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'Obamamania' Cooling Off Fast Among Young
Associated Press ^ | Sept. 22, 2009 | Martha Irvine

Posted on 09/22/2009 4:47:39 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

CHICAGO -- Young Americans showed their collective power when they helped vote President Obama into office. Inspired by his message of "change," they knocked on doors, spread flyers, voted for him by a 2-1 margin, and partied like rock-the-vote stars when he won.

Since the election, though, that fervor has died down _ noticeably. And while young people remain the president's most loyal supporters in opinion polls, a lot of people are wondering why that age group isn't doing more to build upon their newfound reputation as political influencers.

"It's one thing to get excited about a presidential candidate. It's another thing to become a responsible citizen," says Jennifer Donahue, political director for the New Hampshire Institute Of Politics. She and other political analysts thinks they have yet to prove themselves.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; democrats; dumbkids; elections; hopeychangey; liberals; obama; obamamessiah; suckers; youthvote
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1 posted on 09/22/2009 4:47:40 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

So, are you kiddies beginning to figure out that he has no idea what the hell he is doing?


2 posted on 09/22/2009 4:49:21 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

Just about a year too late....


3 posted on 09/22/2009 4:49:47 PM PDT by Adder (Proudly ignoring Zero since 1-20-09!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

You mean they’re finally waking up to Senior Zero?


4 posted on 09/22/2009 4:50:17 PM PDT by A. Morgan (The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. Lawrence)
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To: Army Air Corps

he’s not Left enough for them


5 posted on 09/22/2009 4:50:19 PM PDT by babble-on
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To: Adder

Indeed.


6 posted on 09/22/2009 4:50:34 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Kids don’t care - the best of them have enlisted, and we’re left with, well, what we’re left with.


7 posted on 09/22/2009 4:50:43 PM PDT by Old Sarge (Marking Time On The Government's Dime)
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To: Army Air Corps

I don’t think it’s that complex. The party ended, they’re waiting for the next one to start.


8 posted on 09/22/2009 4:50:46 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: Free ThinkerNY

For those of you with young liberal contacts, what have you noticed? I tend to hang around with conservatives, but I do notice my liberal nephews and nieces are quieter these days.


9 posted on 09/22/2009 4:51:08 PM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Kids these days.


10 posted on 09/22/2009 4:52:24 PM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: pfflier

I agree with that completely. It was like a Spring Break. A lot of build-up, then the party, then the hangover, and then the long drive home.


11 posted on 09/22/2009 4:52:31 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; Nachum

Ping.


12 posted on 09/22/2009 4:52:46 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A mob of one.)
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To: keats5

The Kool-Aid is wearing off and the Porkulus forgot another $8 billion for the resupply.


13 posted on 09/22/2009 4:52:53 PM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

9/9/09 The Day that Obamas vocal Mojo cratered.


14 posted on 09/22/2009 4:54:20 PM PDT by DGHoodini (Iran Azadi!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Now that their Messiah has come they're wondering why they can't find jobs after graduation.
15 posted on 09/22/2009 4:54:54 PM PDT by colorado tanker (Barack Obama is an old Kenyan word for Jimmy Carter)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I would say being eighteen and voting for the rock star president and nineteen looking for a job are two very different things.


16 posted on 09/22/2009 4:55:12 PM PDT by tanuki (The only color of a leader that should matter is the color of his spine.)
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To: pfflier
The party ended, they’re waiting for the next one to start.

Yup, something bright and shiny distracted them, although perhaps these kids understand debt and have heard that Their Kenyan just maxed their card for life and there's nothing left except payments.

17 posted on 09/22/2009 4:56:49 PM PDT by randog (Tap into America!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

the bloom is off the rose


18 posted on 09/22/2009 4:56:50 PM PDT by zwerni (this isn't gonna be good for business)
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To: Army Air Corps

The kiddies have figured out that Obama change is coming from their pockets.


19 posted on 09/22/2009 4:57:05 PM PDT by Tarpon (The Obama's plan -- Slavery by debt so large it can never be repaid...)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Raise the voting age to 21, and add that you had to pay income tax in the prior year.


20 posted on 09/22/2009 4:58:10 PM PDT by Tolsti2
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