The Enemy of the Good (eideteker) wrote,
The Enemy of the Good
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  • Mood: neither election has much relevance
  • Music: The Beastie Boys - The Sounds of Science

Who Wants to be President?

FACT: Over 63 million votes were received for last night's American Idol final.
FACT: GWB was elected with just over 62 million votes in 2004.
FACT: You can vote for AI more than once.

STILL, that's pretty astonishing. So, to improve voter turnout in future elections, Alison and I were discussing a presidential reality show where you can call in your vote for AMERICA'S TOP PRESIDENT.

So much stuff has been going on (or not that much?), but I should probably friends-lock it in case I get employers (!) looking this thing up.
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