Ron Paul and America's Youth
The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University has a Washington program that serves as a sort of training bureau for young political correspondents.
One of those correspondents, Alex Sherman, filed a story yesterday about young people who support Congressman Ron Paul for the Republican presidential nomination. Sherman writes:
So why is Ron Paul, R-Texas, a hit with young voters?Sherman's report, which also includes a video component that complements his text, quotes one Washington-area college student who compares Dr. Paul to an icon of American cinema:"That's the question," says 29-year-old Moshe Starkman. He is running for Congress in Maryland as a Republican who espouses Paul’s libertarian values. “It’s striking particularly with kids who historically have no interest in politics. They seem to be invigorated.”
Starkman and 25-year-old Aaron Biterman, who created a Facebook group supporting Paul that now has more than 47,000 members, credit Paul’s ideological consistency and his contrarian political views for his popularity among college-age voters.
“I think that our generation, the younger generation, is sort of a rebellious group,” Biterman says. “For some, their entire adult lives have consisted of George W. Bush in office. They want something different.”
“All people need to do is hear the message,” says 20-year-old campaign volunteer Jay Bui. “I think there’s going to be a real movement, and this is just the beginning of it.Ron Paul puts the "trans" in transgenerational.“Ron Paul is the Jimmy Stewart, Mr. Smith, of our generation.”
2 comments:
Maybe the better comparison is to Goldwater. I know many Republicans look back to Goldwater as their intellectual forebear. Perhaps in twenty years, if these young people stay involved and remain faithful to Paul's principles, they could have a lasting impact onthe GOP.
Ron Paul puts the "trans" in transgenerational.
I thought that was RuPaul.
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