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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:02 PM Original message |
Why Are Older Voters Afraid Of Change? |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. why are young voters so undependable? nt. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. because they don't like the same old, same old |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. yeah it does. nt. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. no, it doesn't |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. i'm 52 |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
51. Good for you - youngster! - us old folks might want change-not talk - -or someone more Left than O - |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Watch the broad brushing. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:05 PM Original message |
LOL |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
49. Okay, I'll forgive you. |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
54. I am a babyboomer and have been putting as much distance |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
78. I hope you don't support Obama.... |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:38 PM Original message |
Really? I am way over 30 and Hillary is the last person I'd vote for. |
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water (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. As an Obama supporter... |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. well, then hesitent....whatever word works best for you |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. Honey, I've been looking for change |
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MediaBabe (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. So true. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. I know... |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
38. Eh yup. |
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Yavapai (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
122. I worked in the JFK campaign |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. What kind of broad generalization is that?! |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. just going by the data |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. What does the data say about Edwards and Kucinich voters? n/t |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. it doesn't |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. So the basis for your generalization is flawed. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. you don't know that |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. Whoever becomes President will have to deal with Congress |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. Playing the Age card now? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. heh |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. LOL |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. ROFL. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. The problem is... |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. Because we've seen enough of change to know that Change is usually Bad |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
99. Why doesn't Hillary's lobbying money=corruption to you? We need a change away from that. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. A lot of things look different the third or fourth time you see them |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. Most older voters want change |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yep, older folks are so terrified by change |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. How is he radically different? |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
57. Good point |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
81. One thing that Obama can't change.... |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. Maybe they have been around long enough to know bologna when they see it. |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm 60 |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. Not afraid of change - we just don't want his idea of change. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. I dont't think anyone is afraid of change. I'm sure not, and I'm 64! |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. My dear Magic Rat, |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
75. great response n/t |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
100. Please reconsider Obama. He's not perfect, but he's America's best shot now. |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
29. It's natural. the older you are the more set you are in your ways... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. out of curiosity |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
71. : ). |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. Well my mother is over 60 and the baby boomer remark really upset her. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
72. It pissed me off too. |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
76. Yep, that's how a lot of us took it... |
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anamandujano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
32. Everybody wants change. |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
33. "Same old" reeks of Nader. The election of 2000 was a tremendously significant thing to |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
34. Change is as shallow a slogan as your age generalization. |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
35. If the old car runs fine why waste the money on a new one? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
53. what money? |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
80. What radical change has Obama suggested? He is a new face. What else? |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #53 |
87. you made me look |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #87 |
106. depends on what you want included |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #53 |
92. I happen to already own the old one ought right. I also will keep |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
36. It all comes back to older citizens as you say over 60 looking |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. Because they assume that they have what they have, their lives are what they are, because |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
39. this old lady isn't afaid of much- least of all change- |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
42. Maybe when people get giddy that the economy is going to crash |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #42 |
94. It will be the economy, stupid, IMHO. |
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loveangelc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
45. because they like the past and reflecting on the past. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
95. So does Obama. |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
46. Painting with a broad brush |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #46 |
60. I'm obviously not saying EVERYONE |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
47. That's an untrue statement. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
48. cuz we know better? n/t |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
50. I'm 47. |
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sandyj999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
55. I have no problem with change I've lived with change all my life |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
56. Perhgaps they aren't as easily swayed |
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ursi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
58. people become comfortable in their ways and can't change sometimes? |
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sunonmars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
59. Its just because we are better at spotting bullshit. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. so every candidate nominated by the party |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
61. Afraid of change? Supporting a woman for President isn't change enough? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. there's degrees of change |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #65 |
96. I still don't understand why you think Obama is.. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #96 |
108. becaues he's not part of the old guard |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #108 |
129. Part of what old guard? |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
62. I am 56 |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. fine |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
77. Because |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
64. trotting out donnie and the anti-gay gospellers is change? |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Don't forget invoking Reagan. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #64 |
89. Oh, snap! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
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HughLefty1 (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
69. How about the young voters? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. young people not voting in as large numbers |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
70. Change? |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
74. You know what... |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. I do respect all you old farts |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #74 |
83. Ugh |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #74 |
84. ..... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #74 |
86. wow...you're only 50? |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
79. o...m..g... |
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ElizabethDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
85. What about young folks who aren't voting for Obama? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #85 |
90. i'm juts going by the numbers |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
88. Don't be so sure about change with us |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
91. Come on, don't do that. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
93. I think you have a faulty premise. Prehaps they are not afraid of change |
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comradebillyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
97. I am 60 and a viet nam vet and I have been |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #97 |
102. Hey, sorry. If we're overzealous and we come across as arrogant... |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #102 |
127. Yeah right.... |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #97 |
111. well, that was a mature response |
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comradebillyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #111 |
117. you wouldn't have a clue about maturity nt |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #117 |
121. see post 119. |
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Upfront (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
98. I support change |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
101. Not me - I'm now - ugh - 55!!! - hey - I get the senior discounts now!!! |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
103. How does Obama represent anything new? His ideas and campaign strategy are very very old |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. I've asked him that several times now. |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. Well, for one he represents racial unity--that's new. Only that's not all he represents... |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #103 |
110. HE is new |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. If I judged candidates based on polygenic phenotype as opposed to stances and rhetoric |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. he doesn't represent a new base of support? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #113 |
115. How do you give Obama sole credit for that? GOP solidarity is weak and diffuse |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #115 |
118. is any other Democrat getting those votes? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Yes. Hillary has picked up some of them, and will particularly in SC, I'd wager |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #113 |
126. Except the I's flocked to McCain in New Hampshire.. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
107. Dennis Kucinich represents change. John Edwards maybe represents change. |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
109. I support Obama and I'm over 50, but ... |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
114. Dude. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #114 |
119. I think I worded my headline post inappropriately |
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ArkySue (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
116. Not afraid of change... |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
123. Because Your definition of "change" may not be "one size fits all"? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #123 |
124. true |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
125. I don't see anything radically different politically between & about the two leading candidates, |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
128. because around the corner - a BIG "change" is comming... |
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130. Older voters helped put Bush in the WH |
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