Apple's Jobs advising Kerry on economic issues

AAPL stock will fall even further this week on this news. Perhaps Kerry should advise Jobs not to have computers manufactured overseas and furthering US job loss.

I agree!

With Apple laying people off, sending work over seas, executive compensation at ridiculous levels and a dismal share of the computer market, I'd think Stevo is the last person who needs to be advising anyone.

My favorite computer company and my least favorite politician getting together, hooray. I live in Massachusetts, and John Kerry has done NOTHING for this state, despite being a Senator for a LONG time. I will not get into name calling or personal attacks, but this is something I could have done without reading. Yikes.

I don't believe it for a minute. Just more mindless pratter from an increasingly paranoid and sensationalist news media. :p

4 years ago, MacNN mentioned that jobs hosted a dinner to raise money for Al Gore.

Wow, I've been reading MacNN for over 5 years now?

You actually think that there is a politician worse than George Bush? He has done more damage to the US than anyone can fully understand. It will take decades for the America to get back to its internationally highly respected position that it had before this moron became president.

iJed...where have you been living?

I spent much time out of the US during the Clinton years, and all I got was grief for being American.

It's no different now. And yes, there are plenty worse than Bush.

Yes because we all know that international respect is the key to a strong US.

Did MacNN copy MacMinute's report verbatim? It's nice to see the MacNN team living up to expectations.

well i was out of the country from august 01 to dec 03, 4 months at a time, and i heard more guff about bush than clinton. as far as international respect, it came down to whether i was paying with euros, francs, guilders, or dollars. after 9/11, even those locals were driving around town with US flags attached to their cars in support, so we're not hated as much as you think. i'm guessing the anti-american sentiment you received had to do more with a long term attitude spanning decades rather than any opinions about clinton or even bush for that matter. they only fed the fire so to speak.

as for jobs' advice giving, i partly agree with the initial comments pertaining to outsourcing. however, the economy is forcing everyone to react in a way to save money. i'm not saying it's right, but the business world has never been a cozy environment, but rather a jungle. policy is a messy game. being in the public eye only gets you mentioned in an article like the one we are commenting on. i'd like to see what is going on with gates, dell, etc with regard to the upcoming election. i'm sure something is dirty somewhere.

count how many times you sat (or stood) in your living room saying the president should do this or the president should do that. everyone is entitled to an opinion. one thing we should be used to seeing around here is a good bit of bias and hypocrisy. i'm finding that i agree more with stand up comedians rather than politicians. it's amazing what silly fascinations we are bickering about these days.