Obama & the Youth: The REAL Reason We're Inspired

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Friday January 11, 2008 · 8:52 AM PST

2008/01/11 · 08:52

Apathy.

A word we haven't heard in a while. It used to be the word we most often associated with youth when it came to politics. It used to be that those few of us that actually voted were seen as the anomaly. The conventional wisdom was that my generation was just not interested in the welfare of the country. Or, perhaps we were to cynical to believe that our votes or our voices really mattered. And if we weren't apathetic enough, a good way to continue the trend is eight years of Bush, a couple of dubious elections (one where are votes really didn’t matter- just those of supreme court justices), corruption, war, scandals, and well, you know the rest.
Bush. Clinton. Bush. Our lives have been defined by these three men. Most of my life has been about war. Clinton gave us some stability and even prosperity, but I most remember the impeachment. And trust me, for the Bush administration to define most of your life is not a good thing. I was 13 on 9/11. Ever since then, Bush has governed by fear.

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