Bill Lancaster wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> At 02:34 PM 9/11/00, Gavin Scott wrote:
>
> >The Al Franken thing was mostly a waste of time (and a real waste of money
> >IMHO).  The talk was occasionally humorous (if you're a Democrat and agree
> >with Al's thesis that no Democrat ever made a mistake and that every
> >Republican is an idiot).  I don't think I've ever heard a more one-sided
> >(and mostly "serious" as opposed to "entertaining") political sales pitch.
> >I think it was when Mr. Franken actually managed to defend Al Gore's claim
> >of having "invented the Internet" that he lost a lot of the audience :-)
>
> I agree with Gavin.  Moreso, I hope we never again have someone like Al
> Franken at an HP World event.  I'm almost surprised that the FCC didn't get
> hold of us today to require equal time to a Republican of equal balance,
> say, Newt Gingrich.  :-)
>
Agreed.  Al Franken was a joke, but not the humorous kind.  Also, the
moderator (J. Cobby {sp.?} ay the Management Roundtable was the worst.
The
guy thinks he is Larry King or something.  VERY few questions got
addressed
and Cobby talked more than the whole panel put together.  The Board
needs
to give some direction here!.

Nick D.