Reply #50: I've overlooked and forgiven a lot of things Obama has said,

[PatSeg]

but his references to "baby boomers" and the sixties was just too much for me.

I've tried to convey to my children the way life used to be in that "golden era" of the fifties - a time when birth control was illegal, abortions were performed by hacks in dark corners of society, drinking fountains and washrooms could be designated "colored" and "white", schools were segregated, women could be refused a job or a promotion because she might get pregnant, a landlord could discriminate against a person because of race, religion, or nationality, and all positions of power politically and in business were held by white men.

No generation is perfect and there were mistakes made, but the changes that came about in the cultural revolution of the sixties and seventies are now taken for granted by those who were not around to see how they came about.

To my mind, Senator Obama has alienated a huge segment of voters. His statements trivialize the changes that were made, changes that give him the opportunity to be a viable candidate for president of the United States. I am offended and I think I have that right. I was there and he wasn't. Any appeal he had for me is lost now. I will be angry for a long time.