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Sapphocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:57 PM
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16. What century were you born in?
"The youth never voted in the past"? "Obama is the first candidate in decades to mobilize the youth vote"?

Ever heard of Bobby Kennedy? Eugene McCarthy? A guy named Bill Clinton who appealed to the youth vote on no less a "youth" institution as MTV? How about that Kerry fellow and something called "Rock the Vote"?

"There is a reason the youth never bothered with politics"?

Where were you when Tom Hayden was getting his head bashed in by bigoted cops at Southern civil-rights marches?

Those are just the first examples that come to mind. Do you just not remember any of this, or is your specialty revisionist history?

What a steaming pantload.
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  -The youth never voted in the past. Look at the result lynyrd_skynyrd  Feb-11-08 06:08 PM   #0 
  - here we go again  BooScout   Feb-11-08 06:10 PM   #1 
  - Don't worry  NoBorders   Feb-11-08 06:47 PM   #14 
  - As an "older" person I hope the youth do come out and vote. It is  Arkansas Granny   Feb-11-08 06:16 PM   #2 
  - i hate to be the one to have to tell ya  griffi94   Feb-11-08 06:17 PM   #3 
  - Let us never give up HOPE  Moh96   Feb-11-08 06:21 PM   #4 
  - right  griffi94   Feb-11-08 06:38 PM   #9 
  - Good post.  emilyg   Feb-11-08 06:24 PM   #5 
  - If they actually get off their butts and get to the polling stations, that is  Godlesscommieprevert   Feb-11-08 06:28 PM   #6 
  - actually Jesse Ventura did it in '98  cd3dem   Feb-11-08 06:36 PM   #7 
  - hahaha  griffi94   Feb-11-08 06:43 PM   #11 
     - Ventura was full of promises of unity and getting the republicans and democrats to work together  cd3dem   Feb-11-08 06:54 PM   #15 
  - Dean campaign redux.  Maddy McCall   Feb-11-08 06:38 PM   #8 
  - I won't get into a generation thing. Barack is just looking for a new way it can't be a bad thing.  cooolandrew   Feb-11-08 06:41 PM   #10 
  - it's not a bad thing  griffi94   Feb-11-08 06:46 PM   #13 
  - Whatever the reason is, it's damn impressive to see the "youth vote" numbers.  Redstone   Feb-11-08 06:44 PM   #12 
  - What century were you born in?  Sapphocrat   Feb-11-08 06:57 PM   #16 
 

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