Pat muses: "Sometimes I wonder why anyone of talent and intelligence is interested in politics." One possible answer: As a defensive measure? Background: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02129.html -Declan ********* Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 03:12:01 -0400 To: declanat_private, amicusat_private From: Pat Farrell <pfarrellat_private> Subject: Re: FC: Porn sites, CyberCash entangle Virginia candidates for governor Cc: pfarrellat_private In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.0.20010609121128.00a0bc30at_private> At 12:59 AM 6/11/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Earley returned a campaign donation from Bruce Waldack; he's urging Warner >to return a donation from Bill Melton.... Earley apparently has it on good >authority that CyberCash's electronic payment services have been used by >(brace yourself) porn sites! As someone who worked at CyberCash for 3+ years, I can assure you that they didn't have nearly enough porn sites, or they would not have gone bankrupt. (I wish I could :-) but I can't... >>You might wish to make a note of these possible controversial entanglements, for disclosure >>as warranted by future political ambitions. This is really a serious observation. The Post's coverage was (1) boring and (2) indecipherable. What are the issues here? That character distruction is now easy? That giving to a campaign makes you a public figure? The fact is that CyberCash's highest volume merchants were porn sites. That is due not to CyberCash's brilliance, but rather to the simple fact that on today's net, nobody but porn sites are making money. What is equally true is that even selling services to the porn sites didn't make any real money. Melton drew no salary at CyberCash. The company made no money. Melton did make money on the IPO during the feeding frenzy. I sure wish I had gotten in on that.... Sometimes I wonder why anyone of talent and intelligence is interested in politics. Pat ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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