Quote of the Day

You can't get a 35 year old to teach the Republican Party how to reach young people. You just can't rely on it. Young people have got to reach young people. --Karl Rove, 1972.

Truer words were never spoken. When Rove said that, he was working for Nixon and was in charge of GOP youth outreach. You can watch a video here (It's a trip - direct mail was being promoted as the savior of participatory democracy).

Despite what he told CBS's earnest newscaster, Rove's work for Nixon wasn't all voter registration and civic goodness. Karl Rove was already well-versed in shady tactics to disrupt the Democratic campaigns. When Rove says he's going to target youth, he knows how to do it. Positively by recruiting YAF, College Republicans, and Leadership Institute grads to rile up and empower his base, and negatively by suppressing and disrupting the work of his opponents.

Of course, he may be a bit out of touch lately.

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