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But why did it have to be Zynga's Mark Pincus...

I was kind of surprised Pincus was in that room. Are our virtual farming habits being analyzed by the NSA too?

He was another CEO's 'plus one'

Well if you send "Mark Pincus would like to play Presidential Advisor with you!" to enough people, someone will click it :)

Instead of all of them! Why weren't they unanimous?

This. One tech ceo can be brushed off by the administration. A room full of hand-picked ceo's all saying the same thing in unison is tough to ignore.

You have to wonder, though, whether they all were willing to spend their limited presidential currency shitting on Obama's head. I can't imagine pardon requests are something a president ever wants to entertain.

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