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David Floyd
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The bottom of a large bottle of beer
Jan 1970
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I think the show is very well written, or at least the early episodes were. I saw the first episode last night, and absolutely laughed my ass off.
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OzzyKP
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Rockville, MD
Oct 1999
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Thanks for the thread Che. 
I am so excited about the show! I wasn't watching it, but a few friends IMed me to tell me to tune in, and then my mom called me, so I turned it on and taped it. What an amazing show! In a little bit I am going to call NBC. See if I can get in touch with some of the show's writers.
Not only did the show mention the voting age issue, which is amazing itself, but it did so in a very serious, articulate way, ending up with the President actually supporting the issue. Wow!
But better yet, all the lines those kids were saying in support of lowering the voting age came directly from the NYRA website and stuff I had written. So The West Wing basically quoted me.  I am 100% certain that the writers visited our website to get arguments in favor of lowering the voting age, so they are not only familiar with the issue, but familiar with us as well. This is a great day.
It is already an incredible victory, but it would enter a new level of success if Martin Sheen personally supported the issue as well and had something to do with the subject of last night's episode. He would be an incredibly powerful ally to have on our side. With his connections, and money, and podium...wow. 
Anyways, for those of you interested, the transcript for most of the show is here: http://www.youthrights.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2900
I missed the first scene, so I wasn't able to transcribe it, but our Vice President out in California should have taped it and will get the transcript up later. But I did find a description of the first scene on some spoiler site. Just follow the above link.
The West Wing rocks!
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OzzyKP
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Rockville, MD
Oct 1999
time: 00:34
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But yea, this is just another sign of the times, and a sign of the incredible progress we've been making. 2-3 years ago there was absolutely no awareness about the voting age as an issue. No one had heard about it, no one wanted to hear about it, but things have just exploded. Major papers, major news stations, plus pop culture centers like the Tonight Show, the Daily Show, and the West Wing have now all discussed the voting age.
These are exciting times indeed.
See, y'all sit around talking about politics. I go out and get things done.
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OzzyKP
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Rockville, MD
Oct 1999
time: 00:34
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quote:
Originally posted by alva
quote:
But better yet, all the lines those kids were saying in support of lowering the voting age came directly from the NYRA website and stuff I had written. So The West Wing basically quoted me. I am 100% certain that the writers visited our website to get arguments in favor of lowering the voting age, so they are not only familiar with the issue, but familiar with us as well. This is a great day. |
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I'll play nice with them. I guess NYRA material is all some kind of funky, progressive "copyleft" or other hippie crap. I dunno, one of our guys is real into that stuff, so he'd know. But the more people borrow our **** the better. Our goal is to get the ideas out there, by whatever means necessary, even if we don't get credit for it. (though obviously I'd prefer credit, but I'll talk to the NBC folks).
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