Comments on: How the GOP Can Take Back the Youth Vote

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By: The Fight to Reclaim the Youth Vote from Obama

The Fight to Reclaim the Youth Vote from Obama — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:07:10 +0000

[...] article to write. I thought, and still think, it can be done, but the task is a daunting one. I made some interesting arguments in that column: We need to emphasize the elements of conservatism that empower the individual, [...]

By: Gina

Gina — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:50:16 +0000

It’s laughable that you people think “thinking people” would ever want to endorse the neo-con ideals. Please. So, it’s rational to want to make rich people more rich, ruin the environment and let capitalism run unfettored. Wow…look at you people. This is why you lost…because you and your greedy, selfish ilk almost brought down the world economy. I think you should continue to draw sheep to your party with your lies and spin and hypocrisy, afterall there are enough stupid people that will vote for something regardless of having even an inkling of an understanding of it.

Wake up……the world has changed. Either embrace it and change with it or face extinction!

By: Sk8 Punk

Sk8 Punk — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:15:00 +0000

Dude-

We need to reimage and co opt some plays from the Left of the sixties

By: Marina

Marina — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:27:41 +0000

Almost all the young people I talked to said the problem with the conservatives is not “sexiness”:

1. The main problem is that the liberal MSM had managed to convince the society that conservatives are stupid, that really intellectual people “vote democrat”: who listens to Hannity? – retards, who watches Jon Stewart? – intellectuals (although the staticstics say the opposite, it’s what people think that matters, not the truth unfortunately). So, how you, being a student, e.g. can be a conservative? That’s why it was so easy to sell Sarah Palin as a stupid babe (and she was sexy! that just didn’t help enough).
WE NEED TO PROMOTE THE IMAGE OF AN INTELLECTUAL CONSERVATIVE. Ben Stein is an ideal guy. But he cannot do it alone. We need more people CONSIDERED intellectual by the society to represent us (may I say we should engage more Jews? Jews are automatically associated with brain somehow, that would work).

2. The war of DEFINITIONS. Just look at the words: “conservative” (something old, static) and “progressive” (something new, adventurous). If you are a young guy, where would you like to be? We need to promote the image of moving, dynamic conservatism, but it’s not enough. We need to show CONSTANTLY that “progressive” actually means “communistic”, which, in fact is really OLD ideology, 19th century! Show the young people that they actually buy the 19 century ideas as something new. And that those ideas are actually used and worn out and proven wrong. Show them the word “progressive” actually means “REGRESSIVE”. Only in this case you’ll be able to atract young people to something called “conservative”.

3. Use a lot of humor. Ridicule your opponents when they deserve. Many young people are uninformed because they don’t care and they will never go and listen to your long discussion how this or that will damage the economy etc. etc. But if you use a good satire, even sarcasm, like the other side do, you win. It’s strange, but psychologically we all tend to be on the side of the one who ridicules, not the one ridiculed. That’s why jon stewarts and tina feys are so popular. Start with THEM, ridicule them and they will lose their power. Ridicule people who seriously consider colberts sourses of information. Ridicule their stupidity and you may win a couple of students.

Anyway, be proactive, conservatives have been reactive for years now. Start being proactive and good luck

By: William

William — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:54:02 +0000

Problem I see with conservatives trying to reach the 18 to 25 group by driving home the virtue of freedom is, that liberty is secondary to morality with these folks. As much as I love my conservative brothers and sisters, (and consider myself a hybrid of conservatism and libertarianism) conservatives will never capture the immagination of youth by forcing their morality upon them. The key word is “force.” A more libertarian look at social issues (without force) is what the Republicans need. And by that, I don’t mean to frame social issues through “defenders of victims” as leftists do. Rather, look at it as what it is:freedom of choice. Kids love the idea of freedom. They also love choice, and the more choices they are free to choose from, the more they will enjoy it. But what is needed is a means of communicating the idea of liberty and the choices liberty provides, in a non-authoritarian way; a way that promotes personal responsibility, without the burdens of religious morality. Not that there is anything wrong with religion, but if a person believes in liberty; liberty unrestricted by government, and have a strong sense of personal responsibility that is required for liberty, chances are they already have a sense of absolutes like right and wrong. Morality, I believe is a dividend of liberty, not the other way around. Yep, choices is how we should frame the idea of freedom. After all, “choice” became a mantra for abortion. Like it or not, this was a huge groundbreaker for “progressives.” No reason why a word such as “choice” can’t work for our side.

By: Anti-Josephus

Anti-Josephus — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:39:02 +0000

Yep, those terrible liberal lies and propaganda.

Hmm… Bill O’Rielly’s a saint who always tells it like it is…

An Ann Coulter…well she is just a breath of fresh truthful air, ain’t she..

And fox news isn’t biased at all, nor have they ever told a lie…

And the prez bush: well…, whats the count up to now, like 935 or something. Well, sigh, at least he didn’t have sex with that woman…

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/01/30/notes013008.DTL

By: The Ranter

The Ranter — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:55:12 +0000

Problem: The republican party’s image is not just the one that is broken, it is the republican party in general. They continue to push christian issues that are unconstitutional, they continue to try to fight for the stripping of others rights that to the main population is truly mediocre- gay rights and abortion. Don’t make fun of liberal -general- concern of the environment when you are focused on all that crap. Bush (and his master Cheney) WAS the biggest mistake in the 20th century,and history will show him to be so. Economy: blown to pieces by stupid policy and refusal to monitor the US SEC as they allowed con-artists bundled superficially high mortgages into TRIPLE A BONDS, AND SOLD THEM TO CHINA TO PISS THEM OFF! Tell me, Higgins, where did the WMD’s go, where did Osama Bin Ladin go? Who let terrorists into Iraq? We did, when we got rid of Saddam, who, despite being an evil dictator, did NOT cooperate with terrorists or let them into his country. Bush got our brave soldiers killed for no good reason in Iraq. Yes,”radical Islam is still growing in the dark corners of the world” but after we got rid of the Taliban in Afghanistan we lowered our forces there and began to send them to Iraq. Let me state this: Saddam, and I’m not defending him, i don’t care the bastard is dead, but he DID NOT CAUSE 911, no connection between Iraq and 911, none, zilch, Nada. And the Valerie Flame incident, Higgins? You probably forgot about that as well. Look it up sometime, see what your republican government does to OUR OWN PEOPLE. Now, I’m not even a liberal (hard to believe, right? . I know Hillery Clinton and John Kerry voted for the war, never liked them much anyway. Obama didn’t, he knows whats going on. He’s smart and has some new ideas so give him a chance. He didn’t BS his way into the white house, or we will find out soon… But remember: Bush did, and McCain was trying to. Obamas going to look pretty bad at first, as the worst problems of the previous administration leak out from behind the seals they were so powerfully enclosed in. He’ll spend a-lot of his first term just cleaning up the mess, and while doing so republicans will try to pin him done on some of those problems that he is trying to undo for the next election. So republican image is not the problem, it is the party in general.

Solution: What they have to learn is to steer clear of trying to adapt the constitution to their intolerant ways. They need to get off of their high horse, gt rid of all the morons they have, and pretend for a minute that they need to serve America, not just your local stupid redneck joe six pack. They need more people like John McCain, AS HE WAS 8 YEARS AGO. They need to stop fighting for christian nutcases and homophobes who need help sleeping at night, and start playing the real political game again: Economics, Foreign Policy, Helping the Poor, Fighting the REAL terrorists… Bush was the biggest mistake ever made, McCain would never of invaded Iraq or done anything as stupid as Bush. When the republican party gets rid of their imbeciles and returns to real politics, than, Higgins, than perhaps there will be more youth on their side.

Thanks for listening to my ranting,

“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”
- Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

By: HistoryLover

HistoryLover — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:45:30 +0000

I am a 24-year-old female, and I’m a little torn about this article. On the one hand, I agree that the Republican Party can and should appeal to the young via communicating the idealism inherent in conservative principles, but on the other hand, this idea can easily be twisted into the supposed need to “update” our morals, in much the way that many believe Christianity has to be “updated.” To be honest, I think that the only way the Republican Party can target young voters is to stop being so antagonistic toward the Libertarians, who already have a sizable and active youth contingent, are untainted by the recent excesses and character assassination of the Republicans, and are in fact far more conservative in word and deed than the GOP has been of late. As a Christian, I understand the reluctance many Conservatives have to cooperate with a group that has a reputation as being rather anti-religious, but frankly, the Libertarians do a much better job of defending individual liberty and promoting limited government than most Republicans. A united Conservative Movement will have a much better chance of convincing voters than one beset by denominational infighting.

By: David S

David S — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:48:01 +0000

@164 Josephus

In the words of Sarah Palin – “lipstick on a pig”.

Packaging the GOP in better images, better slogans, and better rhetoric will not change the fact that the party supports policies that are hateful and hurtful to a large part of the electorate.

The right has a much larger media profile than the left, from radio to newspapers to TV, yet somehow you think that further muffling the left will lead to success for the GOP. This is folly. You cannot buy the allegiance of the people by refusing them access to information in the age of the internet.