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Video Game Characters to Get Out the Vote
Thanks to Gamasutra for the heads up about a political music video starring video game characters that is to start airing on MTV today. The newest "Choose or Lose" video will feature characters from popular video games such as The Sims and BloodRayne and is intended to encourage youth voters to show up at the polls. The video will air for the first time on MTV today on TRL, and afterwards can be seen on the MTV Choose or Lose site. This follows closely on the heels of MTV2's Video Mods series, which uses video game footage for the visuals in music videos.
And before the usual posts bemoaning the lack of turnout, please keep in mind that the U.S. voting system was always designed to prevent people from voting (the non-wealthy, women, non-whites, and now anyone-not-likely-to-vote-for-my-side). The registration process ain't about preventing fraud -- it's about preventing voting.
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I saw same post in the Cobb interview posted here.
FIRE THIS MAN!
They've artificially reduced our choices to two sellouts that they pick, but voter turnout isn't high enough to legitimize the sham?
Why not just have them vote for me? It can be the whole Saddam Hussein thing, where 100% of the people vote, and vote correctly.
Perhaps someone can explain to me Why I should vote for a president, when the Popular vote doesn't count? I mean, we still have an Electoral college don't we? The popular vote doesn't influence them does it? Seems to me, it's a load of crap.
I'll show you politics in America. Here it is, right here. 'I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs.' 'I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking.' 'Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both puppets!'
I think generally people have an idea of who they'd vote for, and even if they don't, they usually know which side shares more of their viewpoints. I don't think people are quite as clueless as a lot of you make them out to be.
Anyway, who says that the people who sit there watching TV all day are clueless anyway? They may just be really lazy. A commercial like this just might get a few extra people out to the booths.
"I'm not talking about 100 question test, I'm asking: who are your senators and congressman? Who is your governer?"
You should have to be able to spell to post on Slashdot. I'm talking about POSTER COMPETENCY here!
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You have a choice. On one hand you have an administration that has tirelessly and successfully fought the war on terror and on the other side you have a coalition of waffly liberals who would leave the decisions of the defence of America to enemies of our nation like France and Germany. Do you want the decision of whether or not to stop a nuclear attack against YOUR home town left up to cowardly liberals like Kerry and Edwards? If not, make a difference and vote Republican otherwise America will surely be attacked again.