Comments on: Obama and reviving the youth vote https://thenewneo.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/ A blog about political change, among other things Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:08:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Artfldgr https://thenewneo.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188849 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:08:49 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188849 Obama fires up supporters at University of Wisconsin-Madison rally

host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/article_a4b071e8-cb5d-11df-b464-001cc4c002e0.html

notice how many are wearing communist red..

]]> By: jms https://thenewneo.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188740 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:17:06 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188740 Perhaps this is the best explanation of the Obama phenomenon.

]]> By: J.L. https://thenewneo.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188657 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:14:13 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188657 Obama was like a drug… first theres the high followed by the letdown of reality once thd drug wears off… and there you are stuck with the world as it was before the high. Theres a lot of people now experiencing the after-high letdown.

As noted in this Hugh Hewitt article:

Obama’s entire career has been built on overpromising. Now not only is he underdelivering, he is doing so in spectacularly woeful fashion, and his teleprompter-dependent rhetoric is leaving even his true believers cynical and uninterested in turning out one-more-time for another round of hype built on bitter charges against an evil overclass.

]]> By: Baklava https://thenewneo.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188650 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:09:47 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188650 JohnR22,

I think you speak some truth there.

When will we get that woman vice-president or PRESIDENT though?

Nyom?

]]> By: NeoConScum https://thenewneo.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188646 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:48:13 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188646 JohnR22…Yep, the ‘yoots “ADD” has got to be a frustration for His Infantile Majesty. Also, they’re seeing many friends graduate and go–gasp–jobless. How’s that Hopey-Changy Thingy workin’for’ya, ‘Yoots?

]]> By: Mrs Whatsit https://thenewneo.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188645 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:44:03 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188645 In today’s headlines, Obama is scolding Democrats for their apathy, saying it will be “inexcusable” if they don’t vote in November. Apparently he thinks that by reverting to professorial scold mode — finger-wagging, scolding, and nagging — he’ll reinspire the once-starry-eyed young voters who are falling away from him. Yup, sure, that’ll work.

]]> By: JohnR22 https://thenewneo.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188639 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:43:36 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188639 I’m afraid you give the youth vote too much credit. They were starry eyed, but not because of his promises. They were starry eyed because he was handsome, elegant, young, and yes…because he was black (it’s so chic these days; if you the right “type” of black). And the youth vote has lost interest not because of policy, but because the “new thing” is no longer new. They’re simply bored with him. No, youngsters care little about actual policy; their lives revolve around feelings and emotions, not logic. So if you want to reenergize the youth vote, I recommend adding a handsome and popular rock star to the ticket. Or perhaps a really attractive and well known lesbian actress. You know…something “new” (like a shiny bauble) that will hold their attention.

]]> By: NeoConScum https://thenewneo.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188638 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:35:43 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188638 Speaking of Wisconsin, I see at Drudge that Russy Feingold won’t be attending the Obama for Russ rally today. Scampering like rats through the aqueduct !

]]> By: Richard Aubrey https://thenewneo.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188634 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:52:45 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188634 Some time ago, there were hearings, televised on CSpan, about capital gains taxes. The impact on, or benefit to, the rich was part of the discussion.
It transpired that all beneficiaries of capital gains tax cuts were rich.
See, it happens this way. You may be making ordinary, averge income. But when you sell something, a house, a farm, a small business, some stocks you own, then you have the income from the sale. Which, it turns out, makes you rich. In that year. Temporarily.
One of the congresscritters asked an IRS person if they could differentiate the permanently rich from the temporarily rich for purposes of this discussion. He said they could not.
Perhaps that has changed.

]]> By: jms https://thenewneo.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188578 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:43:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/09/27/obama-and-reviving-the-youth-vote/#comment-188578 Boy is it ever put up or shut up time for Obama. If no one comes to his Madison rally, or if people leave in droves after the star music acts and before he takes the stage, he’s toast.

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