I had a wonderful time yesterday at my nephew's graduation party. I had the opportunity to talk with the 18-21 year-old crowd. Understand this group of kids didn't have a silver spoon upbringing, it was GOLD. They were all raised in suburbia without a single want, Suv's on their 16 th. birthday, clothes out the wazoo. All their parents are Dems that have never raised a callous on their pink little hands. They or their parents have never cut their own lawn, done their own dishes or laundry, or vacuumed their house. Here's what they really, really believe:
- Bush started the war just to give oil to Halliburton and told any lie necessary to go to war.
- America supplied and sanctioned WMD to be used by Iraq. But they never had any WMD of their own, and anyone killed by Sadam was at the order and approval of the US and their lives meant nothing.
- Clinton was solely responsible for the booming economy of the '90s.
- Gay marriages should be condoned and encouraged.
- Abortion is like having a wart removed.
- Edwards has charisma and great hair. Kerry is a hero. (and great hair)
- The US will prosper in a service economy.
- They never heard the term: "Red China" or "Communist China" Vietnam is ancient history.
- The media is neutral to conservative, NPR is neutral, Fox is reactionary and run by the Republican party.
- Hollywood has an obligation to help steer the country on the correct path.
- Everybody that looses their manufacturing job shall be retrained as a medical tech. or computer programmer. They should have paid attention while they were in school and gotten a REAL job to begin with.
- Big business is the ultimate evil along with the republicans and they want to rule the world and bring back slavery.
- All manufacturing, mining, and corporate agriculture must be banned for the good of the environment.
- The only trustworthy source of information is obscure websites.
The sad thing is that if I had the same exposure and upbringing, I'd probably see things the same way. Hey, wait-a-minute...If I sign-up to the Dems, will somebody cut my grass and give me a new Suv? (kinda' humorous how many vegan environmentalists have V-8 Suv's)
Vote for Kerry and keep the landscapers in business!