Gates For Prez Gaining Support
The Bill Gates as President movement has an unofficial website, BillGatesForPresident.net, reports Network World. Following Scott Adams declaration of support for Microsoft’s big man, it looks like the idea of Gates for President isn’t as far-fetched as it seems. The site got Slashdotted and brought to its knees, but the real question is how Gates would do in a poll versus the top contenders from the major parties. I could see it happening, if the primary system proves increasingly inadequate, rejecting bolder candidates for those that test well in New Hampshire and Iowa.
And what does Bill think of this?
Comment by Markus | December 4, 2006
[…] Been following the strange saga of the movement to draft Bill Gates to run next year for President of these United States? Well, shut up and sit down, because the committee to draft Gates has thrown in the towel, retired the cause and just plain given up trying to get the king of nerd-dom to run this li’l country. […]
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