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Chrishayden
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Post Number: 732
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Kids Pick Kerry to Be the Next President
Wed Oct 20,11:35 AM ET
NEW YORK - Kid power! Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) is the winner, and the rest of the country should pay attention because the vote on Nickelodeon's Web site has correctly chosen the president of the United States in the past four elections.
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Nearly 400,000 children and teens voted, and the results were released Wednesday. Kerry received 57 percent of the vote; President Bush (news - web sites) got 43 percent.
Nickelodeon has been airing information on the Nov. 2 election, plus sponsoring debates where kids could put forth their views on the environment, the war in Iraq (news - web sites) and terrorism. Some animated shows on the cable channel also have been focusing on the election.
Linda Ellerbee, who writes and hosts "Nick News," says their voting usually reflects their parents' views — but not all the time.
"Every so often you get a kid that says, `My parents are voting for X, but I'm voting for Y,'" she said. "It's amazing, the point when kids start forming their own ideas about issues."
Ellerbee said Nickelodeon has been traveling the country teaching about the election and the importance of being socially informed. Seven-year-old Anthony Viggiano of Baldwin, N.Y., won a contest for the best song lyrics about freedom of speech and performed it with rocker John Mellencamp (news).
"If we can get kids interested earlier in voting, when they can legally vote, they will," she said. "They will run for office, they will be the candidates (that) people want to vote for."
Ellerbee, who will announce the results on "U-PICK Live" Wednesday night, said many children wonder why they can't vote in the real election.
"Kids aren't dumb, they're just younger and shorter," she said. "In fact, last election, a boy came up to me and said, `We picked George Bush (news - web sites) to win, and he didn't really win. Al Gore (news - web sites) won the popular vote, so we were kinda wrong.' Quite an observation."
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Moonsigns
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Post Number: 406
Registered: 07-2004
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I think it's great to involve children in the political process. It teaches them at a young age to not only think for themselves, but to learn how to voice their opinions about the world they live in. |
Chrishayden
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Post Number: 733
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 11:03 am: |
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From the poll results it looks like they have better since than their elders. |
Cynique
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Post Number: 1615
Registered: 01-2004
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Pat Robertson, the conservative TV Evangelist, has recently revealed how a confident Bush ignored his warnings that invading Iraq would result in many casualities, assuring him that no Americans would be killed. I continue to be amazed that this bull-headed fool holds the office of the President of the United States, and that he stands a very good chance of being re-elected. But then I remind myself that Bush's arrogance is typical of those who comprise his broad constituency. These blind patriots think America is infallible. Robertson, incidentally, says he still supports Bush and believes he will be succssful in resolving the situation in Iraq. |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 736
Registered: 03-2004
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And Bush is calling the good Reverend a lie! |
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