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For PaisAn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 11:14 PM
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Wes Clark ad that is a must see no matter who you support
This kid is a beautiful, brilliant thinker. This is the hope for the next generation. Please watch.

http://a471.g.akamai.net/7/471/9997/v0001/clark.download.akamai.com/9997/blog/1_23_04Max1.mov
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 11:23 PM
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1. I couldn't get it to load.
Is it me? :shrug:
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BlueStateGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 11:24 PM
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2. Me neither :(
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Jerseycoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 11:28 PM
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5. Try again. I had it in a different window and let it load.
http://a471.g.akamai.net/7/471/9997/v0001/clark.download.akamai.com/9997/blog/1_23_04Max1.mov

It is SO worth the wait.
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For PaisAn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 11:30 PM
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7. Sorry
Edited on Sun Jan-25-04 11:30 PM by For PaisAn
I'm not too computer savvy. I just right clicked on the line you click to watch the video, then pasted it here. Is there a better way? Also, made a mistake, it's not an ad. It should be.
Anyway, you can go to clark04.com and go to the video blog on the home page and you'll find the Max video there. You'll be amazed.
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Jerseycoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 11:39 PM
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10. Not your problem
It is just a slow loader and people think it's not going to open. The link is fine.
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Jerseycoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 11:26 PM
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3. Is this Max?
I watched it earlier. Unbelievable. Just unbelievable. I'll look for the thread with the link in it.
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wheresthemind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 11:27 PM
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4. As a 17 year old who has been interested in politics a long time...
I highly doubt this is completely authentic...

No bash or anything, but I find it a little hard to believe that this kid knows as much as he articulates there, maybe a child actor? But then again that would still be a hell of a lot of talent for a child actor. (I was one of those too ;) )
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Jerseycoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 11:29 PM
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6. I wouldn't know
But the kid was in the audience at a rally the other day and spoke the same way.
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For PaisAn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 11:35 PM
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9. Yes
I saw him on TV at that rally. When Wes Clark was walking around meeting people after the rally. Max's Mom approached Clark and said her son had a question for him. Max then asked a question about education and "No Child Left Behind". Looked spontaneous and authentic that day but I could be wrong?
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parasim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 11:55 PM
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13. Perhaps he is a child actor...
... but to me he looks more like simply a very gifted child, perhaps a genius. I've got a nephew who articulates like that. He taught himself how to program a computer at something like 6 years old. They are rare but there are indeed kids as smart as that.
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Skwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 01:21 AM
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25. Why? I have an 8 year old and I think you'd be amazed
by his grasp of the issues.
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jmusgrat Donating Member (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 11:31 PM
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8. Smart kid....
I have nothing more to say than.... the kid is right.
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sonias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 11:40 PM
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11. Hey I'll vote for Max
For the best ad by a supporter for the candidate of his choice. What a fantastic kid. Smart and personable. He thinks on his feet and is probably more knowledgeable than a whole lot of people who can vote right now. The kid is only 11 and he lays it down. This kid could beat bu$h in a debate.

Go Max Go.

Sonia
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For PaisAn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 11:41 PM
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12. Yes
and no teleprompter, unlike Bush.
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Jerseycoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 12:07 AM
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15. more knowledgeable than I am
:7
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TexasPatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 02:02 AM
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29. its really sad
but you're right...
this 11 year old has a better grasp of the issues than "Temporary"

If its true that people get the government they deserve, then we must have been very bad people in another life.
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 12:00 AM
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14. This is a 28MB download, so dial up might have a problem with it.
Also, it's a Quicktime file, so if you don't have that program installed (and enabled as a plug in for your browser), the file won't run.

BTW, it's downloading really slow even for me, and I'm on broadband! Server must be busy.....
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milkyway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 12:08 AM
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16. Wow! What's weird is that the kid has a bit of a speech problem, but he's
a great speaker. Great ad!
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Jerseycoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 12:15 AM
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18. Not an ad apparently
It's a video shot in a side room where a rally was held. It's part of a video blog the campaign started doing. A group of volunteers is doing the shooting, but the whole thing is being pulled together by a filmmaker from NY who offered his services.
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Jerseycoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 12:11 AM
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17. MPEG file
This one didn't work for me, but maybe it will for others.

http://a471.g.akamai.net/7/471/9997/v0001/clark.download.akamai.com/9997/blog/1_23_04Max1.mpg
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RafterMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 12:16 AM
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19. I remember this kid from the rally on C-SPAN
What a find -- someone is a genius for putting a camera on him and letting it roll.

I hope the cut it down into a few tv spots.

Oh, and the kid knows his stuff, too. If Clark wins, I hope they bring this guy to the convention.
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Jerseycoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 12:45 AM
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20. Brilliant idea
Can you see Max giving a speech? I love it.
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Turkw Donating Member (521 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 01:06 AM
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21. This is GREAT! we should let this kid debate W, we will beat the living
shit out of W!!

The best, funniest, coolist thing I've seen all week.
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LiberalBushFan Donating Member (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 01:10 AM
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22. HA!
Imagine Brit Hume afterwords trying to spin technicalities on why Bush didn't really lose the debate!
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Jerseycoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 01:24 AM
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28. How quickly we forget
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 01:15 AM
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23. Took me over an hour to download.
I have a dial up. Guess I need a DSL or cable modem hookup.

Is this add for real?
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For PaisAn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 01:19 AM
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24. Sorry
Edited on Mon Jan-26-04 01:20 AM by For PaisAn
made a mistake in my subject line and realized too late to edit. It's a video, not an ad, taken of a kid that attended a Clark Rally and asked Clark a question. Apparently they then videotaped this after the rally.
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LiberalBushFan Donating Member (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 01:22 AM
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26. Well if it's not an ad they better make it into one n/m
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Seldona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 01:22 AM
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27. Awesome.
Edited on Mon Jan-26-04 01:26 AM by Seldona
My children are what motivate me. Though I suppose if you are a parent that is nothing new.

I was always fairly politically aware, and took my privilege to vote seriously.

But after my two daughters were born, and I saw what was happening under Bush, I really had no choice but to get involved.

I am now a member of Wisconsin for Clark, and have almost reached my limit for all the candidates.

I only hope my daughters will be as aware as this young man.

I know I am going to give them every opportunity to be so.
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