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But the Young Democrats face some challenges in transforming themselves.
"They're not cool," said Mike Burkett, better known in punk rock circles as Fat Mike, frontman for the band NOFX and the driving force behind Punkvoter. com. The youth-organizing effort registered 20,000 voters through tours and sales of its "Rock Against Bush" CDs, featuring chart-toppers such as Green Day and the Foo Fighters.
Even Fat Mike's cachet has its limits.
"I'm pretty cool, but I'm not cool enough to get to some people," the 38- year-old Burkett said. "Once you become a Democrat, you're not cool (to some young people). Most of my friends are anarchists or in the Green Party."
EXACTLY. Living in a college town these last two presidentials I saw exactly that. In 2000 it was COOL to be for Nader. In 2004, well, it wasn't exactly cool to be for Kerrybut it was sorta cool to be against Bush. The Dean thing wsn't "cool" we were too earnest for that. The Kucinch folks sure tought they were cool...
In any case I'm too old to be a "young" Dem anymore.
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