Wait…ANYBODY?

Jessica Clark

How far are you willing to stretch your standards in order to vote Bush out of office? Test your limits at Anybody But Bush, a kind of "Fear Factor" of civic participation. Currently, Marilyn Manson, Kenneth Lay, a "traffic accident with injuries, but not fatal," and several others are beating out our current leader, with only verified war criminals losing the contest.

Jessica Clark is a writer, editor and researcher, with more than 15 years of experience spanning commercial, educational, independent and public media production. Currently she is the Research Director for American University’s Center for Social Media. She also writes a monthly column for PBS’ MediaShift on new directions in public media. She is the author, with Tracy Van Slyke, of Beyond the Echo Chamber: Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media (2010, New Press).
The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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