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Hank on the Debate

2008-10-08 · Hank · watch on YouTube · US politics & society · news analysis

Hank says the debate question that rang truest to him asked why America asks sacrifice only of young people who go to war; he finds McCain's answer (spending cuts) no sacrifice and praises Obama's call for energy saving and service such as the Peace Corps.

What is said

00:00:00 — Hank watches the debate at a friend's apartment (no TV); introduces himself as EcoGeek founder

  • ★ Hank watches the debate at his friend Dave's apartment because he does not own a television. — 00:00:00
  • ★ Hank says he thinks mostly about the environment and young people, as founder and chief editor of EcoGeek.org, a clean-technology site. — 00:00:00 · EcoGeek
  • ★★ Hank's description says John is also posting a debate video and Hank will then post his regular video, making three videos that day. — 00:00:00

00:00:29 — Young viewers wish they could vote; the question on sacrifice beyond war; McCain's and Obama's answers

  • ★★ Hank says his video blog Brotherhood 2.0, about being nerds, is watched by lots of young people who email him all the time. — 00:00:29 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★★ Hank finds it extraordinarily encouraging that young people tell him they wish they could vote; he recalls no such patriotism at their age. — 00:00:29
  • ★★ Hank says Tom Brokaw asked a question sent in over the internet by a 78-year-old woman. — 00:00:29
  • ★★★ Hank calls it an incredibly good question: why does America ask sacrifice only of young men and women sent to die, and not a sacrifice without guns? — 00:00:58
  • ★★★ Hank says McCain's answer, that the sacrifice would be cutting spending, is not a sacrifice asked of citizens like him. — 00:00:58
  • ★★★ Hank reports Obama's answer: he would ask Americans to use less energy, grow Peace Corps enrolment and let young people serve, unlike being told to shop after 9/11. — 00:00:58 · Barack Obama
  • ★★★ Hank says this question rang truest to him, given how many young people do not know how to serve their country other than with a gun. — 00:01:27

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