Saturday, October 09, 2004

Rock the vote

For some silly reason, people don't vote as much as they used to. The apathy crosses all demographic groups, but it is especially worrisome among the young. Conventional approaches - akin to Mr. T. bellowing "Stay in school and don't do drugs and take off them huge gold chains, sucka" while jabbing his stubby finger at the camera - just don't work with media-savvy kids.

While watching last night's second presidential debate, it occurred to me - beyond the fact that I'd need to power wash my house down to the foundation if I ever had either candidate over for tea - that a little bit of levity would make the whole process somewhat easier to swallow. I call it the Jon Stewart Effect, because more GenX&Y folks seem to be getting their news from The Daily Show than from traditional media.

With that in mind, perhaps this site will cross the electoral divide by tossing a laugh into the proceedings and . And if it doesn't, it's still a pretty cute example of political satire. Swallow your milk before clicking the link.

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