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Posted on 09/30/2004 11:05:32 AM PDT by esryle
MIAMI -- President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry will arrive in South Florida today to get ready for Thursday's presidential debate at the University of Miami. And with the presidential election a little over a month away, one of the biggest voter registration campaigns is revving up... one that targets young voters one of the most untapped voting blocks.
On Thursday, the driving rainstorms seemed to push students closer to registration tables at the University of Miami. In the days before 2004's first presidential debate on the UM campus, 1700 students registered to vote in the upcoming election. Last year, no one seemed to care.
"I was a little discouraging because we put time and effort into it," said student registration drive coordinator, Pamela Schiess. "But this year we got on campus and we started with orientation and kids were bombarding us with questions about absentee ballots and how they can register."
Cable news took over from soap operas in the student union. And the political fever expanded to Edison High School where the C-SPAN school bus made a political stop. Miami-Dade College even opened its school year with a student registration campaign.
Back at the Coral Gables campus of the University of Miami, it was a case of dueling campaigns with the Kerry-Edwards student supporters were pushing for another one-term President Bush.
"Definitely the anti-Bush sentiments on campus are becoming the in thing, the hip thing. It's cool to hate Bush," one student said.
The Bush-Cheney campaign table on campus is doing its share of business as well.
"We are getting a lot of the people that haven't been involved before," said Sarah Canale, a Republican student. "I think they're Republican and are coming out and voicing their opinions and trying to get involved."
But the one that remains is whether the political excitement on the UM campus will continue after the presidential debate and November election.
As for the rules that were released regarding the debate, this morning NBC correspondent Brooke Hart reports that the networks say they will ignore the rule stating says cameras must train on person answering the question. The networks say they will decide where cameras point.
OOOOh.... to be young and stupid again
Will hating Bush help me score with chicks?
And the Leftists say we're members of a "hate group." Hell, the Liberals of today harbor more unadulterated anti-American hatred than any other hate group in history.
The cool thing huh?
That why Bush has a 15 point lead among 18-34?
Fact is, people under 25 have a very low voter turnout.
Sooooo, just because it is cool to hate Bush, they would vote for Kerry? I gues these kids don't have enough brains to make an informed decision on which candidate would be better to guide the nation in which they will be gainfully employed (maybe).
Strap a web belt on them and put a rifle in their hands. They'll learn soon enough the failed liberal politics they so love to believe.
The Bush-Cheney campaign table on campus is doing its share of business as well.
"We are getting a lot of the people that haven't been involved before," said Sarah Canale, a Republican student. "I think they're Republican and are coming out and voicing their opinions and trying to get involved."
I don't know if this is true or not
The kid didn't say he hated Bush only that it seemed to be cool on campus and it might or might not be but his observations are it is.Although in Miami with Shalala as prez it most likely leans that way
Ask SittinYonder - he was an expert at that!
I believe each side got 1/3 of the tickets. I am wondering who will make up the remaining 1/3. Media?
Funny how often and how easily that four letter word, hate, comes to the lips and the minds of the oh so tolerant and compassionate "liberals."
Supposed to be a 50/50 crowd by invitation.
Good.
Don't wory -- they WON'T vote. (see above)
I already have my chick. Freeper Laura Earl. She digs W.
dope smokers are for kerry. They do nto care what he says, because they can not remember what flipper says right after he just said it, so flip flops do not matter to hemp heads.
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