Posted by: 753
Tell An American To Vote - 26/10/2004 14:42
I've just visited the
homepage of Andrew Tanenbaum. I am sure some of us have read one or more of his books(did you know he wrote a cookbook titled
How to Prepare Your Input?). On his site I found a link to
tellanamericantovote.com. I still had last weeks discussion in memory so my mind inserted a "How" between "TellAnAmerican" and "ToVote". A minute later I discovered that it is dedicated to making americans living abroad -- one of which is Tanenbaum himself -- vote and has absolutely nothing to do with the how-part. The little flash movie on top of the page makes me think that the intention of this page is to prevent Bush taking a second turn, but they don't say a thing about who to vote for and why to vote that person. The interesting question that now poses itself is if americans living abroad are such a good resource for the democrats to mobilise voters from, that even a voting suggestion is unneccesary? Or is my interpretation of the flash movie wrong and all it is saying is that your vote does have impact?
Posted by: kayakjazz
Re: Tell An American To Vote - 26/10/2004 15:27
The interesting question that now poses itself is if americans living abroad are such a good resource for the democrats to mobilise voters from, that even a voting suggestion is unneccesary?"
One would think so, given the kind of challenging being an American abroad these days elicits, but some ARE abroad at least partially because they've become disenchanted with their country, and no demographic has a corner on apathy, especially if rooted in disillusionment...I applaud the effort, particularly a nonpartisan one!
Posted by: Dignan
Re: Tell An American To Vote - 26/10/2004 15:34
Hasn't the absentee ballot deadline passed already?
Iraq right? You mean the stations that said we were doomed because of a sand storm? The stations that said that thousands of our troops would be wiped out as they neared Baghdad by Iraq's army? You mean the stations that said we didn't have enough troops to win a military victory (not post-war)? You mean the stations that said we'd lose tens of thousands of troupes from Saddam's chemical weapons?
If one were offended that the reporters who were embedded with the troupes dared show any enthusiasm or excitement because of our Army's overwhelming military and combat victories, maybe that person should ask themselves why they long to see the military in a bad light.
Besides, two months of embedded reports showing camaraderie with the troops they are with does not tip the scale away from their Left leanings and anti-Bush bias over years.
Posted by: jimhogan
Re: Tell An American To Vote - 27/10/2004 04:15
Oh, and, apropos of nothing (not directly related to this thread), I found this interesting 1996 interview with
Colonel Harry Summers. It is, of course, right out of the heart of Soviet California. Just thought I'd share.