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Vote or die? Tough call

Published Tuesday, August 31, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

They're so not rocking the vote right now

Once upon a time, MTV rocked the vote. And rocking the vote was cool. Not anymore. Not after the 2004 Video Music Awards, where the Kerry daughters got all preachy and condescending, only to be followed by more preachiness from Sean Puffy Puff Daddy P. Diddy Combs and John Cougar Mellencamp and even more musicians who haven't flip-flopped on their own names. The whole affair made the Bush daughters (wonder twin powers activate!) look surprisingly smart for making their appeal via videotape, where they couldn't be booed or ashamed of themselves.