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FakeNoose

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4. Boomer here - I can say for a fact that we started out liberal and progressive

Tue Oct 25, 2022, 10:53 AM

Oct 2022

... back in the 60's and early 70's. After that some Boomers lost their way and started drifting conservative.
True Boomers have always remained liberal and we vote in every election.
True Boomers will always bleed BLUE.

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It's okay if you want to call me a Boomer. I've paid my dues. [View all] kpete Oct 2022 OP

I'm a Boomer, I voted. gab13by13 Oct 2022 #1

Let's us not forget Traildogbob Oct 2022 #12

Also young men were being conscripted into an illegal war. LakeArenal Oct 2022 #14

My point. Traildogbob Oct 2022 #15

Mr Lake got a high lottery number. Just luck. LakeArenal Oct 2022 #17

My number was 324 Traildogbob Oct 2022 #19

Did war change who you are? How could it not? LakeArenal Oct 2022 #20

Any war Traildogbob Oct 2022 #28

Thanks Traildogbob for sharing. Everyone is interesting. LakeArenal Oct 2022 #33

well said. Thanks Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #79

If you have never seen it and have a chance to, Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #59

I loved that series. llmart Oct 2022 #73

I was sixteen when my brother age twenty-two was crying. twodogsbarking Oct 2022 #22

Many people Traildogbob Oct 2022 #30

Proud to be a boomer (1952) politically active since High School. Voted in every election, not sure Handler Oct 2022 #65

Both Whiny Donny and GWB are boomers... question everything Oct 2022 #2

Elon Musk and Kanye West are Gen X... bluesbassman Oct 2022 #5

So is Obama. LisaM Oct 2022 #18

Obama and I are sort of dubious boomers. plimsoll Oct 2022 #38

I don't like generational pitting either. LisaM Oct 2022 #39

What was your degree in? I graduated in 1986 and had no problems finding a decent job and continued beaglelover Oct 2022 #58

English. LisaM Oct 2022 #60

I kind of remember the Kennedy assassination, I was still in Meadowoak Oct 2022 #41

Kind of questionable if you remember it as Kennedy being assassinated. plimsoll Oct 2022 #52

And Clinton. What's more, Whiny, GWB and Clinton were born only three months apart question everything Oct 2022 #81

Most of the uptight, ultra-normal people I worked with Pinback Oct 2022 #40

Are you going somewhere with this? Hekate Oct 2022 #61

Just to show that one cannot generalize about... anything, really question everything Oct 2022 #82

Proud Boomer here. I voted. niyad Oct 2022 #3

Boomer here - I can say for a fact that we started out liberal and progressive FakeNoose Oct 2022 #4

a boomer & a flower child kpete Oct 2022 #7

Tail-end boomer here lambchopp59 Oct 2022 #25

Yes Reagan killed it for all of us FakeNoose Oct 2022 #27

That was my first election as well. I'm proud of that vote for Jimmy. nt crickets Oct 2022 #68

I'm a '59er too LittleGirl Oct 2022 #72

I really thought the 80's would bring on widespread enlightenment lambchopp59 Oct 2022 #86

Me too, forever blue, getting bluer all the time. Magoo48 Oct 2022 #26

1957 Boomer here. Civil Rights and Vietnam motivated me before I was old enough to vote Martin Eden Oct 2022 #46

Same here. llmart Oct 2022 #75

Whenever I see stuff like this Sympthsical Oct 2022 #6

+1 Celerity Oct 2022 #9

Well, isn't that special Hekate Oct 2022 #62

I am a Boomer and I live in Chicago nevergiveup Oct 2022 #8

Husband is a boomer and I'm a GenXer and we voted r/o SoBlueInFL Oct 2022 #10

Boomer here and I vote blue, no matter who... Wounded Bear Oct 2022 #11

Me too. I've voted EVERY ELECTION of my life Captain Zero Oct 2022 #29

Yesterday I mailed in my ballot! lunatica Oct 2022 #45

Of course I'm voting EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #13

Yes. And many become more conservative with parenthood. Hortensis Oct 2022 #37

I've gotten more liberal with age. Meadowoak Oct 2022 #42

Me too! lunatica Oct 2022 #49

Same here EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #53

same nt LittleGirl Oct 2022 #84

I'm a Boomer and proud of it! Scottie Mom Oct 2022 #16

I mailed my absentee ballot last Monday! lunatica Oct 2022 #47

Mine got mailed this afternoon. Scottie Mom Oct 2022 #70

Proud to have been tear gassed for no reason. LakeArenal Oct 2022 #21

GOP is committing boomer on boomer crime IronLionZion Oct 2022 #23

Need! lunatica Oct 2022 #50

I hate all those generational labels like poison. heckles65 Oct 2022 #24

The only time I mind a label is when it's used as a pejorative. LakeArenal Oct 2022 #36

Boomer. Voted. BadgerMom Oct 2022 #31

+1 Meadowoak Oct 2022 #43

I, too, am a boomer! When I was 21 (in 1972) I voted for the first time for McGovern. Red Pest Oct 2022 #32

Yep. Everything I fought for, too. calimary Oct 2022 #34

This boomer is a serial blue voter. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2022 #35

👍 Joinfortmill Oct 2022 #44

I'm an original boomer (1946). I voted for the Democratic candidate in every race on the ballot. Arkansas Granny Oct 2022 #48

K&R UTUSN Oct 2022 #51

Boomer here. '49 classic.My first vote was for Shirley Chisholm. 1972 California primary Walleye Oct 2022 #54

Why would anyone get upset over being called a Boomer? Mariana Oct 2022 #55

See post 6 and 9. Hekate Oct 2022 #64

Proud to be a Baby Boomer, Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #56

We lived through Nixon. Damn right we vote every time. Lochloosa Oct 2022 #57

Proud Boomer here. Dropped my ballot in a USPS mailbox on Sat. Beto and Dems all the way. Demnation Oct 2022 #63

.........I Am From The Generation.... titanicdave Oct 2022 #66

Just wanted to say thanks for in essence being our elder siblings Hekate Oct 2022 #71

Worked for anti-war Sen. Gene McCarthy in 1968, the year I turned 21, and never looked back... Hekate Oct 2022 #67

OK Boomer.... reACTIONary Oct 2022 #69

Boomer here, area51 Oct 2022 #74

Born in 1953 GenThePerservering Oct 2022 #76

kpete............ Upthevibe Oct 2022 #77

Early Boomer here. I was 20 years old in 1968 and PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2022 #78

Boomer proud. I began voting 50 years ago. love_katz Oct 2022 #80

OK, Boomer. Just kidding. I'm one as well. argyl Oct 2022 #83

it's not just MAGAts Skittles Oct 2022 #85