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In reply to anonymous:"As much as you'd l...

2008-08-28T16:45:00.000-07:00

In reply to anonymous:

"As much as you'd like to believe this, kids don't vote...and unfortunately this election will be no different."

Perhaps you didn't pay attention to the primaries - young people came out in unprecedented numbers this year. It was the youth vote that gave Obama the edge in many of the primaries.

And yes, this battle is being fought on the internet. Both parties are experienced in all other forms of media, but it was Barack who truly took advantage of the web & texting culture. I remember when Hillary & McCain changed their sites to match Barack's. McCain doesn't have many web savvy supporters, so just a few weeks ago, he started recruiting people to go online and make comments on right and left wing sites, even going so far as to provide them with what to say (trolls, basically).

Look at how crazy he drove the media with his Vice President text message. They were pacing around their sets, checking their Blackberries every couple of minutes. What other politician has done such a thing before?

I can't believe you're writing a How-to on effect...

2008-08-28T02:19:00.000-07:00

I can't believe you're writing a How-to on effective spam.

Also, when I know that the address by name is generated by a computer that rings as hollow to me as "Dear Supporter". Maybe in a different way - I know it is faked, i.e. there is no real person sitting at the other end of that email.

Did you really just try to argue that the presiden...

2008-08-27T19:27:00.000-07:00

Did you really just try to argue that the presidential battle is being fought on the internet? The battle is really being fought for the hearts and minds of the old fart racists of the country...who can barely boot up a computer let alone subscribe to a twitter feed or youtube user.

As much as you'd like to believe this, kids don't vote...and unfortunately this election will be no different.