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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.
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.
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.
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.
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