I think I'm seeing my "waning years" on the line tonight.

[Raven]

There is so much in the Romney/Ryan platform that will harm me and I'm getting past the point of being able to compensate for it. After a certain age you can't bounce back as easily. As independent as I am and as hard as I've worked all my life to be in a position of independence, there are still many things I can't control...like my health, the safety of my retirement accounts. I don't want to be taken care of, I want to be respected and to have some confidence that the person in charge respects me and my efforts. If I were younger and Romney gets elected, I'd leave the country. Not sure that's an option now. I have a lot riding on this debate tonight and I am in a better position than many my age. Godspeed Barack Obama!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Well said, my dear Raven!

We can't leave the country either.......

[Raven]

2. I love you Peg! Come to NH for a visit.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Some day, I must get up there!

[Raven]

9. Any time. :-)

[petabeta392]

3. The biggest thing to worry about is

the supreme court everything else can be undone with demographics, but not if the Supreme court suppresses voter, keeps citizens united alive etc.

[regnaD kciN]

4. I know what you mean...

While I'm over the "magic" age limit to keep Medicare, my wife isn't. Since I'm sure she's going to outlive me, I really fear for her later years if Romney should win.

[L0oniX]

5. Same boat here. In fact I wish I had bought a bigger boat so I could leave this country and...

float around the French Polynesian islands for the rest of my life ...Tahiti and Bora Bora.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. I'm not sure any if us could overcome what could happen to the Supreme Court.

I'm as worried as you are, if for slightly different reasons.

November 6th is going to be one long night.

[LiberalLoner]

7. Great post and I'm there too.

Getting closer to needing dialysis and wondering if that will be covered under extreme conservatism. I'm guessing it would not be.

[RagAss]

10. I with you...sometimes I think I was destined to die in the streets.....

I curse the GOP !

[NightWatcher]

11. same here, 37 years old, on ss disability, no chance of health insurance, hoping for medicare

Who wins in November might mean the difference between life and death and how my family gets taken care of. My disease will get more expensive as time goes by....I need Obamacare, medicare, and social security to be there.

[ruffburr]

12. ditto