Posted on 09/22/2009 12:17:22 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
Polls show shift toward GOP
Across the country, amid the heat swell of the ongoing health care debate, many of the nation’s gray panthers have a new fire growing in their bellies, attending town halls, writing letters, and shifting the balance of political power as polls show them moving to the GOP.
They are not just making themselves heard on their key issues of Medicare and insurance, but giving their legislators a piece of their mind that a way of life is slipping away.
“They” are seniors like Jerry Johnson, a 75-year-old retired yacht salesman from Tallahassee, Fla. He says he’s spending his days delving into issues like a seasoned Washington pundit.
“I’m doing this for my kids,” he says of his activism, which includes talking with voters, attending town-hall meetings and listening to political radio “12 hours a day.”
“They all have lives and are busy working but I’m really concerned about the debt and the world they’ll have to face,” he said. “I see myself as their warrior because I see our country slipping away. It’s going to go a lot more quickly unless someone like me gets active. I’ve got the time.”
Mr. Johnson said it’s the most politically engaged he’s been in his life, and there’s a reason for that. The Michigan native said that since the last presidential election, the stakes have never been so high, which is why he’s out of his easy chair and moving into the fray.
While senior voters were nearly evenly split between Republicans and Democrats during the 2008 presidential election, there has been a “striking” shift toward the GOP in recent months, said Tom Jensen, communications director at Public Policy Polling in Raleigh, N.C.
A poll two weeks ago found Republicans winning on a generic ballot among seniors,
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Only the grayhairs really seem to understand what’s going on.
The hoary head is a crown of Glory,if it be found in the way of Righteouness. Proverbs 16:31
Some do but not all.
They are more moticated because the ones that DO understand KNOW they will be the first to get RATIONED CARE
They, like so many others, were slow in catching on. But the annointed one's stated intention (albeit ridiculous) of financing much of Obamacare with cuts of "fraud and waste" in Medicare was the last straw.
Lets Hope the Greatest Generation Pulls our Fat Out of the Fire Once More!
“Only the grayhairs know . . .?” Well that’s enough to scare the pants off me.
Didn’t Michelle say Obama was going to have eveyone work? I
don’t think she meant we would work against Obama.
Not all of the over 60 crowd are senile, do not write off the effect. My father is 83 and works hard physically every day. He understands fully what is happening to the U.S. and he is as angry as I am about where this fraud and his enablers are trying to take us.
By the way, he was an armorer in Europe during WWII. He saw the Nazi's up close and personal. He saw Dachau about 3 weeks after it was liberated. When I showed him the Obozo children's "Sing for Change" video you should have seen the look on his face. We need the help of his, ours, and our kid's generation to stop this horror.
On Glenn Beck’s Radio Show this morning.....
Humana has put out mailer stating
while these programs need to be more efficient, seniors may lose benefits
Obama admin warned insurance companies face legal action for misleading citizens with this type of information.
US gov’t saying you can’t criticize a president’s policy
Saw that on Fox News this morning too. Now the Administration is truly transparent.
“Disagree with us and we will file legal action”
This entire Admin needs to go and go soon.
Killing off the elderly does tend to make them unhappy.
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