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Barack Obama Kicks Youth Voters in the Face

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

…and out of his campaign.

Yes, that’s right - the campaign of the youth, where college/youth voters find their home, about which young voters are just so excited…just isn’t so excited about them.

You see, the Obama campaign doesn’t trust their youth supporters (even some of youth leaders) to exercise their voting rights when the going gets tough and they are striping them of the right to vote at the Democratic National Convention.

The hilarity (did I intend the pun - you will never know) of this disenfranchisement knows no bounds, and the irony can be measured only by the metric ton, but the truth stings. Even some liberals are up in arms about this one as the Obama campaign - champion of the youth, remember - has lied to its youth supporters. From FutureMajority.com:

…perhaps most importantly, the Obama campaign made promises to a number of youth leaders that the right of refusal would not be exercised against young supporters.

A brief explanation:

Young people running for delegate positions on behalf of their candidate at the Democratic National Convention in California were informed earlier this week that they had been cut from the process. This happened within both the Clinton and Obama campaigns, but the issue became particularly focused on the actions of the Obama campaign, which cut far more potential delegates and which relied heavily on young voters to secure victory in the primary contests held thus far.

This is apparently happening in more than just California and is affecting even some of the leadership in the Democratic youth movement as Young Democrats of America Southwest Regional Director Kevin Bondelli was one of the delegates purged from the campaign.

No wonder Obama thinks all voters are so bitter - when your campaign is constantly kicking them in the face, they must look pretty pissed.  Et tu Barack?