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...remember is a hundreds-strong crowd of students shouting and dancing, turning to and embracing their friends in one massive, mutual celebration. The festivities, of course, were partisan, but I also like to think that the scene, and the election in general, represented a potential that is nonpartisan??an investment in and excitement about government that I personally had never experienced before and had rarely witnessed among my peers...

Author: By Gracye Y. Cheng | Title: Making Change Last | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

...growing, nonprofit, “nonpartisan?? network of activists and artists whose goal is to challenge President Bush’s administration and expose its failed policies through witty and strategic media and theater campaigns. Launched during the 2000 presidential campaign as “Billionaires for Bush or Gore,” it uses a wily combination of satire and facts to communicate through grass-roots organizations and the Internet. The campaign aims to alert the public to the fact that Bush is, in fact, not the ordinary, down-to-earth guy he purports to be. Instead...

Author: By Alka R. Tandon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Billionaires for Bush | 3/4/2004 | See Source »

...spirit of the club (e.g. Dee Regulation, Ivana Censorhugh, Lou Pole), dress the part (cummerbunds for gentlemen, tiaras for women) and, of course, adopt a “billionaire persona.” Entourages are encouraged. Finally, perhaps the most important caveat of B4B is that its members be nonpartisan??they are not allowed to support a candidate or advocate or dissuade a voter from voting for a candidate. Ingrid Schorr (a.k.a. “Maura B. Formi,” the ‘B’ standing for ‘Bucks?...

Author: By Alka R. Tandon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Billionaires for Bush | 3/4/2004 | See Source »

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