Bill Clinton
Election 2008: Iowa, New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama....... and us
So Hillary beat Obama 39-37 tonight. Stunning upset. Hats off. But there's one demographic she can't seem to reach: us. As in, ages 18-24. Every other age bracket, she's doing fine.
According to CNN exit polls, we broke 60-22 in favor of Obama. That's on top of Iowa where the entrance polls said ages 17-29 went 57-11 in favor of Obama. Those are outright landslides. And boy does it matter --- turnout is up, WAY UP. New Hampshire --- youth turnout DOUBLES. Iowa --- youth turnout TRIPLES. So we have what amounts to a tidal wave of millennial support for Obama; we're seriously the backbone of this guy's campaign right now. How come? There's gotta be a damn good reason, right?
It's because we want change. Yeah, I know, no fuckin duh. There's been a lot of cranky debate about what exactly "change" is lately. Well, I'll take a stab at it: change means not having a Bush or a Clinton in the White House. For example, I was born in 1985, so that means the last time a Bush or Clinton wasn't my president, I was in preschool. Some of you guys around here are '87 and '88 babies... You were in DIAPERS!
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Genocide 2011
In 2008, President X campaigned on a platform of A, B and C. Never talked much about genocide, except to express anger over Darfur to score points with the base. Never made any serious commitment to “never again,” cause what is that besides a phrase everyone says but no one means?
But now it’s 2011 and yesterday some lurid reports came out of _______. A couple days ago, there were massacres in the north, ___ on ____ violence. A couple villages massacred---the men and boys being immediately executed, women and girls taken out and raped, then executed. Unknown number of dead. Possible government involvement. It appears as a little paragraph in the global roundup sections of major newspapers.
Fast Forward: Global Warming, 2035
In 30 years, how will we be approaching the global warming debate?
If I had to guess, I'd say we wouldn't be having a debate, but rather just watching the effects. It looks pretty bleak. I've seen too many reports and predictions about rising sea levels and too many people dragging their feet about making changes to believe otherwise.