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sgmcenroe

(30 posts)
30. Here too
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 05:29 PM
Feb 2016

I live in western South Dakota, a red hotbed, but I have a lot of FB friends, and like me they are in their 60's, and they are almost universally for Bernie. It is not only the millennials going for Sanders.

All of my old fart friends and acquaintances, The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #1
Here too sgmcenroe Feb 2016 #30
Mom's 78 and just convinced her RW friend to listen to what Bernie has to say. Dustlawyer Feb 2016 #61
Old cat lady for Bernie. 840high Feb 2016 #31
Cause we old farts remember how Goverment is supposed to work Wellstone ruled Feb 2016 #2
What s/he said. sarge43 Feb 2016 #9
And we never bitched about paying taxes cause Wellstone ruled Feb 2016 #18
I'm in my seventies and I volunteer at the local Democratic Party Hdqts. Cleita Feb 2016 #3
Thank You For Sharing This Wonderful News cantbeserious Feb 2016 #4
Honestly, I find it hard to believe HRH has the senior vote or the Baby Boomer vote. in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #5
70 here, and I WISH that the debates would include Social Security, Medicare etc. hedda_foil Feb 2016 #62
Hey, I am only 60 RoccoR5955 Feb 2016 #6
60 here too (in a week or so) and I was talking to another in her early 60s 1monster Feb 2016 #20
60 yo woman here, too merrifield Feb 2016 #28
Another 60 yo for Bernie. My 60 yo hubby is, too. southerncrone Feb 2016 #46
Yet another 60 YO for Bernie!!! chervilant Feb 2016 #54
That is understandable. HubertHeaver Feb 2016 #34
Old Farts for Bernie sarge43 Feb 2016 #7
I am proud to be in that club. jillan Feb 2016 #11
Grey Power: Just because our knees creak doesn't mean our minds do. sarge43 Feb 2016 #13
me 2 840high Feb 2016 #29
I'm 61 and I fart a lot. Do I qualify? Elmer S. E. Dump Feb 2016 #43
60 Here... Totally Pro-Bernie !!! WillyT Feb 2016 #8
At the caucus, last Monday, we had a fairly even distribution of ages for Bernie. Frustratedlady Feb 2016 #10
You bet Old Codger Feb 2016 #12
63 and totally for Bernie! virgdem Feb 2016 #14
Me too! 63 and totally for Bernie! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #23
As am I -- 63 and totally for Bernie!! KansDem Feb 2016 #47
We are many! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #53
You choose your friends well. nt thereismore Feb 2016 #15
Yep! I'm older than you, and my friends are also for Bernie! Duval Feb 2016 #16
I am 66 my partner is 70. We are both Bernie supporters . classykaren Feb 2016 #17
I'm an old fart for Bernie!! nt valerief Feb 2016 #19
mom's your age she and I caucused for Bernie n/t PatrynXX Feb 2016 #21
Glad to hear it, Binkie! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #22
Old fart for Bernie here! Stardust Feb 2016 #24
Two more here PennyK Feb 2016 #25
I've been saying this all along. I'm OLD and I'm voting for an OLD MAN bkkyosemite Feb 2016 #26
Turning 70 this year. bluestateboomer Feb 2016 #27
I'm 72 and Bernie is the candidate I have been waiting for my entire life. Bohunk68 Feb 2016 #32
I'm 67 and all of my old fart friends are voting for Bernie honeylady Feb 2016 #33
62 here. Feeling the Bern! roody Feb 2016 #35
same. like. joanbarnes Feb 2016 #37
Late-middle aged white females (like me) LOVE Bernie, really don't have much use for HRC. joanbarnes Feb 2016 #36
LIKE all comments. I think Us Old Farts (hubby too, c.61) have a lot in common! joanbarnes Feb 2016 #38
Let's hear it for the old farts! MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #39
What?? You say you want to hear some old farts? Well ok. But you asked for it. nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #41
Most of us "old farts" have seen the corruption develop over the last 30 years and rhett o rick Feb 2016 #40
I'm 67 and feeling the Bern!! FiggyJay Feb 2016 #42
I think older people (61) have seen so much crap and are so fed up Elmer S. E. Dump Feb 2016 #44
Im 57 and I can honestly say that none of the people (Democrats) I associate with support hillary bowens43 Feb 2016 #45
72, a woman, and all for Bernie for 2016. JDPriestly Feb 2016 #48
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #49
Another old fart for Bernie. love_katz Feb 2016 #50
62 Pro Bernie 100% !!! SamKnause Feb 2016 #51
I'm 70 - a baby boomer Clifton Feb 2016 #52
I do know that an old fart is as bad as a new one. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #55
We need an 'Old Farts for Bernie' bumpersticker! oldandhappy Feb 2016 #56
Buncha "kids" replying on this thread liam_laddie Feb 2016 #57
I go on Medicare on my birthday next month. My husband has been on it for 8 years mnhtnbb Feb 2016 #58
67 and proud Bernie supporter gblady Feb 2016 #59
O.F.I.T for BERNIE!! StandingInLeftField Feb 2016 #60
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