Check out Ron’s new Human Events column:
If Ron Paul’s victory in the CPAC straw poll demonstrates anything, it proves that it’s not only the pot-smoking, anti-war hippies that support Ron Paul. Hippies have had trouble voting for years because — surprise! — they tend to have a lack of motivation; Paul’s supporters definitely care and know how to organize for their cause.
What exactly is that cause? It is currently centered around one man, but, let’s be honest, Ron Paul isn’t exactly a young-looking charismatic speaker who’s in with all the latest fads. On the contrary, he’s a whiny-sounding old man.
It seems that we young people are drawn to Paul for a variety of reasons. Some like his “non-interventionist”/anti-war foreign policy. Others like his stands on the Constitution, Austrian economics, and the Federal Reserve. And yes, some are pot-loving hippies that hate “the Man.”
There’s a trend here: young people like lofty principles and illustrious ideals. This is the largest reason our generation voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama in 2008. Not only were “Hope” and “Change” catchy slogans, they reflected Obama’s post-partisan yet unapolegetically ideological stances. Plus, Obama ran against the establishment. The bright-eyed and optimistic youth loved this stuff…
