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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 03:59 PM Original message |
To the baby boomers whose kids are voting for Obama this Fall: Thank you! |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. You're welcome. |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. That's what I'm talking about. Growing the Democratic party, starting with our own families. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. You're welcome! n/t |
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Dollface (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. My college Junior says the McCain people only come out at night to hang their campaign lit. |
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watercolors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. I have SEVEN grandchildren voting for Obama |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Sounds like a great family tradition, watercolors! nt |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Wow! Look at those states. I'm surprised the candidates aren't personally canvassing you! |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. I've threatened to hold back their allowances if they don't. |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. As long as you also give them a carrot after they vote :-) |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. You're welcome. Son and Daughter-in-law |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Wow, that's sad. Reminds me though of Colbert interviewing Adam Brickley |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Yikes! nt |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. What about us parents who are voting for Obama and sending |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Thank you too! I think we all know that if Obama doesn't win, our retirement $ are going to diminish |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. My boomer Mom is a RW bible thumping nutjob. |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Aw I'm not gonna argue with that! |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Come On Board With Mama Binka Honey |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
75. Done deal! :) |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. You are welcome - and the proudest day of my life was when my |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. You did right by you're country! |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. My GenX daughter can't wait to vote Obama. |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. That's right! It's also a gift to our country that Obama has been able to convince people that they |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. You're welcome....both my children are Democrats and voting for Obama |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. Hopefully these newly minted voters will make a habit of voting too... |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. Thanks |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
50. Yesss!! |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. Let's thank the kids themselves! |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. That is what they always say, that the younger ones started it. |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. Interesting...I'll have to look into that. I wonder if we'll see similar pattern in Nov. |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. Very true. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
23. My Government Major...Obama |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. You're welcome! |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. Nice work with the wing nuts! |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. I have two first time voters |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
54. Well, it's good to know that the Bush years have a silver lining. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. As a Baby Boomer from 1949, thank YOU for thinking I could have an 18-yr-old child! Heh. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I'm a war baby ..just missed Boomerism by |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Hey, I am also a war/post war baby and missed the |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Cool as you should be! My son lives on Kauai and helped give |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Being liberal is so cooooool these days. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I am so proud~ |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm a GenXer but you're welcome! n/t |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. Aw, yay! I guess GenXers do have voting age kids now. The twentieth century is starting to seem very |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #56 |
74. seriously!! hehe.. I can't believe that I have an 18 year old daughter. |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. All three of our voting age |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
57. Three--nice work! I'm just glad they're still voting. Most of my friends in NY don't think it matter |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. This liberal boomer |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
58. Nice work! Fortunately, Palin seems to have decided she also wants to dissuade people from voting |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. My late 20 kids told me this time to vote obama! |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
59. Ah! That's so sweet. |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:11 PM Original message |
You're welcome!! nt |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. You are so very welcome! |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
36. NO VOTE, NO TUITION works for my kids! I don't tell them who to vote for... |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
61. Haha, that's genius. do they have to, like, take a photo of their ballot as evidence? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #61 |
76. One of them drives home so he can vote at the local polling place... |
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Saphire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. My kids are only 15 and 17, but would vote Obama if they could. |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
62. I bet they're having a lot of fun learning about the process though in school. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. LOL, The "Giant Sucking Sound" remark was one of my earliest political memories. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
38. You're welcome |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
63. Well, it's a happy side effect then ;-) |
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mokawanis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
40. All 3 of my kids will vote for Obama |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
64. Nice! Between everybody's kids on this post, I'm feeling pretty good about some of those |
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milkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
41. My 18-yr old will be voting for the second time. In '92 I brought him into the voting booth as a |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
65. So he's a child prodigy of voting! |
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MassLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
42. My daughter turns 18 next week |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #42 |
66. That is fabulous. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. K&R |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
45. You're quite welcome! |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
46. I've been saying it all along that this generation coming on-line is |
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nykiera (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
55. My college juniors |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Nice! I get the feeling there might be a little voting peer pressure going on at colleges these days |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
67. My Boomer parents raised me very well. |
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True_Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
69. Both of my sons are old enough to vote this election |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
70. Raised two solid Obama supporters here |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
71. the pleasure was mine!...they were great kids and all their spouses are Obama peeps too |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
72. My daughter will be voting in her first election at age 19 |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
73. My son and his wife are voting for Obama! |
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