Do you think we will ever have a Gen X President.

[boston bean]

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[chowder66]

1. When they turn 78? nt

[Bettie]

2. Nope

Gen X doesn't get a turn. The boomers will never give up power. Never.

[frazzled]

10. That's real logical

The Baby Boom generation will all be deceased or nonagenarians within the next 20 years.
And Millennials will all be pot-bellied middle aged people by then, accused by their teenaged kids as backward-thinking morons, attached to their homes and paychecks.

That’s how it works, and always has. OK Xers!

[LaurenOlimina]

3. No

The wisdom of the old folks will be heavily discounted as we deal with Boomer rule. We'll skip right to millennial.

[Skittles]

4. I hope so

can we shoot for VP right now?

[boston bean]

6. It is almost as if we are the forgotten generation.

There aren’t that many of us. We stayed married and worked our asses off. Had great music spanning all different types and genres new and old.

Not a bad time growing up. Except most of our parents ended up hating one another.

[Skittles]

7. well for what it is worth

this Boomer appreciates y'all - in the IT world I would have had a harder time without the x'ers knowledge - yes indeed

[rzemanfl]

5. This is Disney's fault. Remember when they used to say

"...you, the leaders of the 21st Century?" Some folks thought they meant the whole century.

[Wounded Bear]

8. Well, I didn't vote for this Boomer Bastard...

and I don't intend to vote for another. Well, in the primary.

[UTUSN]

9. Well, generations *do* die off, succeeded by the succeeding ones... no?!1

[smirkymonkey]

11. Eventually.

Sooner or later, all generations die off and then there is only the generations behind them from which to choose.

[BlueStater]

12. Maybe if we *ever* stop having presidents born in the goddamn 1940s.

That sure would be nice.

[Withywindle]

13. I'm sad all the Gen Xers were who running have dropped out

Beto O'Rourke, Kamala Harris,* Corey Booker, Julian Castro, Andrew Yang...


*1964 is on the cusp but I think the usual Boomer reckoning period is way too long. Nobody born after the JFK assassination is a dang Boomer, IMO.


Note that the VAST majority of non-white original candidates are in this group.

[Renew Deal]

14. Wasn't Obama Gen X?

[misanthrope]

15. No, Generation Jones

But he definitely seemed apart from the Boomers who proceeded and followed him.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

16. Yes, he was GenX.

And the Silent Generation never had a President.