Dr. Bell on computers and politics

I can see now that it wil be tough to keep the Blue Skunk apolitical this year. I thought this observation by Texas library professor Mary Ann Bell on her Wanderings blog was rich:

...it occurred to me that the MAC vs PC preference discussion is somewhat analogous to today's political conundrum. Is it just me or does Obama seem like a Mac and Hillary more like a PC? Playing around with this idea I came up with several reasons: 

Obama:
* Very nicely packaged
* Stylish
* Engaging and appealing
* Easy to like

Hillary
* Businesslike
* Long history of getting things done
* Practical
* Hardworking

McCain? There my analogy breaks down. I am not sure what to compare him to!

McCain? A 386 PC running Windows 95? 

Oh, welcome back from the Dark Side, Mary Ann! 

Comments

[Betty]

I will never quite see Hillary, Obama, and McCain the same again. What about Bush? Maybe a Commodore 64?

[Doug Johnson]

Hi Betty,

I see W more as using one's fingers to count to 10.

Doug

[Lazygal]

This analogy would seem to suggest that Hilary will give us the Blue Screen of Death every so often, as well as being an upgrade to a version no one quite wants!

[Charlie A. Roy]

@ Betty. I was thinking the same thing for McCain: Commodore 64

[Carolyn Foote]

LOL! Thanks for pointing to Mary Ann Bell's post--I had missed that.