Posted by
Gerald R Evans on Sunday, November 09, 2008 5:54:02 PM
I keep hearing about the youth vote. I am the youth vote. I, on the other hand, am not your typical youth in this nation. I was raised to have certain values and morals and I have done my best to hold on to these moral and values. I'm no saint, that's for sure. I'm also not the best conservative in the world... I think we need to legalize marijuana; it would be a massive source of revenue for the government and its legalization would reduce crime and hard drug use (cocaine, heroine, etc.). I think we need to legalize prostitution; you can't legislate morality and you can't stop the world's oldest profession, plus it would cut back on the number of STDs contracted. I also believe that even if the pro-lifers manage to over turn Roe v. Wade that abortions will still occur, states could then pass legislation that would replace Roe v. Wade, which is how it should be anyway... But, I digress.
Why did Barack win the youth vote? There are several reasons.
1. Liberal universities, colleges, and schools. Students who were raised by conservative families can spend up to 17 years in classrooms being indoctrinated by liberal teachers and professors. This is more likely to happen at the university/college level, but there are plenty of liberal elementary, middle, and high school teachers. In universities across the nation the "youth" are encouraged to go out and make their own paths, to throw off what they have been taught their whole life and decide what their values and principals are, to become independent of their parents and grandparents belief system. Some are able to keep their conservative viewpoint, but many succumb to peer pressure. Having been taught thier whole lives to respect their elders and to listne to their advice these impressionalbe youth are easy targets for thier liberal professors and classmates.
2. Our "American Idol" society. Obessed with pop culture icons, the youth of this nation are easily influeneced by the "star power" of a candidate. This election was turned in "So you think you can govern" by the MSM and the liberal blogoshpere. Sarah Palin's RNC sponsored shopping spree and pregnant teen became more important election issues than Barac Obama's questionable associations with anit-semites and terrorists. John McCain's lack of computer savy was more imortant than Barack lack of political savy. And while Obama wanted to get back to the "real issues" the MSM and the liberal blogosphere made sure that the issues of how how many home Cind McCain owns and Sarah Palin's abilities as a huntress were well known.
These are just two of the reasons that the "youth" vote went for Barack. A majority of the youth vote maybe, but not all of us "youth" are so illinformed and easily swayed in our opinions and values. A few words of wisdom for older conservatives and politicians; dont water down the conservative message and dont stop telling the "youth" what that message means for them. I think that us conservative need to start campaigning for 2010 and 2012 right now. Lets do our best to encourage a "new" generation of conservatives to do their part in making this country great once again.