Celebs touting Vote or Die: Did they Die? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Cynthetiq · 11-03-2004, 09:50 AM

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Celeb 'voters' poll a fast one

So did they vote?
Or are they gonna die?

The early returns from Sean Combs' mega-hyped Citizen Change campaign suggested that reality television star Paris Hilton and rapper 50 Cent - who appeared in eye-catching posters modeling Combs' "VOTE OR DIE!" T-shirts to encourage voting - didn't make it to the polls yesterday. Another star, rapper Ludacris, did mail in an absentee ballot, according to his publicist.

But Lowdown's spot check of voting records in California, New York and Georgia - where Hilton, Curtis Jackson 3rd (aka 50 Cent) and Christopher Bridges (aka Ludacris), respectively, maintain residences - indicated that the three weren't even registered, let alone exercising their constitutional right.

Citizen Change official Alexis McGill yesterday said that short of bodily hauling celebrities to the polls, the group did everything it could: "Citizen Change contacted every celebrity's representative and was told by each and every one that the celebrities participating in our campaign were registered to vote."

A Citizen Change insider elaborated: "All the celebrities' managers confirmed that they were going to register if they hadn't already. We have to take the managers at their word. We have no business checking up on them - especially because none of the celebs got paid."

Hilton's PR rep, Gina Hoffman, had no comment yesterday, and 50 Cent's flack did not return detailed messages - though as a convicted felon and possibly not eligible, he might be off the hook.

Ludacris' publicist, Bianca Bianconi, said: "I just got off the phone with Ludacris, and he said he absolutely mailed his absentee ballot last week in Fulton County, Ga."

As for P. Diddy, he did a voting photo op yesterday morning at Robert F. Wagner Junior High School on the upper East Side.

I find it interesting that they bothered to get involved with something such as this, talking the talk but not walking the walk.

shame.

Averett · 11-03-2004, 10:00 AM

I HATED that whole Vote or Die thing. So stupid.

And yeah, shut up Celebs if you aren't going to go through with it.

the_marq · 11-03-2004, 10:02 AM

I like Alice Cooper's take on this whole celeb influence thing:

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"If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we're morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal."

(Yes I realize that Poofy's campain was allegedly non-partisan)

Sometimes I wonder if it's worth all the time and effort to get the apathetic to vote. If they are that apathetic do we really want to hear their opinion?

inharmony · 11-03-2004, 10:04 AM

Not sure their goal in doing this even worked...according to what I've heard on younger voter turnout. And I agree, it is a shame they didn't vote...what was the point?

smooth · 11-03-2004, 10:05 AM

Celebs?

Only 1 didn't vote (of those who could) from the posted article.

Paris was probably gettting stuffed and/or doped at the time, anyway. I couldn't care less what she has to do or say about politics.

zenmaster10665 · 11-03-2004, 10:08 AM

I wish they had died.

irateplatypus · 11-03-2004, 10:18 AM

hilariously expected. thanks for the article.

aliali · 11-03-2004, 12:33 PM

Instead of dying, they can just get out. It will only take about a year to get into Canada. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=6704292

Booboo · 11-03-2004, 12:45 PM

I forget where I heard this information, and dont really feel like looking for it right now. But apparently only 30% of the whole vote or die campaign thing actually voted. thought that was kind of funny... and also sad. I'm sure if someone looks they can find something.

SecretMethod70 · 11-03-2004, 12:52 PM

I seriously.....can't stand celebrities getting involved in politics. Save for the occassional intelligent involvement.

Kalibah · 11-03-2004, 12:54 PM

as if its a suprise how they voted ( and where)

cali didnt need any more liberals - wouldnt have mattered

the_marq · 11-03-2004, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by aliali

Instead of dying, they can just get out. It will only take about a year to get into Canada. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=6704292

Yeah...I could just imagine 50cent fitting right in living in Winnipeg.

BTW, we don't want 'em. Thanks anyway

absorbentishe · 11-03-2004, 01:43 PM

Loved the Cooper commercials, and he's so right on. Just like in everything, pick and choose who you take advice from. Celebrities are definately not one to be listened to.

yournamehere · 11-03-2004, 02:43 PM

The sad thing is how right they were.
With such a disgusting turnout for 18-29 year olds (did I read 17%?), the election was in their hands and they failed to rise to the occasion.
Quite sad.

Edited later - I stand corrected, and misunderstood earlier today. I have since discovered that the actual turnout for 18-29 year olds was a very respectable 51% (the highest ever), and up to 64% in some of the swing states.

Good job, young'uns

And even later: I get so many conflicting reports on the youth vote, I don't know what to believe any more. It's water under the bridge, anyway. It's gonna be a long time till 2008.

KMA-628 · 11-03-2004, 02:49 PM

yournamehere -

Secret did a pretty good breakdown of that point in a different thread:

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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70

Um, ok, see, there's a problem with this logic. The voter turnout was not 17% of registered voters 18-25, it was 17% of registered voters 18-DEAD. Now, you're going to tell me that you expect significantly more than 17% of the 18-DEAD voters to be 18-25? I don't even have to look at the statistics to tell you that people 18-25 are not more than, say, 20% of people 18-DEAD.

17% for young voters is pretty decent turnout. Think about this. It was 17% of MORE VOTERS OVERALL. So, voters 17-25 saw the same sharp increase in voter turnout that EVERY OTHER AGE GROUP DID. Go figure, other age groups might be more interested in this election too

psyday · 11-03-2004, 02:50 PM

Somehow this doesn't even shock me in the least.

It is sad the low turnout of young voters though. Maybe there aren't as many of them watching MTV as they thought, and that can't be a bad thing. We just need to figure out where they are and get them in the polls.

MikeyChalupa · 11-03-2004, 02:56 PM

I always read "Vote KERRY or Die" on those shirts.

Nickelodeon's "Nag the Vote" probably had better results.

-Mikey

hannukah harry · 11-03-2004, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Averett

I HATED that whole Vote or Die thing. So stupid.

And yeah, shut up Celebs if you aren't going to go through with it.

i don't know, it made for a really funny south park!

mused76 · 11-03-2004, 07:14 PM

This thread was both interesting and funny. Just shows you celebs do what is hip for the times or whatever will boost their record sales. Word to your mother.

anti fishstick · 11-03-2004, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by zenmaster10665

I wish they had died.

:-D

that's really funny.

I'm a little divided on the celebrity participation. On one hand, I think it's a good thing that they're trying to do their part to campaign for democracy. But on the other hand, I want to call out some bullshit flags... Half those celebs posing in those Vote or Die shirts probably aren't informed or don't care about the issues. They just need some hot, "popular" artist who has a good body and slab that on a print ad because sex sells. Politics has definitely come to the point where candidates are a packaged image being voted on as if they were two products to choose from, and not just PEOPLE with different views on issues. The packaged celebrity ads mirror this.

Celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio who just talk openly about the issues and their opinions is a good thing for our country, IMO. People like Oprah who do an entire show on empowering women to vote, etc. Those are the celebs I would admire.

MSD · 11-03-2004, 09:13 PM

Can someone please interpret the law for me in such a way that I am now legally permitted to kill each and every one of those celebs who did not vote?

hannukah harry · 11-03-2004, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct

Can someone please interpret the law for me in such a way that I am now legally permitted to kill each and every one of those celebs who did not vote?

no, but for a peanut butter sandwich and permission to piss on paris hiltons body, i'll be your alibi.

11-03-2004, 10:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
Averett Is In Love Location: I'm workin' on it	I HATED that whole Vote or Die thing. So stupid. And yeah, shut up Celebs if you aren't going to go through with it. __________________ Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

11-03-2004, 10:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
inharmony Psycho Location: happy place	Not sure their goal in doing this even worked...according to what I've heard on younger voter turnout. And I agree, it is a shame they didn't vote...what was the point? __________________ "You can't shake hands with a clenched fist." Ghandi "Things do not change: We change" Henry David Thoreau

11-03-2004, 10:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
smooth Junkie Location: Right here	Celebs? Only 1 didn't vote (of those who could) from the posted article. Paris was probably gettting stuffed and/or doped at the time, anyway. I couldn't care less what she has to do or say about politics. __________________ "The theory of a free press is that truth will emerge from free discussion, not that it will be presented perfectly and instantly in any one account." -- Walter Lippmann "You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." -- Abbie Hoffman

11-03-2004, 10:08 AM	#6 (permalink)
zenmaster10665 Bokonist Location: Location, Location, Location...	I wish they had died. __________________ "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way." -Kurt Vonnegut

11-03-2004, 10:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
irateplatypus can't help but laugh Location: dar al-harb	hilariously expected. thanks for the article. __________________ If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves. ~ Winston Churchill

11-03-2004, 12:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
aliali Insane Location: Missouri	Instead of dying, they can just get out. It will only take about a year to get into Canada. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=6704292

11-03-2004, 12:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
Booboo Insane	I forget where I heard this information, and dont really feel like looking for it right now. But apparently only 30% of the whole vote or die campaign thing actually voted. thought that was kind of funny... and also sad. I'm sure if someone looks they can find something. __________________ "Your life is yours to live, go out and live it" - Richard Rahl

11-03-2004, 12:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	I seriously.....can't stand celebrities getting involved in politics. Save for the occassional intelligent involvement. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

11-03-2004, 12:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
Kalibah Insane Location: Padded Playhouse	as if its a suprise how they voted ( and where) cali didnt need any more liberals - wouldnt have mattered

11-03-2004, 01:43 PM	#13 (permalink)
absorbentishe Boy am I horny today Location: T O L E D O, Toledo!!	Loved the Cooper commercials, and he's so right on. Just like in everything, pick and choose who you take advice from. Celebrities are definately not one to be listened to.

11-03-2004, 02:43 PM	#14 (permalink)
yournamehere Invisible Location: tentative, at best	The sad thing is how right they were. With such a disgusting turnout for 18-29 year olds (did I read 17%?), the election was in their hands and they failed to rise to the occasion. Quite sad. Edited later - I stand corrected, and misunderstood earlier today. I have since discovered that the actual turnout for 18-29 year olds was a very respectable 51% (the highest ever), and up to 64% in some of the swing states. Good job, young'uns And even later: I get so many conflicting reports on the youth vote, I don't know what to believe any more. It's water under the bridge, anyway. It's gonna be a long time till 2008. __________________ If you want to avoid 95% of internet spelling errors: "If your ridiculous pants are too loose, you're definitely going to lose them. Tell your two loser friends over there that they're going to lose theirs, too." It won't hurt your fashion sense, either. Last edited by yournamehere; 11-13-2004 at 12:26 PM..

11-03-2004, 02:50 PM	#16 (permalink)
psyday Upright	Somehow this doesn't even shock me in the least. It is sad the low turnout of young voters though. Maybe there aren't as many of them watching MTV as they thought, and that can't be a bad thing. We just need to figure out where they are and get them in the polls.

11-03-2004, 02:56 PM	#17 (permalink)
MikeyChalupa Squid Location: USS George Washington	I always read "Vote KERRY or Die" on those shirts. Nickelodeon's "Nag the Vote" probably had better results. -Mikey

11-03-2004, 07:14 PM	#19 (permalink)
mused76 Crazy Location: NE Ohio	This thread was both interesting and funny. Just shows you celebs do what is hip for the times or whatever will boost their record sales. Word to your mother.

11-03-2004, 09:13 PM	#21 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	Can someone please interpret the law for me in such a way that I am now legally permitted to kill each and every one of those celebs who did not vote?