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Sunday, October 12, 2008

Politics / Election 2008 Bus Project Takes on 20/20's John Stossel

Posted by Amy J. Ruiz on Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:31 AM

On Friday night, 20/20 ran a piece on young voters, quizzing kids at a rock concert about things like how many senators each state has. When not everyone knew the correct answer--two--John Stossel posited that perhaps young voters should stay home on November 4. Umm...

See it for yourself:

The Bus Project flipped the theory on its head, however, asking if older people should be able to vote. Check out their video response, featuring the Bus' Jefferson Smith with a fantastic Stossel-esque mustache, and man-on-the-street interviews with "experienced" voters in downtown Portland:

 

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What a great video! Thanks for defending all us young voters. We're just as ignorant/informed as the pensioned voters, I'm sure.

Posted by Sweet on October 12, 2008 at 11:14 PM · Report
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More like this.
Posted by ragold on October 13, 2008 at 12:51 AM · Report
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We're just as ignorant/informed as the pensioned voters, I'm sure.

"pensioned" voters? This sounds like it was written by some foreign Brit who's infiltrated the Mercury blog.
Posted by Sissy on October 13, 2008 at 9:18 AM · Report
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We're just as ignorant/informed as the pensioned voters, I'm sure.

"pensioned" voters? This sounds like it was written by some foreign Brit who's infiltrated the Mercury blog.
Posted by Sissy on October 13, 2008 at 9:18 AM · Report
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Well, to be fair, they weren't ranting against youth voters, as a whole, rather against uninformed voters.

They just led the story with uninformed youth.
Posted by prestonC on October 13, 2008 at 5:28 PM · Report

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