politico.com - 3/13/2009
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Tech savvy Republican donors rolled their eyes last month when Rep. Eric Cantor, the House Minority Whip, tried to demonstrate his tech savvy.
Cantor was addressing more than 100 of the Republican National Committee's top donors over dinner at the party's spring major donor gathering at The ...
thehill.com - 3/10/2009
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House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) seized on
the opportunity to criticize the president Tuesday for over-reaching
in his first 50 days on the job. Following the GOP's weekly conference meeting, the second-ranking House Republican told reporters ...
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Cantor: Obama losing focus on economy
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When lecturing donors on how to make GOP more tech-savvy, Cantor calls LinkedIn ‘LinkedUp.’
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Politico’s Ben Smith reports that in a speech last month to RNC donors in Palm Beach, FL, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-OH) had some trouble with the name of LinkedIn — the social networking site for professionals — mistakenly calling it “LinkedUp”:
“He’s talking about the importance of technology and understand that we need to connect with new voters and how President Obama’s campaign really demonstrated how to use technology effectively,” said a major donor who was in the room, one of two attendees who recalled ...
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