Up to their old tricks

http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/11/06/young-voters-powered-obamas-victory-while-shrugging-off-slacker-image.htmlAlready the knives are out and the repugs are trying to spin the election. I was out and my visiting auntie was watching tv. I came back and she was in a gloomy mood - she had been watching C-span and had seen some show with Charlie Cook and some other stooge was on. I had seen an article by Charlie Cook that I decided to avoid, the title of which was something like, Obama had limited coat tails. Now given that the dems picked up quite a few seats, I thought that this was a ridiculous headline and most annoying. So when I heard that she had been depressed by Charlie Cook saying that this was an ordinary election, the youth vote as usual had punked out and not voted - in other words, same old, same old. Well guess what, I have been following elections for a long time, and I don't remember ANY election where there were shots of people all over the world dancing in the streets when one candidate went over the top. Did anyone see someone weeping when W was elected? (Oh yeah, that was me, but I sure wasn't weeping for joy,and I didn't even know what a horrible pres W would turn put to be.) The internet is a wonderful thing, as I quickly found articles to comfort my auntie - the youth vote turned out in record numbers, but so did everyone else, so one can twist the stats and say there wasn't a higher percentage of the youth vote, but that is quite disingenuous. This election is a BIG deal in many, many ways and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.