Steve Jobs gave $26,700 to DCCC, He Can Stop Path to 9/11

Just checked opensecrets.org. Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple and the largest shareholder of Disney -- which owns ABC, gave $26,700 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on June 29, 2006. I would guess that Mr. Jobs has a HUGE interest in winning back the House this November and would be willing to help us out is stopping the broadcast of the anti-Democratic Propaganda piece, The Path to 9/11.

This diary has all the contact info for Jobs.

If you contact him, please be nice, since he's definitely on the good side. All he needs is a little education maybe, about why this thing is so bad.

•  I emailed Jobs and Apple yesterday

  I told them in no uncertain terms that if they wanted to be involved in this sort of smear propaganda this ten-year Apple customer would take his money, and his company's IT budget elsewhere.

  I expect ethics from Apple.  That's why I don't buy Microsoft anymore--no ethics.

  Sean

  by whytwolf on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 07:22:07 AM PDT

  •  I told him in no uncertain terms that I'm a huge

    fan.

    And expressed my confidence that he'd do the right thing. He gave just about $26,000 more to the DCCC than I did, I'm pretty sure we're on the same team.

    by GussieFN on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 07:25:06 AM PDT

    •  I say! Well spoken gussie!

      And how are those newts?

      by borkitekt on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 08:40:03 AM PDT

  •  We are huge Apple fans

    And I will keep buying Apple products now because I know that a portion of every dollar I spend on Apple stuff will go directly to help Democrats. That's so comforting. And I'm sure that Jobs will do what he can to get this thing pulled, once he know who made it and why.

    by Grassroots Mom on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 07:28:12 AM PDT

    •  Great find, grassroots mom

      by mayan on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 07:33:28 AM PDT

      •  Thanks

        Recommend this, or at least repost this simple fact in every diary and front page article on this topic. Jobs is one of the good guys and could really help us a lot if he knew what this was all about.

        by Grassroots Mom on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 07:44:18 AM PDT

        •  No prob...

          recommended.  I use a PC but my wife just switched to Mac.  It's the least I can do.

          by mayan on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 07:45:39 AM PDT

          •  Thanks

            You don't have switch computers, but downloading from iTunes counts, too.

            by Grassroots Mom on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 07:59:28 AM PDT

•  The Disney Board of Directors

  Senator George Mitchell is also on the BOD

  http://corporate.disney.go.com/...

  by deepsouthdoug on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 07:24:42 AM PDT

  •  Has he said anything about this yet?

    by Grassroots Mom on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 07:29:32 AM PDT

•  The boycott of Apple has already begun

  I'm sure that Jobs is aware that both Disney and Apple will feel the financial heat if this goes on. There is going to be a huge price to pay that will make the 40 million sunk into the project look like chicken feed.

  I have been with Apple since Apple II. Previously I would nver consider a Windows machine even though it would save me hundreds, indeed thousands in the long run. That bias is now over and I will be looking at what the market has to oofer this fall with no particular allegiance to Apple anymore. Actually, I'm looking forward to some extra bucks in my pocket instead of paying top dollar all the time.

  Never thought I'd be saying this, but I am really pissed at Stevie boy.

  by tjfxh on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 08:17:40 AM PDT

  •  Don't do this.

    Jobs is on our side. He only very very recently became a stock holder in Disney when Disney bought Pixar this year. And everytime you buy an Apple, just think, part of that money is going straight to Democrats. Jobs gave $26,700 to DCCC, and his wife also gave a ton to the DCCC, the DSCC, and Democratic candidates across the country. These are people who are as committed as any of us to getting our country back. I'm sure that Jobs will do whatever he can to stop this from happening. Did you stop to think that maybe Jobs didn't even know about this project since he's busy running both Apple and Pixar, and has nothing to do the ABC part of the company?

    by Grassroots Mom on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 08:23:53 AM PDT

    •  Jobs on the board. Board members are accountable.

      Jobs should either get this changed ASAP or regign from the Disney board and sell his stock in the company. If I had stock in Disney or Apple, that's what I would be doing myself. But your money where your mouth is. I'm tired of Dems who are girlie men.

      by tjfxh on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 08:52:24 AM PDT

      •  And I'm sick of Dems who don't do the research

        Very easy for anyone to launch a petition drive or annouce a boycott, but it takes a few additional minutes to find out what the back story is. How long did you look to see if Jobs had donated to Democrats? How much have you donated? Did you know that Jobs recently underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer or that at the annual Mac developers convention held a month ago that Jobs appeared "gaunt and listless", and that he had delegated a lot of what he normally does to others? Do you know what role, if any he plays at ABC? What role did Eisner or Roy Disney play at ABC? So Jobs, who may be ill again and whose main job is running Apple and is a major donor to Democrats, should be vilified because he hasn't demanded that a program produced by a subsidiary of another company — not his own company — of which he own 7% of the stock is cancelled, when we here didn't even know about this program until a few days ago? How dumb is that?

        by Grassroots Mom on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 09:09:03 AM PDT

        •  Accountable is accountable. This thing on iTunes?

          Way, way over the top. The Dems are girlie men and until they grow some balls and hit US business were it hurts this shit will continue. And Dems like Jobs are complicit.

          I'm sorry that he is not well. but when you are in a position like that you delegate. Whoever is making the decisions now better listen up. Lots of us formerly loyal users are very angry about this betrayal.

          by tjfxh on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 09:51:25 AM PDT

          •  Why do you think he even knows the facts?

            Have you taken the time to carefully explain the details, explain the authors relationship to Rush Limbaugh, tell him what Albright and Clarke have said? How long have you known all the details? A day, two days? Take off your angry hat and see that this is a good human being with a lot on his plate right now. But he is also a dedicated Democrat who if he had all the facts before him would certainly do the right thing. But all you have done is to assume that he was in on the plot from the beginning and accused him of that. NO One likes being accused of something that they didn't do. No one appreciates angry accusatory emails with no concrete evidence.

            Try writing this man a thoughtful letter explaining in detail why this program is bad and asking for his help. Give him as much evidence as you can. Then see what he does or says. He might surprise you.

            And he is delegating right now and that might, in fact, be part of the problem.

            by Grassroots Mom on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 10:10:46 AM PDT

            •  Look Bill Clinton is public with his opposition

              to this. The Disney top brass met behind closed doors all weekend to discuss damage control. There been a flurry of letters to ABC, Disney, Apple, BBC, Scholastic, and many others involved. I personally have written to all of them, including three of Steve's email addresses. Not even the courtesy of acknowledgement of receipt, which I at least got from some of the others.

              If Jobs doesn't know personally, he's on his death bed, and then there's someone else running Apple in his stead. This stuff on iTunes is unacceptable for any reason whatsoever.

              by tjfxh on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 10:31:51 AM PDT

              •  Clinton only went public today

                I got receipt from some of my emails, too. And they were automated. If Mr. Jobs has actually had a minute to read through the hundred of angry knee-jerk threatening emails which you have encouraged to send him, I don't think he's had much chance to sit down and write a reply to each one. Here are some other questions for you. Who is the person/people/department/ at Apple which is in charge of content for iTunes? How do you contact them? Have you contacted them, with a cc to Jobs? That might work.

                by Grassroots Mom on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 10:44:50 AM PDT

                •  I have long experience in writing complaints

                  I learned from experience that if you want action you write to the CEO. The buck stops there. Otherwise you get form letters from flunkies and your message goes in the circular file. Every CEO's office has a staff that reads these letters and lets the CEO know when a critical mass of correspondence is reached on an issue. Belive me, these guys know about this, and now we'll see who acts. Scholastic is already backing down. Apple has yet to do so. Keep the pressure on.

                  by tjfxh on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 11:08:28 AM PDT

•  What about the other Steve?

  Jobs started Apple with Steve Wozniak.  What about him?  It looks like he donated the maximum allowed $2,000 to John Kerry and Howard Dean back in 2003, and also to Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA).

  But since he's not affiliated with Disney, should we even bother him?

  by BruinKid on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 08:44:24 AM PDT