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Virgin Fest 2008: Rock (or rap) the vote

I've seen a bunch of guys wearing simple, white T-shirts with "Lil' Wayne for President" emblazoned across the front in a a mock-patriotic manner, and I'm sure I'll be seeing more as Lil' Wayne's 3:50 p.m. set approaches.

Across the infield is the non-profit Headcount, which has undertaken a register to vote initiative throughout the weekend.

Now that's ironic. Especially considering the fact that one of the adorners of the shirt couldn't have been older than 14.

Jimmy Butterfield, 18, from Parkville, who bought his shirt in Ocean City, made his way past the dance tent as a girl cheered "Lil' Weezy! Yeah!"

Butterfield is registered to vote (no worries there, Headcount). But would he cast a vote for Lil' Wayne if the rapper was actually on the ticket this fall?

"I would," Butterfield said matter-of-factly.

I guess it's true: you can lead a horse to water. But, well, you know the rest.

Posted by Alex Plimack on August 10, 2008 2:36 PM | Permalink

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Michael Sragow saw the greatest movie ever made, The Wild Bunch, six times in two weeks in 1969 and has been arguing about it and other movies in print ever since. He has been a movie critic for the Sun since 2001 and a regular contributor to The New Yorker since 1989. He is the author of Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master (Pantheon, 2008).

Chris Kaltenbach has been writing for The Baltimore Sun since 1982 -- the same year Barry Levinson's Diner was released. For the past 15 years, he has been writing off-and-on about the movies, as both a critic and reporter. He has spent more time watching movies at the last 10 Maryland Film Festivals than probably anyone else.

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