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Join John, Paul, and Steve for Episode 23 of Power Line. In this episode they are joined by Kristen Soltis Anderson, of Echelon Insights and author of The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are Leading America (And How Republicans Can Keep Up).
It was a wide-ranging interview with one of America’s most interesting young conservatives. The interview was followed by a spirited discussion of two of the day’s most important news stories. The first: is Hillary Clinton’s campaign imploding? And if so, what options do the Democrats have? The second: what is going on with the Chinese devaluation? Is it time to sell?
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I remember the Dean Scream.
I loved the guest. Kristen Soltis Anderson was smart, articulate and very impressive. You guys are always informative and entertaining. Thanks for another great podcast.
Why Chuck Schumer is not running for president?
What I mostly took away from this interview, whether she intended it or not, was that so called “millennials” are an ignorant and confused bunch, that we should only hope don’t come out in big numbers to vote.
For someone who said that republicans shouldn’t become democrats to appeal to millenials, it does seem like she largely implied it.
I have recently become a lot more hostile to gay marriage than I was previously. It appears to me more of a tool for revenge against tradition than anything. I find myself more and more asking “why are so many millenials obsessed with this red herring?” Why are gay millenials prioritising their own peccadillos over the wider wellbeong of western civilisation? It all seems very selfish. My tolerance is wearing thin
Also this week Ricochet has been discussing how Republicans successfully pulled in the youth vote in the 1980s. Can I ask how many MTV spots Reagan did?
Plugging Jeb and Rubio? No, thanks.
As I was listening to the section about the GOP not tying Big Government to problems, I thought of the EPA causing the Colorado spill.
http://watchdog.org/233835/epa-disaster/
I also thought that the GOP does a lousy job of quantifying and explaining the reach of the federal and state government. Where are the data showing the number of federal employees in the military and national security compared to all the other functions that the feds have undertaken to intrude in people’s lives. How about documenting the growth in department personnel and budgets since 1965 or 1970 or 1980? Here’s something on a local level.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/13/over-1200-city-workers-in-baltimore-make-six-figure-salaries/
Here’s another comparison for millennials. Take the cost of college at a public university. Adjust for inflation and compare it to today’s cost. Then ask millennials what is different. Sure, they may have already bitten the bullet, but they’ll likely have kids. What will the cost be for them? Anymore, among too many other woes, colleges have become like cable TV where the providers charge high rates to subsidize lousy ancillary offerings–think MSNBC and other lousy stations and think cockamamie “academic” offerings and departments of diversity.
No doubt the guest was extremely articulate and confident. I’m sure she has multiple polls to confirm everything she says. But, like dialm says, it seems like she is just advocating for pandering to the Millenials and hoping we can out-pander the democrats. I do agree that we might need to develop a new vocabulary to convey conservative ideas, but having 3 millenials myself, I really don’t feel confident trusting them in determining the direction of our country’s domestic and foreign policies.
Let’s face it – the Millenials are a pampered, spoiled and over-indulged generation and the ideas of conservatism don’t “play” well with them because they can’t imagine things like sacrifice, commitment, perseverance and hard work for the long term. They are accustomed to instant gratification and getting their wants and needs met NOW! They want TV shows on their terms. They get annoyed if a computer doesn’t boot fast enough. They want to know why they should have to wait for anything. I don’t know how we sell conservatism with this group except through families passing on the values. That’s what we’re trying to do, anyway. But it is a hard battle against a very influential and self-centered culture.
Let’s face it – the Millenials are a pampered, spoiled and over-indulged generation and the ideas of conservatism don’t “play” well with them because they can’t imagine things like sacrifice, commitment, perseverance and hard work for the long term. They are accustomed to instant gratification and getting their wants and needs met NOW!
I was just telling a friend today, talking about Laura Ingalls Wilder, how it is good to know she as an elderly woman in the mid 20th c. was politically conservative. Her childhood was the complete opposite of what you describe here.