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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 05:45 PM
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1. Young people are far more easily disillusioned
Edited on Wed Mar-10-10 05:46 PM by depakid
and more inclined to support those who are perceived as fighting for their interests, as opposed to compromising them away.
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  -Sanders: Obama Has Tragically Lost The Youth, Antagonized Unions IndianaGreen  Mar-10-10 05:41 PM   #0 
  - Young people are far more easily disillusioned  depakid   Mar-10-10 05:45 PM   #1 
  - We had enough BOHICA to go around!  IndianaGreen   Mar-10-10 05:47 PM   #2 
  - Their hearts are still connected to their brains  Oregone   Mar-10-10 05:57 PM   #6 
     - Well said. :)  polichick   Mar-10-10 09:22 PM   #47 
  - tragically? more like by design  Skittles   Mar-10-10 05:49 PM   #3 
  - "A cadre of bloggers, talk show hosts and radio personalities"  Uzybone   Mar-10-10 05:50 PM   #4 
  - Ehh..  DFab420   Mar-10-10 05:55 PM   #5 
  - OK fine. So where were all your patient young voting friends  LisaM   Mar-10-10 06:16 PM   #9 
  - Mass.?  DFab420   Mar-10-10 06:20 PM   #10 
  - +1  depakid   Mar-10-10 06:29 PM   #14 
  - I'm just saying  LisaM   Mar-10-10 06:35 PM   #18 
  - I suppose...however.  DFab420   Mar-10-10 06:40 PM   #23 
  - Frankly some on the "left'" would prefer the young to be disillusioned  Uzybone   Mar-10-10 06:58 PM   #32 
  - :-)  DFab420   Mar-10-10 07:02 PM   #34 
  - Yes, many push cynicism and it's incredibly destructive.  Radical Activist   Mar-11-10 05:32 AM   #71 
  - It's clearly not just young people  LisaM   Mar-10-10 07:15 PM   #37 
  - It just isn't going to happen  OhioBlue   Mar-10-10 09:53 PM   #50 
     - We were taking our country back in 2008  Juche   Mar-10-10 11:43 PM   #64 
        - my first was '04  OhioBlue   Mar-11-10 10:16 PM   #113 
  - The youth vote let her win the Primary in the fist place  Bluenorthwest   Mar-10-10 08:26 PM   #43 
  - Truth..However..  DFab420   Mar-11-10 01:00 PM   #87 
  - Agree totally.  gateley   Mar-11-10 12:44 PM   #83 
  - And one really has to wonder if this isn't all pre-arranged.  truedelphi   Mar-11-10 03:44 PM   #104 
  - They were too busy installing grommets in their earlobes  QC   Mar-10-10 11:33 PM   #60 
  - What was the motivation?  Juche   Mar-10-10 11:40 PM   #62 
  - Why pick on him/her? Where the fuck were the rest of us? I did some calling,  gateley   Mar-11-10 12:41 PM   #82 
  - The Mass Senator race is a great example of why the youth and a lot others  rhett o rick   Mar-11-10 04:03 PM   #105 
  - Not sure how you can claim that the President is trying to "rise above pettiness"..  girl gone mad   Mar-10-10 06:36 PM   #20 
  - haha  DFab420   Mar-10-10 06:47 PM   #27 
     - It wasn't meant as a jab at Rahm.  girl gone mad   Mar-10-10 08:15 PM   #41 
  - Your friends are unusual then.  Xithras   Mar-10-10 08:04 PM   #40 
  - So why chalk it up to apathy?  Radical Activist   Mar-11-10 05:26 AM   #69 
     - There's nothing condescending or patronizing about calling it apathy  Xithras   Mar-11-10 11:37 AM   #73 
        - No.  Bette Noir   Mar-11-10 04:38 PM   #109 
           - Which disputes the point...how?  Xithras   Mar-11-10 05:16 PM   #112 
  - ah yes. the wisdom of youth based on decades of ....  roguevalley   Mar-10-10 11:25 PM   #57 
  - When old codgers starting voting 2/3 for Democrats  Radical Activist   Mar-11-10 05:15 AM   #67 
     - Broad brush much?  joe black   Mar-11-10 12:02 PM   #76 
  - when like translates to vote then this is good news. but i remember  roguevalley   Mar-10-10 11:41 PM   #63 
  - Yep. Most young voters are more savvy.  Radical Activist   Mar-11-10 05:18 AM   #68 
  - Teacher here. He has lost me.  Orlandodem   Mar-10-10 06:10 PM   #7 
  - kthxbye...  DFab420   Mar-10-10 06:22 PM   #11 
  - That dog won't hunt no more!  IndianaGreen   Mar-10-10 06:27 PM   #13 
  - Hear Hear  DFab420   Mar-10-10 06:46 PM   #26 
  - Get a new line - that just  emilyg   Mar-10-10 06:34 PM   #17 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Mar-10-10 06:37 PM   #21 
  - That shit doesn't work anymore. Frankly it was old when people tried it with Clinton.  Raineyb   Mar-10-10 09:30 PM   #48 
  - Don't even know why I'm responding but  DFab420   Mar-11-10 01:33 PM   #90 
     - The tired "Be quiet it's a Dem in charge now" routine.  Raineyb   Mar-11-10 02:48 PM   #97 
        - Ohhh....  DFab420   Mar-11-10 02:59 PM   #98 
           - When you spout a version of the line and someone says it's tired  Raineyb   Mar-11-10 03:01 PM   #100 
              - Running out of things to say?  DFab420   Mar-11-10 03:16 PM   #102 
                 - You forgot, idiotic, dim-witted, cretinous, and stupid. But I was trying to be polite  Raineyb   Mar-12-10 01:58 AM   #115 
  - Don't you have some weed to smoke? n/t  donco6   Mar-10-10 10:00 PM   #51 
  - Lolz  DFab420   Mar-11-10 12:57 PM   #86 
     - No, I don't respect your ideas because they're crap.  donco6   Mar-11-10 04:13 PM   #108 
        - Wow.  DFab420   Mar-11-10 04:41 PM   #110 
           - I would never say poop. It's unseemly. n/t  donco6   Mar-11-10 05:03 PM   #111 
  - I don't know how old you are but some of us have been around long  roguevalley   Mar-10-10 11:32 PM   #58 
  - ummm  DFab420   Mar-11-10 01:19 PM   #88 
     - Old and disillusioned...  seabeckind   Mar-11-10 02:04 PM   #91 
        - Valid additions...  DFab420   Mar-11-10 02:19 PM   #92 
           - Thanks for the numbers  seabeckind   Mar-11-10 02:35 PM   #94 
              - They confirm it..sorta..  DFab420   Mar-11-10 02:41 PM   #95 
  - people have said that same shit before ..  flyarm   Mar-11-10 12:05 PM   #77 
  - Me too!  Catshrink   Mar-10-10 06:38 PM   #22 
  - Teacher here. Still on board. nt  elizm   Mar-11-10 05:27 AM   #70 
  - Bizarre That This is Getting Unrecced  MannyGoldstein   Mar-10-10 06:11 PM   #8 
  - Let's give it a rec  mitchtv   Mar-10-10 09:47 PM   #49 
  - "Tragic mistake" indeed.  democrank   Mar-10-10 06:24 PM   #12 
  - Um...no, Gallup showed Obama with the highest approval rating ever amongst 18-35 yr olds  uponit7771   Mar-10-10 06:31 PM   #15 
  - Just wait until they start getting the bill for health reform.  girl gone mad   Mar-10-10 06:32 PM   #16 
  - Perhaps..  DFab420   Mar-10-10 06:35 PM   #19 
     - Just using myself, my brother and my husband as examples..  girl gone mad   Mar-10-10 06:41 PM   #24 
     - Interesting numbers..  DFab420   Mar-10-10 07:01 PM   #33 
        - Your money will be buying you health insurance..  girl gone mad   Mar-10-10 07:09 PM   #35 
           - Point.. but that is  DFab420   Mar-10-10 07:58 PM   #39 
              - There is no guarantee of care in this bill.  girl gone mad   Mar-10-10 08:21 PM   #42 
              - Coverage is not care.  Jakes Progress   Mar-10-10 10:48 PM   #54 
              - coverage is not care..you won't be able to afford the care in this bill..you will only be buying  flyarm   Mar-11-10 12:09 PM   #78 
     - Except with one,  bvar22   Mar-10-10 06:53 PM   #30 
        - You aren't alone. n/t  girl gone mad   Mar-10-10 07:10 PM   #36 
  - Bernie do you hear that sound?  asdjrocky   Mar-10-10 06:43 PM   #25 
  - You can scrape him off the pavement when he votes for HCR  BeyondGeography   Mar-10-10 06:51 PM   #29 
  - LMAO  Uzybone   Mar-10-10 06:56 PM   #31 
  - he is going to have to jockey for a good spot under that bus..it is damn crowded under here!!n/t  flyarm   Mar-11-10 12:32 PM   #80 
  - K&R...back UP to +5  bvar22   Mar-10-10 06:49 PM   #28 
  - Don't worry, they'll all be back in 2012.  warm regards   Mar-10-10 07:36 PM   #38 
  - Then they are a worthless thing  Bluenorthwest   Mar-10-10 08:30 PM   #44 
     - nahhh they will be too busy with beer bong parties!! ..n/t  flyarm   Mar-11-10 12:34 PM   #81 
  - Yep - this is all a massive bummner.  cliffordu   Mar-10-10 09:11 PM   #45 
  - Sad, but true - the WH pissed it all away because of a pathological need to please sociopaths...  polichick   Mar-10-10 09:19 PM   #46 
  - This is a Goldman Sachs admin the plan was set from the beginning  democracy1st   Mar-12-10 02:09 AM   #116 
  - Obama is not his own man  Rosa Luxemburg   Mar-10-10 10:26 PM   #52 
  - I'm not sure about losing the youth...  one_voice   Mar-10-10 10:41 PM   #53 
  - And under the bus goes Sanders. n/t  vaberella   Mar-10-10 10:54 PM   #55 
  - Bullshit...  zulchzulu   Mar-10-10 11:01 PM   #56 
  - That's the DLC argument. They keep themselves in power by using fear  IndianaGreen   Mar-10-10 11:39 PM   #61 
  - K & R  democracy1st   Mar-10-10 11:33 PM   #59 
  - Disappointed and lost aren't the same thing  Juche   Mar-10-10 11:48 PM   #65 
  - No, but there are alternatives to voting Republican, and the DLC forgets that  Lydia Leftcoast   Mar-11-10 11:47 AM   #74 
  - Sanders is right  CreekDog   Mar-11-10 12:55 AM   #66 
  - Truth to power, as always.  DisgustedInMN   Mar-11-10 06:10 AM   #72 
  - Sanders is correct, but it is not only the youth disillusioned, older progressives like me as well  EndElectoral   Mar-11-10 11:48 AM   #75 
  - Let's be honest, it wasn't that he fruitlessly chased Republican votes.  Hello_Kitty   Mar-11-10 12:15 PM   #79 
  - It would behoove Obama to at least consider Bernie's message. It's never too  gateley   Mar-11-10 12:45 PM   #84 
  - I still don't how to pass legislation with the Congress we have, and that's the goal-not rhetoric.  MarjorieG   Mar-11-10 12:52 PM   #85 
  - Pfffffft! Unions, kids--who cares?  Jackpine Radical   Mar-11-10 01:23 PM   #89 
  - A slight correction...  DisgustedInMN   Mar-11-10 04:13 PM   #107 
  - I stand with Bernie  seabeckind   Mar-11-10 02:20 PM   #93 
  - They are back in school or trying to find jobs  treestar   Mar-11-10 02:46 PM   #96 
  - +1  DFab420   Mar-11-10 03:01 PM   #99 
  - Funny a good number of us who are not considered part of the youth vote are doing the same thing  Raineyb   Mar-11-10 03:04 PM   #101 
     - Oh yea?  DFab420   Mar-11-10 03:21 PM   #103 
        - I vote where I live.  Raineyb   Mar-12-10 01:54 AM   #114 
  - The President won't pay a price for it  swilton   Mar-11-10 04:08 PM   #106 
 

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