House Candidate Lets Web Users Set His Schedule

brahn at actblue writes "From ABC News: Jeff Seemann, running for one of Ohio's seats in the House of Representatives, '...has an unusual approach in deciding how to spend his campaign. He asks Web surfers: Should he sleep in? Prepare for his debate? Campaign door to door?' (More coverage here and here.) Best of all: Jeff is fighting back against Diebold and their paperless voting machines -- and they're based in his district!"

I vote for

[Anonymous Coward]

Sleep in, read slashot and surf for porn. I want someone that reflects my values.

This is bound to work out well...

[Skjie]

Because letting bored internet users make plans for you is always a good idea.

His website should be called

[Anonymous Coward]

www.subservientcandidate.com :)

The Sims: DC

[marktaw.com]

Are you sure this isn't just a plug for the next Maxis game?

Uh-oh

[HungSquirrel]

Best of all: Jeff is fighting back against Diebold and their paperless voting machines -- and they're based in his district!

He's doomed.

Redesign site..

[maskedbishounen]

Lose the flash. Lose the white on light-blue. Lose the red submit button. Lose the JavaScript.

And then Ramen noodles for lunch. Yum!

Re:Redesign site..

[HungSquirrel]

Yeah, his site has some tacky design. So does Slashdot, but I can still appreciate the decent content that crops up here once in awhile.

Re:Jeff Seemann?

[Aardpig]

is this our candidate?

What an appallingly-tacky joke. I hope you get your cum-uppance.

Sound familiar...

[adam31]

Should he sleep in? Prepare for his debate? Campaign door to door?

OOO! Let me try. How about build a house with one room. Once inside, take away the door [livejournal.com]. Hilarity ensues.

Cool...

[greggish]

... the first web-controlled candidate. This is jsut crazy enough to catch on.

Re:This is bound to work out well...

[TykeClone]

Not sure how much land area his district covers, but I could see it resulting in being sceduled at the four corners of the district in the same day. In a populous state like Ohio, that's probably not a big deal - think of how funny it would be in Alaska (where the entire state is a single district).

"Representive - I've got you scheduled for Juenau at 8am and Point Barrow at noon followed by one of the Kodiak islands at 3pm"

Re:This is bound to work out well...

[FrYGuY101]

I can see it now...

"Well, uh, first up, I have to go to a support rally for nazis, then I have to proclaim at a press conference "M$ $uX0rz, Linux r0x0rz j00 b0x0rz" (How do I pronounce that?), then I have to calculate Pi to the last digit, resolve an infinite loop, and build a quantum computer, after that I have to setup a free-porn website. Well, actually, I have to set up 1,283,948,283 different free porn websites, but I'll just set up one and tell everybody that recommended that one that it's the one they asked for..."

Re:The Sims: DC

[RatBastard]

We'll know if we can make him woohoo with his wife in a changing booth at a clothing store.

Diebold

[_w00d_]

...has an unusual approach in deciding how to spend his campaign. He asks Web surfers: Should he sleep in?...

Best of all: Jeff is fighting back against Diebold and their paperless voting machines -- and they're based in his district!

I can see Diebold continually voting for him to "sleep in past noon" and "begin another cocaine binge" in an attempt to make him lose the election.

Re:I vote for

[ndogg]

Interesting, his name is Seemann.