Obama 1993: Citizens must engage themselves.

So why is Obama and the Dems now trying so hard to keep people out of the political process?

The interview was done after Obama led an effort called Project Vote that helped register 150,000 new black voters in Chicago. It was recorded in October 1993 at the Chicago law office of Obama’s former boss, Judd Miner, and reveals the future president’s appreciation of techniques that would later help him win the White House. “In a media age like this, you really have to reach out to young people and show that registration was hip, was popular, was trendy,” Obama, who turns 48 today, said in the interview. “Politics does matter,” he said. “It can make the difference in terms of a benefits check. It can make the difference in terms of school funding. Citizens can’t just remove themselves from that process. They actually have to engage themselves and not just leave it to the professionals.”

They are engaged but getting beat up and locked out for it.