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FiveGoodMen

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48. The Baby Boomers were once liberals

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Mar 13, 2014, 05:39 PM

Mar 2014

Till Reagan.

Something about counting chickens...

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George Bush Lost an Entire Generation for the Republican Party [View all] babylonsister Mar 2014 OP

bush-cheney are their own worst enemies. They made sure Cha Mar 2014 #1

Well I hope the young voted for Sink in Florida yeoman6987 Mar 2014 #2

No idea about the demographics, but riqster Mar 2014 #26

Mission accomplished. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #3

Bush: "Heh heh, they misunderestimated me" herding cats Mar 2014 #4

but blatant redistricting "saved" them in congress for many years, it would seem SoCalDem Mar 2014 #5

Gerrymandering is what took my district from solid blue Jamastiene Mar 2014 #29

I feel your pain.. we had Mary Bono for a very long time SoCalDem Mar 2014 #31

Same with mine. Went from a blue Dem to Tea Bagger nt riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #39

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2014 #56

This doesn't do any good for us if they don't get out and goddamn vote warrior1 Mar 2014 #6

exactly... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #51

it looks like they are voting WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #54

I am thanking that generation of voters Skittles Mar 2014 #7

I'm beginning to love the millennials. Jamastiene Mar 2014 #30

I like the younger folk Skittles Mar 2014 #35

i'd say politically speaking, shrub is their carter, unblock Mar 2014 #8

dup Skittles Mar 2014 #9

The BFEE plays the long game and has the money to wait it out. Skidmore Mar 2014 #10

The children are our future. sheshe2 Mar 2014 #11

If only. Jeb Crow Shrub and George Pee Shrub are waiting in the bushes. n/t UTUSN Mar 2014 #12

Was the shift anti-Bush or pro-Obama? thesquanderer Mar 2014 #13

It's percentage of each demographic voting Democratic blackspade Mar 2014 #37

No worries, they have "Pauls" to fit into the spaces Iliyah Mar 2014 #14

They do not suffer fools gladly. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #15

Lets hope so!!! calimary Mar 2014 #16

My fellow Millennials need to get their shit together. PhilSays Mar 2014 #17

Welcome to DU PhilSays lovemydog Mar 2014 #59

Bush ll is my main inspiration Jamaal510 Mar 2014 #18

Those are some ugly charts for Repubs rufus dog Mar 2014 #19

I was just about the same the same thing davidpdx Mar 2014 #57

In 1965, LBJ famously told Bill Moyers (then his press secretary) alp227 Mar 2014 #20

Well Put tea and oranges Mar 2014 #21

The 2010 elections say this is full of crap. And has the results to prove it. maced666 Mar 2014 #22

Given voter turnout rates and people's attention spans, hughee99 Mar 2014 #23

Don't count on it JHB Mar 2014 #24

I do too hibbing Mar 2014 #36

(looks behind curtain) sibelian Mar 2014 #25

& therein (Shrub "lost entire generation") is the entire content of "hope and change" UTUSN Mar 2014 #27

Oh, I don't know, Barack Hussein Obama was the first black prez; that's babylonsister Mar 2014 #62

I'll match your List of Accomplishments myself, but i LOVYA YOU N/T UTUSN Mar 2014 #63

Heckuva Job, Bushie. Jamastiene Mar 2014 #28

How bad was Bush? The Wizard Mar 2014 #32

I'm waiting for the NADER! NADER! crowd to thank Nader voters. beerandjesus Mar 2014 #33

I never have had anything good to say about this asshole.... zappaman Mar 2014 #34

They grew up watching Baker and Rove steal 2 elections for the GOP. Rex Mar 2014 #38

Probably due to millennials having friends killed and wounded due to the war on terror. Crowman1979 Mar 2014 #40

Hopefully they'll know that Reaganomics was disaster and has done more harm than good > YOHABLO Mar 2014 #41

Might the facts of the DUBYA dynasty be forever chiseled into the granite throughout this bkanderson76 Mar 2014 #42

George HW Bush did it for me. HOWEVER, the DEMS are fast losing me, too. blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #43

They're counting on voter suppression and gerrymandering to make up for that (eom) StevieM Mar 2014 #44

One generation tends to influence the next. merrily Mar 2014 #45

That is why Bush Sr. cried.... AnneD Mar 2014 #46

Its all about Bush/Cheney and 12T 12kbush Mar 2014 #47

The Baby Boomers were once liberals FiveGoodMen Mar 2014 #48

Don't get too comfortable with the younger generation. RoccoRyg Mar 2014 #49

This is good, but Dems have yet to achieve anything great yet as a result of this Repug decline. reformist2 Mar 2014 #50

That's all fine and good, but will they vote in the mid terms? B Calm Mar 2014 #52

I don't care WHAT gets rid of them, just so something does. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #53

Maybe he'll find them hiding with the WMDs. PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #55

They spent all the money on war and tax cuts for millionaires lovemydog Mar 2014 #58

It may turn out to be Turbineguy Mar 2014 #60

When you practically take down the whole world, after awhile, people start to notice: Jefferson23 Mar 2014 #61

W.Bush yankee dandee Mar 2014 #64

You ask "why don't Democrat elected politicians support Obama better? " muriel_volestrangler Mar 2014 #65