[pieceofthepuzzle]

What the left doesn't understand about demographics, and a lot of us forget, is that the ranks of the middle-aged and elderly Republicans and conservatives includes many who were liberals in their 20s and 30s. Life, and the realization that there are many out there who aren't needy but who will parasitize you, quite often leads to a shift in political thinking in early mid-life on. It's not like conservatives aren't being replenished. Don't think for a minute that those listening to hip hop and aspiring for a new tattoo right now aren't going to be rethinking their lives down the road. Not all will, but many will. We need to be there to guide them to the light when they're ready.

[utahagen]

“Don't think for a minute that those listening to hip hop and aspiring for a new tattoo right now aren't going to be rethinking their lives down the road.”

I am not optimistic about this. The majority of kids raised by parents who were never married, who have abortions in their teens and twenties, who grew up on welfare, and were raised to think that white people or “rich people” are their enemies will not ever be Republicans or conservatives.

I now believe that nothing short of a dramatic intervention or chastisement by God will change the course this country is on. One example: assisted suicide just lost in Massachusetts. However, it lost by only two percentage points. I'll bet it's put to a vote in that state again within three years...and passes. People are being ground down and Americans who remember a time when abortion, being on welfare, and gay marriage were anathema are dying off.

Yes, young people tend to be politically liberal and people grow more conservative as they age. However, our culture no longer gives lip service to traditional values, so there is nothing for most young people to go back to once they realize they've been mistaken.

Last year, President Obama didn't even allude to a Creator in his Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. How will this country survive when its President is a de facto atheist and when God-fearing people can't get elected?