The Baby Boomers now sound like their parents and grandparents

[Armstead]

"You young whippersnappers. When I was your age......"

It's human nature I guess. Life changes in tiny ways every day, and occasionally in Big Ways -- and we go on not noticing until the changes have accumulated to a critical mass. And you wake up and suddenly realize "My God. The world is a lot different than it was when I was young."

I think a lot of us oldsters have passed that point, and it's being expressed in the political process. The old rules, and attitudes are shifting. Democrat doesn't mean what it did in the 60's or the 90's.

There's a redefining going on. And the formative experiences of today's young people are very different thanthe world that Baby Boomers grew up in.

And politically, therefore, many geezers are scratching their heads wondering "Why can't these damn kids see what Hillary has done for women? Why don't they go along with what the Clinton have done for America?"

But what is weird is that in changing many of the young 'uns are seeing the same things an old Geezer with a Brooklyn accent has been pointing out for years. Like a circle.

Well this Baby Boomer -- and many others -- may not understand exactly why the Milennials are going for Bernie. But we're there with you.

[Hoyt]

1. I think younger people usually learn from their experiences. I darn sure did with McGovern landslide

[Armstead]

3. It's a shame when we become prisoners of the past

Maybe history will repeat itself....or not.

No one knows, and I'd prefer to gamble on growth instead of constriction and fear

[dsc]

15. difference is you lose your gamble and you don't love your basic civil rights

many of us do.

[Armstead]

18. difference is YOU lose and you lose the same human rights

That's the nature of a gamble.

And it is arrogant and narrow minded to assume those who support Sanders don't care about human rights too. No one wants the damn GOP to win.

[dsc]

20. No your right to marry will never be taken away

mine will. Your right to vote won't be taken away, people of color's will. Your right to control your body won't be taken away, women's will. The fact is you are gambling with our rights and you should at least admit it.

[Armstead]

21. YOU are also gambling with those rights

Most people who are supporting Bernie are not doing so because they want to lose.

You may disagree with their belief in which would win, but get off your damn high horse about motives or who "cares" more.

[Fumesucker]

2. Second time today I've used this

[olddots]

4. we are all just different market segments

catered to by clueless greedy simpletons who consider themselves to be authorities .

[unc70]

5. Boomers I know are shifting from Clinton to Sanders

60 to 75 women in particular.

[Blue_In_AK]

6. Believe me, as a Year #1 boomer,

I sound NOTHING like my parents and grandparents. LOL. (But you have a good point.)

[Armstead]

8. Maybe I should amend it to "some Baby Boomers"

[Blue_In_AK]

10. Oh, it's fine,

it just kind of tickled me because, from my perspective anyway, the generation gap between me and my parents when I was young was a chasm compared to the gap today between me and my kids. Rock and roll changed everything, just like they were warning.

For instance, I can't imagine my parents EVER listening to Steppenwolf's "God Damn the Pusher" like I'm doing right now, but my kids would.

[Armstead]

12. Ah but the kids are also listening to Frank Sinatra

go figger

[Blue_In_AK]

13. It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world.

[Blue_In_AK]

16. And I get a kick out of Bruno Marrs.

Go figger.

[valerief]

7. Millenials have grown up with the internet, a place where real information can exist, since

U.S. media has been bought out by 6 outfits and is controlled like Soviet-era Pravda and TASS.

[Vattel]

9. I will resist the urge to post Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A Changin"

[Armstead]

11. Dylan's a Geezer...But here's a younger version of his great song

[Vattel]

22. not bad, but I prefer the more aggressive Dylan version.

Speaking of old geezers:

&list=PLMz2BC6r8Mms-K0fUFmLQGEYE2V8lpfHp

[Odin2005]

14. The ONLY Clinton supporters I know are Boomer women.

That tells me everything I need to know.

[dsc]

17. just imagine the outrage if someone said

the only supporters I know of candidate x is young men, tells me all I need to know. the outrage would be palatable.

[TheBlackAdder]

19. Get a job you lazy moochers! Stop asking for "free stuff" and contribute your share of taxes!

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Democrat when young, Republican when old!


I didn't realize there were so many self-affecting Libertarian types hanging out in DU pretending to be Democrats!


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