January 28, 2008
Craig Newmark Likes His Presidents Like He Likes His Coffee

David Weiner | Bio

With all the hullabaloo (that's right, hullabaloo) surrounding Ted Kennedy's endorsement of Barack Obama, an equally important figure who likes his candidate like he likes his coffee has been surprisingly overlooked: Craig Newmark, the founder and face of Craigslist. In case you missed it, here is the press release put out by Newmark expressly endorsing Obama:

"Hung donged older WM seeks BLK stud (or 1/2 BLK, 1/2 W) for LTR. Must be passionate about life, enjoy debate, politics, culture (art, film, reading) and water sports. I am into community organizing, you must be 2. Non-smoker a +."