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In reply to the discussion: One thing I've learned about politics is that the youth vote is really naive [View all]boston bean
(36,221 posts)11. Sort of ridiculous for them to will latch on to Paul though, no?
Is that all they are good for? to latch on to the new shiny object?
i guess when the old shiny object fails to represent, you start looking for a new one. And now the youth vote is going for an old fart.
it's sort of comical when you think about it. The politics of it all, I guess.
But it is the Dems fault for losing them, and the youths vote ignorance that makes them think Paul is the new saviour.
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One thing I've learned about politics is that the youth vote is really naive [View all]
boston bean
Dec 2011
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Same here. Paul is filling the void left by LaRouches' 3 decades of not getting any attention.
FSogol
Dec 2011
#22
"Stupid"? Surely there is a less insulting and demeaning adjective in your vocabulary.
geckosfeet
Dec 2011
#6
He's got a couple thousand fanatics, not the millions that Barack inspired to vote....
Scuba
Dec 2011
#12
Absolutely, the young voters fell for "hope and change" in 2008 like a ton of rocks..
Fumesucker
Dec 2011
#20
If Obama had done his job for the 99% rather than the 1% OWS would not exist today..
Fumesucker
Dec 2011
#30
It's not a good idea for any politician to count on a youth vote. It's difficult to judge cycle-to-
Brickbat
Dec 2011
#29
fuck that. most are idealistic, not naive. and most are idealistic because they believed the hope
piratefish08
Dec 2011
#35
R#3 & K for, 'twas always so. With *some* of them, the faddists, the too-smart-for-themselves
UTUSN
Dec 2011
#38
Long Presidential cycles mean that 'the youth block' is temporary, one cylcle only...
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2011
#39