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I am so sick of all these young people following Obama like blind sheep. Many of them don't even know what he stands for, but are out for Obama because its the "thing to do". They need to look beyond the gay issue and their anger at the religious right, and think about issues like taxes, jobs, energy, and national security that will affect them. Obama's plan will raise taxes on people making as low as $42,000/yr, kill jobs as small businesses will go under, he is against clean coal and nuclear, increase the already monstrous national budget, and is weak on national security almost to the point he could be considered a terrorist sympathizer. Yet nearly 8 out of 10 young people are lining up like sheep to vote for him. This isn't elementary school where everyone is a winner or little league soccer where everybody gets the same trophy so nobody's "feelings are hurt". This is the real world, and this generation needs to step into it.
Were you one of the ones saying 'don't trust anyone over 40'?
Younger people on the whole are much more educated, more informed and most importantly, have a greater stake in the future of this country than older voters. I don't think you can minimize the younger generations' passion and interest in this election.
I'm gay and I voted for McCain. Of course I voted because I think he can handle the MOST important issues, like the ECONOMY & NATIONAL SECURITY a helluva lot better than Obama. IMO gay marriage and religion are the LEAST of this countries worries.
WAKE UP PEOPLE!!
You are not most McCain people.....you are the exception!!!
My dad is 71 and a lifelong Republican... and he's supporting Obama. He feels the GOP has splintered and the last 4 yrs of the Bush Administration was the worst of any Presidency he's ever seen in his lifetime. He's lost significant retirement gains in the last 2 years, and inflation costs on food, gas and day to day essentials has really hurt my parents retirement income so much, my mother went back to work at 68 part time..
My dad could be summed up in this recent quote from the Christian Science Monitor
Quote:
My dad voted for George H.W. Bush twice, and his son once. He was disappointed when Bill Clinton won, and disappointed he couldn't run again.
He is neither young nor an idiot. Believing that people are idiots because they are unhappy with the current administration and feel our country needs a change doesn't help your cause. This is why the GOP is losing this election.
Last edited by ocnymonty; 11-03-2008 at 08:33 AM..
Exacty my point. The fact young people rallied behind Ron Paul and then shifted to Obama who has totally opposite views on about everything proves this point.
And the gap between Obama and McCain narrows at about age 25, after they get into the real world and realize blind idealism means squat there.
Their huge similarity is that they both want the US to be out of Iraq.
Considering that the war is being fought largely by people under 30, I think it's an important issue to them.
Maybe that's the problem, the war mongers are apparently unable to tell the difference between countries and the reasons for or against war.
the point is clear that obama would indeed be escalating our involvement in the mideast if you take him at his word. since obama voted to fund the war and backed off of his withdrawal timetable, his mideast war position is inconsistent at best.
Terrorist symathizer? Could be. Quote from his book:
From Audacity of Hope:'I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.
You do know that the US has Muslim countries that are out allies right? You do know that only a very very small percentage of the Muslims in the world are terrorist right? Like maybe only 1%. Most are regular god fearing people who understand that Islam is about peace, not about war or killing. Its that very very small number who are influenced by factors other than their religion that makes them terrorist.
You might want to read up on this a bit before posting again. We have many allies in the middle east that have many arabic and islamic muslims - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, etc. Even the people of Iran are friendly towards the US. Its only those few that follow the words of the Supreme Ayatollah that are anti US.
I am so sick of all these young people following Obama like blind sheep. Many of them don't even know what he stands for, but are out for Obama because its the "thing to do". They need to look beyond the gay issue and their anger at the religious right, and think about issues like taxes, jobs, energy, and national security that will affect them. Obama's plan will raise taxes on people making as low as $42,000/yr, kill jobs as small businesses will go under, he is against clean coal and nuclear, increase the already monstrous national budget, and is weak on national security almost to the point he could be considered a terrorist sympathizer. Yet nearly 8 out of 10 young people are lining up like sheep to vote for him. This isn't elementary school where everyone is a winner or little league soccer where everybody gets the same trophy so nobody's "feelings are hurt". This is the real world, and this generation needs to step into it.
I'm 40 and I voted for Obama. And where did you get the tax info? Because you're wrong. Every tax comparison chart shows someone earning $42K to have their taxes lowered around $100 with McCain, over a thousand w/Obama.
Maybe if the Republicans stopped bashing gays to bait the religious right into voting for them, they'd get the youth vote.
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