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The boomer defection
Los Angeles Times ^ | July 8, 2010 | Doyle McManus

Posted on 07/08/2010 2:35:55 AM PDT by Puzzleman

Voters over 50 are leaning increasingly Republican, according to recent polling. That's a big problem for Democrats...

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2010polls; gopcomeback; poll; republican; seniors; trends
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To: Paleo Conservative

Yep. Once we Boomers are wiped out, so is a certain amount of collective memory of a former America that actually operated as a constitutional republic for the most part.


21 posted on 07/08/2010 5:30:53 AM PDT by 1951Boomer
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To: chopperman
...proof of want of head.

Paging Bill Clinton...paging Bill Clinton...
22 posted on 07/08/2010 6:09:33 AM PDT by AndrewB (FUBO)
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To: Puzzleman
Boomers leaning Republican? What a surprise.

They saw the guys with the needles waiting for them.

23 posted on 07/08/2010 6:31:15 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: tanknetter
Unless they have a life-altering experience that impacts them as a whole. Like having to survive a Depression .....

.....like seeing a mushroom cloud rising from only 20 miles away. If it's a big enough one, it could ruin their day. If they survive it, they'll be "B-1 Bob" Republicans for life.

24 posted on 07/08/2010 6:35:06 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: qam1; ItsOurTimeNow; PresbyRev; Fraulein; StoneColdGOP; Clemenza; m18436572; InShanghai; xrp; ...
Xer Ping

Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social (and sometimes nostalgic) aspects that directly effects Generation Reagan / Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1981) including all the spending previous generations are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.

Freep mail me to be added or dropped. See my home page for details and previous articles.

25 posted on 07/08/2010 8:12:38 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: khenrich
"Government by the people was destroyed, it is simply government for forced upon the people."

Fixed.

26 posted on 07/08/2010 9:00:35 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Hang in there, baby! November's comin'...)
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To: EVO X

Peep


27 posted on 07/08/2010 9:31:36 AM PDT by algernonpj (He who pays the piper . . .)
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To: lentulusgracchus
.....like seeing a mushroom cloud rising from only 20 miles away. If it's a big enough one, it could ruin their day. If they survive it, they'll be "B-1 Bob" Republicans for life.

It won't so much be the mushroom cloud (which will probably reinforce the whole "No Nukes!" mentality), as the aftermath. When they're faced with breakdown in civil authority and realize that the government won't be there to help them in what will quickly turn into a "Lord of the Flies" social environment.
28 posted on 07/08/2010 10:03:52 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: qam1

Thanks for the ping.


29 posted on 07/08/2010 1:17:41 PM PDT by GOPJ (Bull Conner is a black man - goes by "Eric Holder". Black Panther voter intimidation was racist.)
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To: Biggirl

Huh, so I had no heart when I was young... but had a brain.

Still do, it seems.


30 posted on 07/08/2010 3:34:36 PM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: AlexW

“...anyone over 50 that still votes for Obama Democrats has to be a certified Marxist.”

Correction: “...anyone over 50 that still votes for Obama Democrats has to be a certified Marxist %^$&*#( ^$#&%^* (*#&(*^^# %@$$*#^&.”

IMHO


31 posted on 07/09/2010 4:43:09 AM PDT by ripley
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