More Michael Rovito news
Sarah Palin’s heroic cheesesteak assassin Michael Rovito, who I’ve written about before (here and here), emailed me earlier to let me know that he was interviewed by the Huffington Post. Smart guy, great interview. I especially liked this part:
The notion that young scholars, workers, and activists—the next generation of tax-paying voters—are sometimes seen as disaffected and alienated from politics is insulting. One of the big differences between the Obama and McCain campaigns is their acknowledgment of the importance of young voters. Obama’s campaign has been strategic about involving the youth vote; McCain has seemed less open. I think it is a fundamental miscalculation on the part of the McCain campaign to assume that young voters are not strong stakeholders in this election.
Our future outlook has been severely compromised because of the policies of the past eight years. We are keenly aware of the financial burdens we will face as our democracy is rebuilt in the next administration. In the future, our labor will drive the American economy. We will pay the taxes. We have already been fighting the current wars. Most importantly, we vote.
As I’ve written before here and elsewhere, getting out the under 30 vote is what will ultimately make or break Obama in this election and, from what I’ve seen, he may be the first politician in my lifetime to actually pull it off. That makes this cranky ol’ bastard very, very happy.
Michael’s also got a new blog (go check it out), has inspired a totally hi-tech, brilliant movement in California, and will be a guest on our BlogTalkRadio show Radio Rumproast next week (tentatively scheduled for Wednesday 9PM ET—check back for details).
Posted by Kevin K. on 10/04/08 at 09:34 PM • Permalink
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