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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday January 04, 2006 @08:22AM from the let-the-edit-wars-begin dept.

brettlg writes to tell us LinuxInsider is reporting that Utah Democratic hopeful, Peter Ashdown, is hoping to leverage his knowledge of the internet and small business resourcefulness to take down the incumbent Senator Orrin Hatch next year. From the article: "Peter Ashdown is the founder of Xmission, Utah's oldest Internet service provider (ISP). His Web site includes a blog and a monthly live chat session. But Ashdown's site takes public participation on his campaign Web site one step further -- opening his platform to all. The site is based on the "Wiki" open-source model made famous by Wikipedia."

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That's the problem with politicians... (Score:1, Funny)

by Phariom ( 941580 ) writes: on Wednesday January 04, 2006 @08:37AM (#14391337)

...they never learn from history [penny-arcade.com].

Re:Great Ideas, over qualified though... (Score:2, Funny)

by darjen ( 879890 ) writes: on Wednesday January 04, 2006 @10:27AM (#14391782)

one of his previous jobs was a Computer Tech, which makes him over qualified for Politics
I'd say that holding just about any job would make one overqualified to be a politician, including most forms of unskilled labor. Tells you how much I respect most politicians, hehe.

Re:Well... (Score:3, Funny)

by vertinox ( 846076 ) writes: on Wednesday January 04, 2006 @10:43AM (#14391887)

I just hit up his wiki at:

http://vote.peteashdown.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Pa ge [peteashdown.org]

And under the main article it clearly states:

"I AM PETER OF GAYTORIA HEAR MY ROAR"

So I think partisan politics is the least of his worries with an open wiki. Heck... Even encyclopediadramatica isn't an open wiki.

Re:Great way to Hatch a campaign (Score:3, Funny)

by aussie_a ( 778472 ) writes: on Wednesday January 04, 2006 @10:52AM (#14391953) Journal

Senator Orrin Hatch who once advocated putting malware on people's computers in order to stop them from downloading songs.

I take it once he retires he'll be joining Sony?

Re:Off-topic: Leverage. (Score:3, Funny)

by Reverend528 ( 585549 ) writes: on Wednesday January 04, 2006 @11:01AM (#14392017) Homepage

Using big words like "leverage" allows one to leverage their $40,000 degree in Journalism.

Re:Great way to Hatch a campaign (Score:3, Funny)

by geminidomino ( 614729 ) * writes: on Wednesday January 04, 2006 @11:06AM (#14392061) Journal

I take it once he retires he'll be joining Sony?

Aww, that's cute. aussie_a doesn't think he's already on their payroll. ;)

Re:Well... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday January 04, 2006 @12:13PM (#14392594)

Looks like someone who is currently at 161.184.178.6 [161.184.178.6] (come on if enough people 'ping' him...), keeps thinking that it's a funny joke, or perhaps this Peter lives in Gaytoria, Canada.

Re:I can ruin him in Two Words (Score:2, Funny)

by pashdown ( 124942 ) writes: <pashdown@xmission.com> on Wednesday January 04, 2006 @05:15PM (#14395413) Homepage

Oh come now, my record reviews weren't that bad.

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