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The Youth Vote

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Mon Mar 03, 2008 at 08:57:11 PM EST
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Larry King Live tonight did a few segments on Rock the Vote and the effort to get out the youth vote.

While it appears the young favor Obama so far in this election, it should be remembered that Rock the Vote and young voters were instrumental in electing Bill Clinton President. You can watch him here, crediting them.

This is from my personal collection of old VCR tapes -- I converted it and got it on You Tube last night. It's from a certain 1993 Inaugural Ball. Check out Hillary and Chelsea too.

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    They Look So Young! (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by BDB on Mon Mar 03, 2008 at 09:00:32 PM EST
    Of course, so do I in photos from that time.  

    Can't say I miss Tabitha Sorenson.

    Thanks (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by chrisvee on Mon Mar 03, 2008 at 09:01:46 PM EST
    Thanks for sharing this.  So young, so young.

    And so full of hope and promise (none / 0) (#12)
    by hairspray on Mon Mar 03, 2008 at 09:34:38 PM EST
    But Lee Atwater and the Mellon Scaifes of the world were not going to let Clinton change this country.  They spend millions trying to bring him down.  And today his smart and talented wife and equally exceptional daughter stand up against some of the worst slime immaginable. Now the left wing has bought into this narrative. Really bad.

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    Yup. (5.00 / 1) (#32)
    by oldpro on Mon Mar 03, 2008 at 11:32:56 PM EST
    Makes me think the song that should be playing in the background is "Achey Breaky Heart."

    I was running a legislative office in the state capitol in '93, so gave up my invitations to the inauguration to friends...but I did get to cast my electoral vote (one of eleven as I recall) for Bill Clinton.  A good memory...so hopeful after Reagan/Bush...

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    my youth! my youth! (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by Kathy on Mon Mar 03, 2008 at 09:06:19 PM EST
    I was one of those rock the voters.  There was so much more to his message than just getting people to vote--he wanted them to be democrats.  He wanted them to serve their country.  Every speech Bill Clinton made was about people doing something to take the country from the likes of Ronald Reagan, a president who never uttered the word "AIDS" in public, who made jokes about gays, who kicked mentally ill people out of hospitals and put revolving doors on our prisons.

    That was hope.  And Clinton gave us change because we were all willing to WORK for it.

    Memories (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by americanincanada on Mon Mar 03, 2008 at 09:08:16 PM EST
    I too was a young person for Clinton in the 90's. I was so proud to vote for him.

    I actually got registered to vote in the gay bar I was hanging out in at the time and watched the returns from the bar I worked at.