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...keeping with its motto—“You Act, We Donate, Progressives Win!”—ClickBackAmerica.org contributes $1 to the MoveOn.org Voter Fund each time a student engages in a political campaign on the website...
...blatant than in elections past. The ever-compliant press was a little more malleable, broadcasting an entire 29-minute speech Putin gave to campaign staffers. Local leaders were a little more enthusiastic about fixing the results, threatening punishment for not getting to the polls and offering prizes to increase voter turnout and get the 50 percent quorum required to make Putin’s victory official. Workers at polling places were a little more likely to forge a couple thousand votes for Putin than the last time he was running for the top job—as they...
...politician’s plea that his absurd-sounding quote was “taken out of context.” Watch TV news, and you may begin to feel like the whole election is out of context, and it’s going to be up to the voter to put it all together. The very structure of television media minimizes context, since only the skeleton of a story can survive the cutting that it takes to reduce a complex issue into a two minute “package” or, worse, a 15-second...
...Beware Of Flannel-Mouth Disease" [March 1], columnist Joe Klein argues that to be successful in the presidential race, John Kerry will have to overcome the fact that he probably drinks wine, doesn't eat Cheez Whiz, speaks French and has trouble uttering simple English sentences. Is the American voter supposed to be put off by those traits? Our leaders should not be homogenized versions of the guy next door but the best of the best, regardless of a preference for Bordeaux over beer. ALEX GUITTARD San Diego...
...share Klein's disappointment that the average voter seems more concerned with handicapping the presidential campaign than debating important issues. But the media have covered the Democratic primaries like a horse race. The public is merely following their lead. The focus on getting a candidate elected is a way for voters wary of broken promises to gain a sense of empowerment. If they can't manage to protect the environment, stop the Iraq war or save jobs in their cities, they can at least try to get their guy into the White House. JOHN DUTTON Los Angeles...