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		<title>Jerry Yang = John McCain</title>
		<link>http://watchmojo.com/web/blog/index.php/2008/11/06/jerry-yang-john-mccain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashkan Karbasfrooshan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Seeing Jerry Yang now desperate and cornered, begging for MSFT to return with a new offer, I can&#8217;t help but think of the parallel between the Chief Yahoo! and John McCain.
McCain&#8217;s &#8220;Country First&#8221; mantra rang very hollow with his behavior in the past 6 months, and the same can be said about Yang&#8217;s &#8220;Company First&#8221; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10083403-36.html" target="_blank">Seeing</a> Jerry Yang now desperate and cornered, begging for MSFT to return with a new offer, I can&#8217;t help but think of the parallel between the Chief Yahoo! and John McCain.</p>
<p>McCain&#8217;s &#8220;Country First&#8221; mantra rang very hollow with his behavior in the past 6 months, and the same can be said about Yang&#8217;s &#8220;Company First&#8221; mantra which in fact was a pile of BS.</p>
<p>Much the same way that McCain was out of touch with main street (to quote Chris Rock: &#8220;when people are losing their homes, vote for the guy with one home&#8221;), Yang had to clue how rich and generous the $31/share offer was, because the same way that McCain had many homes, Yang was a billionaire many times over.  He was not looking out for his company, he was looking out for himself.</p>
<p>- rejecting MSFT&#8217;s $31/share wasn&#8217;t exactly putting his investors first.<br />
- trying to do a deal with Google wasn&#8217;t exactly putting his advertisers first.<br />
- his behavior - and subsequent halving of company stock - wasn&#8217;t exactly putting his employees first.</p>
<p>You get the idea.</p>
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