Rush Limbaugh has applied his mind for politics to the world of technology, and the conservative radio personality has concluded that Apple is associated with Republicans and Google with Democrats.
It's a thoroughly silly analysis that's based on his impressions of bloggers, according to CNET. But given Limbaugh's audience of millions, it's one that is sure to get attention among political and tech audiences.
"I would venture to say that nine out of ten bloggers writing high tech hate Apple," he said. "Apple is the equivalent of the Republicans on these blogs."
The Democrats, meanwhile, are associated with "Google, Android, and Samsung."
Limbaugh believes that tech bloggers are Democrats, of course. Republicans to them, he says, are "probably aliens from Mars, racists, sexists, bigot homophobes."
Limbaugh said, "The pro-Apple bloggers are looking at the way the pro-Samsung, -Google, and -Android bloggers write, and they're now starting to write about the media bias, and they're starting to write about the unfairness, and they don't understand it. I mean, they're chronicling how these pro-Samsung and -Google, -Android guys are faking data, faking news to make it look bad for Apple when it really isn't. And they're at the stage now of scratching their heads trying to figure out why this is happening."
He added, "I would love to just be able to get to one of these guys and say, 'Now, I want you to do something. The way you see these guys propping up Samsung and Google and Android and the way these guys are ripping Apple to shreds, would you try to see that in the mainstream media? Would you open your eyes and see what's going on in the mainstream media? Would you try to open your eyes and see that in the mainstream media, the Republican Party is Apple, and the Democrat Party is Samsung, Google, and Android."
So there you have it. The tech politics world according to Rush. Needless to say, it seems a little contrived and poorly researched.