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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]UTUSN
(70,684 posts)38. R#3 & K for, 'twas always so. With *some* of them, the faddists, the too-smart-for-themselves
The ones who (usually student-AGE, not real "students" :
* Are ignorant of history.
* Think they are discovering everything that nobody has before.
* Mob contagtion.
That said, complaints about the sad condition of the youth of the day go back, at least, to the ancient Greeks.
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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
OP
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