2016 Postmortem

bravenak

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Thu Feb 11, 2016, 10:29 PM

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To All The Baby Boomers Lecturing Us About Supporting Bernie Sanders [View all] dogknob Feb 2016 OP

I'm a baby boomer. mmonk Feb 2016 #1

Cocaine and the "Me Me Me Decade" FreakinDJ Feb 2016 #76

See my reply #78 below. This must be the new meme du jour, now blaming the Baby Boomers too! nt TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #82

It's the Yuppies, more specifically. Wilms Feb 2016 #2

I'm a boomer and I support Sanders. Binkie The Clown Feb 2016 #3

Every generation needs to go through a George McGovern style landslide. Hoyt Feb 2016 #4

Even my 50-yr-old Bush loving Obama hating sister loves Bernie. He's reaching people. RiverLover Feb 2016 #11

Lots of right wing dads and moms supported McGovern too. Glad you and your sister agree though. Hoyt Feb 2016 #15

So you want to nominate Hillary.... daleanime Feb 2016 #31

Enough of this George McGovern landslide bullshit Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #32

Very similar. But, you can add Mondale, Carter (2nd), Dukakis if you like to your fantasy bull. Hoyt Feb 2016 #45

Do you know anything AT ALL about those elections? Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #48

Your spin was interesting. I see no reason to believe Sanders will fare better. Hoyt Feb 2016 #54

Spin? Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #55

That's what I worry about. Love Bernie but worry he will be another McGovern. kerry-is-my-prez Feb 2016 #56

For crying out loud, he won't be another McGovern! Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #70

dont forget Hoover. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #63

Every generation needs a barack obama election to turn conventional wisdom on its ass. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #62

I'm a Boomer who voted for Carter and Mondale. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #5

+1 farleftlib Feb 2016 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author moondust Feb 2016 #27

When I was a senior in college, after the election hifiguy Feb 2016 #6

I had one of those stickers on my car Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #34

You can blameTed Kennedy for taking his primary fight CentralMass Feb 2016 #7

Carter lead Reagan in the polls shortly after the 1980 convention, John Poet Feb 2016 #28

The Reagan campaign was colluding with the Iranians to delay the hostage release Fumesucker Feb 2016 #41

I'm well aware of the Reagan-Bush treason, but John Poet Feb 2016 #43

How was Carter to know he was being sandbagged at the top by his own countrymen? Fumesucker Feb 2016 #44

That fact that he was sandbagged has little to do with my point. John Poet Feb 2016 #49

How do you know who people "lecturing" you voted for in 1979? Justice Feb 2016 #8

Probability. Half of Boomers voted for Reagan. (nt) jeff47 Feb 2016 #17

Then maybe the OP should go find a Republican forum in which to post this Empowerer Feb 2016 #36

And maybe Clinton surrogates should stop calling Millennials idiots. (nt) jeff47 Feb 2016 #38

I have never called a millennial-or anyone else-an idiot, so take you instructions somewhere else Empowerer Feb 2016 #39

What, specifically, made you think that was directed at you? jeff47 Feb 2016 #40

The Boomers have ALWAYS been a divided generation. 1monster Feb 2016 #85

We are working on making things better. We are being told we can never succeed and to stop trying. jeff47 Feb 2016 #87

You seem to believe that each generation starts with a clean sheet of paper 1monster Feb 2016 #88

You seem to have not actually read my post. jeff47 Feb 2016 #89

No. All people of all ages from the beginning of two or more people banding 1monster Feb 2016 #91

We called them raygun democrats back then. It referred to jwirr Feb 2016 #9

What? All the boomers I know, including myself (slightly pre-boomer), enough Feb 2016 #10

Yes it is. Unfortunately, it appears to be the Clinton campaign's primary young voter outreach. jeff47 Feb 2016 #18

Wow, just wow. Big Blue Marble Feb 2016 #12

As I remember it, boomers didn't think the Greatest Generation was so great, so HereSince1628 Feb 2016 #14

Not so much. jeff47 Feb 2016 #16

Yep bravenak Feb 2016 #30

Um, the OP is linked. Its written by a Millennial. You know, like the ones being lectured to by the RiverLover Feb 2016 #20

Thank you marions ghost Feb 2016 #46

I'm a Sanders-supporting Boomer. And a woman. femmedem Feb 2016 #19

I'm a Gen-Xer not a Boomer melman Feb 2016 #21

So does his "poetry" Tanuki Feb 2016 #64

OMG!! That is supposed to be poetry?! 1monster Feb 2016 #86

I'm a boomer Carolina Feb 2016 #22

More divide-and-conquer bullshit. Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #23

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Wow! Projection much? Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #68

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Rob just doesn't like long-haired hippies. rug Feb 2016 #24

THIS 65 year old boomer supports Sanders. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #25

read the title DonCoquixote Feb 2016 #26

Word dogknob Feb 2016 #50

I'm a pre-boomer lecturing to vote for Sanders. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2016 #29

I'm a baby boomer who voted for Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale and the price of gasoline had Empowerer Feb 2016 #33

I'm a Boomer and a feminst dflprincess Feb 2016 #35

Many of us Baby Boomers opposed Raygun & all the Repuke policies. southerncrone Feb 2016 #37

Bingo! Winning is everything and at any cost. marble falls Feb 2016 #74

As a "boomer"... Liberal Jesus Freak Feb 2016 #42

Stop marions ghost Feb 2016 #47

+1!! southerncrone Feb 2016 #92

thx marions ghost Feb 2016 #93

I'm just stunned by the responses. Did we all miss the Hillary Camp talking down to young RiverLover Feb 2016 #51

I never voted for Reagan so b**w me. You're on Forever Ignored. nt valerief Feb 2016 #52

Thank you very much. I appreciate you looking out for me. n/t dogknob Feb 2016 #53

What a silly thread. I'm a baby boomer and also voted for mondale (too young to vote for McGovern.. kerry-is-my-prez Feb 2016 #57

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Ugh. I hear enough of this from my son cali Feb 2016 #60

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Lol. He would laugh in your face at your claim that I don't listen cali Feb 2016 #67

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Holy fuck! Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #69

What did the troll say? cali Feb 2016 #75

I was responding to his first response to you that had to do Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #77

The notion that someone who wasn't there Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #61

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Here's a hot flash. Back then we only had one vote, too. Vinca Feb 2016 #73

Not sufficient to call Millennials lazy moochers? The new meme is Boomers responsible for Reagan? TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #78

Who in the FUCK is Rob Cotton Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #79

First let's see what your generation does that compares to my generation ... Onlooker Feb 2016 #80

Switch it around? fredamae Feb 2016 #81

Old boomer here Faux pas Feb 2016 #83

Thanks. n/t dogknob Feb 2016 #84

Another female baby boomer who supports Bernie Sanders! avaistheone1 Feb 2016 #90