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Techguyeric1 t1_j7jl2gg wrote

Unfortunately Gen X will be the new boomers, and I'm a very late Gen Xer (born in 1980) there will always be elderly people who voted heavily more than younger generations.

As people get older they tend to start to vote more conservative as they feel that things are getting more out of their realm of control.

Most boomers were teenagers in the 60s and would have been the liberals of the time, yet they are mostly conservative now.

It'll happen to my generation as most are now at that age where the latch key kids see the coddling of kids as they are becoming soft.

It's a vicious cycle really and will only be stopped when younger generations start to take public office seriously, and fight for the change they want.

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Fiyanggu t1_j7jkwnx wrote

I wonder if he still pounds the pavement every morning. I remember they made a big deal of his jogging every day when he was in office. I don't recall Obama doing much jogging, but Clinton also did a lot of jogging while in office.

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AceBlade258 t1_j7jgrhw wrote

lol, TIL I'm a 9/11 conspiracy theorist: something about "We can talk about it af-... at the next event." makes me all 'Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...' But like, it was Dubyuh.

Edit to be clear: I remain on the same 90% confidence that 9/11 was genuine act of "terror".

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rbrutonIII t1_j7jgltg wrote

Regardless how you feel about him, I think most people would agree he would be a great person to have a dinner with.

He seems like the type of person that even if you disagree you can have an amicable productive conversation, and maybe even crack a joke or two in between. Hard to find these days.

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