Your friend and mine, MySpace Tom, has announced that January 1st 2008 will be the day of the MySpace Presidential Election. Yeah, I checked the calendar too, but it's not April Fools anymore.
The mock election, to be held January 1 and 2, will be open to all MySpace users who reside in the United States, regardless of voting eligibility in the government-run election in November 2008.
Although the MySpace votes won't count for the official election, results compiled from the News Corp. social-networking site's millions of members may help candidates gauge their potential success in real voting booths next year. They also may provide a glimpse into overall public sentiment for the politicians.
Oh it won't count in the official election, who knew? There might be something to this though, while it's unlikely a survey of pubescent Fall Out Boy lovers will be a clear indication of the nations political leanings, getting young people involved in politics is hard work. Could MySpace actually be a launching pad for America's youth and get them to care enough to make it to the polling booths? It seems the candidates hope so, with Barack Obama,John Edwards, and Hilary Clinton all having profiles.
For those wondering, Obama has the most friends, with 89,947. Hilary isn't doing so well, just 7,684. And she's even got herself in her Top 8.
John Edwards has a pretty scary top 8. I looked at the pics of one young soldier who has "savage" tattooed on his stomach and is flipping off the camera and/or holding guns in many of his pics...
Politicians are often evil. Myspace is probably evil. Will this turn out to be evil squared? Guess we'll find out in eight months.
Like the T-shirt says, bros before hos; but I fear the only white male candidate is the one who'll get the job in the end, because too many people in this world are still arseholes.
I wonder what Tila Tequila will wear to her inauguration.
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st_even
Milwaukee, WI
September 2006
APR 03, 2007 05:56 PM
Trahern said:
Politicians are often evil. Myspace is probably evil. Will this turn out to be evil squared? Guess we'll find out in eight months.
Like the T-shirt says, bros before hos; but I fear the only white male candidate is the one who'll get the job in the end, because too many people in this world are still arseholes.
The other t-shirt says "Half honkey, all donkey" so I don't trust t-shirts to formulate opinions, or even be funny.
Even as a political tool - I'm not sure how useful myspace or its various cousins really are. I mean, is "friending" someone really enough to get you out to *actually* vote, or give money, or canvass for them - or do any of the stuff that is real participation? Hell, I'm not even sure how informative something like myspace is. It's pretty clear that the profiles of these candidates are, you know, a bit biased.
It could be used as a tool to help promote awareness among young people who never get their asses to the booths, you know make voting "cool". Mtv tried it but maybe myspace will have a little more luck. BUT as you know I could be a 45 year old man that likes little boys (or maybe on here, uh oh) and make you believe otherwise. Reliable information on myspace. Never.
Hurray for all the cookies the site will collect from this little scam! And redirect to you all adds based on your choices...or whatever they decide to do with the info.
Oh right, this is supposed to be about democracy....
girlysound said:
BUT as you know I could be a 45 year old man that likes little boys (or maybe on here, uh oh) and make you believe otherwise. Reliable information on myspace. Never.
I feel dirty now. If you're a 45 year old man, i just feel dirty, cuz you really didn't look it. You pulled the "hot chic" look off really well.
I hope Hilary requests my friendship, so i can deny the bitch, all while sitting in my room screaming "DENIED BITCH!" and cramming the mouse keys so hard that i shatter my mouse into pieces.
BrokenandHostile said:
I hope Hilary requests my friendship, so i can deny the bitch, all while sitting in my room screaming "DENIED BITCH!" and cramming the mouse keys so hard that i shatter my mouse into pieces.
You should video tape that and post it to YouTube. That would be awesomesauce.
girlysound said:
BUT as you know I could be a 45 year old man that likes little boys (or maybe on here, uh oh) and make you believe otherwise. Reliable information on myspace. Never.
I feel dirty now. If you're a 45 year old man, i just feel dirty, cuz you really didn't look it. You pulled the "hot chic" look off really well.
I hope Hilary requests my friendship, so i can deny the bitch, all while sitting in my room screaming "DENIED BITCH!" and cramming the mouse keys so hard that i shatter my mouse into pieces.
I do yoga, it helps keep that 45 year old man pouch hidden.
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almostfamous
NEWSWIRE
United Kingdom
APR 03, 2007 03:22 PM