The Observation Deck

If there is at least one thing both of these guys agree on, it is "VOTE!"

Mayor Michael P. Summers, and LO reporter Brian Essi, working Lakewood Park's Woman's Pavilion this morning.



Vote, like your future depends on it.

It Does!

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election. Imelda Marcos

This is a frightening statistic. More people vote in 'American Idol' than in any US election. Rush Limbaugh

and from the 1920s Will Rogers

"Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously, and the politicians as a joke, when it used to be vice versa."

"Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with nowadays."

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VOTE like your life depends on it.

Because it just might.

Well, since you said "please"...

Jim O'Bryan wrote:
This is a frightening statistic. More people vote in 'American Idol' than in any US election. Rush Limbaugh

Jim, it is important to dispel this myth. More VOTES were cast in "American Idol" but not more people voting. You could vote multiple times in "American Idol". So more people vote in Presidential Elections but more votes themselves were actually cast for American Idol. According to this article, people voted multiple times consistently for "American Idol":

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the ... /#comments