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Sarasota News Leader January 18, 2013 we want to stick our nose in your bedroom. We need to re-establish that we are the party of personal freedom … and stay out of people's personal lives altogether. Until we do that we are going to have these troubles." Page 15 Moran said, "I recently spoke to a 26-year-old male. He's a Florida State [University] grad. I asked him … 'What can Republicans do to gain more of the youthful vote?' He said, 'Republicans are just so uncool.' How do we overcome such a superficial mindset?" Moran asked Miller to "speak to the gay marriage issue and how you think it statistically Jackson responded, "Perception is reality. Whether or not we're uncool, people think affected the 2012 election?" we're uncool. Right is right and wrong is Miller replied, "Well I don't think that the gay wrong, and I'm gonna live by that. We have marriage issue was a huge issue, but I think we to whittle away at it … It was uncool to be a need to go back to what Andres was talking Communist in 1930, and by 1950, it was cool about and be honest about what marriage is. to be Jack Kerouac and riding about on a moWe say we want government out of our life torcycle." … except on these critical issues. I think if we're against gay marriage, we're staking out INCLUSIVENESS a piece of ground we're not going to be able to Jackson added, "Republicans as a whole … defend. We know that a lot of times marriage have to include people. We are going to have is an economic pact as [much] as a religious to include gay people. We are not one single one. There's no way we can defend the [parcohesive group. We are going to have to acty's] position. I think it's really hard to defend cept people who think differently than us. that ground, if we're gonna just sit here and That's why I spent three weeks say, 'No.' I think we're being a litin my room with a pillow over tle bit hypocritical …" my head, because [the Democrats] got a coalition of the He continued, "I don't know gays and the welfare recipthat we need to change the ients and the Hispanics and platform, but we certainthe African-Americans. ly need to change how They have taken it to we let people feel inthe lowest level." cluded, and that includes the gay comMoran then asked, munity; that includes "How do we take this the African-Americonversation and win can community. elections?" The Hispanic … people should feel Pundits say the tea party had less influence in the 2012 Malave replied, "A races across the country. Photo from iStock photos lot of the young included."