a side-by-side  
> comparison
> with Barack Obama response to the questionnaire:
>
> http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=42
>
> Regards,
>
> -brad
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net]
> > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 10:19 AM
> > To: ip
> > Subject: [IP] McCain answers Scientists & Engineers for America's
> > questionaire
> >
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: Robert J Berger <rberger () ibd com>
> > Date: September 15, 2008 11:10:18 AM EDT
> >
> >
> > Dear SEA Member,
> > As a member of SEA, you are among the first to know. Senator McCain
> > has answered our coalition's Innovation & the Elections  
> > questionnaire.
> >
> > Now that Senators McCain and Obama have answered, you can comparewhat
> > they have both said.
> >
> > Thanks to Science Debate 2008, the coalition, and all the SEA members
> > who supported the project. Together, we are making science and
> > technology a top issue in 2008!
> >
> >
> > McCain's answers:
> > http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10132004&msgid=126787&act=2TL
> > T&c=212224&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fsharp.sefora.org 
> > %2Fpeople%2
> > Fpresidential-candidates%2Fjohn-mccain-presidential-candidate%2F
> >
> > <snip>
> >
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