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Tom Rinaldo

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Tue Jan 5, 2021, 09:19 AM

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I am 71. It occurred to me this evening that most on this board are likely a "few" years younger [View all] Atticus Jan 2021 OP

Good post. Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #1

"The Brainwashing Of My Dad" movie badboy67 Jan 2021 #2

Ha! I'm only 70! panader0 Jan 2021 #3

Me, too! ShazzieB Jan 2021 #46

Actually, we did a poll a while back, and it turned out that marybourg Jan 2021 #4

I actually bookmarked the last one I saw BumRushDaShow Jan 2021 #14

Great that you did that! marybourg Jan 2021 #23

It sortof validated what I had observed or sensed about many who post here BumRushDaShow Jan 2021 #28

Let's test your powers. How old am I? Nevilledog Jan 2021 #58

Right now I "feel too old" to have any powers to even try to guess BumRushDaShow Jan 2021 #70

Well, you're more discerning than I am. marybourg Jan 2021 #64

I remember when I first started working for the federal government BumRushDaShow Jan 2021 #71

Rings no bell with me. Last TV series I watched marybourg Jan 2021 #72

It was stuff that came out in the '80s BumRushDaShow Jan 2021 #73

My Dad was as kind and thoughtful a man as you could imagine leftieNanner Jan 2021 #5

Yeah, I remember Air America Radio. dhol82 Jan 2021 #6

Amen. Hate radio killed "America" and brought on this division. Rush in particular. Evolve Dammit Jan 2021 #33

Guess what? I am ...O*der than Y*U....(I really don'tlike the O word..(5th word on this line) Stuart G Jan 2021 #7

I am 51. And I hear you Atticus. LSFL Jan 2021 #8

dwight eisenhower would be a biden democrat these days nt msongs Jan 2021 #9

How about elder instead of older? oro Jan 2021 #10

I think this site skews older with an average age of 60ish. Dream Girl Jan 2021 #11

I'm 48 and remember the way it used to be MustLoveBeagles Jan 2021 #12

+1 +1 appalachiablue Jan 2021 #21

you are correct. Started in the late 80's. Evolve Dammit Jan 2021 #34

Raygun made greed a virtue rather than a capital sin burrowowl Jan 2021 #37

And Reagan made Liberal a bad word. Marie Marie Jan 2021 #45

I'm 70 and I remember the 80s the same way you do. ShazzieB Jan 2021 #50

When, and where, I grew up, the Dixiecrats were the meanest, most racist of any political group. Hoyt Jan 2021 #13

Atticus, you're a teenager/senager from my soon to be 79 perspective. I am in total agreement cornball 24 Jan 2021 #15

I'm 76 and everything you say is true. kskiska Jan 2021 #16

I will be a young 73 in 11 more days. LiberalArkie Jan 2021 #17

I just turned 40. And been here since I was... maybe 26. Initech Jan 2021 #18

I'd be less generous to the right wing. Prez candidate B. Goldwater cultivated a rugged westerner empedocles Jan 2021 #19

+ 1 +1 Birchers, The Kochs, The Dulles Bros., McCarthy appalachiablue Jan 2021 #24

Yes and many corporatists including Henry Ford were for Hitler. burrowowl Jan 2021 #67

Them, Charles Lindbergh, the American Nazi Bund-- some history appalachiablue Jan 2021 #69

A helpful post for the younger set. I appreciate the youth coming Still Sensible Jan 2021 #20

I felt the shift started in the early 1980's Generic Brad Jan 2021 #22

There is no doubt the schism widened with Reagan in '80 Moostache Jan 2021 #36

Agreed DENVERPOPS Jan 2021 #48

my dad was hard core Republican until Reagan Hamlette Jan 2021 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jan 2021 #25

I'm 72. TruckFump Jan 2021 #26

Me too - 3 days after the inauguration of Biden. Aussie105 Jan 2021 #32

I've got a year on you. WinstonSmith4740 Jan 2021 #27

My wife and I will be 69 this year, and I met Everett Dirksen DFW Jan 2021 #29

Dirksen deserves immense credit for helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of 64. grantcart Jan 2021 #51

+1 n/t Tom Rinaldo Jan 2021 #74

I'm 67 and I remember much of what the OP speaks of. Mr.Bill Jan 2021 #30

I find it interesting that Christians are quick to label themselves as "God-fearing". patphil Jan 2021 #31

Absolutely BunnyMcGee Jan 2021 #59

Thank you. It's taken me a lifetime to figure that out. patphil Jan 2021 #68

I'm knocking on 74 Deuxcents Jan 2021 #35

74. tavernier Jan 2021 #38

all us septuagenarians have one advantage over these youngsters . . . OneBlueSky Jan 2021 #55

Nicely summed up. Most people have no clue what either side traditionally believed. Pepsidog Jan 2021 #39

Thanks for posting! leighbythesea2 Jan 2021 #40

There have been DU polls on age. former9thward Jan 2021 #41

All of what you say is true but almost every major event I remember as a child was some type of MaryMagdaline Jan 2021 #42

In the upper digits of 50s A_Woman_from_MI Jan 2021 #43

Yeah, all the young people left here a long time ago. progressoid Jan 2021 #44

I like DU because I learn so much from all the posts that folks do. And I'm 78 trickyguy Jan 2021 #47

As a 1949 baby, I'd like to cite Nixon and his backers, and Corporate Personhood. NBachers Jan 2021 #49

Another 1949er. I saw "Millhouse, A White Comedy" aka-chmeee Jan 2021 #52

I remember those days with no small amount of fondness. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2021 #53

I remember (and yearn for) those days!!! I blame Newt Gingrich for the shift. nt LAS14 Jan 2021 #54

One of the best posts around. mtnsnake Jan 2021 #56

54 Tink41 Jan 2021 #60

Exactly how I remember it. Joinfortmill Jan 2021 #61

I remember as well. It took me a long time to "see" it, to recognize there was a species ... Hekate Jan 2021 #62

I'm just a babe in the woods at 66! LOL! Chemisse Jan 2021 #63

I've been around long enough to see the Right use the media to drive a wedge Fla Dem Jan 2021 #65

Age 83 and counting...... BarbD Jan 2021 #66

Agree. ananda Jan 2021 #75

I'm 71 colsohlibgal Jan 2021 #76

Atticus, the age polls I've seen on DU show about 2/3 of DUers are old enough to join AARP highplainsdem Jan 2021 #77

Atticus kpete Jan 2021 #78

One of my favorite bumper stickers is "THE 'DIRTY FUCKIN' HIPPIES' WERE RIGHT!" nt Atticus Jan 2021 #80

Marketing became a deadly effective science during that time, eventually aimed at politics... wiggs Jan 2021 #79

Well stated. nt Atticus Jan 2021 #81