C/D: Punk the Vote

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Mike Burkett of NOFX has started punkvoter.com in an attempt to recruit new young anti-bush voters - story at alternet.

Is he still punk rock?
Was He ever?
Is this a good idea?

― pete from the street, Friday, 16 January 2004 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I think encouraging voter turnout is always a good thing. I did not like what I heard of NOFX.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 16 January 2004 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Not very punk to recruit voters of a certain idealogy IMHO (as much as I share that particular idealogy.) Recruiting young voters is very admirable in general though.

― anode, Friday, 16 January 2004 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

but there are more conservative 18-29 year olds than liberals, 32% to 29%.

― keith m (keithmcl), Saturday, 17 January 2004 02:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Equally startling to this naive foreigner:

Here's the real deal: 18-to-25 year olds make up one quarter of the voting electorate, but only 13% vote!

I'm dumbfounded. *shakes head, mutters*

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Saturday, 17 January 2004 05:56 (twenty-two years ago)

oh man, do you statesiders need electoral reform or what!

[preferential voting:c/d?]

― jole, Saturday, 17 January 2004 08:18 (twenty-two years ago)

so when does "nugent the vote" start?

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Saturday, 17 January 2004 08:45 (twenty-two years ago)

PUNK IS DEAD......SINCE 1984

― MALCOLM, Sunday, 18 January 2004 01:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Encouraging people to vote = Classic
Encouraging people to vote AGAINST Bush = Super Mega Classic
NOFX = Dud, Dud, Dud.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 January 2004 02:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Alex is OTM. NOFX are a bad joke band even if they hate G-Dub.
NOFX and like-mindeds completely co-opting the term punk: Dud
People who are ignoring 3 parties to get Bush out of office: Dud
David Cross: Classic

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Sunday, 18 January 2004 02:55 (twenty-two years ago)

oh man, do you statesiders need electoral reform or what!

Yes, we do need electoral reform. But this initiative is about trying to reach people (of a certain age) who are eligible to vote but don't do so, for whatever reason.

so when does "nugent the vote" start?

Wasn't it Nugent who gave MTV their "Choose or Lose" motto?

― j.lu (j.lu), Sunday, 18 January 2004 03:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Who are they encouraging PUNK RAWKERS to vote for anyway?

By the way "Not only did Governor Vilsack spend time with members of Punkvoter.com to discuss the issues, he even admitted to learning a little more about punk music itself. Vilsack stated, “I listened to my first punk record today, Pennywise. I listened to two songs...I think.”"

*cry*

― David Allen (David Allen), Sunday, 18 January 2004 03:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm certain Gov. Vilsack has heard the Clash before at some point in his life. the Ramones, too.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Sunday, 18 January 2004 07:40 (twenty-two years ago)

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