Presidential Candidate Match Game

[ReelFisher]

Well some of these posts have been pretty intense. I don't think it means anyone is right or wrong, it just means everyone is passionate about their beliefs. There have certainly been a lot of different opinions expressed. I will just say that I have enjoyed looking at the different things posted look forward to seeing the future "campaigning" on the fishin website!haha Have fun and keep'em coming.

[Lotech Joe]

Kucinich
Romney
Huckabee

Not the way I'm voting either.

[Marc Martyn]

Over the last year, I have come to realize that, yes Bill W., I am one of the old geezers on the site. Although in my mind I don’t feel it. There are many young people on this forum and what I have heard from many of them pleases me.

Forty years ago I was graduating from high school faced with a nation that seemed to be coming apart at the seams. A war was raging and friends were taken into the military without any choice and many never returned.

Many times during the last couple of years, I have wondered, where are the young people and why aren’t they standing up and voicing their opinions, like we did in the sixties? Do they not care what is happening to our country? Within the last few months I see the answer. They do care very much and they are voicing their feelings but in a much different way than when I was young.

In 1968, the Vietnam War was ragging out of control. It was an election year and the streets were filled with demonstrators and there were many clashes between the law and the demonstrators.

In that year, if you were under the age of 21, you could not vote. Our parents were saying “what is the matter with the young people today?” The problem was that they could not vote, but could be drafted to fight in a war that they didn’t believe in. How else could they voice their opinions other than through marches and demonstrations?

This last week in politics the caucuses and primaries have shown that the youth in this country have and will continue to speak up. Republican, Democrat or independent, they are turning out in record numbers and speaking up and for good reason.

As a father, it troubles me that my son and daughter question if they will achieve the “American Dream”. They look at the cost of housing, education, medical care and the cost of energy and wonder if they can do it. I am speaking about college graduates. My wife and I were fortunate enough to reach that “Dream”, but I’m unsure if they can. And frankly, we could loose that “Dream” suddenly with a major medical problem with either myself or my wife.

Today, Americans are speaking up, young and old. I have never seen this amount of enthusiasm in the primaries and caucuses in my life time. This is so much better to see than the images of years past.