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OldDem2012

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7. Bullshit. I'm 62 and I think what the President said is refreshing honesty....

Reply to regnaD kciN (Reply #6)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:45 AM

Oct 2012

....my late father was 89 when he passed in 2009 and he would have laughed all the way to the polls to vote for the President.

You give us "older" voters very little credit.

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Groan...there goes a chunk of the older vote... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #6

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