RP is not going to win, but that’s not the story. The story is that his base is full of young, educated, successful, and motivated people who are excited about the message of freedom. They are tired of pointless and never-ending wars of conquest abroad and racially unjust drug wars at home, all paid for by an endless mountain of debt that can never be paid off. They are tired of their tax money being used to ship huge quantities of arms to dangerous criminals in Mexico.
RP’s base is growing very fast, particularly among those under 40. Some of these people will be going into politics. There is one RP today but in ten years there are going to be hundreds of them. Meanwhile the mainstream Republican and Democratic parties have ZERO momentum coming in from the younger generations. Supposed frontrunner Newt Gingrich can’t even get people to show up to his events. Why should young people support these people that have left them utterly screwed? They are not buying the phony left-right BS anymore. IT’S NOT WORKING.
Everyone here likes to make fun of MM33 (even I kid him from time to time) but his enthusiasm is real and very typical of RP’s supporters. Most of us are too “experienced” and “wise” for this sort of thing; we belong to the crusty old generation that will soon fade away from heart disease and cancer. We will sit in our homes by ourselves and giggle at Jon Stewart and Bill Maher on the TV and feel like we’re smarter than everyone else while we shovel processed food into our mouths and silently grow tumors in our GI tracts.
The future belongs to the young.
That’s the real story.
FWIW I am still voting Vermin Supreme because I want my free pony.
