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John McAfee announces Presidential candidacy on the Cyber Party ticket
http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/09/john-mcafee-just-put-out-a-very-strange-official-presidential-campaign-announcement/The thing is, McAfee is not the weirdest or even the second weirdest candidate running this cycle.
John McAfee is officially entering the presidential race. He announced via YouTube today that he is joining the crowded 2016 race, but will be doing so under his own newly-created political party, the Cyber Party.
McAfee is kind of a wild guy (to put it lightly), and I certainly don’t think policy-making is the right role for him. That being said, if you can look past the bizarre green screen action… and the cheesy background music… and his overly verbose script, you’re left with a guy who probably has good intentions and just doesn’t feel like the things that are important to him are being addressed.
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It’s really a shame that McAfee is the guy who has to reintroduce these topics regarding government surveillance into the national conversation. McAfee may not be a “serious” candidate, but he’s certainly grabbing more headlines than Rand Paul who has seen his popularity dip to non-competitive levels in the past several months.
Rand Paul got into a sparring match with Chris Christie about the surveillance state at the last Republican Candidates’ National Debate in early August, but since then things have been awfully quiet in the media regarding the topic.
McAfee is kind of a wild guy (to put it lightly), and I certainly don’t think policy-making is the right role for him. That being said, if you can look past the bizarre green screen action… and the cheesy background music… and his overly verbose script, you’re left with a guy who probably has good intentions and just doesn’t feel like the things that are important to him are being addressed.
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It’s really a shame that McAfee is the guy who has to reintroduce these topics regarding government surveillance into the national conversation. McAfee may not be a “serious” candidate, but he’s certainly grabbing more headlines than Rand Paul who has seen his popularity dip to non-competitive levels in the past several months.
Rand Paul got into a sparring match with Chris Christie about the surveillance state at the last Republican Candidates’ National Debate in early August, but since then things have been awfully quiet in the media regarding the topic.
