Howard Dean: 'My Generation Needs to Get the Hell Out of Politics'

[Ferrets are Cool]

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"My real problem is with the Baby Boomer generation itself. I'm not sure why, but it seems as though it has become an electoral juggernaut for greed, racism, and isolation in our politics."

As a baby boomer who was in my "prime" during the late 70s & 80s, it is my belief that Raygun is to blame for the "juggernaut for greed, racism, and isolation in our politics." It was during his administration that "greed is good" became common language and at a campaign rally in 1976, Ronald Reagan introduced the welfare queen into the public conversation about poverty.
As the "grandfather figure" that so many Americans were seemingly looking for at the time, his message stuck and is still embedded in the minds of many of my generation.
The "white superiority" mindset has only gotten worse since that time.

Sorry about the rambling. I do that on occasion.