[PAA-Discuss] Age and the presidential campaign

[rscott77092 at oplink.net]

That's good to hear




> Different demographic, Randy. The young people I'm talking about don't
> watch
> tv, they spend their free time at Starbuck's using their laptops. And they
> think Brittany is a joke. Literally.
>
> These are young college people, and young professionals. They're very
> serious about everything, and very hard-working. I met a twenty-four
> year-old organizer from Berkeley who took two months off from her website
> design job. She owns the company, so she figured she could afford to.
>
> Those people are not watching American Idol. No higher percentage of young
> people are dolts than older people. I think you'll find the American Idol
> crowd to be made up of some teenybopper-girls (the kind who raved over
> Sean
> Cassidy when I was young) and some young guys (up to age 35) who are
> living
> in their parents' basements and working at McDonald's to be able to afford
> Playstation 2. These are not the people you meet in campaigns.
>
> Alyssa Burgin
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 12:02 PM, <rscott77092 at oplink.net> wrote:
>
>> These are the same people who made Brittany Spears a household name.
>> The same people who are most likely to vote for American Idol.
>>
>> I don't extrapolate from fads.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > Speaking of age, since Jessica thinks she knows what I think--the main
>> > reason I've decided to support Obama right now has to do with age:The
>> age
>> > of
>> > his young and enthusiastic supporters. As I travel around Texas, I see
>> the
>> > most amazing, overwhelming tide of young people who are excited about
>> > politics for the first time in their lives. Yes, I'm sure a lot of you
>> > think
>> > they are fantasizing or strung out on hope, or something. Well, that's
>> not
>> > what I see--I see young, dedicated, hardworking, intelligent people
>> giving
>> > up every hour of their spare time, or in some cases, creating their
>> spare
>> > time by giving up school or jobs--to work within the political
>> structure.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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