Whaddyareckon?: Fully sick politikz

By Ella Morton on 10 August 2007

Tags: myspace | whaddyareckon | youtube | facebook | group

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Hey there, youthful ruffians. Unlace those "roller-blades" and stop playing at games on your Play Station machine, because it's time to get involved in some funky politics.

Politicians both here and abroad have recently been hitting MySpace, Facebook and YouTube to try and win over younger voters.

In this week's Whaddyareckon? we crashed a local uni and posed a question to the fresh-faced scallywags therein: If you were running for PM, what would you say on YouTube to get people to vote for you?

Watch the video to see some of the more inventive policy promises.

This Whaddyareckon? topic was suggested by Steven in our Facebook group. If you have an idea for a future Whaddayreckon?, leave a comment below or join the group.

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MattG
12/08/2007 08:28 PM

Probably the only thing more pathetic than polititians using MySpace and Facebook to connect with young voters is this article, and its weak attempt to identify with younger people by spouting off token catch phrases via an awkward 30-something female.

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Ella Morton
Ella Morton
13/08/2007 12:27 PM

Now now, young whippersnapper. Thirty-year-olds can be radical, too. Kick out those jams and word to your mothers, dawgs. (I'm 23! This business takes its toll.)

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