Last Thursday evening, I went with a buddy to a rock concert at Graceland in downtown Seattle. Now, this is way out of character for me, but I figured, “why not?” Besides, I was sure someone there could give me some insight on why young voters chose their candidates… right? Wrong!
I asked a couple of young ladies manning a radio station’s booth The Question: “who ya’ going to vote for?” Well, after a shocked pause, one admitted she wasn’t registered to vote, but wanted to be (ok, at least she’s honest and wants to vote ;-), and the other muttered “John Kerry”. I asked why she wanted to vote for him, and she said, “because he’s not Bush.” Any other reason?
“Nope.”
Wow! Of course, what was I to expect, asking such silly questions at a place of musical enlightenment. “Oh well, I can just try someone else,” I thought. So, afterwards, my pal and I tracked down one of the lead singers for Moments of Grace, Jeremy Griffith. My friend is a huge fan, and asked Jeremy a bunch of questions, including who he was going to vote for.
Jeremy was quite generous, and with a bemused smile on his face, said, “why, the esteemed Mr. John Kerry of Massachusetts, of course!” All right, so maybe those weren’t his exact words, but he basically said “Kerry, dude.”
My friend asked him why, and he said, get this: “I don’t know…I really haven’t heard all that much about what he wants to do…and I gotta’ do more research.”
That’s cool. We thanked him for his input, and left. Now, I really didn’t expect more from a rock concert in We-hate-Bush-Land, but I was really surprised by the lack of enthusiasm for John Kerry, and, more tellingly, by the lack of information about what he plans on doing.
So, I must concur with my fellow blogger Sierra, “What’s up with John?” He oughta’ spell out his agenda quick, before even his lukewarm supporters (rock fans) abandon him.
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