With Al Gore on their Board, employee incentives to purchase hybrid vehicles, and shuttle service from Davos, Switzerland to San Francisco provided for San Francisco's rockstar mayor, Gavin Newsom, this move looks like Google's first towards supporting the Republican party. Here's an excerpt from an article in today's SF Chronicle.
Under fire on Capitol Hill, Google Inc. has boosted its political muscle by creating its first political action committee while taking steps to reach out to Republicans.
Google's move is somewhat uncharacteristic given its independent streak, down to its corporate motto, "Don't be evil." But as the company has grown into a major presence in U.S. business it has been thrust into political debates on which ride tens of millions of dollars in revenue.
When will Google stop masquerading behind its "don't be evil", hip corporate image and admit that it is naturally progressing towards becoming just another multi-national with it's own adgenda that often has to make "evil" moves in order to look out for it's best interest?
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