Posted by why?, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Jan 25, 2013 at 10:04 am

What's the point? Is anyone going to give donate money to Christie knowing that a billionaire likes him? Why doesn't Mark just gift Christie some money?

Posted by curious, a resident of another community, on Jan 25, 2013 at 10:59 am

Boy, it is interesting to see the difference in the response from local folks between the disaster in New Orleans and the disasters in New York and New Jersey. Why do we hear nothing about fundraising for Sandy while things were really hopping for the other hurricane?

Posted by incurious pep, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood, on Jan 25, 2013 at 11:06 am

@curious

1. This post is about a campaign fundraiser, not Sandy relief.

2. with what data do you make the absurd claim "the difference in the response from local folks between the disaster in New Orleans and the disasters in New York and New Jersey." ?

Posted by moo, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jan 25, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Mark Zuck started getting weird when he decided he couldn't eat anything with a face unless he killed it himself.

Posted by moo, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jan 25, 2013 at 1:08 pm

Dear Sue Dremman,

Thanks for the article.

I have a suggestion for another time.

You wrote:

"Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla. . . "

To me, this sounds as though Priscilla is simply incidental. I don't think that's the case.

I might have written the following:

"Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and physician Priscilla Chan, who have been married since last year. . ."

Just an idea.

Or, you could put Dr. Chan's name first, and make her husband, Mark, the incidental one!

Posted by SteveC, a resident of Menlo Park, on Jan 25, 2013 at 2:16 pm

The Republican party needs people like Christie, so it's not as alarming as if it was just another republican pol in the pockets of the extremists.

Posted by OsNose, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jan 25, 2013 at 3:30 pm

Zuckerberg is just being normal with his sudden change in political parties of choice

Young and full of hope and wonderment = Democratic

More mature now and lots of money = republican.

At this fundraiser, I wonder if he will share some of his hand killed meats?

Kinda strange if he does ''Why yes governor I just killed that my self this morning''

Dont get me wrong I love meats I just prefer not to be able to put a face on what I eat.

Posted by Anonymous, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jan 25, 2013 at 10:08 pm

Just another way to change to world (or buy political influence).

Posted by Schmuckerberg, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Jan 26, 2013 at 9:08 am

Mark Zuckerberg may be Internet smart, but he can be really dumb about a lot of other things. Hence his current nickname locally.

Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jan 26, 2013 at 9:30 am

Moo

Dr. Chan, unfortunately, is a nobody. This is only news because of who her husband is. Therefore the headline is correct. If her husband was also a nobody, this would have been no news.

It is not interesting to know about a doctor and her husband that nobody has heard of doing anything to help a republican.

Posted by s, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood, on Jan 29, 2013 at 12:28 am

Palo Alto is shifting fast from being liberal to being big business, lobby washington, sell off the farm to the chinese, right wing.

Posted by incurious pep, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood, on Jan 29, 2013 at 12:43 am

"Palo Alto is shifting fast from being liberal to being big business, ... right wing."

Basing that on what? All the republicans elected recently?