Posted on 11/06/2008 6:40:52 AM PST by AJKauf
At least seven out of ten Obama supporters who were reveling in his coming victory were under the age of 30 — and that’s a conservative estimate. None of these people were even alive when Vietnam, Watergate, assassinations, and riots cleaved us in two, ripping the fabric of our national polity asunder and opening a chasm between the two sides that may — just may — have begun to close with Obama’s victory last night.
At least seven out of ten Obama supporters who were reveling in his coming victory were under the age of 30 — and that’s a conservative estimate. None of these people were even alive when Vietnam, Watergate, assassinations, and riots cleaved us in two, ripping the fabric of our national polity asunder and opening a chasm between the two sides that may — just may — have begun to close with Obama’s victory last night.
His young supporters know little of the Vietnam era and care about it less. And like it or not, and for whatever reason, they see the United States in a different way than their parents. They have the passion (and ignorance) of youth animating their vision of America. It remains to be seen what happens to their faith when Obama’s efforts at reform turn out not quite as earth shattering as they might be hoping...
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like the Black Widow analogy
LOL!!!
Given some of the news items I’ve seen, that could be a metaphor for things to come.
I certainly hope it DOES NOT come to pass.
With everything else going on here, we DO NOT need a race war.
Im like why are they wearing “our” colors?
Political people don’t do anything by accident.
This was a SIGNAL.
Amendment 15
1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
HOW ABOUT REQUIRING THAT VOTERS POSSESS AT LEAST THE SAME BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY AND THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF THE UNITED STATES THAT IS REQUIRED OF IMMIGRANTS WISHING TO BECOME CITIZENS?
AND HOW ABOUT REQUIRING THAT ELIGIBLE VOTERS HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE CANDIDATES AND ISSUES ON THE BALLOT?
Fat chance, right??
PS: I’d LIKE to take this further – MUCH further – but this place is already too far gone to even get the two listed above.
So they don’t hire people, own homes, pay property taxes, or have children.
Great.
Let’s see how their Messiah saves ‘em.
This is failure of modern US culture. Where parents cannot/will not talk to their kids, inform them and shape their views. The void is filled by pop culture, media and public (socialist/communist) education. The result is majority of this youth.
good point. I bet it wasn’t by mistake.
Whore of Babylon.
Title: Revolution
Artist: The Beatles
You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it’s evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don’t you know that you can count me out
Don’t you know it’s gonna be all right
all right, all right
You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We’d all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We’re doing what we can
But when you want money
for people with minds that hate
All I can tell is brother you have to wait
Don’t you know it’s gonna be all right
all right, all right
Ah
ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...
You say you’ll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it’s the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain’t going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don’t you know it’s gonna be all right
all right, all right
all right, all right, all right
all right, all right, all right
I’m 27, but I’ve read enough about what liberals did to this country in the 70s to know what we’re in store for. None of these people remember Jimmy Carter, but they just elected him to a second term.
I would bet that in a majority of cases, there is an indulgent parent still supporting their Art History or Women’s Studies major with monthly checks.
It’s easy to believe in the Sugar Plum Fairy or Obama when you have a Sugar Daddy paying your rent. There are some things that could be cured by another Great Depression.
“His young supporters” are the product of a public education system that the Left has co-opted and turned into a taxpayer-funded propaganda machine for Socialsm, multi-culturalism, global warming BS and anti-Americanism. They are ignorant of their own history and emote rather than think. They belive that slogans are ideas. Most are complete strangers to critical thinking. They have been set up for disappointment and frustration.
That was a strange dress. Can you imagine Sarah wearing that??
You got that right. Wow.
I think if I ever hear again, "It's a black thing, you wouldn't understand," I'd have to agree. I don't get it. But I just never realized before how much I REALLY don't get it.
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