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14. I think that makes a lot sense and where you see it happening as with the Tbaggers I think fear

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 01:20 PM

Jan 2012

plays a major role. Fear and listening to the wrong media.

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New Research: People - DON'T - Get More Conservative as They Get Older [View all] kpete Jan 2012 OP

Certainly went that way for me. GoneOffShore Jan 2012 #1

I have noticed for years that the older I get, the lefter I lean. kestrel91316 Jan 2012 #2

dad went moderate right as a senior Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #4

I think it's a wash. Liberal Veteran Jan 2012 #5

awesome news...can't wait serqet Jan 2012 #6

I think it's because dementia destroys self control. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #11

Am 64 yrs old and I have always considered myself a social democrat like my mom. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #9

That myth comes from the early 60s, when... Odin2005 Jan 2012 #10

I was a Kennedy-style liberal Dem in my college days hifiguy Jan 2012 #12

Excellent... redqueen Jan 2012 #13

I voted for Bush in 2000... DLine Jan 2012 #15

If I get any farther gone beyond left Zorra Jan 2012 #16

I think that stereotype came from the 60s and 70s: MisterP Jan 2012 #19

I know I haven't. Solly Mack Jan 2012 #20