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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:44 AM Original message |
Barack Obama on Baby Boomers |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Technically, he IS a boomer...I think that bubble lasted all the way |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. He was an end-time Boomer, but a Boomer nevertheless. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Then the book Generations is wrong. Baby Boomers are named for the boom in births After WWII. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Don't care about the name. Those born in 1964 are not Boomers. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. And I'm a Boomer and don't remember when Truman was President, so? Boomer isn't classified by |
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chucker47 (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Obama is NOT a boomer! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. yes he IS a boomer |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. The Census Bureau can kiss my 1964-born non-boomer ass |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I always heard "Baby Boomer" to mean those born from 1946 to 1964. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. His parents weren't GGs, that's probably why he tried to sneak away from the designation! |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. "tired ideological battles." |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Yes. Barack Obama hates, hates, hates the civil rights movement. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. My take on Obama doesn't include anything about "hate." |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Obama you have NOT YET BEGUN to fight |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. Kind of like Obama |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Two faced Obama! We elected him. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. +1! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Like this? (updated) (and -1) |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Ummmm...... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Disingenuous, Rovian parsing of facts |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I guess you didn't see this |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Obama was for single-payer in 2003. In 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 he wasn't. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Didn't you already say that? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Kind of like when Dennis Kucinich was pro-life before he was pro-choice? |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. More redundancy |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. The "tired ideological battles of the 60s" were very profitable |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Beat me to it. Amazing that civil rights and illegal wars |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. Great DU debate is over. He's Gen X. Sorry boomers! |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Actually he's neither |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. He would have voted for Humphrey, if that's your point. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Humphrey was way more liberal than Obama |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
32. Boomer = born between 1943 and 1960. Obama is Generation X |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
33. first time i am older then a POTUS. nt |
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