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Hank on the Debate

2008-10-07 (said on 2008-10-08 — implied: date said in the video; uploaded -1 days later) · letter vlog · Hank · 1:51 · watch on YouTube

Topic: US politics & society · mode: News analysis · tags: timely hook

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

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

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

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

In the description and comments

  • ★★ Hank's description says John is also posting a debate video and Hank will then post his regular video, making three videos that day. — video description

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Central: Barack Obama · John McCain · national service

Also: Brotherhood 2.0 · EcoGeek · Mountain Dew · Peace Corps · September 11 attacks · Tom Brokaw · United States presidential election

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