tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post6814751088441986520..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: The Boomers Done It?Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-43647005603600900672012-05-27T09:00:28.525-05:002012-05-27T09:00:28.525-05:00As a baby-boomer, I want to say that I am perfectl...As a baby-boomer, I want to say that I am perfectly capable of finding low-quality news online.<br /><br />By the way, World War II didn't officially end until September.Scott Monjenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-60227389042687114872012-05-25T23:28:51.521-05:002012-05-25T23:28:51.521-05:00I think your brother is more or less entirely corr...I think your brother is more or less entirely correct. The Boomers do run everything, it seems. Their biases and prejudices explain sooo much about the current political scene (global warming? nah. Russia? Not to be trusted!). You mention pre-boomers, and of course the boomers are old and the old are more conservative, and what do conservatives prefer, the younger or older? So yes, boomers will tend to vote older than themselves on average. Not that the age is that important, but the authenticity in the cultural messaging will work better.<br /><br />Hang on, though, because let's not lay low the Boomers. There's also the major advancements in medicine allowing for far more of the advanced age-ed. It's new for them to be in such numbers at such ages, and it's new for us younger types to have to deal with such a large aged cohort exerting political influence based on what they saw on Fox News and unable to read quality newspapers because all the quality news is online - an environment their cohort has a hard time coping with. At least, let's say they generally lack the discerning sophistication of their younger counterparts as far as online anything. (witness the chain sham emails)<br /><br />So yeah, we have a political and social problem here.Jim N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15651713425784877378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-78405172583935791322012-05-25T23:04:24.208-05:002012-05-25T23:04:24.208-05:00I was born in the Summer of 1963, i.e. before Kenn...I was born in the Summer of 1963, i.e. before Kennedy died, but also before the cultural world that existed before that was any kind of reality to me.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775174720796915716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-78800141169926519482012-05-25T14:44:30.345-05:002012-05-25T14:44:30.345-05:00Thompson...I mean, I really, really, don't thi...<i>Thompson...I mean, I really, really, don't think he's going to get the nomination...</i><br /><br />Why not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com