Trailing thoughts sparked by Allegan's Lincoln Day Dinner

Hello again, Katelyn and I spent the evening at a fruitfully attended Lincoln Day Dinner for Allegan County GOP earlier tonight...for those who are unfamiliar: the county GOP's have been holding Lincoln Day Dinners as fundraisers...this evening was 'ours' and I dragged Katelyn along. These events are typucalized as generally 'insider' and I'd like to comment a bit on the thoughts provoked by the two I've experienced.

For one, Katelyn and I were probably the only two people under 21 there...that's bad...it's always irked me with the defecit in Republican incursions into the 'youth vote.' Young people WANT conservative values! People dont seem to get this...Obama won a bunch of youth votes over with the word "Change;" this directly tells us one thing: young people dont like American political culture. If I could fully classify American political culture here, I'd be a much more wealthy young man (we can file that under the "Projects" catagory....right next to explaining why people vote and retracing Louis and Clark's journey via kayak)...but the pervasive idea -maybe you've noticed this- traces to government and political dialogue being dominated by 70's liberal entrenchment.

The bureaucracy is big-government liberal, the Congress has been big-government liberal for nearly a decade, Bush was being big-government liberal - Republican/Democrat, the politick walks and talks like the government is the actor. Intelligent youth who, like their Obamaniac peers, are seeking a direct outlet for these pro-change attitudes have turned to Ron Paul...one who is the true opposite of the contemporary politick. Still, both of these groups are generally small and, even then, reduce their involvement in the minimalist tradition (seeking to avoid participation in the corrupted politick they wish to change). This puts them at the same level as their apathetic peers in their understanding of the format of party politics.

In doing that, what they and most people dont understand is the remarkable lack of politics at meetings like the Lincoln Day Dinners. Perhaps my life is just so jam-packed with useless political squabbling, but I noticed that most attendees tonight mostly discussed things normal people discuss (WHAT?!?!) like how the Red Wings were doing or about 'the kids.' There is a mass issue with lumping together the real and calcuable divide: the conservative formulates political positions based on how he lives his life; the liberal conforms to positions and then bases their lives around them. For instance, a conservative doesnt change their appearence to make a political statement, liberals do (see illustration...I'll post later with more of an explanation)...

-----(In an 'To Be Continued" conclusion)-----

R's do mean something different than D's...when they do strongly, R's win. If we go after the multitudes of young people, treat volunteers well, and expose our common-sense-intelligence, this party will be back to power even before the election!

I wont drone on further...I do wish to, for attention purposes, leak the subjects of the upcoming pieces which will be published quite consecutively: why I'm not worried about the Republican party, about 'perception politics,' and maybe one on Lincoln's tradition if the early week is slow on news.

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Dont let Obama getcha DOWn!