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  • Aspergers is a possibility definitely due to extreme focus and intelligence at that age. Mind call backs for Mary Poppins say he either has pushy parents or is a homo, which would explain all this conservative malarkey...

  • I wonder if this kid has Asperger's syndrome.

  • Guess he doesn't even know who Barry Goldwater was. Dedicated his book to an anti-religious nuts libertarian. LOL.

  • what is up with the GOP why are they always trying to one up liberals....1st they try to prove that they support the youth so they get this fool...then they try to show how they support women so they get Sarah Palin?! REALLY?! >.o

  • @fasfsdfasd touche

  • @fasfsdfasd oh? um.. congratulations? let me know when your analysis of other people's political values gets you anywhere in life.

  • @fasfsdfasd oh.. don't get so worked up, bigguns. i'm 16, i don't know anything about politics. i sit around and comment on youtube videos while eating doritos.

  • This kid needs to be a kid. He doesn't even understand what he's talking about.

  • This kid does one hell of a Glenn Beck impersonation.

  • i use to be a republican, but then i was like wait, we have george bush AND this kid...

  • Anybody can learn the definition of conservatism. What's difficult is making it's principles applicable to current issues. Furthermore, while this boy articulates his firm belief in the ideology of conservatism, he fails to recognize the true happenings in this world. I doubt that he can apply conservative ideals to the real world, and what being a U.S. citizen is. As a child, he doesn't deal with war or taxes...or monotonous labor.

    Merely a child's perspective.

  • Maybe he should read Russel Kirk's "10 Principles of Conservatism" because A. he didn't actually say ANYTHING and B.he just watered down what someone 30 years ago wrote who is actually revered and respected in the Conservative community. And as a Democrat and a Liberal minded individual, even I read and respect Kirk's take on Conservatism. Jonathan Krohn, you are are 14. Ask a girl out on a date and survive high school. THEN maybe you'll be a legitimate contender on Faux, i mean Fox, news.

  • He's for respect for constitution and less government. But he's also against gay marriage and abortion, meaning that he's against what the constitution says and is for the government interfering with people's personal lives. Hm...

  • i cant believe my eyes seeing this kid

    he looks like he has been politician for 100 years~

  • I categorically disagree with some things he says and I'm not a conservative, but it's pretty obvious that this kid has a bright future. However, I sincerely hope that he overcomes his arrogance. He speaks to people with a broader world view and greater experience (both in life and in politics) with such a horribly condescending tone, making positive statements about "what is". He needs to realize that, as a 14 year old, his world view is going to change drastically in the next 10 years.

  • "Conservativism is an ideology of protecting the people's rights"?

    Since when?

  • @TheMattRiley Uh since the dems' ideology was the exact opposite?

  • Hitler Youth.

  • Awesome, so smart!

  • It's cool that someone his age is actually articulating his views. I hope as he gets older, though, he becomes less political pundit and more political analyst. A little more William F. Buckley, Jr. & Milton Friedman & a little less Rush Limbaugh & Ann Coulter... But good job, young sir! :)

  • We have a 13 year old young man, intelligent, articulate who defends belief in the Constitution, smaller gov't, respect for life and personal responsibility and the morons that bother to comment call him names. You are the reason America is in trouble because you are too stupid, spoiled, misguided and under educated to understand what he and Conservatives represent. It's Freedom and you are helping lose it. The brain is a terrible thing to waste. Thank God we have kids like Jonathan Krohn.

  • @RichW1244 hes probably right, but hes a bit annoying with his cocky ness

  • Well, some would say cocky, some would say self-assured. Personally, he's watched speakers and how they conduct themselves, how they address the audience and structure the speech and is trying emulate them. I hate to bring this guy up but who is more 'cocky' than Obama? He oozes arrogance. Clinton had a down home quality, easy going way and Reagan was a master speaker who made you feel good. Maybe young Jonathan will develop a better, less 'cocky' delivery as he ages.

  • Is it just me or did anyone else miss the part where he difined "Conservatism"...He just likes the sound of his voice and the attention. Fag

  • Is it weird that I want to hit this kid?... =/

  • @HalfEatenBullfrog

    I have the same feeling...what a fag

  • This kid speaks a lot but says little. He obviously picked up his entire ideology, to use one of his favorite words, from a few severely biased speakers.

  • he says little because what he says is the the more complex ideologies of conservatism distilled to a few simplified principles. you can't illustrate every perspective or "idealogy" of any party or worldview in two minutes.

  • @bookworm2010 Two minutes is plenty of time to bring up the principles of your beliefs and go into some detail about them, rather than vaguely naming them and vague use of the term principles throughout his speech. I only used ideology as he's obsessed with using the term. His definition of conservitism is directly out of any of the well-known proponents of the far right in the media's mouth.

  • i'd be tempted to agree with you were it not for the fact that his goal in this speech wasnt to "go into some detail" about the principles of his beliefs, but merely that far too many people have an incorrect and misguided preconceived notion of conservatism as merely the "romantic" policy of a political party. the principles that form the foundation a greater political community is more important than the political face of that party in which they're represented

  • @bookworm2010 The problem with that theory is that I've watched a few of his other public appearances and he's said generally the same thing.

  • that's because he's promoting his book and the idealogies demonstrated in that book. he is being consistent. every other "well-known proponent" of either party is doing the same thing, repetition is part of communicating your perspectives. if political activists were giving very different speeches from one convention to the next they'd be called hypocritical by their critics and political opponents. for example, how many of President Obama's speeches have been framed with "hope" and "change"?

  • they are saturated with fluff with very little foundation to support them. what i think krohn is trying to do is ignore fluff altogether and stick to foundation. not WHAT do conservatives believe (because in every party there is diversity of conscience and of thought) but WHAT makes conservatives inherently conservative? WHAT are the principles behind the policy? he's not trying to convince his opponents that his ideologies are the right ones, merely that they are generally misunderstood.

  • Amazing how some of these detractors pick on little things without actually having the mental capacity to understand what this 13 year old kid is saying. Half of these people can't string a sentence together and the other half are either under 20, or living at home with M&P. This is the result of 40 years of liberal education. Sadly, they are part of the reason America is slowly falling into the abyss.

  • the principle, the principle, and the priciple. just a huge sponge im sorry.

  • He just learn this shit in school...this young man hasn't said nothing that we haven't heard with the ignorant ass right wingers....he's just a little palin man...I bet you that he does not have anything else to say on this subject...unless they feed him some more bullshit in school..and then he comes back fresh, with new talking points..

  • @salbella50 - he's been homeschooled. his parents aren't political at all, either.

  • @salbella50 You sir get a thumbs up and a 5 star comment rating

  • Wow, that is articulate, 'He just learn this shit in school. ... hasn't said nothing' You apparently haven't learned 'nothing' in school so I can see why this young fella intimidates you. Correction: 'He just learned this shit in school.. hasn't said anything.'

    You apparently went to public school.

  • I mean, so much confidence and knowledge in a 13 year old makes me wonder about my future...

  • This is Scary!

  • Are you kidding me! This kid is brilliant. Name one other 13 year old with the vision to realize getting into politics at this level guarentees he will not worry about living off social security or earning a paycheck. Good for you kid!

  • Jonny hopes that if he keeps this up, Ann Coulter will pop his cherry. Come to think of it, that's pretty scary!

  • why else do we pay taxes? The government should help us in our time of need.

  • that people should not rely on government handouts such as food stamps, universal health care, unemployment benefits basically meaning people should fend for themselves. Again this principle ideally would be great if people could actually afford to live without these handouts. In some situations people don't have the ability to live on their own and need government assistance. Not too mention with unemployment being so high and jobs so few people need to rely on the government for help

  • This country was built and achieved greatness due to self reliance. Depending on the Gov't to solve all your problems is another form of slavery. Simple principle, go to school, learn, work hard, get a job, live a good life and make things happen. The gov't makes nothing but only takes from those who do create to give to those who either don't or won't. America is the land of opportunity. Nothing should be guaranteed. Additionally, we are most generous, giving nation in the world.

  • my view is that all the money actually belopngs to the govt, they just let you hang on to it for a while, butmy bone of contention is when you call America the most giving and generous nation in the world. although it mayt be true that in bulk charity donations America comes in at #1 but if you look at the amount of money they give as a percentage of their gross national income America comes in at 23 behind Turkey

  • My political views are much more aligned to the left but i have to say that you make a very strong point in your comment here.

  • If you really believe what you say I would ask you to give up your social security and medicare but you won't because that is the hypocrisy of the fascist right. You religious believe that all the problems of inequality, worker exploitation, and minority representation come down to "Go to school and get a job!".

    Let me guess. Your a white male?

  • @VarialProductions Yes, a white male, I spent 4 years in the AF, took the GI bill, worked at a second job and put myself through college. No one gave me anything. I've paid my way, worked hard. no affirmative action, just hard work. I own two small business and I love this country and the freedoms it provides so idiots like you can say the stupid things you do. Let me guess, you work at a dead end job, or are unemployed. You want fascism, better look at Obama because he is taking your freedoms.

  • Well, of course your a white male because if you were something other you wouldn't be able to claim what you do. You think your comments change my mind about anything? Unless your father's father was a slave then I don't think you have the right to took about opportunity. Where did you grow up? Were your parents drug-addicts or not? Were your schools broken down and your streets littered with bullet shells?

    You wreak of self-assured Sarah Palin stench. And you meant communism not fasci

  • Taking these four principles one at a time we can further dissect his definition. 1) Respect for Life this means conservatives are pro-life 2) Respect for the Constitution meaning strict interpretation of the constitution although not sure how this doesn't apply to liberals as well, maybe he means respect as in don't stray away from... even though states have the opportunity to do this ex: medical marijuana 3) Less government obvious conservative principle 4) Personal Responsibility meaning

  • For all the critics out there, what else would you expect from a 3 min speech besides a quick rundown on his definition of conservatism. Although this speech was well delivered I would not say it was well structured. The majority of his speech was filled with useless jargon but he did manage to get across 4 points that comprise his definition of conservatism: Respect for the Constitution, Respect for Life, Less Government and Personal Responsibility. All of these are conservative principles

  • hahha

    the word conservative doesnt have any substance

    neo conservatives destroyed that word

    its Libertarianism where its at

    mr krohn address the federal reserve and monetarism then ill be impressed

  • this kid seems to have a big ego.

  • You people are all real Assholes. Regardless of anyone's view, looking at your comments, he's got more intellect at 14 than you'll ever probably have. Sure he might sound funny, but he can defintely put a good speech together. What were you doin at 14 (besides smokin a bone in the basement of yo mama's house)?

  • He does not give many specifics.  I would respect him if he did. He doesn't actually say what conservatism is.

  • Yeah, he just talks in circles, honestly.

  • Are you saying he takes lessons from Obama?

  • Obama defines things well, actually. I'd at least like this kid to be specific. He's too broad.

  • shut the fuck up you annoying little bastard

  • Profanity! Yep, you're a liberal.

  • This kid needs to get layed. Damn!

  • He would probably agree with that ... and given his popularity, he probably will not have a problem with that.

    Quite a name you got there. Is that you getting laid withthelightsout all alone?

  • @withthelightsout5258 - LOL!! For real. Somehow it's not so far fetched to believe this kid is the only one in his school who has yet to fondle a girl and do any necking, while masturbating a lot.

  • @withthelightsout5258 By you? Creepy.

  • "lets move on to the next major aspect of the conservative belief system: the life issue. The life issue is near and dear to all conservatives. Does not life keep all of us alive? If it wasnt for life would we not surely be dead? Conservatives believe that life is something that everyone should have.

    -Jonathan Krohn.

    Wow he is a retard.

  • Speaking of FERVOR hehe...

  • conservatism's primary goal is protecting the people? hmmm il tell that to the poor who cant afford PRIVATE health care. What a little shit

  • This kid would be great as a sham wow salesman. He really is a prodigy in selling bullshit.

  • @sk443sidk1987 Hey man, don't dis Vince.

  • conservatism is merely first wave liberalism.

    modern liberalism is just second wave liberalism.

    true old-school conservatism died with John Locke.

  • Somehow you get the feeling he's the only teenage guy in his school that hasn't kissed or fondled a girl yet, and masturbates a lot.

  • haha, he is home schooled.

  • LOL!! I definitely could believe that.

  • @bigtexansfan He's probablt gay...a gay conservative...not too surprising

  • Hey kid, take the dick out of your mouth and learn how to talk

  • This Kid Is Going To Become The Anti-Christ

  • If you just heard the audio and didn't hear his name, you would think this was a middle-aged woman.

  • the kid quotes Margret thatcher... I find it hard to take him or American politics seriously any more. If it is so very simplistic that a 14 year old can commentate then wow im kinda speechless.

  • The only consistent thing about modern conservatism is blind obedience to authority, which goes against the American principles of thinking for oneself and determining one's own destiny.

  • Shit Head

  • This kid's a douche

  • this may seem irrelevant, but how old are you?

  • who the fuck would buy this jackass's book?

  • A bunch of right-wing asshats who can't even read. I'm sure you'd find more truth and logic in a book authored by Dr. Seuss than you would this little far-right fucktard.

  • i'm 12 and what is this

    his 13 and he doesnt know what this is ether

  • The only difference between this individual and yourself is that you are dyslexic and he is constantly under intellectual stimulation. I guess he lucked out :)

  • Lol he stars in Mary Poppins. Self loathing homo republican right there

  • Why does he talk like a cunt?

  • because she is one... duh

  • FFFFFFFFUUUUUU

  • ffffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuu­

  • Yawn. You didn't explain conservatism.

  • He was getting at something, but lost it halfway when getting super excited, at 2:10

    His 4 points are interesting, but all it sounds almost too dogmatic.

    Very impressive oration skills on the other hand.

  • all of the good points he said about conservatism more accurately describe liberalism. conservatism is intrinsically close-minded...

  • 13 year old!? GET THE FFFFFF OUT OF HERE

  • conservatism is about protecting peoples rights unless your gay lesbian or happen to not want to have a rape baby. sounds right

    pretentious little fuck

  • neeeeeoooooooooooooooooooooooo­oo-CON!

  • Newt's played out - meet the new face of GOP intellectualism. Good luck in 2012; you guys are in a world of shit.

  • newfag >:@

  • NO U!

  • wow this kid has great memorization skills no wonder he got that callback from broadway

  • Fucking RAGE

  • @ScaniaChan

    Rage?

    You know fly with segulls or whatever.

    Well then rage it up.

  • Random indian dude trying to be funny and replying to an 8 months old comment.

    SURE TOLD ME WHO'S BOSS, BRO

  • they are principles, but the problems is faggot conservatives abuse the idea.

    this kid has never lived a day out of his little book shelf.

  • Holy crap, for two minutes he got up and talked while saying nothing of substance. My, my...

  • eat a dick

  • i throw around ur mother every nite

  • your son is a douchebag.

  • ... who threw the term "conservatism" around, not knowing what it means... OH SHI-

  • geek

  • Poor brainwashed kid!

  • yes, i can! and i am! (wait a few months) and if my book doesn't become a bestseller then it is a sad world indeed

  • wow...this is our future after 8 failed years under Bush. this kid would turn the White House into the Reichstag and probably set it on fire!

  • I wonder if he has realized that he is gay?

  • I lol'd

  • Ha, that is a funny joke AV8R4HM. The funniest sarcasm ever! Ha ha!

  • prove it.

  • im so glad to see this kid, and to actually know that there are parents that actually know how to raise their kid, such a smart kid

  • You have a great sense of humor razie141! That is almost as funny as AV84HM's joke!

  • The next Glenn Beck... :D

  • he is a dangarous big ego. But It is nothing to watch out for.

    Big proudness will never last long.

  • Damn, and you call conservative bigots.

    You liberals are so scared of conservatives that you go after children. Give him time to live and grow get life experiences. He really is a very smart and articulate kid though!

  • Smart kid!

  • This kid is the liberal lefts worse nightmare. A 13 year old who understands politics.

  • Whats funny is, this kid has accomplished more in his life than anybody else posting on youtube dissing him or conservatives. This shows a great example of how liberals are afraid of this kid.

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  • I believe this guy must have a chip implanted in him and is being controlled.

  • What a little shit. He's his parents puppet.

  • Ultra Conservatism is officially recognized in the DSM-IV-BS. It is coded as an Axis II disorder, number 302.1445263, with the following symptoms:

    1. absolute trust in talk radio

    2. may attack when hearing the word "liberal"

    3. encyclopedic knowledge of 20% of the Constitution and 10% of Bill of Rights

    4. belief that non-Americans are nonpeople

    5. Economic insistence on murdering Iraqi men, women, and children in Iraq, citing cost-savings benefits over killing individual terrorists here.

  • brainwahsed little boy....what a shame another life waisted by following the crazy ideas of conservatism

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  • this kid needs to be raided for graet justice, butthurt much daddy?

  • It is fun to see a retard kid embarassing himself infront of a 1000+ audience

    Wait, that kid wasn't a retard? Damn...

  • Wow he sounds like a brain in a jar.

  • wow this kid is such a fag. I bet daddy gives it to him in the butt

  • awsome!

    hes getting an early start on being an asshole.

  • This kid is NEVER getting laid

  • true that

  • except not! godwin's law, lol

  • In some ways this could not be more perfect. You have a child, a person who's never held a job, never paid rent, etc, in other words, someone blissfully out of touch with reality--and the conservative message is being communicated from this position of existential (if not transcendental) blindness. It's beautfiul. Keep this kid on board.

  • fastronaut,

    Of all the 1000+ comments on this very telling video, your comment sums it up best.

    Powerful insight!

  • Hey my comment too... Here's my comment:

    "He's doing it for the corporate booty."

  • stupid fucking jew

  • yup praise that thought brother

  • this fucking kid is gonna be kicking his own ass in 10 years when he looks back at what a shit head he is coming off as... hes not even saying anything relevant .. he is clearly a boring regurgitation of his parents' own boring conservative ideas and this kid needs to break free from those constraints and be his own person and be an actual individual and a real teenager and live life awhile before he conforms to this empty lifestyle of pundit bull shit and political yuking of buzzwords

  • you guys know what's kinda sad?

    this kid makes more sense than the current president.

    i'd rather have him in the white house than the idiot we have right now.

  • hey i like this kid. i think hes more conservative than ann and rush those clown freaks are neo conns :)

  • god this kid reminds of Ellen dejenarus <--- i know i didnt spell this right. there voices are just so identical.

  • He's brilliant and he can speak more maturely than most that are 2-3X his age.

    I wonder how he defines liberalism.

  • Wow you got all that from that statement? So, who the fuck is presuming to speak about ones motives now?

  • You even use the same simple-minded language.

  • Typical response from a pseudo-intellectual who has no real rebuttal. To assume that ones choice of words denotes some kind of lack of intellect or maturity only proves your elitist ignorance. You have nothing noteworthy left to say, so you jump under the security blanket that is your fraudulent "better-than-you-because-I-don­'t-swear" rhetoric. What a fag......

  • Zen..:it's laughable, every comment you make validates what I've said. And you can do no better than to rephrase my criticisms. Profanity has little to do with your lack of substantive argument.Still, it seems all you really have to fight with. Having 6 sons in the military has exposed me to much worse language than you feign..but they have earned the right to the APPROPRIATE use of that language.

  • Conservatism....Liberalism....­.Two puppets with the same asshole's hand up their asses. FAIL

  • Like I said Zen, typical juvenile namecalling. You fit the profile,

    whatever you claim to be.

  • Professor(of what?):Not that the quality of a voice in any way relates to the value of what's said(witness Obama). But how would you characterize the quality of your own voice? Noble and mellifluous?

  • Your distorted sickening Neo-con policies of the last 8 years brought our country to the brink of total ruin, & now you have the balls to criticize a guy who's been in office a total of 63 days?

    How does the ground look since you don't have a leg to stand on?

  • I wonder what the conservative party thinks about his love for sucking the cock?

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  • What the fuck is up with this kid? I just want to punch him for being a douche!

  • This kid needs to have his ass kicked.

  • Holy shit its the antichrist

  • im annoyed,cofused,disgusted, offended and amused at the same time!!!!!

  • tits or gtfo

  • a kid his age shouldn´t be in ALL OF THIS POLITICS SHIT!!!! i think am gonna THROW UP!!!! If this is the future then WE ARE FUCKED!!!!

  • He's a prodigy at talking bullshit. Obviously never wants to get laid. Let's see where he is in 10 years, locked up in a hotel room with a prostitute and doing coke. He'll burn out before he's 30.

  • Respect for life OK that's why you're against gay marriage.

  • glib and annoying as hell, and i am a conservative!

  • he is full of shit, obiously he is a wonder kid, but he is full of shit already, he has no childhood.