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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Stung by Recession, Young Voters Shed Image as Obama Brigade [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)33. Works so well because it feels so clever. 'I won't get fooled again.' Well, the ones who believe..
In one thing or the other, do vote and change things. It's just our part of the picture never gets any credit, thanks or fame. Neither is one victory achieved set in stone and cannot be overturned.
We make a choice where energy will go to sustain it. Media has performed a service for the plutocrats to divert us away from the same issues they have their underlings working on everyday. So we let the system flounder and then don't like it when it morphs into something we don't like or think it should be done.
Work is defined by the energy or labor invested to change things. One election season cannot over turn decades of work to push the world the other direction. If you don't make a choice, it will be made for you:
Free Will - RUSH
There are those who think that life
Has nothing left to chance
With a host of holy horrors
To direct our aimless dance
A planet of playthings
We dance on the strings
Of powers we cannot perceive
The stars aren't aligned ---
Or the gods are malign
Blame is better to give than receive
You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose free will
There are those who think that
they've been dealt a losing hand
The cards were stacked against them ---
They weren't born in lotus-land
All preordained
A prisoner in chains
A victim of venomous fate
Kicked in the face
You can't pray for a place
In heaven's unearthly estate
Each of us
A cell of awareness
Imperfect and incomplete
Genetic blends
With uncertain ends
On a fortune hunt
That's far too fleet...
You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose free will
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I don't think a coherent message will work, when they've since learned that coherent messaging
Lionessa
Jul 2012
#6
I can't believe that youth can be so easily discouraged as to not give Obama one more term.
ancianita
Jul 2012
#8
Works so well because it feels so clever. 'I won't get fooled again.' Well, the ones who believe..
freshwest
Jul 2012
#33
And yet, they had no problem supporting Bill Clinton again. The double standard speaks volumes!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2012
#13
Yes, I understand that, clearly, as the beneficiary of Clinton's economic policies.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2012
#40
I'll be trashing this thread. We don't need anything else to demoralize the base.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2012
#14
Many people like the "glamor" and excitement of campaigning, but don't like
NYC Liberal
Jul 2012
#20
Who will be counting the votes? I didn't post this to promote resignation to the
groovedaddy
Jul 2012
#38