I shall now point out how misguided and short sighted that line of thinking is:
The young people are exploring their own position in the political world, sometimes voting for dems, sometimes for pubbies. Designer remembers when he first registered to vote, he signed up under the dem column, because that is what his parents were. After listening to the dem candidate, he chose to vote for the republican instead.
Now some of you republicans would like to vilify every young person simply because they might have been dems at one time, and you are cutting off your nose to spite your face when you verbally toss the new voters to the curb. A forward-thinking republican would welcome those new voters, and in particular because they are young, meaning that they would be republicans for a long time to come.
You go right ahead and throw them out. Me, I'm keeping them, and nurturing them, and educating them, and my state republican party thanks me for it.
Dear Designer: There are 108 Posts to this Thread last count. Now, please, point out to me one place and time where I ever indicated I was ready to throw out the youth vote and where I ever did vilify young people because they were once Democrats. As a youth, I was active in the Lyndon B. Johnson ‘64 Campaign. Your charges against me are baseless and I resent it. I’m not asking for an apology; just that you lay down the crack pipe.
My goodness D, you jump to many conclusions never mentioned.
Did someone say youth? Not that I can recall.
Did someone say young person? Not that I can recall.
This thread is about Ron Paul and his delusional and dangerous foreign policy statements.
Did you want a hug because you rejected what your parents believed and formed your own opinions?
Would you like to know that my parents were rabid dems, and was I high school I was a Goldwater Girl, because I believed conservatism was the right path. So what, that was then and this is now.
Nothing that I have just said or you wrote has anything to do with Ron Paul. Paul is supported by all age groups. He is not just supported by youth, he is however supported by people who do not actually know who he is and what he has said.
Paul has long political career, he has written much and said much, as the years go on he becomes more irrational.
Paul is supported by racist groups, anti-Semitic groups, legalize all drugs groups, isolationist groups, and they support him because his views are evolving in that line.
Does he have some good economic views worthy of discussion, sure. But his view of world events and the safety of the US negates all of that because he is delusional.