Jul 05 2008
And There We Have It
Like I said before, the “youth vote” is at best elusive, if not illusory, and again, we’re being inundated with breathlessly excited stories about how the “youth vote” is going to sweet the jug-eared jackass into office.
Thanks to Darren, here’s that “youth vote” in action:
A University of Minnesota student claimed it was all a joke when he put his vote in this fall’s presidential election up for sale on the Web auction site eBay. But prosecutors didn’t see the humor in the stunt.
Max P. Sanders, 19, was charged with a felony Thursday in Hennepin County District Court after allegedly asking for a minimum of $10 in exchange for voting for the bidder’s preferred candidate. “Good luck!†Sanders wrote under the eBay handle zepdrummer612. “You’re (sic) country depends on You!â€
Sanders was charged with one count of bribery, treating and soliciting under an 1893 state law that makes it a crime to offer to buy or sell a vote.
Bowled over by the idealism, aren’t you?
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