2008 Woodie Awards
Inconclusive Conclusions of Politics
All Americans Must Get Out the Vote this Tuesday
Argento, Amanda
Issue date: 10/28/04 Section: Opinion
As students, we are urged to vote in the primary election for president of the United States. Now, more than ever, we are being told to cast our votes for the two main political incumbents in this year's election: John Kerry and George Bush. However, as the young adults we are, we can analytically see that it's not as simple as black and white or in this case, red and blue. During the recent debates between John F. Kerry and George W. Bush the new generation of Americans (or as we are commonly referred to the "Dot Nets"), were able to peer into the minds of these two candidates.
After the debate, the nation seemed to collectively come to an understanding that both of the candidates were not all that conclusive about their political platforms. This indecisiveness has spread like wildfire effecting polls, the typical talking head newscast, and of course the young American.
The indecisiveness of this election is nourished by the ever-growing trust by the human in the content of the Internet. This leads us to present the fact that our generation has been deemed the Dot Net generation - the generation of young consumers who get their daily sound bytes and boldfaced headlines from the Internet. It also, consequently happens that we are the generation that will have a record-breaking say in this year's election.
However, with this voice we can't put it to waste; we can't feel disenfranchised. It is up to us to pursue the right to see the truth about the candidates running for the most powerful office in the world.
Whether it is the fraternal ties John Kerry and George Bush share through Yale's Chapter of the Skull and Bones Fraternity or both Bush's and Kerry's questionable military records, we need to look within ourselves and tell ourselves we will not stand for the mediocrity that both candidates have presented us.
The indecisiveness we keep returning to is further nourished as the lobbyists and the media begin taking sides in the matter of objective information about our candidates. In several different polls conducted by different media outlets the candidate winning has fluctuated dramatically between each poll. The irony of this situation is that the results have varied depending on whether the publication or media broadcast was considered slanted to the left or the right.
After the debate, the nation seemed to collectively come to an understanding that both of the candidates were not all that conclusive about their political platforms. This indecisiveness has spread like wildfire effecting polls, the typical talking head newscast, and of course the young American.
The indecisiveness of this election is nourished by the ever-growing trust by the human in the content of the Internet. This leads us to present the fact that our generation has been deemed the Dot Net generation - the generation of young consumers who get their daily sound bytes and boldfaced headlines from the Internet. It also, consequently happens that we are the generation that will have a record-breaking say in this year's election.
However, with this voice we can't put it to waste; we can't feel disenfranchised. It is up to us to pursue the right to see the truth about the candidates running for the most powerful office in the world.
Whether it is the fraternal ties John Kerry and George Bush share through Yale's Chapter of the Skull and Bones Fraternity or both Bush's and Kerry's questionable military records, we need to look within ourselves and tell ourselves we will not stand for the mediocrity that both candidates have presented us.
The indecisiveness we keep returning to is further nourished as the lobbyists and the media begin taking sides in the matter of objective information about our candidates. In several different polls conducted by different media outlets the candidate winning has fluctuated dramatically between each poll. The irony of this situation is that the results have varied depending on whether the publication or media broadcast was considered slanted to the left or the right.