The Wife is out of town for the weekend - which leaves me here alone with the kids. SO, I've decided that when they are sleeping (napping or at night), I will make use of the "alone time" and blog it up.
First I'm going to talk some smack on Barack.
Don't get me wrong - I like the guy. Out of all of the candidates that I've seen speak (which I think is all of the them), he seems to be the most genuine. The real deal, so to speak.
But now I read this. Wait for it....
You're joking, right? F**kin' ringtones? Really? Yes?
C'MON!
SO, apparently the Obama campaign wants to reach out to the younger, cell-phone-obsessed generation of voters. You know the type: sitting behind me in the movie theater, clearly having a quasi-juvenile conversation on the phone, talking louder and louder so they can hear their own voice over the argument on the big screen (I went to see The Break Up with my wife a while ago, and this really happened). I mean, do you really want to be in a corporate staff meeting and hear a "vote for Obama" ringtone, while watching some younger staffer scramble to silence their phone before the Boss fires their ass? No. Me either. Although that would be funny...
BUT, I will concede to the Obama camp that they are definitely thinking outside of the proverbial box. Ringtones would not have been at the top of my list - but upon further inspection, I found that when you sign up for a free campaign ringtone, you are automatically signed up to receive campaign updates and announcements via text messaging. Not a bad idea.
However, we all know what happens with the younger demographics during election season: they talk, and talk about voting and being politically active - and then only 30% (or so) show up on election day.
Eh. I'm too tired/hungover/lazy/busy/uninformed/stupid to go and vote today. I'll vote in the next election.
Oh well, at least they will have something cool to go on their iPhone...
Bert McBrayer - Founder/Editor
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