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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:34 AM Original message |
An open message to those older than 45. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. Really interesting. |
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Freedomofspeech (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
35. It nice to see a young person with such passion... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #35 |
89. 45 is young. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #89 |
151. Hey H2O Man. |
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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
41. You're awful nice to that whippersnapper H2O man. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #41 |
90. Didn't Abbie Hoffman |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #90 |
134. It was "Don't trust anyone over 30" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #134 |
157. I know. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 03:09 AM Response to Reply #134 |
172. I was too at first |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. I couldn't read all that |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Ha. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. and even if I could find my good glasses |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. That's okay. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. LMAO! nt |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
99. Hell, I had to go five times ... |
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Career Prole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
108. You must be a speed reader! |
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Tweed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
96. I'm young and I have ADD |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. ... |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I'm with you, xchrom. |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Oh great! We grew up being told we were bounders. Now the next generation is pulling the same shit. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. You read all that in four minutes?! |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. And the generation after that will condemn them. n/t |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
158. If there is one... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
113. we were the first generation to vote at eighteen. when this generation |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
153. Yep, but we'll probably get the last laugh |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. I have just one question: How is Obama going to deliver what he's promised? |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
10. Not every person over the age of 45 ... |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Oh crap, you beat me to it!! |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Yeah, I know it wasn't really directed at most people here on the forums. |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #30 |
69. Then why post it here? |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
120. Oh, it's hostile enough. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
146. So we should believe you too? LOLOLOLOL!!! |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. He's 46 AND a boomer... |
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Windy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
39. I'm 49 and will be fifty in september. I'm out there for Obama! n/t |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
122. Go for it! |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
84. I agree |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. To everyone under 30 |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. LOL!!! |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
14. You lost me at "Clinton fatigue". Obama lost me at the babyboomers bashing |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
92. robbedvoter speaks for me too! |
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jasmine621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
94. Me too. nt |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
137. The op lost me at, 'you geezers suck, dude!" n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
15. I support Obama. I don't support broad brush smears. |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. You damn kids! Get off my yard! |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
18. That over 45 generation once cried 'Trust no one over 30!' |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. True. But at least we were protesting wars then too when doing it. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #25 |
66. Well it is certainly true that the culpable generation as the OP would have |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #66 |
102. Wonderful post! |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #66 |
148. Excellent summary! |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
20. Ouch. As a woman of 55, let me say... |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. Whippersnappers! We gave you the longest sustained economic expansion in U.S. history, dammit. |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
85. Not to mention.... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. As you see yourself, I saw myself. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
143. yes |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
23. "This message is not a slam on those who are old." Yeah, right. |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
24. Perhaps Obama summarized it best when he said in S.C. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. he probably knows I'm 46 and wanted to irritate me |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Obama is 46 - I guess. |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
42. Because... |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
131. the future is going to be whole lot like the past. at least in the short term. nt |
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NoFederales (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
28. Try writing this w/o the pronoun "you". The tonal shift and economy of word |
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Girlieman (399 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
31. You're so lame |
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Kindigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
58. n/t |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #31 |
59. Ding Ding Ding!! We have a winner! |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
91. LOL! This 30-something agrees, mostly. And if 45 is old, then so is Obama. (it isn't) |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
107. You took the words right out of my mouth! |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
138. Rock on, dude! n/t |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
141. Short, Sweet, To the Point |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
32. Obama is over 45. |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
34. I love your passion! |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
36. I've gotten old, and my memory has failed... |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
37. A group of young people who couldn't be arsed |
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Jai4WKC08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Why should they protest the war? |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
38. Whew, good thing I'm only 42! |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
40. Thank you for that. An I'm 50. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
43. I'm glad you care enough to bother writing this piece... |
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Sadie4629 (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
44. You say you can't speak for others of your generation |
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Kindigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #44 |
60. 45-------> |
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Sadie4629 (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. I caught that, too |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
111. I would love to see a thoughtful response to your question. |
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Jai4WKC08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
45. When you gain experience |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
46. The Song Remains the Same |
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Kokonoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
47. Listen to your elders |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
49. If I painted your generation with a broad brush like you just did to mine, |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #49 |
63. Sorry. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:38 AM Original message |
Where have you guys been? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
142. What a Wonderful Post! |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
135. I would feel better if you had a star next to your name...n/t |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
147. You're young and you feel dismissed in a post and you write this garbage dismissing others? |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
50. Guess what? "Age Doesn't Matter" |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
51. "Decent older folks" |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #51 |
62. My God. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #62 |
67. I hear ya gramps |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
52. I applaud your passion, but McCain is NOT of our (the Boomers) generation. |
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ravencalling (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
53. Hmmm Weird... |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
54. Sorry, "we" did not do what you are accusing us of. |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
127. Hear hear! |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
55. Obama is over 45 |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #55 |
76. Well said. Its a two way thing and "the nature of time," as you |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
56. K&R. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
57. "Over age 45" and linked with Social Security checks? You're younger than you think. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
61. You are right we do owe you an apology |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #61 |
71. No |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
64. when my 24 year old daughter told me the reason some gave for voting for bush, |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
68. And if your candidate has his way.... |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
70. Sorry, but you're still very young and naive and your OP shows it |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #70 |
105. I have to agree with the thrust of your post. I think the most naive assumption this poster makes |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
72. I am 60 years old |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
73. I'm close to 50 and have wondered where were the young folks during the antiwar marchs |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
74. Nothing wrong with being young & naive -or wanting to hope |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
75. I can understand what you are saying my friend. But you are making a fundamental error in your |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
77. Good post. You, I could discuss things with, age gap or not. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
78. My response: |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
79. As Jesse Ventura proved if those under 45 had voted all this would not have happened. |
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MmeG (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
80. No way that I am in McCain's generation |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
81. Why trust the youth when 45% are dropping out of school? Bunch of dummies. |
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Unbowed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
82. I resisted what Obama represented at first. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
83. You certainly do type a lot! I'm too old to type that much. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
86. Wow. I read your piece, and scanned the responses... |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
87. Obama Same Age As Clinton When Elected |
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DUyellow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
88. I feel the same way. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
93. Eh, I'm in my 30s, and I think I was a born cynic. But, passion is good. However.. |
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lwcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
95. I'll just crawl into the Soylent Green hopper |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #95 |
126. ...... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #95 |
139. No kidding. If you never read history, anything looks like change. n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
97. "Young wolves, show us your teeth." - John Steinbeck |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
98. Don't let these geezers tamp you down, Meldread. |
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lwcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
100. Oh, and calling us "big nose" was a nice touch, BTW |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
101. Nice OP. I do want to mention that I've met many Obama supporters of all ages |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
103. As Alexander Pope once said, in his "Essay on Criticism": |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
104. Again, judgment is a product of experience combined with other qualities. |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
106. As soon as you said that you gave your support to Ralph Nader." |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
109. This isn't about people like me being "over 45", it is about running an *open* campaign... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
110. Oh Jeeze...not this shit again. |
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PsN2Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
112. Just as some that would not vote |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. Youngsters tend to care a lot about politics when they discovered that... |
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Sir Jeffrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
115. I am 29, and I understand where you're coming from... |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
116. Flamebait n/t |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
117. Kick. (nm) |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
118. Enthusiastic Kick! |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
119. Here is your flaw |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #119 |
177. Exactly, grasswire |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
121. In 1992, young people went head over heels over Clinton... |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
123. Some boomers have become their parents |
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weldon berger (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
124. I may be dead in 21 years; could you apologize now instead? |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
125. I don't quite fit into your "geezer" age range but I'll reply anyway |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
128. Wtf? My generation was getting beat up by cops for marching in the streets |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
129. Where were "you" when "we" were marching & protesting .... |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
130. listen kid, we've *been* you, we know what you're thinking, but we also understand a little more |
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MXrider (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:16 AM Response to Reply #130 |
175. Right on! |
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Hatchling (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
132. Generalize much? |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
133. Ageism, Jeunism, Bigotry and Stereotyping are not progressive. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
136. I'm 46 and I'll never forgive myself for bringing you Brittney Spears, Jackass and reality tv. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #136 |
145. LOL!!! (Brrrrrrother, glad I didn't raise this one) |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
140. Why do you think Obama is kicking ass with the 30 and under crowd? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
144. I just so fucking sorry for all that tax money that's been paid into student loans for you poor |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
149. I'm an old coot who is considerably over 45, with a daughter who is... |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
150. K and R from an old fart |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
152. Good grief! I'll be 70 before I finish wading through that OP. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #152 |
156. This thread is nothing but shit. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
154. I'm Glad You Feel Better |
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chieftain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
155. " Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command, |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
159. the under 30 crowd is largely uneducated and uninformed and don't want to be either |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
160. you're dead wrong about obama. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
161. I could only get halfway through your post because U seem to feel |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
162. Holy Mother of God..... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
163. You do realize that you are now cheering for the old fart Zbigniew Brzezinski, right? |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
164. so you voted for nadar and helped put bush in WH - that sounds like |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
165. lets see i am over 45... |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
166. Now I know why some older people always hated "kids" |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
167. so you voted against Gore because he was boring- the last 7 years are YOUR FAULT KID... |
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JanusAscending (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
168. Sweetie.........you've said a mouthful !! Bravo! |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
169. I'm not over 45, but feel compelled to point-out that you helped put Bush in office. |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
170. White Male -48- here. Worked for McGov, Worked for Hart (more inside) |
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MXrider (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:14 AM Response to Reply #170 |
174. Ditto!! |
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Helga Scow Stern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
171. A coalition of generations founded this country... |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
173. Hopes And Prayers Do Not Presidents Make |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
176. After a 2,937 word post, you spent 18 whole minutes on this thread. |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
178. I am 51 and not offended |
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