How Can Conservatives Win the Youth Vote?

[bumpas11]

(Side Benefit:  Now you no longer have to cow-toe to mindless children when you should be looking hundreds or thousands of years into the future of our civilization, as you execute the various grownup roles of government.)

[bumpas11]

How can we regain responsibility in government? Stop pretending that people under 30 know enough to vote for it! Despite thrashing on the living room rug, we generally do not let children get their way, because they're children, and all they know is gimme gimme gimme BS from the socialists. Responsible people don't simply give in to spoiled brats. We just tell them to get to work and maybe they will have a chance to effect change when they grow up. It's time we ran our government that way.

[iago201]

how can conservatives win the youth vote? Change EVERYTHING about the conservative movement

[McDood5]

good video. Mattera decided not to be a complete douche in this interview... I'm surprised.

[Sims2789]

Young people don't trust government so you won't see us voting conservative.

[CobraStyleDevil]

young people always talk about how this year we are going to vote, and every time they never do. they said the same thing about john kerry. btw democrats are for big government, republicans are for big business.

[burger1376]

CobraStyleDevil: You are wrong in one assumption. Republicans are, in fact, for big business, but they are also for big government. The Bush wiretaps, homeland security, Unilateral FTA deals with korea, unilaterally engaging in war without the consent of even half the american people, ignoring polls in a democracy; i call that big government. A real republic would require more national referandums and actual voting on legislation instead of purely just voting on representatives.

[CobraStyleDevil]

im sorry but that is stupid.

you cannot define big government as everything you dont like about the republicans. big government would be more things like universal health care, anti-gun laws, social security, home buyer bailouts, etc.

the way those people see it is that the federal government should play a larger role in our everyday lives and give us our every want and need.

if you are mad about the war the only thing you can really do is vote for different congressmen.

[burger1376]

Wiretaps. Is that not big government. Homeland security, is that not big government. a Conservative would like to see our tax dollars spent on health care for americans instead of security for Iraqis. I don't care about Iraqis, i care about the americans people and our money being spent by the so-called conservatives in power. You failed to touch on the fact that we borrow billions from china to pay for republican wars. A conservative is anti-republican party, because the rep sold us to china.

[CobraStyleDevil]

wiretaps still have to have a warrant

homeland security is no different than fema or border patrol, in fact it handles some of the same responsibilities.

so war is supposedly big government but pulling out and raising my taxes to pay for universal health isnt? btw who still votes to fund the war?

tax cuts, tax rebates, and a gas tax holiday

republican ideas

borrowing billions from china somehow proves big government? you gonna tell me the chinese are buying us out?

[burger1376]

The bush wiretapes were unwarranted. They stopped now as far as we know. Homeland security is not border patrol, it is the new CIA. Yes, the CIA is big government. The fed has no police power according to the constitution. Tax cuts, tax rebates, gas tax holiday are all brought to you by the republican policy of borrowing from the chinese. How can you wage a war and not raise taxes? The republicans are raising your taxes, you just don't know it yet. wait till the chinese ask for their money.

[CobraStyleDevil]

having a government agency is not big government, you arent understanding. besides what is your beef with homeland security? do you like americans getting blown up? the chinese could do jack without investments from american companies. this isnt like you going and borrowing from a bank. hell brittain just recently paid of its debt from ww2. lol the fact you even said that is hilarious.

[burger1376]

cobra: And yes, the chinese are starting to buy US properties in NY and other places. pay attention to the news. China has the largest foreign exchange stash and they are going to use it to buy up the US. When mccain attacks Iran, we will be even more in debt to china. Wake up!!! stop being stupid.

[CobraStyleDevil]

yeah its called Eminent domain, lets see them get around that one.

[burger1376]

cobrastyledevil: i think you miss the point. A conservative wants to take care of his own first. I don't care about security for iraqies paid for with chinese money. All this talk about taxes is pointless. both parties will raise taxes, but dems will raise taxes to take care of americans, reps will not raise taxes now but will in the future to pay off debt that they built up by waging war and then paying for iraqi security while neglecting our own country.

[burger1376]

The fact that the US is below some 20 countries in education shows this nation is going downhill. I say, americans first and fuck the iraqis. keep money in america, even if it is for universal health care. Green tech will get us away from buying muslim oil and having the muslims use our money to kill us and then we have to borrow from the chinese to protect ourselves. Sounds messed up to me. I can't support mccain and a continuation of this cycle of debt and neglect of US demostics.

[CobraStyleDevil]

you know what else what get us away from muslim oil? AMERICAN OIL! i find it funny that you talk about keeping money in america yet democrats voted down a bill that would let us drill and refine HERE! green tech is not going to help us right now, even if it could that would make millions of automobiles worthless overnight, bankrupting companies.

just face it, this all come from the fact you hate the iraq occupation.

[burger1376]

Also, i fear that mccain will support bush's FTA with the koreans which is completely unfair and will hurt the US economy. The koreans are now protesting the beef imports and want concessions made even though we already let them protect their rice in the deal. Rice and beef are two major US agric. exports. While the koreans have open access to our complete market. If mccain wins, say goodbye to more US jobs to unfair asian trade policies.

[CobraStyleDevil]

they are afraid of mad cow disease, it will pass. what would you say "buy our beef or else!"? we cant go run and pout because they dont want a particular import based of the possibility tainted product.

much ado about nothing

[CobraStyleDevil]

lol so all this is stemming from some assumption you have that republicans are all greedy and dems are the saints of the world. all these claims that you cannot prove mean nothing.

[snorp73]

It's really not that difficult. Once people start finding out the real facts and the real truth, they naturally become conservative. With the new outlets like Fox News and talk radio - along with the internet, I think young folks are becoming informed much faster. Much folks don't need to "engage" when they have common sense on their sides.