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Old 11-06-2008, 06:58 AM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Ashamed that "Joe the college student" decided this election. The voting age should be raised to 21. Today's students aren't mature enough to make an informed decision. There is little difference today in maturity between a 15 year old and a 20 year old, due to kids staying at home with parents longer, delayed entrance into workforce, etc.

While I disagree with the idea of changing the voting age, I have to somewhat agree with the idea of many 20-21yos not making informed decisions. Taking what a college professor says to be gospel is uninformed, but I've had no less than 25 people try to tell me how wrong I am because their professor said so.

Dude! He's a friggin' math teacher, not a political science instructor! Shut up and get your own opinion.


I'm gonna go cling to my guns and religion now. kthxbye
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Old 11-06-2008, 07:04 AM
 
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While I disagree with the idea of changing the voting age, I have to somewhat agree with the idea of many 20-21yos not making informed decisions. Taking what a college professor says to be gospel is uninformed, but I've had no less than 25 people try to tell me how wrong I am because their professor said so.

Dude! He's a friggin' math teacher, not a political science instructor! Shut up and get your own opinion.


I'm gonna go cling to my guns and religion now. kthxbye
Hypothetically, would you feel the same way had all those college professor been conservatives and they told all of these 20-21yos to vote McCain and he won because of them?

I wonder if you really think that 20-21yos are incapable of making informed decisions, or if you assume that since they didn't come to the same conclusion that you did (i.e. to vote for Obama and not McCain) that their decision wasn't informed?
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Old 11-06-2008, 07:06 AM
 
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Why would anyone in this country defend waving that flag? Seriously, does it really matter what "team" you think you belong to.

Party politics is killing this country.
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