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geckosfeet

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2. Hopefully - a bunch of old hippies voting to lower the ages for SSI and medicare!

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 11:17 PM

Nov 2012

I am not going there either...

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"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 Dec 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 Dec 2012 #29

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Wow, she just always looks deranged. nt LisaLynne Dec 2012 #22

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That was soooo scary. LisaLynne Dec 2012 #24

And there is a reason for that. "Crazy Eyes" is not just a baseless perception. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #44

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Oh, that's funny. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #25

Exactly! mykpart Dec 2012 #38

Mitt by a landslide! ProSense Dec 2012 #26

This article assumes people just turn conservative the older they get. Drunken Irishman Dec 2012 #27

I've gotten more liberal the older I've gotten. LisaLynne Dec 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