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...This gives parents a voice and encourages their interest and participation in their kids' education and the election process, getting them involved at the basic level of civic society," he said...
...lock box where they will be safe until November 2004. At that time, answer the survey questions again and compare your 2000 and 2004 responses. Will you be better off? Possibly. Will this improvement be the direct result of the next president? In all likelihood, no. But as a civic-minded Harvard graduate, won't you be glad that you have a way to outsmart the candidates, see through their rhetoric and make a judgment for yourself...
...such an important time in this nation's history, we urge the American people to abandon the apathy that has been increasing for years. Instead of leaving the destiny of the country in the hands of others, take an active role in the process yourselves. Voting is your civic obligation, but it goes far beyond that. There is a great deal at stake in this election...
...York, and we now have the saddest television image of the campaign to date. Rick Lazio, her opponent, taking his daughter with him into the ballot box - inside a Ford dealership. There's something so sad and small about the idea, about executing this grand, public, civic gesture in a private business, a car dealership, no less. Not to sound like Doris Kearns Goodwin here, but voting should take place in schools, in courthouses, settings that call to mind our common bond and the idea of aspiring to a better future. Places that call to mind the Pledge of Allegiance...
...matters of public policy have no connection to their life. So they focus on nonsense. They tilt toward Bush in the debates out of some adolescent response to powerlessness and ineptitude. They tilt away from Gore because he appears to know that he's intellectually superior to and more civic-minded than his opponent...