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The ‘Face’ of Modern Politics

Maybe we shouldn’t be looking at Facebook as a place to gather information about politics, but with the addition of the US Politics application and the increased popularity of the facebook, I feel it is interesting if nothing else to do so. the young people of America are very strong with their support for Senator Barack Obama. He has 159,299 supporters, 100,000 more than the runner up, the lovely Senator Hilary Clinton with 50,453. And this is not just on the Democratic side. Out of 16 presidential candidates who have created profiles for themselves on Facebook Obama in the only one who has reached the 6 digit mark, and only 7 candidates have reached 5 digits. Ya’ll’ll get a real kick out of this. Ron Paul takes third with 35,078 supporters. Thats more than Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani combined. By the way, Giuliani is never going to win because his name is too darn hard to spell. Jesus! So things look pretty good for Obama now. The next step is getting all these youngins to vote…

  1. niedermeyer says:

    Y’all better get used to the idea of President Obama, because if it doesn’t happen in ’08, it will at some point in the next 20 years (barring some major Chappaquiddick-type scandal).

    However, I’d happily offer two to one on Hillary over anyone else in the field right now. I need the money.

  2. Vincent. says:

    Why vote for the lesser evil?

  3. Timothy says:

    I’m voting Cthulhu.

  4. Ossie says:

    Pete Rose

  5. T says:

    So who, exactly, should we support? (Note: Ron Paul is not an answer.)

  6. Andy says:

    If you’re inspired by obama, you will probably do more harm to the country by voting then by remaining ignorant of the ballot box.

  7. Sean says:

    The point is not that she supports or doesn’t support Obama, it’s more of the fact that so many kids ‘our age’ are becoming more aware of and hopefully active in politics.

  8. daniels says:

    Or Hillary

  9. daniels says:

    Nicole, I really hope you don’t vote for Obama

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