I'm calling Rock the Vote out.
I'm calling Rock the Vote out. As a resource for voter registration information and as a driving force to register as many votes as possible, their goal is admirable. However, as I opened my copy of The Collegiate Times, I found an insert titled, "You Decide. You Vote." This informative and colorful piece of paper apparently tells me the basics of each candidate's platform, so that I may make an informed decision. Were I an uninformed new voter, I might have used this as my deciding point.
However, this is the most biased piece of literature I have ever encountered in my life. Every quote and reference to McCain's platform, while likely containing some truth, is riddled with statements designed to make the Republican hopeful appear as callous and stingy as possible, while the Democrat columns are practically an endorsement. I expect better from a group such as Rock the Vote, but since it actually says Rock the Vote Action Fund at the bottom, perhaps the incredibly wary eye would know what was going on. I voted for Obama, but thankfully not as a result of this insert.
Brian Fults
junior, computer science