The flip side to that aphorism is that you can't live in the past. (Reply #66)

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Sun Mar 6, 2016, 03:32 AM

66. The flip side to that aphorism is that you can't live in the past.

Witness the tragicomedy of the FBI this week trying to shoehorn the issues around encryption into a 1977 law designed for telephone line surveillance.

Which history are we in danger of repeating, anyway? The '68 nomination of the eminently electable HHHumphrey, or the '72 nomination of crazy loony lefty McGovern?

Fact is, both lost.

In 2004 we nominated the smart choice and lost, 2008 we nominated the "you'd be crazy to---" guy and won.

There's enough examples throughout history to justify just about anybody's argument. In the meantime, every once in a while it's helpful to remind the DUnizens of crankyshuffle dufferboardville - of which I am a proud citizen, myself - that this century belongs, first and foremost, to those born in it.

The rest of us are just running out overextended tourist visas.

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90 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why Baby Boomers Don’t Get Bernie Sanders [View all]	TalkingDog	Mar 2016	OP
Boomer here...	Bjornsdotter	Mar 2016	#1
I'm so sick and tired of this meme. I am the first of the Baby Boomers.	bkkyosemite	Mar 2016	#2
As am I. Just barely on the cusp* and for Bernie all the way.	hedda_foil	Mar 2016	#53
I think its an intelligence thing, all of my smart friends are feeling the bern, while my	putitinD	Mar 2016	#58
Same here. Friends that follow politics support Sanders.	PonyUp	Mar 2016	#73
he's spent a lifetime in a secure job living off the taxpayers with a great retirement. that's cool	msongs	Mar 2016	#3
He has served the people. He isn't a mooch.	Ken Burch	Mar 2016	#10
Bernie is stealing Hillary's "rightful place"	Hydra	Mar 2016	#46
Right, he should have been getting money the proper way.....	daleanime	Mar 2016	#18
lol nt	TheDormouse	Mar 2016	#51
I lost several friends on Facebook	MuseRider	Mar 2016	#22
OK, can't resist...	SusanCalvin	Mar 2016	#41
.....	daleanime	Mar 2016	#78
You seem angry	tazkcmo	Mar 2016	#83
Working for the people who pay him is something he has in common with Hillary.	Lizzie Poppet	Mar 2016	#87
I was born in the middle of the Boom	dflprincess	Mar 2016	#4
This Boomer has gotten Bernie since the 1990s	Armstead	Mar 2016	#5
I am a baby boomer and I say	Jenny_92808	Mar 2016	#6
This late Boomer does	BuelahWitch	Mar 2016	#7
Half the boomers are done lost their brainz.	Warren Stupidity	Mar 2016	#8
We are certainly smarter than the Millennials	question everything	Mar 2016	#20
As noted, half done lost their brainz.	Warren Stupidity	Mar 2016	#23
And as determined by your name, you know the difference between smart and stupid	question everything	Mar 2016	#26
And as determined by your name, you question nothing.	PonyUp	Mar 2016	#74
Bern it up or burn it down.	Fawke Em	Mar 2016	#27
socialism doesn't mean the Soviet Union or Mao's China.	Ken Burch	Mar 2016	#32
"We are certainly smarter than the Millennials"	SusanCalvin	Mar 2016	#39
Maybe the Millennials actually realize that it's the 21st century	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#40
Actually, I think all of what you mention is relevant.	SusanCalvin	Mar 2016	#45
The flip side to that aphorism is that you can't live in the past.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#66
Speak for yourself and not for me, please! This boomer and her husband	1monster	Mar 2016	#54
Granted I'm not an actuary	TubbersUK	Mar 2016	#60
Smarter than Millennials!?!	Hatchling	Mar 2016	#61
smart people don't go around saying how much smarter they are	dana_b	Mar 2016	#68
It wasn't that the Left didn't vote for Humphrey...Tricky Dick Nixon covered his bases	Human101948	Mar 2016	#79
Was discussing this with my Dad tonight.	TDale313	Mar 2016	#9
That is because	Gwhittey	Mar 2016	#76
I'm a Boomer and so is my husband. He has two degrees and is making $12.00	1monster	Mar 2016	#89
A large number of my HS class of early boomers	SteveG	Mar 2016	#11
I am a Boomer for Bernie Big Time	awake	Mar 2016	#12
Female boomer.	SamKnause	Mar 2016	#13
my wife and I are Bernie Boomers!	NRaleighLiberal	Mar 2016	#14
I'm nearly sixty ...	Trajan	Mar 2016	#15
Naw... It has to do with how many people became intellectually lazy...	MrMickeysMom	Mar 2016	#16
Bingo. nt	SusanCalvin	Mar 2016	#37
Results of your jury service	1monster	Mar 2016	#50
Thank you, 1monster	MrMickeysMom	Mar 2016	#71
I too am sick of this.	MuseRider	Mar 2016	#17
Amen!	bkkyosemite	Mar 2016	#55
Middle Boomer here	Pastiche423	Mar 2016	#19
Born in 48! Will vote for Bernie next Tuesday (MI)! nt	longship	Mar 2016	#21
This is so tiresome, and it's B.S. I'm an early boomer and I am supporting Bernie all the way.	Binkie The Clown	Mar 2016	#24
October 1946 BOOM	rickford66	Mar 2016	#25
Boomer Here Too	noretreatnosurrender	Mar 2016	#28
Early Boomer here. Media stereotype the generations and deny the FDR Boomers as Berners.	ancianita	Mar 2016	#29
Who is making this shit up about boomers	Greybnk48	Mar 2016	#30
The media has misled people on how liberal boomers were	braddy	Mar 2016	#31
Where can I find these numbers braddy? Do you have a link?	Greybnk48	Mar 2016	#48
Here are the links	braddy	Mar 2016	#57
63 and have been waiting for a very long time for a real Democrat to come along.	wilsonbooks	Mar 2016	#33
I'd say some boomers.	Ken Burch	Mar 2016	#34
Boomer here.	SusanCalvin	Mar 2016	#35
Total bullshit.	SheilaT	Mar 2016	#36
Socialism is where it's at.	SusanCalvin	Mar 2016	#44
Amen SheilaT! What a load of bullshit! n/t	Greybnk48	Mar 2016	#49
I think they are underestimating how many boomers Feel the Bern.	Live and Learn	Mar 2016	#38
Yes underestimating Boomers	marions ghost	Mar 2016	#75
This is stupid.	Blue_In_AK	Mar 2016	#42
Whatjasay? Speak up I can't hear so good. Something's berning ?!?	FailureToCommunicate	Mar 2016	#43
1948 here	olddots	Mar 2016	#47
Boomer who GETS Bernie here	Lifelong Protester	Mar 2016	#52
I'm A Bernie Boomer Too....nt	global1	Mar 2016	#56
Nope, Bernie Boomer woman; he's one of us	Waiting For Everyman	Mar 2016	#59
Boomer Babes for Bernie! I've kept the faith and Bernie is the reward.	Zen Democrat	Mar 2016	#62
I "get" Bernie, just think Hillary will be a better president.	Buzz cook	Mar 2016	#63
I'm 65 and EVERYONE I know GETs Bernie...	2banon	Mar 2016	#64
I'm a baby boomer and I'm feeling the Bern! nt	Raine	Mar 2016	#65
Bernie is perfect for Baby Boomers, of which I am one. Hail to the Chief!!!	highprincipleswork	Mar 2016	#67
Boomer here, & I support Bernie. n/t	area51	Mar 2016	#69
"Hillary speaks to them. (Us? Really?!) He speaks to everyone else."	pablo_marmol	Mar 2016	#70
Born in 1950 AND a Bernie supporter.	hobbit709	Mar 2016	#72
I'm a Professional-Managerial Class Boomer and am calling this out as more BS about BS supporters.	Kip Humphrey	Mar 2016	#77
Many of us baby boomers do get Bernie and support him	karynnj	Mar 2016	#80
Sorry. I can't get past this:	Smarmie Doofus	Mar 2016	#81
This message was self-deleted by its author	cyberpj	Mar 2016	#82
I'm A Boomer... I GET BERNIE SANDERS! n/t	ChiciB1	Mar 2016	#84
Fortunately, my wife and I are pre-boomers and Socialists.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Mar 2016	#85
I am also at the very tail end of the boomers.	LWolf	Mar 2016	#86
Early boomer here ...	JustABozoOnThisBus	Mar 2016	#88
Divide and Conquer, v.2386.5	Le Taz Hot	Mar 2016	#90

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