16 Apr
Posted by Cory Perry as Barack Obama, Election 2008, General Commentary, Hillary Clinton
Once again, Bill Clinton is out on the campaign trail spitting rhetoric and spinning his statements to fit a failed candidacy.
Yesterday, while talking to a packed gym of supporters in Philadelphia, Bill was quoted as saying:
“I think there is a big reason there’s an age difference in a lot of these polls,” he said. “Because once you’ve reached a certain age, you won’t sit there and listen to somebody tell you there’s really no difference between what happened in the Bush years and the Clinton years; that there’s not much difference in how small-town Pennsylvania fared when I was president, and in this decade.”
“So I think it’s important that we get to the truth of this,” Clinton continued, going on to compare his and Bush’s record on jobs, family incomes, and other measures.
What Bill seems to not understand is that younger voters are looking for change. Young voters are looking for the candidate that they can relate to on a whole host of issues. Young voters are not interested in typical Washington politics.
Evidently, the older more “savvy” voters are interested in that.
Fact of the matter is, when you engage younger voters on their level, using their means of communication, then naturally, you are going to appeal to them. This is exactly what Obama has done in this campaign. One look at his website will tell you that he is engaging the young voter demographic like no other campaign in history.
Clinton on the other hand, is still relying on good ol’ elitist Democrats to fund her campaign and support her presidency run. From the start, the Clinton campaign never prepared for Obama, thinking they had it wrapped it up from get go. What they failed to realize was that the typical Washington politics does not work in an election cycle where people want change.
Does Bill think that young voters are stupid? Does he think that young voters do not look at the issues and make a choice? Does he think that younger voters do not listen to the candidates and base an opinion based on the issues? Does he think that the record turnouts at polls and the record registrations of new Democrats all over the country are people wanting to elect the same tired policies that he have had for years?
If so, he is wrong.
Hillary Clinton is the same old typical Washington politics that we have seen for years, and maybe that is why older voters like her. Maybe older voters are afraid of change. Maybe they aren’t ready to move this country forward for the better, shaking up Washington, and giving Americans a reason to get involved.
But, take a look at the two campaigns, look at the polling numbers, look at states won, look at the delegate count, and you tell me who is more in touch with voters and the issues facing the nation. If you can do that while wading through the Clinton campaign negative rhetoric, you will find that Obama has successfully reached exactly who he needed to, the older voters can do what they wish.
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April 16th, 2008 at 10:27 am
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What Bill seems to not understand is that younger voters are looking for change. Young voters are looking for the candidate that they can relate to on a whole host of issues. Young voters are not interested in typical Washington politics….
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April 16th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
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Thomas
April 20th, 2008 at 8:17 am
3I find it’s not that older voters are afraid of change, rather they’ve long ago given up any hope for real change. So they vote for the candidate that offers to fight the nastiest fight by the old rules.
I’m 42 and I hope I never get too old to take a chance on something better than “you’ll never change Washington”.
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