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northoftheborder

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4. Yes, I had realized this once.....

Reply to BlueStater (Original post)

Sun Aug 26, 2018, 07:23 PM

Aug 2018

.....being a child of the 30's. Presidents went directly from being older than I, to being younger. Several ran, but none elected. We grew up in the 50's, an era marked by prosperity and opportunity, but no revolutions. That came with the 60's and the boomers.

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Politically wise, people born in the 1930s were truly the lost generation. [View all] BlueStater Aug 2018 OP

None born in the 1950s either oberliner Aug 2018 #1

I know. BlueStater Aug 2018 #2

Yes, lord help us, but Mike Pence was born in 1959 oberliner Aug 2018 #3

Wait! He's only 59? GoCubsGo Aug 2018 #5

He doesn't have senility as an excuse. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #6

Yes, I had realized this once..... northoftheborder Aug 2018 #4

Interesting point Awsi Dooger Aug 2018 #7

Yep. BlueStater Aug 2018 #8