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Noordam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 11:01 AM
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Television Producer Launches Vote Drive (hehehehehehe
Edited on Thu Nov-13-03 11:03 AM by Noordam
Oh, sorry this is LBN :evilgrin:

AP News



November 13, 2003
Television Producer Launches Vote Drive
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 10:34 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The man who brought Archie Bunker into America's living rooms launched a major new drive Thursday -- with the help of some Hollywood celebrities -- to get young people into the voting booth.

Television producer Norman Lear said the campaign, called Declare Yourself, will use entertainment, education and the Internet to inspire Americans ages 18 to 29 to register and vote. Despite his liberal reputation, Lear said the voter drive is nonpartisan.

``If you get a youngster to vote at 18, the chances are much greater that that individual will be a lifetime voter,'' Lear said. ``So there will be every effort to make turning 18 a rite of passage.''

...more at article.....

Will he use the word DRAFT
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 11:06 AM
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1. Wasn't he involved in this type of thing earlier?
From the article:
"A political activist for more than three decades, Lear founded People for the American Way in 1981, a liberal advocacy group that now claims 600,000 members."

I think this is a good thing.
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Johnyawl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 11:18 AM
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2. Lear started 'People for the American Way...

...as a counter to Foulwell's "Moral Majority".
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