TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington endorses Ron Paul for president

[jct74]

I, Michael Arrington, hereby endorse Ron Paul for President

https://www.votizen.com/Ron-Paul-for-President/endorsement/michael-arrington/

I thought about qualifying the title with a question mark because anyone could claim to be Michael Arrington on the internet, but I went to his facebook page and he "likes" votizen; I think votizen also verifies the real-life identities of people that sign up. I don't think anyone would set up a fake Michael Arrington profile anyways to endorse Ron Paul, it is not that big of an endorsement, but according to Wikipedia he has been named by Wired and Forbes as one of the most powerful people on the internet and by TIME Magazine as one of the most influential people in the world. So this is a good endorsement.

edit: also confirmed by tweet he retweeted linking to his votizen profile
https://twitter.com/#!/putorti/status/167014309724045312

 

[jct74]

the endorsement was 8 days ago according to his timeline
https://www.votizen.com/michael-arrington/activity/?filter_type=all

 

[iamse7en]

Makes me like Techcrunch more than the Obama-lovers at Gizmodo.

 

[randomname]

Makes me like Techcrunch more than the Obama-lovers at Gizmodo.

I think TC are Obama lovers as well... Arrington is not involved anymore since he sold Techcrunch to AOL and Adrianna Huffington is in charge now. Some of their contributors are very pro-Obama, and they were dead silent on the Peter Thiel announcement last week.

 

[randomname]

Other than linking it on his facebook, Arrington also retweeted this... I guess it's real then: https://twitter.com/#!/putorti/status/167014309724045312

A bit of a reluctant supporter, for someone who tweeted this on Jan 5:

"I don't think there's a single presidential candidate that I can vote for in this election. Looking forward to 2016."

to suggestions of RP and Libertarians, his answer was:

"yeah, but ron paul is a little too crazy."
"yeah, yeah, libertarians. I'm a registered Lib. But the theory breaks down when applied granularly, and all the candidates are crazy as hell"

whoever converted him, good job

 

[jct74]

Other than linking it on his facebook, Arrington also retweeted this... I guess it's real then: https://twitter.com/#!/putorti/status/167014309724045312

A bit of a reluctant supporter, for someone who tweeted this on Jan 5:

"I don't think there's a single presidential candidate that I can vote for in this election. Looking forward to 2016."

to suggestions of RP and Libertarians, his answer was:

"yeah, but ron paul is a little too crazy."
"yeah, yeah, libertarians. I'm a registered Lib. But the theory breaks down when applied granularly, and all the candidates are crazy as hell"

whoever converted him, good job

Thanks for the update, I see you edited your post from your initial doubt. Nice digging too, that definitely confirms the endorsement then if he retweeted the link to his votizen profile. Yes, that is a noticeable turnaround from a month ago, I wonder if SOPA or something like that had anything to do with it, Ron Paul is the champion of internet freedom after all.

 

[randomname]

Thanks for the update, I see you edited your post from your initial doubt. Nice research too, that definitely confirms the endorsement then if he retweeted the link to his votizen profile. Yes, that is a noticeable turnaround from a month ago, I wonder if SOPA or something like that had anything to do with it, Ron Paul is the champion of internet freedom after all.

That retweet is a bit of a weird way to endorse for someone who's usually so vocal about his opinions, but I'll take it.

I see Naval Ravikant also liked Ron Paul and Justin Amash on his FB page... I think we have a lot more reluctant influential supporters like this, is Ron just stigmatized too much by the NYT & co for them to be too vocal about it?

 

[niklarin]

You should also read his critique on the SOPA and the fact Silicon Valley companies were dragged by the politicians into the lobbying process. Maybe thats what actually converted him...

http://uncrunched.com/2012/01/20/big-government-sucks-tech-industry-into-their-reality/

 

[alucard13mmfmj]

endorsement? XD how about donation? lol