Epic Fail

American Journalism Center ^ | January 28, 2010 | Tilla Bradley

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Epic Fail

Tilla Bradley, January 28, 2010

Last year was the dawn of a new, historic time in American history. The election of President Barack Obama due in part to the overwhelming energy and support of the American youth vote made the Promised Land seem imminent. However, one year later, there is little hope and the change has disillusioned instead of energized the young voters that so enthusiastically supported the optimistic presidential candidate.

“Epic Fail: Obama’s Policies Disastrous for Young People, Evaluating the President’s First Year in Office,” a forum at the National Press Club hosted by the Young America Foundation, presented a panel on how the policies of the current Presidential administration will affect those in their twenties and younger. The panel consisted of Michelle Oddis, an editor for the long-running conservative newspaper, Human Events, Captain Flagg Youngblood, an Army veteran and pro-military activist, Lisa De Pasquale, the director of CPAC (Conservative Political Action Committee), and Robert Bluey of the Heritage Foundation. Jason Mattera, of the Young America’s Foundation acted as moderator.

With the unemployment rate of young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 at 19% with a high probability of climbing in the near future, the Young America’s Foundation drew a bleak picture of the future of young Americans. Jason Mattera opened the session by commenting that the current political climate reflects the “lobotomy of our generation.” Michelle Oddis agreed, modifying the famous Churchill quote to say, “If you’re not a liberal at 18 you don’t have a heart, and if you’re not a conservative at 21, you don’t have a brain.”...

[Vaduz]

Obama sets record for how one person can screw up so many things in just one year.His next will be with an organ grinder passing the cup around for CHANGE.

[pallis]

Was there anything about BacrackObooboo that didn’t have “worst president in America’s history” written all over him, before he was elected president? This loon’s failures were entirely predictable. Now that he is turning his attention towards jobs, expect unemployment to double. He has only started to destroy this country.