Vote Your Conscience on Facebook

May 31st, 2007

Our superstar new intern, Rob “Double Tall Non-Fat” Goodlatte, just whipped out a Newsvine election widget for use on Facebook. If you have a Facebook account and want to express an endorsement for the 2008 Election, head over to the page below… it only takes a second:

Newsvine Election ‘08 Widget for Facebook

This is the first in a series of excellent election-related Newsvine features coming very shortly. Stay tuned.

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11 Responses:

Jordan says:

Can we have Wesley Clark added to the list of Democratic candidates?

#1 - May 31st, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Brian Flanagan says:

How about Howard Dean?

#2 - May 31st, 2007 at 8:44 pm
Mike D. says:

The poll is for candidates who’ve either declared their candidacy or are odds-on favorites to do so in the near future.

#3 - May 31st, 2007 at 8:47 pm
Rian says:

Why is this “Newsvine Election Center” on Facebook and not Newsvine?

#4 - May 31st, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Mike D. says:

Rian: You’re thinking along the same lines we are. The Facebook app is a bit of a one-off to the rest of what’s planned. Soon, soon… :)

#5 - May 31st, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Devon Shaw says:

Shameless plug for Ron Paul.

Move along. :)

No seriously, slick work on the app. Hat’s off to Rob.

#6 - June 1st, 2007 at 4:16 am
Amazing Rando says:

I second the the shameless plug for Ron Paul. He is the only candidate who should matter!

#7 - June 1st, 2007 at 5:40 am
Andy Borgmann says:

I saw that the other day and I thought this was brilliant. I cast my support for Sam Brownback and showed my support for Newsvine.

I have had a couple of friends ask me what this “Newsvine” thing is. I think this will be great publicity for Newsvine – especially once the race heats up. Good thinking.

#8 - June 1st, 2007 at 7:26 am
Devon Shaw says:

On second thought, we should probably be voting for McCain… he does support marriage between passionate females, after all.

#9 - June 1st, 2007 at 7:29 am
Myles says:

Please, please, please, please, please add label tags to the names so I can click on them to make my choice instead of hitting those tiny radio buttons.

More people needs to get used to using label tags.

#10 - June 1st, 2007 at 7:38 am
Brian Flanagan says:

Why are so many people so into Ron Paul– sure, he’s refreshingly frank for a politician, but he’s racist, anti-semitic and his economic policies are terrifying.

#11 - June 7th, 2007 at 2:47 pm

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