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madamesilverspurs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-10 11:39 AM
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26. This old lady thanks you, Will!
And, for the record, my cane still has a hair trigger...
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  -I'm seeing a lot of attacks on Seniors here after these last midterms. WilliamPitt  Nov-08-10 10:53 AM   #0 
  - what he said  knowbody0   Nov-08-10 10:56 AM   #1 
  - Maybe old people just like you?  jpgray   Nov-08-10 10:56 AM   #2 
  - Yup, we can point the blame all we want, and that accomplishes nothing...  joeybee12   Nov-08-10 10:57 AM   #3 
  - Thats a fact. even the ground pounders are frail and old.  WingDinger   Nov-08-10 10:58 AM   #4 
  - Dems refused to come out a explicitly defend and protect SS and Medicare.  Poboy   Nov-08-10 10:59 AM   #5 
  - Just curious - why do you think most of the audience was made up of seniors?  stopbush   Nov-08-10 10:59 AM   #6 
  - Thanks. A lot of seniors crossed over to vote for Obama in 2008.  JDPriestly   Nov-08-10 11:03 AM   #7 
  - Agree.  OHdem10   Nov-08-10 11:05 AM   #8 
  - I'm a 64 year old senior and ever since the days of the Vietnam war protests and Civil Rights  county worker   Nov-08-10 11:06 AM   #9 
  - I don't consider you a senior!  mainer   Nov-08-10 11:11 AM   #11 
     - During the Berkeley protests I was in my thirties, and many other  Sal Minella   Nov-08-10 11:19 AM   #13 
        - My definition of "senior" has gotten older  mainer   Nov-08-10 01:07 PM   #31 
           - Indeed. I remember when "old" was anybody 40 and beyond.  Sal Minella   Nov-08-10 01:20 PM   #34 
  - it was the youth vote that didn't turn out for 2010 midterms  grasswire   Nov-08-10 11:09 AM   #10 
  - A youth vote will never be as large percentage as their parents  Concordia   Nov-08-10 11:30 AM   #22 
  - I've never been a member of a minority under attack before,  Sal Minella   Nov-08-10 11:15 AM   #12 
  - Yep, it really makes one feel misrepresented  tavalon   Nov-09-10 05:59 AM   #44 
     - We have earned the right to digress at will, dear tavalon.  Sal Minella   Nov-09-10 10:00 AM   #46 
  - I'm not.  TwilightGardener   Nov-08-10 11:22 AM   #14 
  - Employer Paid Medigap and Part D  ishaneferguson   Nov-08-10 11:23 AM   #15 
  - Amen. n/t  Poll_Blind   Nov-08-10 11:23 AM   #16 
  - I've also read that gays, young adults, and women bolted, too...  cynatnite   Nov-08-10 11:24 AM   #17 
  - Thanks, Will. It's bad enough that  Skidmore   Nov-08-10 11:24 AM   #18 
  - Hell, us "old white men" used to run the world...or at least so I have been told.  old mark   Nov-08-10 11:28 AM   # 
  - Key words: Fear works  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-08-10 11:28 AM   #19 
  - Collectively, seniors were idiots voting against their own interests.  Lucian   Nov-08-10 11:28 AM   #20 
  - Why didn't the dems use that message?  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-08-10 11:30 AM   #21 
  - It's hardly surprising, is it?  GrpCaptMandrake   Nov-08-10 11:35 AM   #23 
  - thank you!  shanti   Nov-08-10 11:35 AM   #24 
  - I don't think anyone extends it to all Seniors  treestar   Nov-08-10 11:35 AM   #25 
  - This old lady thanks you, Will!  madamesilverspurs   Nov-08-10 11:39 AM   #26 
  - *ducking*  WilliamPitt   Nov-08-10 11:59 AM   #27 
  - Hear hear  lumpy   Nov-08-10 01:19 PM   #33 
  - Right you are. My brother and I both moved since the last election.  EFerrari   Nov-08-10 12:01 PM   #28 
  - I think the attacks on seniors are a build up to "reforming" social security.  glitch   Nov-08-10 12:02 PM   #29 
  - K&R  Individualist   Nov-08-10 12:39 PM   #30 
  - k&r #30  bobthedrummer   Nov-08-10 01:13 PM   #32 
  - We ought to be pointing our fickle fingers of blame at AMERICANS  pinboy3niner   Nov-08-10 01:23 PM   #35 
  - K & R !!!  WillyT   Nov-08-10 01:28 PM   #36 
  - Maybe Health Care Reform should have included a robot policy.  Ian David   Nov-08-10 01:56 PM   #37 
  - My 72 year old Sister was pissed  Autumn   Nov-08-10 02:22 PM   #38 
  - K&R!!  HughMoran   Nov-08-10 02:24 PM   #39 
  - Fuk 'em  postatomic   Nov-08-10 03:13 PM   #40 
  - To be fair, make that senors *and* senoritas.  pacalo   Nov-08-10 07:50 PM   #41 
  - Thank you, Will.  Lugnut   Nov-09-10 12:10 AM   #42 
  - The young actually were the biggest demographic who didn't show up  tavalon   Nov-09-10 05:55 AM   #43 
  - Two cents about seniors.  Little Star   Nov-09-10 09:08 AM   #45 
  - To tell the truth, I don't think seniors  pipi_k   Nov-09-10 10:04 AM   #47 
  - Seniors, young voters, gays...it's the flavor of the week.  Iggo   Nov-09-10 10:05 AM   #48 
  - Nice post. K&R  Gold Metal Flake   Nov-09-10 10:08 AM   #49 
 

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