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The Generation Divide
OK--I've got an interesting question. Since so many young people are voting for Obama, and so many middle-aged people are voting for Clinton, I'd like to know how many of those young Obama voters are still living in their Clinton-voting parents' homes?
I'm a Clinton supporter, and I have under my roof not only my adult Obama supporter son, but his best friend and wife, who are also Obama supporters.
I sure hope this Obama fellow finds a way to give my household change I can count on!!
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Comments (14)
LOL, thanks!
April 29, 2008 10:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
There is a good chance that your children are under your roof because of the policies that continued by the GOP from Reagan to GWB *including Bill Clinton*. In other words, credit and debt swollen policies and encouraging people to take on more private debt.
One of the reasons why things started off so badly for GWB in 2001 economically is that Bill Clinton was lucky to escape the rising tide of bubble-burst just in time. Had not 9/11 happened, we would have recognized the recession that would have come to be a result of the poor fiscal policies from the previous 20 years.
You may want to rethink that idea about another Clinton in the White House -- especially since, this time around, they are even *more* intertwined with Wall Street and the Financial Sector.
April 29, 2008 10:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
No button to click, but I reccomended it anyway (your comment!) :-)
April 29, 2008 10:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ah, Lookingin, been a while since we talked... thanks for the props!
(I'm thinking about a blog on such issues... it's about time to put the myth of "Hillary is just plain folk" to bed. And to remind people how she and her husband are more intertwined with Wall Street than your average GOPer...)
April 29, 2008 10:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Chelsea included.
April 29, 2008 11:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
How old is your son? I fall in the Obama demographic and I've been living on my own since I was 21. But my parents are both Obama supporters and they fall in your demographic but they're also recovering Republicans so, maybe it's a little different.
April 29, 2008 10:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
What's the Obama demographic?
My wife and I are Obama supporters at 54 and 51. When we watched his keynote speech at the '04 convention, I turned to her and said "I think we just saw the first black POTUS."
April 29, 2008 11:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
I said the same thing, and I still think he's terrific. But not as terrific just yet as Hillary!
April 29, 2008 11:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's cool. I just meant the demographic that our machinist friend referred to when he called some of us- "latte-drinking, Birkenstock wearing, Prius driving..." I don't drive a Prius but...
April 29, 2008 11:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
He's 28 and his friend is 29, and his friend's wife is 21. To be honest, they are all very fine people. My son changed careers to start his own business, and we invited him to live at home until he got on his feet. He works his buns off. His friend makes $40,000+ a year and his wife is in college. They were living with his Clinton-voter mom until they had a falling out. They are getting their own apartment on Friday.
I was just havin' some fun with my post because I know so many people in the same circumstance (Clinton parents / Obama kids).
We need some fun and humor on this site really badly, don't you all think?
April 29, 2008 11:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
I live kinda with my parents (over summer), but my household is almost completely Obama supporters now. My mom and I used to debate back and forth in fall (We both liked Biden [although I was the more vocal] and felt that both Obama and Clinton had good ideas but were pandering on foreign policy. Essentially, we debated the change v. experience v. electability thing), and I was the first to decide to vote for Obama. Over months of wheedling and watching my younger sisters also decide to support him, my mom agreed. Besides, she had already been turned off by some of the aggressive accusations of sexism to people who didn't support Clinton (although I am quite aware that both sides do that sort of stuff). My dad is leaning toward McCain, but switched parties to vote for Obama in the primary. I'm still trying to talk him over for the general, though.
April 29, 2008 11:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
My granddad leans McCain. I haven't visited him quite so much in the past as I have this year in order to convince him to go with Obama. I think he enjoys the attention and I have a good feeling that he'll be on our side come November.
April 29, 2008 11:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
I get the same feeling from my dad, only he usually tries to shoo me off the phone/out of the room after five minutes. -_-
April 29, 2008 11:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Heh. I'm forty, and my parents, 73 and 80, and I make up three votes for Obama (and no, I don't live with them. Been on my own for two years now!!.... kidding). My older brother and two older sisters are three more, and two more for in-laws. It ain't just the kids.
April 30, 2008 12:10 AM | Reply | Permalink
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