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Laura PourMeADrink

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9. Really? I suppose it was a lot of...I have seen him in TV
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 09:14 PM
Feb 2020

And he's a brilliant business man? The Netflix documentary on him said he was the best self promoter ever. They showed old clips of everyone including media fawning all over him. We were duped.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
"Older Voters " like it's a dirty word [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 OP
Yes. showblue22 Feb 2020 #1
Yes, don't leave out the civil rights achievements of Boomers. No other cohort... brush Feb 2020 #34
Funny, I am now one of those "older voters" DAMANgoldberg Feb 2020 #2
yes... we weren't just sitting around smoking weed... handmade34 Feb 2020 #3
Aren't aging boomers 2naSalit Feb 2020 #4
That's interesting. It just seems to me like this is not Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #8
I agree and don't anticipate 2naSalit Feb 2020 #10
And they want to save our society before their golden years start. Beartracks Feb 2020 #12
Screw with Social Security and Medicare TruckFump Feb 2020 #13
IF they know about it! Lots of bad shit under radar due Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #38
Numbers don't look right unc70 Feb 2020 #14
To be honest 2naSalit Feb 2020 #16
Pew is usually pretty good unc70 Feb 2020 #18
That's what I found to be odd. 2naSalit Feb 2020 #22
And we vote mcar Feb 2020 #5
Good point. I was at a Beto rally in a park at night in Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #17
Yes, young people need to vote mcar Feb 2020 #21
Now that's a poll that would be very interesting. Why Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #43
Excellent OP. oasis Feb 2020 #6
The majority of older voters cast their ballots for Trump in 2016. nt. Mariana Feb 2020 #7
Really? I suppose it was a lot of...I have seen him in TV Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #9
"We were duped." Mariana Feb 2020 #20
Watch the documentary - we are talking about the middle Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #27
"self promoter" That's all there is with Trump. The rest is flim flam. n/t Beartracks Feb 2020 #31
Yes and no LaelthsDaughter Feb 2020 #11
Of course and I truly appreciate that. It's really been crazy Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #23
I am old and the first thing I thought when Trump won in 2016 was this was a coup. It really was. katmondoo Feb 2020 #15
+1 2naSalit Feb 2020 #19
Rec. cwydro Feb 2020 #24
This was the conversation I had with a young Buttigieg supporter, today Siwsan Feb 2020 #25
I know, been trying to open my mind to the others running Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #28
What I see, in our group of candidates, is a great administration Siwsan Feb 2020 #30
After all, we are all just rooting for different players on the same team. Vote blue no matter who! Meadowoak Feb 2020 #33
Yes, some with happy enthusiasm, some with noses held. Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #39
The other term I've seen thrown around is that drray23 Feb 2020 #26
Yet others are "regional" n more left leaning places. Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #29
Hillary Clinton got hit with that, too. Sparkly Feb 2020 #32
Older? I like the new speak version,"Legacy" voter....... always got to spin the vernacular, eh?..nt mitch96 Feb 2020 #35
Amen. I am one of those "older voters" and it's an insult. I remember life before catbyte Feb 2020 #36
Older voters. rownesheck Feb 2020 #37
Exit polls tonight showed that voters 65+ outpaced 17-29 THREE to one! It was 29% to 10% George II Feb 2020 #40
I'm an "older voter" PatSeg Feb 2020 #41
Because they aren't a demographic that is getting behind Bernie. ehrnst Feb 2020 #42
Yes! Baked Potato Mar 2020 #44
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