Politics: Your Life or Just a Fad?

Rush had a comment about the story, "Young Voters Say they Feel Abandoned." The gist of the story is that, according to this article, in 2008 college kids voted for Obama because it was "the thing to do." Now after 2 years, they don't care enough about the guy to vote.

Because frankly - if these kids wanted Obama to be successful, they'd be out in droves voting Democrat to make sure Obama retains his majority. The fact that they don't care what happens may be as a result of Obama's policies - they can't find jobs - or it may be just that, the fad is gone, and now they don't care who the President or their politicians are - whoever they are, they - the students - will be getting their perks.

Story #4: Generation Obama Now Listens to Rush Limbaugh

RUSH: There is a story in the New York Times today datelined out of Miami. It's by Doug Mills, and the headline of the story: "Young Voters Say They Feel Abandoned -- Two years ago, the University of Miami could not get enough Barack Obama. The campaign rally he held here felt like a rock concert, his face appeared on T-shirts all over campus, and pro-Obama volunteers registered 2,000 new voters.

"Meetings of the College Democrats that attracted 200 people in 2008 now pull in a dozen. New voter registration is way down, too, and free posters of President Obama -- once 'the Michael Jordan' of politics, as one freshman put it -- are now refused by students. 'It’s not the fad anymore,' said Jessica Kirsner, 21, a junior from Houston and vice president of the College Democrats. 'It's not the fad to be politically knowledgeable and active.'" See, with you told you, just a fad, 2008. It was just a fad. "This was not what Generation O expected Mr. Obama won two years ago with 66 percent of the 18- to 29-year-old vote, a historic proportion. ... Now, however, former Obama volunteers nationwide say that they and their former colleagues are less involved and more ambivalent.

"Experts say the usual midterm effect, in which young voters are especially likely to disengage, has combined with an unexpected distance that has arisen between Mr. Obama and many young constituents. While most of them still view him more favorably than their parents or grandparents do, various polls show that the youthful passion that led to action has not been sustained. 'They were emotionally invested,' said Peter Levine, director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University. 'Somehow that should have been turned into, for Democrats, a revival of progressive policy, and in a neutral way, a revival of democracy starting with young people.' 'So far, it hasn't happened,' he added." You read the story, more of this, more testimonials from people who just don't feel the love. They're just not feeling the love. (interruption)

Snerdley says, "Well, what happened? What happened?" The problem is that nothing happened! College is still as expensive, they still can't find jobs, people are still angry and argue with each other. All the stuff Obama promised? The sea levels falling? Nothing's changed. As far as theory concerned, the polar bears and manatees are still dying. Nothing's changed. They thought idealistic change was immediate. So it was a fad but let's move forward in this piece, shall we? The final paragraph: The New York Times knows that most readers are not gonna go that far in any of their stories. But I -- I -- did. Last paragraph:

"A greater degree of focus on the young, the University of Miami students said, would have helped break through the talking points being offered by Republicans. Even on mostly liberal college campuses, the arguments against Mr. Obama have become more common. 'The other day, they were blaring Rush Limbaugh in the breezeway,' said Gaurav Dhiman, 20, president of the College Democrats." So this show is on the radios and the loudspeakers of College Democrats at the University of Miami. That's the last paragraph of that piece in the New York Times.