Reply #3: The Young are on our side [View All]

[HockeyMom]

I was reading the paper recently at work and made a comment to a part time, college student, coworker. The article was about the recent Republican debates. I was floored by her reaction. She went into a 15 minute tirade about the Republican Party and the direction of this country.

Lisa said she missed being able to vote in the last election because her 18th birthday fell two days after the election. She went on about everything from abortion, birth control, thousands of dead American soldiers, hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqi civilians, outsourcing, health care, Christian theocracy and world domination, etc. To say she was p'od would be an understatement. Lisa then said, "come hell or high water, I WILL be voting in the next election, and although I have not made up my mind who I will be voting for yet, it will NOT BE A REPUBLICAN." She also said that although she was raised Catholic, that that had no bearing whatsoever on her views, and also the views of her parents. So much for the "values votes".

I have had many a similar conversations with other young people where I used to work. Although Lisa was the most passionate, the other young people voiced similar viewpoints.