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Bernie Sanders

eridani

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19. Oddly enough, most social movement meetings have an odd age split

Reply to sadoldgirl (Original post)

Mon May 4, 2015, 04:51 AM

May 2015

Half are Millennials and the other half old farts like me who still think that the New Deal was a great idea. The people in the middle are, of course, juggling jobs and kids and don't have too much time for meetings.

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Well, I attended a "house party for Bernie" yesterday. [View all] sadoldgirl May 2015 OP

A lot of younger voters are jaded because Obama was not as transformative as they wished peacebird May 2015 #1

On the other hand, those are dependable voters. blm May 2015 #2

Okay, but I thought that Bernie talked sadoldgirl May 2015 #3

I think blm has a good point about younger voters. I live in a college town emulatorloo May 2015 #4

Excuse me, I live under a rock? Manifestor_of_Light May 2015 #5

PDA= Progressive Democrats (of) America sadoldgirl May 2015 #6

The organizers for the house parties vive la commune May 2015 #7

Thanks, I will pass this on. sadoldgirl May 2015 #10

Hang on a sec. Wilms May 2015 #8

They were wrong about OWS. The endorsement for Bernie came from the original organizers of OWS sabrina 1 May 2015 #9

Right, I tried to tell them this, sadoldgirl May 2015 #12

Not to worry, I watched the website when they were organizing as we had heard that some group sabrina 1 May 2015 #15

will the 20 somethings vote for their great granpa figure? nt msongs May 2015 #11

Did they not do so with their demigod Raycon? sadoldgirl May 2015 #13

YES BrotherIvan May 2015 #14

Definitely! Because no one speaks for them the way Bernie does. sabrina 1 May 2015 #16

So are we dragging the tired canard TM99 May 2015 #17

My youngest son, 24, is on board. mmonk May 2015 #18

Oddly enough, most social movement meetings have an odd age split eridani May 2015 #19