[arbooz]

Good one.

[onyx]

Goota love this news! LOL!

[newnhdad]

I guess nobody wants to throw money down this rathole anymore. They figured that the 18-25yo vote doesn't amount to much.
They'll have to find more covert ways to commit voter fraud.

[Larry Lucido]

I thought "Vote or Die" was kind of catchy.

[Senator Goldwater]

"Inherent in liberal thinking is the belief that "somebody else" should pay for everything"

Brilliant. In fact, the whole column was.

[Vaquero]

HA HA!!!

[conservative physics]

it's all a vast right wing conspiracy !

lol

[reagan_fanatic]

Rock the Vote is pushed big on MTV, which has gone from a musical lark to a horrible and mind-numbingly vacuous pop-culture train wreck

In the mid-80's, I used to love to come home after work and turn on MTV to watch the music videos - I even had the audio connected to my home stereo so I could listen to them in high fidelity. The MTV of today is a shell of what it used to be. They seem far more interested today in pushing liberal activism and sex down people's throats than in actually playing music, a trend that really solidified during the 'Toon years when MTV pulled out the stops to help get Clinton elected.

[theDentist]

We came to hear "Boys of Summer" and "Hotel California," and ended up nearly violating federal law by wringing the neck of an Eagle.

Great line.

[harpu]

Too funny...great catch. Thanks for posting.

[sandbar]

>>>The Rock the Vote movement, which began in 1990 in an effort to get young people to register to vote for any candidate they wished as long as it was a Democrat, is in dire straights. >>>

LOL!!

I turned 18 in 1990 and voted for the first time for a president in 1992. I voted Clinton of course because MTV showed me how cool he was. (bluch)

I of course grew up and eventually started leaning toward rational thought and not the immature thought of "sharing", like they teach in kindergarten. Especially when I realized that only a select few had to 'share'.

Then 9/11 hit and I was news hungry. After the initial wear off, the only information I got was talk radio and things I heard made sooo much sense. I actually grew all the way up and started giving a damn. Although more Libertarian in alot of views, I vote Republican most of the time. National Security has been my biggest beef with the Libertarian party.

[bill1952]

Two Supremes named so far.

Who is rockin now?

[1stFreedom]

>>Aside from the admission that the zillionaires who show up to offer Rock the Vote face time but conveniently "left the checkbook at home,"

Many celebs do this. They donate their time instead of money. People don't understand this. It should be appreciated..

[Lady Heron]

We came to hear "Boys of Summer" and "Hotel California," and ended up nearly violating federal law by wringing the neck of an Eagle.

LOL! Thanks for posting. I will have to look for more of this guys writing.

[Obadiah]

Didn't I watch this as a movie?

I think it was called "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure".

[new cruelty]

The Rock the Vote movement, which began in 1990 in an effort to get young people to register to vote for any candidate they wished as long as it was a Democrat

Good point. Rock the Vote had potential to be cool, fun, and worthwhile, but was poorly managed by people with too little business experience, too little imagination, and too much political bias.

[bkepley]

Back when I was too young to vote I remember some eighteen year olds talking about who they voted for and it was Nixon. When my sister said "But you're supposed to vote McGovern" they said "Why vote for a loser?".

[YaYa123]

Rock The Vote has always been an arm of the Clintons campaigns, and even run by Clinton staffers, like, Ricki Seidman.

A Republican organization like this, laughably claiming non-partisanship, would be declared illegal.

[CFC__VRWC]

Rock The Vote will not be allowed to die like it should. If necessary, leftist organizations will demand the government fund it, and will file lawsuits claiming disenfranchisement of poor, minority and young voters if the feds don't cough up the funds.

[upchuck]

I have turned into my Father. Something he accurately predicted a long time ago. Horrified me at the time. I remember thinking, "If I've gotta be like you, I'd rather be dead."

LOL

Strictly oldies for me now.

Mr. Powers make excellent points.

arbooz, thanks for posting the entire article.

[Lou L]

Getting people registered to vote, and assuming they will vote, is as far apart as showing people how to fill out an astronaut application form and expecting them to be on the next Space Shuttle.

This is why you keep hearing suggestions about being able to "vote over the Internet" as a way to enable more voters to get to the polls. God help us if we ever allow this to take place.

[IronJack]

The Rock the Vote movement ... is in dire straights.

No, it is in dire STRAITS. A common enough mistake, but felonious in a writer.

Other than that, good -- if somewhat predictable -- news.