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In the discussion thread: "Forget 2012: Long-Term Demographic Trends Favorable to Republicans" [View all]

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 11:39 PM

Blue_In_AK (37,719 posts)

25. Oh, that's funny.

Do they forget that the new "older folks" are aging hippies, feminists, civil rights activists, etc. etc.?

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55 replies	Author	Time	Post
"Forget 2012: Long-Term Demographic Trends Favorable to Republicans" [View all]	babylonsister	Nov 2012	OP
Right, but who's having babies??? and how many???	elleng	Nov 2012	#1
Well, the Duggars have certainly been busy, but they're SO not enough . . .	hatrack	Dec 2012	#41
Hopefully - a bunch of old hippies voting to lower the ages for SSI and medicare!	geckosfeet	Nov 2012	#2
And legalizing weed.	Jackpine Radical	Nov 2012	#21
Same here.	SheilaT	Dec 2012	#39
NPR lost my financial support and my ears back in 1989-90 with its pro-military	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2012	#51
Agreed. Funny how that happens - the radicalization. Happening with me too.	geckosfeet	Dec 2012	#40
Hah! That's good. The real debate in this country should occur between	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2012	#50
That's stupid. on edit: That's so stupid, it's hard to know where to begin. nt	patrice	Nov 2012	#3
No joke. I'm floored! nt	babylonsister	Nov 2012	#8
William is correct, "derp" . . .	patrice	Nov 2012	#17
It's the Medved Theory!	Still Sensible	Nov 2012	#4
LOLZZzzzzzzzzz. Sorry but my generation won't be voting "reliably republican" when we're Seniors.	JaneyVee	Nov 2012	#5
Besides, people don't get more conservative as they age	iemitsu	Dec 2012	#54
Medved seems to be off.	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#6
This old Hippie ain't gonna help em.	OffWithTheirHeads	Nov 2012	#16
The silent generation is dying off. They are much smaller	Dawson Leery	Nov 2012	#7
my grandparents are reliable silent generation liberals	leftlibdem420	Nov 2012	#20
And What ELSE Do Older People Tend To Do?	ChoppinBroccoli	Nov 2012	#9
Medved...? I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire!	Bigmack	Nov 2012	#10
Well, I do know one thing. My 87 yr old Mother in law voted for Obama.	fearnobush	Nov 2012	#11
Damn, if there's any point to miss, Medved will miss it	Warpy	Nov 2012	#12
He must be high on some dangerous shit if he thinks that.	HughBeaumont	Nov 2012	#13
"forget 2012"	Enrique	Nov 2012	#14
"Michael Medved reports"	madinmaryland	Nov 2012	#15
That was the giveaway! michael medved. Okaaaaaaaayyyyy...	calimary	Nov 2012	#29
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Nov 2012	#18
Wow, she just always looks deranged. nt	LisaLynne	Nov 2012	#22
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Nov 2012	#23
That was soooo scary.	LisaLynne	Nov 2012	#24
And there is a reason for that. "Crazy Eyes" is not just a baseless perception.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2012	#44
This message was self-deleted by its author	dtom67	Nov 2012	#19
Oh, that's funny.	Blue_In_AK	Nov 2012	#25
Exactly!	mykpart	Dec 2012	#38
Mitt by a landslide!	ProSense	Nov 2012	#26
This article assumes people just turn conservative the older they get.	Drunken Irishman	Nov 2012	#27
I've gotten more liberal the older I've gotten.	LisaLynne	Nov 2012	#28
A lot of people DO tend to get more conservative as they get older	Art_from_Ark	Dec 2012	#43
I'm sure some do...	Drunken Irishman	Dec 2012	#46
What Mr Medved said makes perfect sense....	Captain Stern	Dec 2012	#30
Someone watched "Idiocracy" and wrote an article. Nice.	Fire Walk With Me	Dec 2012	#31
Idiocracy...	Kalidurga	Dec 2012	#34
Come on! Michael Medved!!!!......n/t	Vadem	Dec 2012	#32
At 40 I was a conservative, at 50 I'm a liberal and growing to loathe the GOP more every day	Populist_Prole	Dec 2012	#33
Just before I die	Spirochete	Dec 2012	#35
Truly classic!	TheKentuckian	Dec 2012	#49
Thanks for the laugh - I needed that!	bluedigger	Dec 2012	#36
And... cheesy moustaches! They're TOTALLY COMING BACK INTO STYLE!	Warren DeMontague	Dec 2012	#37
Someone has had a complete break with reality.	marmar	Dec 2012	#42
The Fastest Growing Groups Are Latinos, African Americans, And Asians	DemocratSinceBirth	Dec 2012	#45
The older folks that reliably vote Republican are dieing off and the new ones	Motown_Johnny	Dec 2012	#47
Bwhahahaha! "older folks reliably vote Republican." Yeah right.	Ya Basta	Dec 2012	#48
1) they do. 2) women inlcuded.	cthulu2016	Dec 2012	#55
That may have been true just a few years ago,	clydefrand	Dec 2012	#52
Even us white oldsters are gradually smartening up	Progressive dog	Dec 2012	#53

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