Comments on: Ishan Shah Fundraiser

By: VOR

VOR — Sun, 23 May 2010 23:11:57 +0000

If Ishan winds up with a photo op with the Prez…..I guess he deserves my vote.

Of course Photoshop is a wonderful thing.

By: Ishan Shah

Ishan Shah — Sun, 23 May 2010 21:04:57 +0000

Thank you guys for your kind words, I’ll have numbers for you very soon!

By: Marty

Marty — Sun, 23 May 2010 19:35:41 +0000

I’m just guessing that with his god given talents for politics at such a young age, if he were to live his life 20 times, and every time he was to fully leverage those talents into a political career, he would be Governor in one of those lifetimes.

I’ve always had admiration for his guts and initiative, but the speech from the fundraising event, and how it demonstrated his ability to turn on the passion pushed my opinion over the top. This man has a future. As Artz wrote, it’s quite astonishing.

By: VOR

VOR — Sun, 23 May 2010 14:59:08 +0000

Marty, I am curious as to how you mathematically determined Ishan’s odds of being governor (of California?) stand at 1/20? Wow, with those odds where do I place my bet?

By: Marty

Marty — Sun, 23 May 2010 06:26:44 +0000

I suspect Artz is more enamored with the story of Ishan than his place in the Fremont council election. He is an extremely talented person who begs to be covered.

I understand those who take issue with the perception of preferential coverage, but you’re comparing someone who in my estimation has a 1/20 chance of being Governor in their lifetime, with an angry housewife and a middle-aged stamp licker for the Sierra Club.

By: Ishan Shah

Ishan Shah — Sun, 23 May 2010 01:36:17 +0000

Here’s some Highlights, wether or not you support me, I suggest watching them. Super cool stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIBaUMgUiGk
The walk in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEZK86BEVWE
The Brick Smash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C_NZ-fUqo4
The Speech.

By: Fremont_Bill

Fremont_Bill — Sat, 22 May 2010 20:17:21 +0000

Bbox, I could not have expressed it better, go back and look at all the articles about a very young candidate for City Council. There is more articles about this individual, then all other City Council Candidates.
Kudo’s to this young candidate for having the smarts to do this.

By: bbox231

bbox231 — Sat, 22 May 2010 20:07:01 +0000

Hey Artz – why is it you think so poorly of your readers ? Or – maybe it’s just a lame attempt at a pre-emptive argument (?)

You know – when you said – “I know one commenter on the blog will conclude that I’m backing Ishan because I stopped by the fundraiser”

Come on – I’ve seen some really silly stuff on this BLOG but only someone with a single-digit IQ (or perhaps a little guilt ?) would infer any personal preference by a reporter from that same reporters’ coverage of any candidates’ public activities. Heck – that’s part of the job isn’t it ?

Now – I could readily imagine someone might have a legit beef if said coverage by the reporter was more frequent for a given candidate than others – - or, if the “coverage” didn’t focus on issues or traits important to constituency but merely became a frequent billboard for the candidate – – but, just dropping in to gather important observations of a candidates public activities and coming away with information useful to constituency in their consideration of future votes cast – - – - – heck, Matt, that’s just a reporter doing a good job.

By: Tom Meyer

Tom Meyer — Sat, 22 May 2010 16:35:06 +0000

Running for FREMONT city council and has a fundraiser in NEWARK????