it's purity. Youth tends to think in absolutes. I know when I was his age I was way more absolutist than I am now.

just "I want to be inspired" but I guarantee you, if Bernie were running he'd vote. Or Obama. Or someone he found likeable.

in Michigan than in the general, and yes, Bernie was popular.

I voted for Bernie and Obama, but also Hillary. He needs to smell the corpse flowers.

vote for him, lament he lost, think Hillary sucks...that's all fine.

But when you are then left with Hillary and Bernie, and you (the royal you, not you personally) cannot suss out that one evil is 1000 times worse than the other "evil" then I'm sorry, I just can't.

What shoes to buy, what to eat, will I take a shower. I can’t stand it. Maybe he should learn how to motivate himself and find inspiration in every day life, like survival.

That is seriously a good point. People get out of bed every damn day and go to an uninspiring job because the alternative sucks. Inspiration is not an entitlement.

Well said!

As I said in another thread: I dare any one of these young people to state a single issue on which they might have disagreed with Hillary to the point of being unable to vote for her over Trump. What, exactly, made her just a little bit less evil than Trump? My guess is years of brainwashing by FOX and their ilk about the Clintons.

One told me in 16 besides the emails and wall st speech, that Clinton and the Dems didn't care about health care . I showed him the dem 2016 platform .
But that's not Clinton he said she doesn't seem to care about health care at all.
I calmly told him in the 1990s , she was demonized by republicans for pushing health care reform as an issue when First Lady .
Of course this would be before he was born, and I do not think he believed me at all nor cared to check out the history

and corporations are evil, and unless you want to tear down the entire system you are just part of the man...or something.

This person wasn't brainwashed by FOX. He was brainwashed by the absolutism on the left. Remember that hardcore liberals have been bashing the Clintons as long as the right wing has.

Or maybe a reality TV show host!

How about a fast-talking used car salesman?

What the hell is wrong with these people? You aren't electing a Pope. You're putting people in office to run the damn government. FFS.

Our culture encourages people to obsess on their feelings. Politics isn't about feelings -- it's about doing the right thing. But so many people sit around waiting to "feel right" somehow instead of using their heads & doing their duty.

He says something along the lines of EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS A COMPROMISE!! If you can't accept that fact, you'll never have a life partner, a job, friends, interests...basically, anything that means anything to anyone.

Probably will sit home and play video games.

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I had a conversation with a very good friend last night. We have not talked in years so it was good to connect again. During the conversation I mentioned Trump and how screwed up he is. My friend totally agreed. I then mentioned voting and he replied that he has never voted. I told him that he needed to register and vote. He is Afro American so I tried to emphasize the fact that they do not want him to vote and he is playing right into the GOP trap for minorities. I hope he understood the message.

know?!!!

bullshit on Chris Hayes, anyway?

All I've seen are Pissed off people talking about the bullshit.

That’s probably a huge part of why young people don’t vote as much as they should... they expect the 2008 version of Obama with every election because that’s what they saw when they were old enough to start paying attention.

This show could end up being a good indicator of how the DNC needs to hone its message when it comes to the youth vote: Waiting for inspiration doesn’t keep lead out of your water.

They don't get it. The party has to win to be able to move anything in politics.

..... to use a little due diligence. Otherwise, they would realize there was no such thing as the "lesser evil". That's what you call too lazy to not be stupid.

Something about blah-grants? And then "I've seen the devastation that blah blah will have, I mean trade deals, Bill Clinton, not repudiated by Hillary." Blah blah blah. Okay then. I'm not inspired by YOU, idiot. Thinking is free.

Move to Flint and maybe meet Elvis. Drink the water and meet him for sure.

I don't know what to tell people like this kid. I don't care who you vote for, you are not going to get a free pony.