Steve Jobs Told Obama in 2010 'You're Headed for a One-term Presidency'
The Huffington Post has gotten a copy of the soon to be released biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, and there are some snippets that are destined to anger Obama-loving media members across the fruited plain.
According to author Walter Isaacson, Jobs told the President in the fall of 2010, "You're headed for a one-term presidency":
Jobs, who was known for his prickly, stubborn personality, almost missed meeting President Obama in the fall of 2010 because he insisted that the president personally ask him for a meeting. Though his wife told him that Obama "was really psyched to meet with you," Jobs insisted on the personal invitation, and the standoff lasted for five days. When he finally relented and they met at the Westin San Francisco Airport, Jobs was characteristically blunt. He seemed to have transformed from a liberal into a conservative.
"You're headed for a one-term presidency," he told Obama at the start of their meeting, insisting that the administration needed to be more business-friendly. As an example, Jobs described the ease with which companies can build factories in China compared to the United States, where "regulations and unnecessary costs" make it difficult for them.
Jobs also criticized America's education system, saying it was "crippled by union work rules," noted Isaacson. "Until the teachers' unions were broken, there was almost no hope for education reform." Jobs proposed allowing principals to hire and fire teachers based on merit, that schools stay open until 6 p.m. and that they be open 11 months a year.
If there are more jabs at Obama in this book, you have to wonder who's going to take the heat - Jobs or Isaacson.
Just remember how Ron Suskind was treated last month for what he said about the President in his new book "Confidence Men."
Stay tuned.
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Jobs wisdom was falling on
Submitted by DWoSD on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 7:22pm.
Jobs wisdom was falling on the deaf ears of a community organizer.
You've heard the saying 'in
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 10:37pm.
You've heard the saying 'in one ear and out the other'?? Well, with Boy BlahBlah, I really don't think it gets in the first ear............which is rather astonishing, given how big they are!!!
This evening on ABC World
Submitted by kareling on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 7:25pm.
This evening on ABC World News Tonight, George Stephanopoulos (in for Diane Sawyer) did a segment on this book. He mentioned a health care choice Mr. Jobs made that may have shortened his life; and the things that inspired the creation of his first computer. But of course he said nothing about a meeting with Obama.
Blasphemy!
Submitted by HelloDare on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 7:37pm.
Nobody in the lib media will ask Isaacson about it. Therefore it never happened.
With a name like JOBS (3 letter word)
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 7:44pm.
Do ya really think Obama liked him? I say he'd only like him if his last name was UNIONS.
Or his middle name was
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 10:38pm.
Or his middle name was 'Government', or 'public sector'.
and the media
Submitted by jimtrees on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 8:05pm.
Will say he was the best one termer since.
The obvious question is why Steve Jobs continued to support
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 8:08pm.
Obama and fund the Democrat Party?
From author Walter Isaacson:
My answer to the question I asked is to quote Forest Gump: Stupid is as stupid does.
My guess is Jobs was still a
Submitted by Rovin on Fri, 10/21/2011 - 2:33pm.
My guess is Jobs was still a pragmatic businessman. Knowing full well that even a modest donation to Obama's campaign would save his company millions, instead of just one more “Axelrod-sponsored” regulation---really a simple economic decision, even if it’s a form of extortion.
Not everyone thinks Obama is a great president...
Submitted by BTW Biological ... on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 8:49pm.
Big deal.
I work with a lot of Filipinos and they say their school last from 7am until 5pm with an hour lunch break. If that happen here their will be riots.
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You can still be a democrat and not agree with Obama.
...ya but...
Submitted by Jay.79 on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 9:28pm.
He will still get your vote.
A longtime neighbor once told me that he was a "moderate" democrat, then later in the same conversation he told me he had never voted anything but straight ticket.
Jobs talking to Obozo is like
Submitted by Clutch1956 on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 10:19pm.
trying to teach a pig to whistle. It is a waste of your time and it annoys the pig.
10,000 times better than an iphone
Submitted by redhunter on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 10:34pm.
Although Jobs had his failings he did have some perspectives that were spot on. In addition, to this one-timer statement, a close friend said the following as quoted in the NYT: "I asked him if he was glad that he had kids, and he said, 'It's 10,000 times better than anything I've ever done'."
How did they get a copy?
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 10/21/2011 - 2:33pm.
How did the Huffington Post get a copy of a book that hasn't even been released yet? Haven't they heard of "copyrights?"
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Jobs has a good point about
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Fri, 10/21/2011 - 8:53pm.
Jobs has a good point about longer school hours. Unfortunately, the ACLU would probably find it inhumane to the little gang-members in our American school system. After all, these children need time to get into trouble, right?
This is the system we're
Submitted by 4rcane on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 8:04pm.
This is the system we're living in. Protection money to bribing Democrats
Will say he was the best one
Submitted by bagtree on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 3:16am.
Will say he was the best one termer since.
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