Talk:Steve Forbes

Editing
On 14:30, 28 September 2007, according to the history, IP address 140.247.152.30 Removed the line "In 1996, he backed Ron Paul for Congress." from "Political career and views." This assertion is documented by the NY Times Magazine article "The Antiwar, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Drug-Enforcement-Administration, Anti-Medicare Candidacy of Dr. Ron Paul" which states "Paul had only two prominent backers: the tax activist Steve Forbes and the pitcher Nolan Ryan, Paul’s constituent and old friend, who cut a number of ads for him." The url of the article is http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/magazine/22Paul-t.html?ei=5124&en=22ee37525a9fc4f5&ex=1343016000&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&pagewanted=all and I will be restore said line.--76.188.94.67 02:15, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

picture
Somebody find a better fair use picture -- this one is terrible. --24.22.229.77 (talk) 02:36, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Does he have a medical condition?
Steve Forbes never blinks his eyes. I find that worrisome, because human anatomy dictates that one must blink every two to ten seconds. I think this strange condition should be noted in the article. Xizer (talk) 05:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)


 * What are you talking about, Steve Forbes blinks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.81.137.234 (talk) 23:59, 4 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I have heard that he does not blink. Recently, he has started blinking. I think it is to cover up his condition because people were starting to figure it out.--70.21.175.167 (talk) 21:05, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Which primaries won?
The text says he won the Arizona and Delaware Presidential primaries, the graphic shows New Mexico and Delaware. Which is correct?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.58.152.238 (talk) 19:40, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Peculiar behavior?
The article states that people didn't vote for him because he had and "idiosyncratic personal manner." I don't remember this being brought up formally anywhere. If a source is not found, I will delete it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.81.137.234 (talk) 00:01, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Rage Against The Machine incident on Satuday Night Live?
Is anybody gonna put any information about the incident on SNL on April 13, 1996? When was forced to censor RATM, because of the upside down flags and stuff like that? Apparently, I watched that episode and he was promoting flat tax, because on that day or something it was Tax Day? Thats all I know. Other than that, he didn't want RATM to preform, due to the song titles and there is language with that. 7:04PM, 28 December, 2009.User:panicpack121

Politcal Endorsements
Would anyone have any problems with me adding a section on his endorsement of Dr Rand Paul for US Senate of KY? Im surprised its not up there yet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.242.174 (talk) 01:08, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

You know what instead of waitng for a respnse Im going to add it anyway anyway and if someone takes it down at least explain the reason. Id wait but sometimes it takes forever to get a response. --76.31.242.174 (talk) 01:10, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Assessment comments
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I have assessed this article as C-class and identified the following areas for improvement:  shirulashem     (talk)   17:12, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The article is not comprehensive and needs expansion
 * The article needs inline citations

Forbes connection to the Tea Party movement
I haven't seen any mention of Steve Forbes' connection to the Tea Party, yet he is on the board of Freedomworks (a group that organized and supports the movement ) and has been linked to TP politicians like Rand Paul. Oddly enough, Forbes magazine reports Bill Maher's oft-repeated question of late (I first heard it on his HBO show in October) "Why is it everything they want is what Steve Forbes wants? It is a to-do list for a billionaire." And it's either incongruous or disingenuous for Forbes to run articles like "The Misinformed Tea Party Movement ... For an antitax group, they don't know much about taxes." Note this connection is relevant to the discussion of the group's populist branding at the TPM article, where I am also posting this. - PrBeacon (talk) 20:15, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Book List?
Is there some wikipedia reason that a list of Steven Forbes books is not shown? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.226.24.123 (talk) 05:30, 5 January 2011 (UTC)


 * It should be, I agree. And I think he's got his name on more than those four: . - PrBeacon (talk) 03:52, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

How does he make a living? Is it from selling books? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.14.82.132 (talk) 16:27, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Lead edit per BLPN
I removed some info in the lead. Edit was prompted by a BLPN discussion. I removed the section because it does not adhere to WP:LEAD in that the info was not present in the body of the article. Moreover, it is quite negative in nature, it's making somewhat WP:SYNTH claims in the way it was worded (leading reader from one item to the next implying causation), and its inclusion in lead seems WP:UNDUE. The sources themselves seem solid and the info would likely be fine in its own section in the article (but I would think it would need rewording as to not lead readers).  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 06:06, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

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Template:CongLinks
I removed " * " from the External links. It was being flagged as having a non-recognized field in the template and I couldn't find any fix at the template page. 'Cong'=Congress; template seems to be for members of Congress, which Forbes has not been. Swliv (talk) 22:08, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

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