I am merely thankful the kid woke up to the fact that he's being inodated with conservative nonsense....now all we need is the conservatives to wake up as well.

How does a thirteen year old talking about ANYTHING prove the case about ANYTHING?

Seriously, I want to know what the thought process was when they thought it was a good idea to drag the kid out there and make him talk.

Did they honestly think the headlines would read: "Liberalism dead in America because of 13 year old's speech"

I guess I'm not following you @ChaosEngine because I'm referring to the "adults" who put him on that stage.

To me, it doesn't matter if he's 13 or 17. The kid's got a lot of growing up to do. Whose to say he won't change parties again? Then we'll get to hear the conservative pundits celebrate how he has come back into the fold. Quite frankly, no one has demonstrated to me why we should care what party he affiliates with. What's so special about this kid?

>> ^TheDreamingDragon:

I am merely thankful the kid woke up to the fact that he's being inodated with conservative nonsense....now all we need is the conservatives to wake up as well.


What happened is the kid got some Liberal Pussy and changed his mind. I don't think we can do that for everyone.

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/07/02/re-the-littlest-pundit

This is a really good short article. Plus, the writer called it right the first time.

>> ^VoodooV:

I guess I'm not following you @ChaosEngine because I'm referring to the "adults" who put him on that stage.
To me, it doesn't matter if he's 13 or 17. The kid's got a lot of growing up to do. Whose to say he won't change parties again? Then we'll get to hear the conservative pundits celebrate how he has come back into the fold. Quite frankly, no one has demonstrated to me why we should care what party he affiliates with. What's so special about this kid?


Sorry, I was actually agreeing with you, but obviously I didn't make myself clear.

My point was exactly that. At 13 you have very little meaningful life experience. Your values, attitudes and tastes will change. Basically, 13 year olds know nothing So yeah, an endorsement for a party from a 13 year old is to me the political equivalent of Celine Dion endorsing some music.

edit: basically what the article @bareboards2 linked to said.

I want to strangle grown up Genk.