Reply #49: If I painted your generation with a broad brush like you just did to mine,

[blue neen]

you would be furious. And I am. I am offended, and I am not guilty.

For the record, my son is also 25. I worked very hard in the elecion of 2004 and also the congressional elections of 2006. I did everything in my power to get my son and friends interested in the process and had some success at that. If they did not work outright in the elections, they at the very least voted.

My son has told me that his very first memory is of me shooting rubber bands at the TV set every time Ronald Reagan came on. I absolutely couldn't stand the man, what he did to the unions, what he did to our economy, Iran-Contra, the list goes on.

Some of us have been fighting against Republicans all of our lives and getting nowhere. It's been disheartening and frustrating. Some of us do not deserve to be criticized.

One of my biggest goals when I was raising a child was that I wanted very much to raise someone who was open minded...somone who respected women and minorites...someone who respected other human beings for who they are and wasn't quick to criticize.

I think I have been successful.