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Even Kids Don’t Vote For Ron Paul
On this election day, it’s important to remember the candidates who have since passed us by and gotten us to this point. On the Democratic side, there’s a bunch of well-meaning goobers who couldn’t possibly raise as much money or get as many votes as either Obama or Clinton; on the Republican side, there’s a ton of idiots who couldn’t even beat John McCain. Remember when Fred Thompson from the television was going to be president? But a students at Robert K. Shafer Middle School in Bensalem were allowed to vote for some of those past candidates in a mock election; naturally, Obama won and Clinton took second. But let’s see how the also-rans did!
Have we extinguished the Ron Paul menace? Is the income tax just not an issue for seventh and eighth graders? All I know is there are some pretty smart seventh- and eighth-graders in Bensalem. No doubt they will soon all be harassed at their homes and places of business by angry Ron Paul fans wondering why they didn’t vote for him. Kids back Obama in mock elections [Bucks County Courier Times] |
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2008 Primary Day, Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul, Stupid Kids Who Think They Count
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they are too young to be more than occasional pot smokers yet. in a year they’ll be on the reLOVEtion or whatever it’s called
Kids that young don’t even know who’s running most of the time because their too young to vote, so why should they care? I know I was like that until I got into high school. So its natural they go along with the hip cult following of Obama
They probably just wanted some change for the snack machine.
Ha!
This just tells you that the adults who are voting for the three stooges and not for Ron Paul are just as uninformed/misinformed as those kids!
Time and History will teach all the sheeple why they should have voted for Ron Paul, as for as we know the truth and we will be glad to smear it in your face once you wake up fom this illusion!
Kids are merely a reflection of the information they are exposed to. They very rarely seek out information on their own, and they certainly do not have a firm understanding of complex issues. The basis of their vote is on who is given the most TV time, and who speaks more eloquently.
It should be no surprise, given the unbalanced attention that your ilk provided throughout the election, that Ron Paul would not reach many of these kids. Nevertheless, the underage polling has little to do with the fact that much of what Ron Paul says is dead on the money.
More yellow journalism…yawn. The problem is that our elections have become popularity contests. The popularity contest is waged on the little boxes in our living room. Kinda funny that they call it a TV program…or programming. It is exactly that…programming.
If we as a people actually studied the issues and looked for substance…we would not be in the mess today. However, we don’t read as much as we should and definitely do not study. We just sit around eating cheesy poofs, watch the little black box(tv) and consider ourselves informed and knowledgeable.
This whole election and the others before it for many years are all very sad. It has been said that we get the government we deserve. We say we want liberty and freedom, but so many Americans don’t want to take the responsibility that is required. So we instead choose Big Government to act as our pseudo mommy and daddy who will take care of us.
It is my opinion that Ron Paul is a breath of fresh air. Alas though, we as a people(majority) are still fine with Big mommy and daddy. The small percentage of Americans that want to act as grown-ups is growing though. Ron Paul has hit a chord and I believe this trend will grow in the future.
Sad to see that the Republican party is for the most part set on choosing a liberal like McCain as their standard bearer. A lot of Republicans are unhappy with McCain.
Lastly, this article shows the power of the television. It is a very good sign that advertisers on TV to children will get a good response to their ‘programming’.
What is the point of this story? Most adults can’t even tell you why they would vote for a particular candidate.
These kids more than likely care about American Idol, Playstation 4 and Junk food more than they care about elections or the financial crisis facing our nation. Put the facts in terms that are relevant to them and see how they vote.
Ron Paul means your Mom and Dad keep more of their paycheck, which means more video games, cable channels and microwave meals they can buy for you.
Asking kids to vote in mock elections trivializes the importance behind voting, making it instead, a ‘cult of personality.’ It is treated more like American Idol than anything.
“Ron Paul means your Mom and Dad keep more of their paycheck, which means more video games, cable channels and microwave meals they can buy for you.”
And then when you want to go to college, Ron Paul means that you are on your freaking own because the government shouldn’t help anyone!
Maybe if Mommy and Daddy were responsible with their money and saved some for little Johnny to go to college, he wouldn’t need government handouts.
It’s no surprise these kids didn’t vote for Paul. They’re being taught in a public school. Who in the world teaches about personal responsibility and limited government there?
You will be where you should be, left with the responsibility of getting your own financing…or maybe a scholarship. It isn’t the governments job to finance college.
Why should the government pay for you to go to college. There are too many people there already that don’t take it seriously. It is a rite of passage not a place for higher learning. Moreover how is the government helping now? By subsidizing student loans so when a student graduates they are saddled with enormous debt and a liberal arts degree where there aren’t enough jobs?
I don’t understand what Ron Paul wants to do if elected. I can’t vote for somebody when I don’t even understand what he or she wants to do. He’ll have to do a better job of explaining that.
Perhaps the vote was conducted under the same rules as the Minnesota 5th Congressional District caucus: ie, the children were told that votes for Ron Paul would not be counted.
He wants to reduce government spending by eliminating entitlement programs and reduce our overseas obligations. Lowering spending will make it possible to eliminate income tax.
“No doubt they will soon all be harassed at their homes and places of business by angry Ron Paul fans wondering why they didn’t vote for him.”
A telling statement of the article authors opinion. I have larger issues of informing real voters of current events and political choices. When the CHILDREN are of age I do hope they are informed voters unlike many Americans appear today.
That’s because their mom and dad are allowing them too watch too much t.v. They are falling into the same trap that the adults are.
They are letting the media decide who gets to be president instead of getting off their lazy asses and researching the issues.
America deserves what we get this time around. We had a chance to make things right, and we failed miserably.
“No doubt they will soon all be harassed at their homes and places of business by angry Ron Paul fans wondering why they didn’t vote for him.”
A telling statement of the article authors opinion. I have larger issues of informing real voters of current events and political choices. When the CHILDREN are of age I do hope they are informed voters unlike many Americans appear today. http://www.ronpaul2008.com
Well, Ron Paul got at least one vote in the REAL Pennsylvania primary: Mine. Why don’t you write a story on that, Mr. What’s-Your-Name?
This article is pure trash. It has no substance and is an opinion piece wrapped in the guise of journalisim. Why are you hiding behind 7th graders? If you don’t like the man just come out and say it and take responsibility for your opinion. If you really want to print a quality article, why don’t you actually provide us with some facts explaining why these kids did not vote for Paul.
Joe2, I agree that a major obstacle to Ron Paul’s platform was getting people to understand the issues and solutions that he was discussing, which were not familiar to many voters. However, I think it is also on you, if you are sincerely interested, to learn more about a candidate’s positions. The reason that I was attracted to Paul’s campaign was that he was the only candidate that addressed the underlying issues of inflation, regulations, and subsidies (Cure the illness rather than treat the symptoms).
Joe2, I agree that a major obstacle to Ron Paul’s platform was getting people to understand the issues and solutions that he was discussing, which were not familiar to many voters. However, I think it is also on you, if you are sincerely interested, to learn more about a candidate’s positions. The reason that I was attracted to Paul’s campaign was that he was the only candidate that addressed the underlying issues of inflation, regulations, and subsidies (Cure the illness rather than treat the symptoms).
“This article is pure trash. It has no substance and is an opinion piece wrapped in the guise of journalisim.”
Thank you for pointing out the lack of journalistic standards in a humor blog. You may be shocked to learn that many newspapers have whole pages of similarly shoddy journalism. I’ve been complaining about the lack of properly sourced statements on the comics page for years. So far, only Lynn Johnston has responded to my critique, saying “I hope you end up like Farley.”
“This article is pure trash. It has no substance and is an opinion piece wrapped in the guise of journalisim.”
Thank you for pointing out the lack of journalistic standards in a humor blog. You may be shocked to learn that many newspapers have whole pages of similarly shoddy journalism. I’ve been complaining about the lack of properly sourced statements on the comics page for years. So far, only Lynn Johnston has responded to my critique, saying “I hope you end up like Farley.”
It just goes to prove that Americans voters are about as politically savvy as teenagers.
You have to be kidding. Goobers and idiots? The Ron Paul “Menace”? Did one of the kids write this article? Maybe you should put your journalism career on hold until you grow up.
McCain has worked at a feverish pace to derail all efforts by Vietnam Veteran families to open the POW/MIA files. He even killed a legislative attempt to open the files, The Truth Bill, with The McCain Bill.
See the horrendous treatment McCain has shown these families and why his reputation as a straight talker is all a big lie:
http://www.VietnamVeteransAgainstJohnMccain.com/cin_secretworldofmccain.htm
The Ron Paul Revolution, in the words of our founding fathers Join, Or Die.
So “reducing” spending will allow us to “eliminate” the income tax? Will Ron Paul start spinning gold like Rumpelstiltskin to pay for the “reduced” spending?
Kids just like grown ups in America DO NOT understand Monetary Theory, DO NOT understand the Austrian Economics Cycle, DO NOT understand what a Free Market is, DO NOT understand the meaning of the word LIBERTY, DO NOT understand that we are not meant to have a NANNY STATE, DO NOT understand The Constitution of The United States of America, DO NOT understand our original Non-Interventionist Foreign Policy, DO NOT understand that when you give up Liberty for Security you lose both, DO NOT understand what The Federal Reserve is (a Private Bank manipulating our currency and debasing it), DO NOT understand what the IRS is (an agency part of the IMF which only answers to the UN), DO NOT understand the principle of “self determination” and “personal responsibility” America was founded on…..
So, as you can see, Grown ups and kids in America do not understand what our country is… instead the choose to play along with this popularity contest called ‘elections’ where the ‘Warfare Party’ (Republican Party) offers a CFR puppet like McCain and the ‘New Socialist Party’ (Democratic Party) has a showdown between another two CFR puppets who have the same policies who want to expand the Welfarism and Nanny State and never pledge to get out of Iraq or any other nations for that matter.
This article was meant to be read by uneducated people who just like children DO NOT understand a lot of things concerning our country. We The People, who support the only Statesman on this race to the presidency know better.
You don’t have to spin gold. It is simple budgeting. It is called living within your means.
If you have two jobs to pay for rent, mobile phone, cable, food, two cars you can quit that second job by eliminating excess spending.
Both the government and the general populous are guilty of living beyond their means.
Our church is the mall after all, it is all about excessive consumption based on external validation.
If the government eliminates the deficit that Bush and his wingnut cronies have created, then it will be living within its means. It can always raise taxes, if it needs more money to spend on programs for the poor to lift them out of poverty. The more money the government takes from selfish rich people to spend on the poor, the better.
does the media portray Ron Paul? you wont catch him on the evening news, and are 7-8th graders really going to go to the web to look up info on an election that they cant vote in? I call it ridiculous
Living within it means is easy if we stop policing the world and stop handing out money to foreign nations without Congressional approval.
Why are stereotyping rich people as selfish? Some of the wealthiest people in the country are the most philanthropic. Success does not equate with selfishness.
Everyone is selfish about something and that isn’t the problem, the issue is with what we put our effort to obtaining. We place value on material goods and not happiness. Everyone wants the same thing; happiness and to end suffering. This goes wrong when people think that money, cars, power etc. will make them happy.
When this mock election was held why didn’t the teachers explain to the children about each candidate and what they stand for on the issues. Probably because they didn’t know themselves. This just goes to show you that most people choose to remain uninformed and that is what the problem is today.
Well - it makes sense. People of this country do vote like a bunch of middle school kids…we don’t care about real issues. It’s a popularity contest…and, it’s no surprise that Dr. Paul is not so popular.
People with 8th grade educations don’t vote for Ron Paul. As a Ron Paul supporter, I already knew that.
You should do the same mock election with PhD candidates …
this would be cool
if it meant anything
Uninformed, brainwashed kids listening to their uninformed, brainwashed parents. Spend more time researching the “real” issues at hand, not the media-created “hot” issues of the day, and you’ll finally understand why the Ron Paul supporters are so passionate. It reminds me of “The Matrix”, people waking up all over the country and seeing things for what they really are.
That’s easy for you to say when you have cars and stuff. Try being poor for a change.
Besides, it’s the government’s job to make sure rich people aren’t selfish. We now have laws against not liking people who are different. There should also be laws against being self-centered. The government also needs to teach rich people to share by raising their taxes, since their parents apparently didn’t teach them.
We were told to only to vote for Obama, Clinton, or McCain…dumb ass!
Yeah maybe if the children had actually known who Ron Paul was instead of all the BS theyre fed through the main stream media, they would’ve voted for him. Its kinda hard since all the msm pushes is Barack or Billary.. Do these kids know that Barack, Billary, and Juan McAmnesty were all part of Washington’s top 25 most corrupt politicians last year?
We all voted for Mike Huckabee!
Jon said:
“Besides, it’s the government’s job to make sure rich people aren’t selfish. We now have laws against not liking people who are different. There should also be laws against being self-centered. The government also needs to teach rich people to share by raising their taxes, since their parents apparently didn’t teach them.”
Could you please show us in your infinite wisdom where it’s the governments job to make sure rich people are not selfish? I was just browsing through the Constitution, especially Article 1 Section 8, which defines the specific allowed powers of the Federal Government and could find no reference to this supposed power being given to government.
Of course we could amend the Constitution to give that power to the Federal Government legally by use of Article 5. Until we amend the Constitution to give Government that power it is NOT Constitutional and NOT a function of Government.
For those of you who do not want to look up Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution here you go:
Article 1 - The Legislative Branch
Section 8 - Powers of Congress
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Wow aren’t you a grade A douche bag!
I am not poor, but I am not rich either. Like millions of Americans I am middle class and getting robbed by the Government everyday either through unlawful taxation or inflation.
I take it you are not poor either, you are sitting somewhere using a computer with internet access. To me poor means you don’t have a roof over your head or don’t have food for that day. If you can’t afford that hoopty ride or you run out of mobile minutes each month, that is your fault.
As far as having cars and stuff, I have found that I am happiest with less material goods to worry about. Buying frivolous things doesn’t make anyone happy for long.
It isn’t the Governments job to distribute wealth. It is hard to get a bearing on what you actually propose as domestic policy but is sounds like Socialism.
Here is where the gap is bridged; individuals and private groups support the needy as they see fit via churches, family support, private donations, etc. How does the government taking 40% of your money and distributing it however they see fit comfortable to you?
Homer Simpson wrote:
“Wow aren’t you a grade A douche bag!”
I back up my assertions with facts sir. Just like Jon above, you make assertions without facts. It is good that you and Jon have opinions. Opinions without facts however do not hold much water.
If knowing, reading, and quoting the highest law of the land makes me a douche…then so be it…I am a proud, but at least educated douche.
As was being discussed in the comments above…this is the true problem in the country. Our population is NOT well educated and some of the population when confronted with fact resort to elementary name calling and mudslinging to distract people from their ignorance and inability to make rational and logical fact based arguments.
Unless, we as a nation wake up and educate ourselves…we are doomed.
Sheep raised by sheep tend to vote like sheep
:)
No Pulitzer here again! Wow, we as a country have reached an all time low when it comes to journalism.
If people vote for who they know, then of course the kids will vote for McCain as their parents and their teachers also brainwashed by the media. If they base it on who they heard on TV or radio then yes… they will vote for who they “think” is the right candidate.
Show me a kid that can recite all of the issues and what each candidate stands for, then have them show me where these views are legal in the Constitution. Heck, even show me a group of adults that can do this.
Let’s see what the kids think when they realize their future is being spent and they are nothing more than economic slaves to the big government, big corporations, big banks, and the collectivists who rule all of them.
An article just like THIS ONE is a shining example of the type of constant skewed brainwashing that is going on in this country.
Do the math: Most of D-mac’s trivial entries get 1 or 2 comments. This one gets 56. The Weekly lost credibility years ago when they endorsed John Street for a second term.
As always, mediocre bloggers use Ron Paul to generate traffic.
It’s totally obvious that the government needs to make sure people don’t grow up to be arrogant, selfish, rich pricks. Anyone who has half a brain and thinks about it for a bit should be able to see that clear as day. If we make laws to keep people from being arrogant and selfish, half of society’s problems will be solved.
All Ron Paul supporters want is gold. They want to get rich off of poor people who can’t defend themselves.
Most people who vote for Obama do it to make themselves feel good, in a way similar to charity because “Oh look at me, I can vote for a minority
president. Look at how great I am”. Despite his racist and un-American affiliations.
We need a president who can run this country
and be a proponent for the good that this country stands for, and that proponent is Ron Paul.
The reflection you are showing makes Philadelphia just look bad.
I commend the philadelphia weekly for giving us this important article.
A fine piece of journalism. The hits on Ron Paul were a bit underhanded though. Since the media doesn’t tell anyone about him, how are the kids supposed to know who he is? No need to make underhanded blows to a guy of integrity like Ron Paul. If you disagree with Dr. Paul, report on the issues and why you disagree.
Jon said:
“It’s totally obvious that the government needs to make sure people don’t grow up to be arrogant, selfish, rich pricks. Anyone who has half a brain and thinks about it for a bit should be able to see that clear as day. If we make laws to keep people from being arrogant and selfish, half of society’s problems will be solved.”
Are you a Vampire Jon? It sure appears that you have a vampiric mentality.
Let me explain the vampiric mentality and how the only candidate, Ron Paul, has been fighting them for years.
Ron Paul vs. The Vampires
by CT Johnson
Now many readers may immediately be wondering what the heck are you talking about? What does Ron Paul have to do with Vampires? Some of you might challenge the notion of Vampires. I’m here to tell you that Vampires are real. Yes, you read it first here…Vampires do exist and we are surrounded by them. So, just bear with me as I explain further.
Vampires have been written and talked about in length over the centuries. This writer will make the assumption that everyone knows something about the legendary man killers. However, I will still ask the question, what is a Vampire? Generally speaking a Vampire is a creature that derives its sustenance from others. Most often we associate Vampires as drinking the blood of their victims or literally sucking the life out of them.
Now that I’ve established what the commonly known Vampire of legends is, I will talk about real life Vampires. Quite literally anything that feeds or drains off of something else is vampiric. Generally, small vampiric effects are somewhat irrelevant and at worst a nuisance (darn mosquitoes). It is when this vampiric effect becomes larger that the real debilitating effects are felt.
Enter stage right…Taxes. Taxes are a definite vampiric act. They can be tolerated to a certain level, but after a certain point its debilitating effects are felt. When the typical tax payer spends one quarter to one third of their year working to pay taxes, you have a problem. The average citizen inherently knows that this is a drain and feels that it is a real problem, but never takes the next logical step. This next step is for citizens to ask themselves what money really is. Money is quite literally man/woman equivalent hours. You trade your limited life for an exchange medium that allows trading of peoples time/life. So money quite literally is supposed to represent a portion of ones limited time on this planet. Everything you see around you takes time to produce, from raw material production to a final product. Once you start to think of money as a representation of people’s lives things become even clearer.
When Ron Paul talks about letting people keep the fruits of their labor, he is saying let people keep as much of their lives as possible. The goal is to maximize liberty, freedom, and life. Ron Paul is literally challenging the Vampires in Washington and the multitudes of Vampires Washington feeds.
My fellow citizens, we are being preyed upon and having our very lives drained to feed others. I have no problem with charity as I am donating a portion of my life voluntarily. Even some taxes like a gas tax to maintain roads are understandable. Taxes like the gas tax charge people for use of the roads. Now for all of those SUV drivers…your heavier vehicles do wear on the road more, but you pay more in gax tax as well. Of course, how much more could be debated and I do not pretend to have the facts on that.
However, most people do have a problem when large portions of their lives are stolen, especially through the use of force (try not paying your income taxes and see what happens). Taxes have the same effect as prison because they deprive you of life and liberty. Prison deprives you of life and liberty and is our primary method of punishment for societal wrongs. Funny that taxes and prison seem related with the exception that the loss to life and liberty is greater in prison. Thank goodness that you only lose one third of a year as a ‘free’ citizen working to pay your tax burden (carry on…no sarcasm to be seen here). In the end, we should be trying to minimize taxes to only the things that are truly necessary. For every ‘need’ imprisons us more and deprives us and our fellow citizens of life and liberty.
There is an awakening happening. The Vampires have gotten too bold and are nearly killing their prey. They drain us of life through the income/labor tax, through the nefarious hidden life draining tax called inflation and a multitude of other taxes.
Ron Paul is a mere man (a decent one at that), but it is his message that is awakening the Sleeping Giant (the American electorate). The Sleeping Giant is awakening to find that the vampires have put him into a deep sleep and have been feeding off of him relentlessly. The question is…will the Sleeping Giant have enough strength to stand up and throw off these cruel beasts? This writer sure hopes so!
Ron Paul is the hammer that will drive the Liberty stake/message through the heart of the vampiric system. What he has lacked this last thirty years was a powerful enough force to drive that stake into an increasingly destructive system. We the Sleeping Giant are that force! This exponentially growing force has literally picked our hammer Ron Paul up. All we need to do is gather enough strength (enough of the electorate) to drive home the stake and free ourselves, and our country.
Fellow citizens…stand…stand…rise up and be free! Support the only man driving home the freedom message…Ron Paul!
My orignial work @ http://www.nolanchart.com/article455.html
Seems the Soviet-style educational system is this country is doing its most important job! Indoctrination our youth.
They voted for socialism-heavy when they voted D, and voted for socialism-lite when they voted R.
Well done, DoE. What good little Marxists you have!
Well what do you expect? Kids are a captive audience and are subject to the UN control of the curriculum. The purpose of public schools is to steer their attitudes toward world government. This has been very effective and why they chose Obama.
If you care about your kids, and your country, you’d never let them set foot in a public school where Marxism is taught.
- Former Teacher
This blog right off the bat has no credibility because of the photo that was used of Ron Paul.
And lest I forget to give others credit where credit is due:
To the MSM, our Kingmakers. Well done. Too bad about the Fourth Estate’s foundation being infested with termites, but that’s…OK. Shilling your socialist ideology is more important than journalistic integrity, and fair, unbiased reporting.
But now, here we are, back to thanking the DoE, for teaching you how to shill your socialist ideology without shyness or remorse.
Jon…I will agree with you that the power elite mega wealthy are a true problem. They are not content to spend their wealth. They instead in many cases convert it to power with often times ill effects to the common mans liberty and freedom.
So I’m with you about who the enemy is…I just do not believe government(which they completely control) taxation on the wealthy is the end all answer or that it will work. The elite will use their money/influence to create loopholes. The real answer is for us the people to get involved in politics starting at the local level and to support candidates that show they will not be bought by the powers that be. That sir, would be a fine first step…a hard and painful battle to be sure. This is what Ron Paul Republicans are doing…fighting at the local, county, district, and state levels across this country. What have you done? I personally am in the fight at my local level…join something and fight for your beliefs if you are that upset.
Influencing people on who to vote for based on 7th and 8th graders opinions, well I guess it’s a step up from the MSM. Get real. Ron Paul 2008
So? what does this prove? Kids are no more informed than anyone else. yay for mass-media telling the sheep how to vote. THink the kids know a single third-party candidate? Did their teachers tell them to research them? Probably not…
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.”
Here’s some truth: Most Americans have little more political awareness than those kids do.
If the author is trying to make a point with this article, it should be that the minimum voting age is a good thing.
Considering that the schools can’t even teach kids to read and write, and have them failing miserably at math across America, political ignorance is to be expected. If they can’t read and aren’t taught to think, they can’t exactly question the blather that is spouted on Fox News.
That is hardly vindication for the statists. It merely draws attention to how evil they are.
I note that the school’s poll only included select Republican nominees, not the spectrum, and only select Democratic nominees, not the spectrum. Perhaps the take-home lesson for the youngsters is that political bias will be found everywhere — especially at institutions of edjukashun.
surprise,surprise,more zio-ganda from the khazarian mafia.i cant wait until we drag these hook nosed monkeys from their homes and our government and put them on a boat back to georgia(the country,that is)…REVELATIONS 2:9.
The real vampires are the selfish rich people who are sucking the life out of the poor. The government needs to take the money they have stolen from the poor in order to teach them a lesson. The money one rich person makes in a year could build free housing that we could give all the homeless people in Philadelphia. The problem is that Philadelphia’s government cares about the selfish rich people more than it cares about the homeless. We need to get the homeless to vote in every election. That will prove that they’re a legitimate voter block.
Jon…I will agree with you that the power elite are also vampires. However, wealth redistribution is still vampirism no matter how you look at it.
Yes, the power elite suck off the common man. They also create little vampires who become dependent on their ‘blood’ handouts in exchange for votes and support. Rejecting Socialism/Vampirism gives them less power. Limiting government gives the power elite less tools and excuses with which to rob you. If you cannot see the connection between big government and the power elite via lobbyists and political fundraising…then there is no way to show you the truth. Big Government is a tool of the power elite…period…end of story.
What worthless story. I demand the last 30 second of my life back.
The reason he got no votes in a pointless mock election is because thanks to news media outlets like this one, RP gets no coverage.
I took a poll of people at my place of work in Oregon. Out of 10 people, 3 had heard of RP.
Again. Stupid story, playing to the Obama crowd (of Course).
We dont all hang from Obama’s nuts.
Posted by: Jon at April 22, 2008 03:36 PM
Government is always good, as long as we elect Democrats. They are the only party that cares about the poor and will punish the rich elite for their selfishness and hatred toward the poor, minorities and homosexuals.
I voted for Ron Paul so na na na na na! LOL!
I even stuck a sign in front of our voting place as there wasn’t a RP sign there.
A fellow RP voter came out and said he made a mistake and didn’t see where to vote for RP and one of the people in the voting shouted to him, “You can’t vote for Ron Paul, only McCain!”
That’s what we’re up against.
The wife and I are financially independent but not wealthy and I am really worried about this country’s future.
Instead of making friends abroad we are making enemies!
http://www.uaff.us/us_crashes_internet_in_middle_east.htm
Posted by: Jon at April 22, 2008 03:36 PM
Posted by: Jon at April 22, 2008 03:53 PM
Oh look! A class warrior!
From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.”
–Karl Marx, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Jon
Tell me, Jon, who’s stopping you from helping your neighbor? Why do you expect the gubbmint to it, especially considering they’re so terrible at it. DIY, man.
I swear, the Democrats have turned our citizens into a nation of What About Bobs. “Gimme gimme gimme, I need I need I need.”
I help the poor by paying my taxes. It’s the government’s job to use them to help the poor. The rich elitist snobs who hate taxes are the ones who should be spending their own money to help the poor because they’re so selfish and hate minorities.
Posted by: Jon at April 22, 2008 04:17 PM
It’s the government’s job to use them to help the poor.
Where in the Constitution does it say that?
You forgot to mention that the teacher didn’t include Ron Paul on the ballot.
The Constitution is an old relic that’s no longer relevant today, just like the Bible. All humans are born with a certain level of common sense, and it should be obvious to anyone who hasn’t corrupted that common sense that the government should be protecting the poor from the rich who hate them.
Posted by: Jon at April 22, 2008 04:29 PM
The Constitution is an old relic that’s no longer relevant today…
So is The Communist Manifesto, but I don’t see you and your socialist ilk calling it “irrelevant.” (Hec, just read the Democrat party platform. It’s practically identical. But then, you know that, dontcha Comrade Jon?)
Of course 7th & 8th grade kids wouldn’t vote for Ron Paul. Kids that age don’t have mids of their own and would vote for who the television tells them to vote for. Much like their parents who are also mindless sheep and vote for who the television tells them to.
With media outlets like this allowing an ignorant reporter to run this story, its no wonder the country is destined to burn. I don’t know whats worse, the high paying people that own the nedia or the useless individuals that buy into everything that the reporters say.
Of course 7th & 8th grade kids wouldn’t vote for Ron Paul. Kids that age don’t have mids of their own and would vote for who the television tells them to vote for. Much like their parents who are also mindless sheep and vote for who the television tells them to.
With media outlets like this allowing an ignorant reporter to run this story, its no wonder the country is destined to burn. I don’t know whats worse, the high paying people that own the nedia or the useless individuals that buy into everything that the reporters say.
Of course 7th & 8th grade kids wouldn’t vote for Ron Paul. Kids that age don’t have mids of their own and would vote for who the television tells them to vote for. Much like their parents who are also mindless sheep and vote for who the television tells them to.
With media outlets like this allowing an ignorant reporter to run this story, its no wonder the country is destined to burn. I don’t know whats worse, the high paying people that own the nedia or the useless individuals that buy into everything that the reporters say.
“The Constitution is an old relic that’s no longer relevant today…”
Ok, keep going down that road. Because I’m sure someday the Bill of Rights will be considered an old relic as well, considering how enlightened our elected leaders are, right? I mean that 1st Amendment can be so pesky sometimes…as your ignorance-laden post clearly shows. I have a suggestion, move out of the country. Oh, that’s right, you probably can’t afford to because the government didn’t give you enough money to get to college and that rich person kept you from getting a job, or (insert some other lame excuse here).
The Democratic party doesn’t use the Communist Manifesto to create their policies. They use common sense, which Republicans lack. If you’d just look within yourself, you could figure these things out without having to rely on an old piece of paper or a story book.
The Bill of Rights is already considered a relic by conservatives who want to deny the poor, minorities and homosexuals their rights. That’s why we shouldn’t rely on old pieces of paper. Anyone who has common sense realizes that the poor, minorities, women and homosexuals deserve their rights and the rich should be punished for hating them. Only Democrats realize those things.
Thank you for the very scientific study. This definitely shows that obama is the rightful heir to the throne of presidence. This was the best article I have seen in along time seriosly why didn’t I think of asking a hormonal middle schooler for there opinion it’s not like there trying to fit in or anything. They definatly wouldn’t vote for the coolest guy in american politics just because he’s the coolest. Thank for this ground breaking study. Sorry bout the spelling mistakes lost half my inteligence when I graduated high school that must be why I think obama is full of it. Mr. diplomacy himself is upset that ex-prez jimmy cater went and talked to hamas. Well gee god forbid “because isriel is the choosen nation” we talk to that evil terrorist group. There always picking on poor little isreil. Very diplomatic Mr. obama.
Are you smarter then an 8th grader?
Posted by: Jon at April 22, 2008 04:58 PM
The Democratic party doesn’t use the Communist Manifesto [sic] to create their policies.
Heh. I take it you haven’t read either.
You know Jon, at first, I didn’t know what to think about you. I figured you were either a moronic socialist (is there any other kind?), or a breathtaking troll trying to dissuade folks from voting for a Democrat, ever again. I’ll go with the latter since your hyperbole is so over-the-top and ridiculous.
Well done, Jon! Keep up the good fight against the liberty-hating statists, one post at a time!
Are you smarter then an 8th grader?
Everyone should vote for Obama. He’s the only who can beat McCain in November. Letting McCain win means that homosexuals will be thrown into an oven and burned alive. That’s what Republicans want to do.
Ignorant, half-informed parents and biased teachers create stupid kids. Any surprises here?
If we don’t own your home now, we will soon. Keep working twice as hard for half as much. As long as money controls the election, and as long as we control the money, you working stiffs are screwed.
Just think about it, we got everybody to think that race and gender were equal. Now, we’re going to tell you it means “change.” You idiots will follow our money ANYwhere.
MacGhil,
You’re realizing that you’re losing the argument, so you’re resorting to calling me names. That’s a sign of a real loser, you know.
Ignorant, half-informed parents and biased teachers create stupid kids. Any surprises here?
If we don’t own your home now, we will soon. Keep working twice as hard for half as much. As long as money controls the election, and as long as we control the money, you working stiffs are screwed.
Just think about it, we got everybody to think that race and gender were equal. Now, we’re going to tell you it means “change.” You idiots will follow our money ANYwhere.
I reluctantly voted for Paul today. Since I’m registered Republican, my choices were the warmongering McCain (who makes George W. Bush look like George McGovern), the theocratic Huckabee (who reminds me of Ayatollah Khomeini), or Ron Paul (who is the only candidate remaining who is pro-free market or anti-war, although he is a bit too extreme). I really wouldn’t expect Middle School students to vote for Ron Paul. They are too young to understand why to vote for him. However, I would suspect that if you polled High School students, Ron Paul would finish 2nd to Obama (though I think alot of the Obama supporters would choose Paul, not Clinton, as their 2nd choice). If Obama or Clinton fails to fix the economy and end the war (as well as stay out of Iran), I wouldn’t be surprised if Paul came back stronger in 4 years (as soon as former Republican Congressman Bob Barr wins the Libertarian nomination on Memorial Day weekend, McCain will have no chance of becoming president, so we’re going to have either 4 more years of Clinton or 4 years of Obama).
Jon Jon Jon, yours was not an argument. Yours was a steady stream of collectivist, socialist nonsense, with a heaping help of unfounded insults directed at all conservatives and “the rich.”
(Question: If the rich lefties are so concerned with paying more taxes, why don’t they in those states where they all they have to do is check a box on their tax returns and put their money where their mouths are? Yet, they do not check that box!)
Besides, the jig is up, Jon! I’m on to you, my brother. Keep up the good fight!
When The Republican Party (once the party of conservatives) goes down in flames in November, they will figure out that not all Ron Paul supporters are libertarians or nuts or paultards or another hundred slurs used against us. They will realize that a lot of their own party has awakened and will never support another RINO. The GOP as it is now known is dead. And I say good riddance.
Even Kids Don’t Vote For Ron Paul? Please.. I just ate and I’d like to hold my dinner down. Ron Paul is the only candidate who addresses the actual issues and what lies behind them. The only one offering honest solutions. Just another article attempting to discredit the one patriotic candidate that makes any real sense and doesn’t represent the New World Order.
If they had voted for him, you would have said: “har har har…only kids vote for Ron Paul!” Nice try but this is irrelevant.
Shows you what a Government Controlled Education does for you. Just dumbs ya down. Ron’s right about that too.
Shows you what a Government Controlled Education does for you. Just dumbs ya down. Ron’s right about that too.
They didn’t vote for Ron paul for one of two reasons.
1. The media told them he dropped out. They’ve been duped.
2. Their parents are trying to pull the wool over their eyes so they don’t realize how bad they are going to bankrupt the country by talking about voting for one of the the other 3 candidates. Poor kids are going to be in debt for their entire lives because their parents talked about and voted for McCain/Hillary/Obama.
You people are beyond rediculous. The Democrats have the audasity to call the Ron Paul supporters ‘paultards’ while these uninformed pathetic excuses for human beings spam every news article that is about Ron Paul with pro Obama comments, that in and of themselves are not only irrelevant, just plain uninformed. Realize this, the Democrats are so hungry for something that isn’t George Bush (aren’t we all?) that in an attempt to be politically correct they put a white woman and a black man as their candidates. So desperate for ‘change’, most Americans see these people as the answer. But guess what; they stand for the same exact thing and they are being put up against a war hungry elitist who makes them look like the lesser of the evils. If half the Obama supporters acutally read his politics then read Ron Paul’s they wouldn’t support Obama anymore. Sad to say but thoes half are the underprivelaged undereducated who happen to be black (believe me i am not a racist thats just plain statistics) and they see Obama as a Godsend. No matter what people say race will play a part of voting this year, more then ever. These are the cold hard facts why ”7th & 8th grade students didn’t vote for Ron Paul’
sad
They didn’t vote for Ron paul for one of two reasons.
1. The media told them he dropped out. They’ve been duped.
2. Their parents are trying to pull the wool over their eyes so they don’t realize how bad they are going to bankrupt the country by talking about voting for one of the the other 3 candidates. Poor kids are going to be in debt for their entire lives because their parents talked about and voted for McCain/Hillary/Obama.
HAHAHA!! Wow, you sure are funny!
Good to hear you affirming the lambs vote like the sheep.
I guess it goes to show public education really is a perpetual cycle of idiocy.
Just add this article to the stack of evidence of how bad the public education system has become.
My guess is once these kids get out of school and start doing some simple arithmetic they will become very big supporters of the Ron Paul message.
90 trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities…sweet!
They voted according to how much they saw the candidate in the media. They don’t know anything about the constitution and that socialism is the absolute opposite of what the founding fathers intended for this nation.
I ran a mock election at my highschool of 800 people. Paul won with 32%.
“So “reducing” spending will allow us to “eliminate” the income tax? Will Ron Paul start spinning gold like Rumpelstiltskin to pay for the “reduced” spending?”
Why would reduced spending have to be paid for?
Isn’t that the point of reducing spending - so you don’t have to pay as much?
I guess I’m just a dumb Paultard, cause I just don’t get this comment.
“So “reducing” spending will allow us to “eliminate” the income tax? Will Ron Paul start spinning gold like Rumpelstiltskin to pay for the “reduced” spending?”
Why would reduced spending have to be paid for?
Isn’t that the point of reducing spending - so you don’t have to pay as much?
I guess I’m just a dumb Paultard, cause I just don’t get this comment.
Oh yes! 13 year olds give us the final verdict!
Whoever wrote this garbage is an ass.
“Only” 125,000 votes for Ron Paul today. 16% is not too shabby, is it?
Hah, Hah, 16 percent of Pennsylvania voters voted for Ron Paul, 27 percent in Berks County. Seems like about a third of Republicans in Pennsylvania don’t want Johnny Manchurian Candidate McCain for president either. These kids in this school must be a bunch of sheeple voting the way Faux Noise tells them to vote. The rEVOLution goes way beyond the good doctor and we must change the direction of this country before we are slaves to the two party monarchy which is leading us to damnation and taking away our constitution and bill of rights. No RealID, not Patriot Act I & II, no domestic spying, no Military commisions act, and no waterboarding. We need to return to Reagan’s “Shining Light on the Hill”. It is dark times for this nation.
This is garbage.
You take your cue and rate your own political maturity with middle school students- and squeal with glee when you find they affirm your choices.
Middle school for God’s sake… popularity competitions, cliques, puberty and fads…
Nothing berating these young students, kids are kids and should be. Many will grow to understand the traditional press isn’t always the best source for crucial information.
But you are an adult I assume- and there is a reason why only adult citizens are allowed to vote.
I think if I was that age I would vote for Obama- hes seems really COOL and nice- and says we need Change- that’s GOOD!
But I’m a bit older than that. The issues about our constitutional rights; international meddling; individual liberties; unchecked executive powers; and runaway monetary system would have seemed like nitpicky complications to the ‘American Idol’ format of mainstream election coverage.
You display that journalistic shallowness to it’s extremes here.
This is garbage.
You take your cue and rate your own political maturity with middle school students- and squeal with glee when you find they affirm your choices.
Middle school for God’s sake… popularity competitions, cliques, puberty and fads…
Nothing berating these young students, kids are kids and should be. Many will grow to understand the traditional press isn’t always the best source for crucial information.
But you are an adult I assume- and there is a reason why only adult citizens are allowed to vote.
I think if I was that age I would vote for Obama- hes seems really COOL and nice- and says we need Change- that’s GOOD!
But I’m a bit older than that. The issues about our constitutional rights; international meddling; individual liberties; unchecked executive powers; and runaway monetary system would have seemed like nitpicky complications to the ‘American Idol’ format of mainstream election coverage.
You display that journalistic shallowness to it’s extremes here.
Well Ron Paul got 16% of the Republican vote in PA, so he clearly has a following. And who cares what kids think anyway? That is why they aren’t allowed to vote!
“Posted by: Ryan at April 22, 2008 11:37 AM
So “reducing” spending will allow us to “eliminate” the income tax? Will Ron Paul start spinning gold like Rumpelstiltskin to pay for the “reduced” spending?”
lol….there’s “something” wrong with the “logic” here…so we have to “pay” for “reduced” “spending”? You had me rotfl. You, yourself, can also save money by not spending it, and hey, it doesn’t cost you a dime to do so, other than maybe a bank fee to open an account…or just keep it in your mattress. If people are this thick, we’re doomed.
btw, Ryan, would you be interested in helping my Nigerian lottery winner friend out? He can shelter your money so you don’t have to pay when you stop spending your money!
I can reduce my spending, but I don’t usually quit my job at the same time.
The author of this article should first learn about Dr. Paul. He has been extremely successful with zero mainstream media attention. He appeals to individuals who have read and re-read the Constitution and know the struggles of the founding fathers who created it. If children study the Constitution and are encouraged to ask questions and think for themselves, I believe your mock election that “allowed” the students to vote for even past candidates (of course, Ron Paul is a “current” candidate)- would have been quite different.
They might have chosen a person who upholds the Constitution, is a true patriot, believes in small government, individual freedom etc. etc.
Additionally, Ron Paul supporters aim to educate and bring the GOP to a higher level of integrity. This is a positive thing and should be encouraged.
Kids vote based upon what their friends and parents say as well as name recognition, not policies (well I guess you could say that many adults vote like kids anyways) - you can’t turn on the TV today without hearing Obama, McCain, or Hillary. Ron Paul unfortunately does not get any coverage.
Kids vote based upon what their friends and parents say as well as name recognition, not policies (well I guess you could say that many adults vote like kids anyways) - you can’t turn on the TV today without hearing Obama, McCain, or Hillary. Ron Paul unfortunately does not get any coverage.
Kids do not understand the policies and are therefore voting based on nonsense (name recognition, etc.)- much like many of our politically ignorant population.
This is a meaningless report. Much as you enjoyed belittling Ron Paul, if you spent a moment looking at the man, his voting record, his policies and his long-term integrity, you might be persuaded to respect him.
Unfortunately, because you chose to write such a biased article, YOU have lost my respect.
Let’s see how these same little bastards and their so-called parents vote in a couple of years when they see that either a McCain or Clinton victory means a 100 year war with Iran and those candidates re-institute the draft. They won’t be happy about their vote today when they see most of their classmates coming back home in body bags. It’s sunsets on empire for the neo-conmen.
Seventh and eighth graders are now the litmus test for intelligence, in this country?
And you call this ‘news’?
At the very least, this article shows that RP is still a threat, after all of your efforts to tell the public that he’s no longer running. You only polarize us to work harder.