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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Exhaustive (and exhausting) list of obstacles to Democratic victory in 2014. [View all]winter is coming
(11,785 posts)17. Again, the only person talking about "American Idol" campaigns is you, and the implication
that young people are shallow and/or lazy is condescending. The younger voters I've talked to are disengaged from the process because they feel the system is so gamed that there's no point in participating: all they hear are vague wishy-washy canned sound bites from candidates who may not even mean what they're saying. There's not much interest in getting involved in something if you feel your efforts aren't making any difference.
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Exhaustive (and exhausting) list of obstacles to Democratic victory in 2014. [View all]
True Blue Door
Jul 2014
OP
Again, the only person talking about "American Idol" campaigns is you, and the implication
winter is coming
Jul 2014
#17
Informing potential voters about how policy affects them isn't "pandering".
winter is coming
Jul 2014
#31
You fail to show citizens' direct influence on the existence of the OP obstacles.
ancianita
Jul 2014
#22
Then you naively play semantics, substituting "excuses" for reality. Of course they're important.
ancianita
Jul 2014
#29
#'s 8 and 9 especially problematic. You know those 5 lying liar psychopaths on the SCOTUS won't
blkmusclmachine
Jul 2014
#14
So you admit that near & distant money does overturn citizen activism, I take it.
ancianita
Jul 2014
#23
My continuation of my points made above (#22).'Eh?' sounds a bit disengenuous, considering your big
ancianita
Jul 2014
#25