Prodigy brings top GOP candidates online - Pat Buchanan, Phil Gramm, Arlen Specter, Robert Dornan, Alan Keyes and other Republican Candidates to answer questions in cyberspace.WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 1995--Prodigy Services Co. announced today that nine candidates vying for the Republican nomination to run for president will answer questions on the Prodigy service, America's most recognized online network. Making the Electronic Town Hall concept a reality, GOP candidates will answer the toughest questions and debate the hottest issues posed to them exclusively on Prodigy. Participants from the Grand Old Party include Pat Buchanan  This article may be too long.Please discuss this issue on the talk page and help summarize or split the content into subarticles of an article series. , Senator Arlen Specter Arlen "Phil" Specter (born February 12 1930) is a United States Senator from Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Republican Party, and was first elected in 1980. Biography Early life and career (PA), Senator Phil Gramm William Philip "Phil" Gramm (born July 8, 1942, in Fort Benning, Georgia, USA) served as a Democratic Congressman (1978–1983), a Republican Congressman (1983–1985) and a Republican Senator from Texas (1985–2002). (TX), Senator Richard Lugar (IN), Representative Robert Dornan (CA), Lamar Alexander Andrew Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Republican Party. He was previously the 45th Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987, U.S. Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993 under President George H.W. , Steven Forbes, Alan Keyes  This article or section contains information about one or more candidates in an upcoming or ongoing election.Content may change as the election approaches. and Morry Taylor Maurice "Morry" Taylor Jr. (1944-) is the President and Chief executive officer of Titan International Inc.. Taylor, nicknamed "the Grizz" for his bear-like gruffness, started in tool and die manufacturing before purchasing Titan Wheel International from Firestone. . Replies will begin appearing on Prodigy's News Bulletin Board beginning November 15. "Our members have a great opportunity to discover the views of some of the leading GOP candidates," said Prodigy Vice President Retta Kelley. "It is not often that the public's political questions are answered directly, if at all." Prodigy created the concept of online politicians during the '92 elections when then-President George Bush and his rival Bill Clinton appeared online. Shortly thereafter, Prodigy became the first online service to actively recruit celebrities to answer questions via computer. Guest appearances reads like a Who's Who Who’s Who biographical dictionary of notable living people. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 922] See : Fame list. To name just a few, they include TV's Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, William Shatner and the entire cast of Cheers; authors Tom Clancy, David Halberstam, Anne Rice and Scott Turow; rockers/musicians Meat Loaf, Aerosmith, Michael Jackson, Peter Gabriel and Steely Dan; athletes Evander Holyfield, Don Mattingly and Boomer Esaison; scientist Carl Sagan. Prodigy, a partnership of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Sears, markets the Prodigy service, America's most recognized online network and the world's largest dial-up access provider to the Internet's World-Wide Web. Prodigy offers its more than two million members a range of news, weather and sports, financial information; educational content; games; reference materials, e-mail, bulletin boards, USENET newsgroups and Chat; travel reservations; shopping; a discount brokerage and online banking. Anyone can join Prodigy by calling 1-800-PRODIGY (1-800-776-3449). Software is shipped free, first month's membership fee is waived, and ten hours are provided to explore the service's offerings. Thereafter, Prodigy costs $9.95 a month, which includes five hours of usage. Additional hours are priced at $2.95 each. CONTACT: PRODIGY Mike Darcy 914/448-8846 darcy@prodigy.com or Dan Klores Associates, Inc. Marc Samson, 212/685-4300 |
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