Speaking of internet

Google (have you heard of it?) set up a PAC to make donations to politicians. Big deal you say? Hear hear. Unfortuneately, they committed the grave sin of donating to, gasp, Republicans. And just because every major company in the US donates to both sides of aisle (just about the best return on investment a company can make), doesn't mean the lefties are going to let this slide. Huffington Post's own Eat The Press, runs the following on the front page of the blog, "Google Now Donating to GOP Candidates" (is that really news?) with "Google's New PAC Skews Republican" as the article title. I also like the color logo they created (its the picture at the top of this blog).

I'm sorry but I don't see any of this as newsworthy. The GOP controls the House, Senate and White House. A company as large as Google has to give money in politics, and the best place to give money is to those in charge. My bet is that if the Dems win (no sure thing that), then Google's PAC will give more money to the Dems who will then Chair the relevant committies. One of the real truisms in politics is that sitting politicians get more money than challengers, and one of life's truisms is that winners get more than losers. It would actaully be news if Google didn't understand that.