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Mike Gravel says youth follow Obama like they do 'Paris Hilton and Britney Spears'
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Jan 08, 2008 03:48pm |
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| Media | College Newspaper - Yale Daily News |
| News Date | Tuesday, January 8, 2008 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | EXETER, N.H. — After Barack Obama captured the vote of thousands of students in Iowa on the way to his commanding victory, former Senator Mike Gravel stood before a few dozen students a Phillips Exeter Academy here on Sunday night with his own message of change.
But unlike Obama, it isn’t catching on among many students. And Gravel offers a reason why.
“A lot of young people, they’re sophomoric, and they haven’t really thought very much,” he said in an exclusive interview with the News. “And so they’re into celebrity. These are the people that follow Paris Hilton and Britney Spears — and they follow Obama.”
It has been a frustrating few months for Gravel, who said he has been talking about change for months. He said he is “totally” disappointed with the other Democratic candidates in the race.
“It’s as phony as a nine-dollar bill,” says Gravel, a former Democratic senator from Alaska. |
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