03-06-2020, 07:14 AM
Is this going to be their big chance? Finally, a Silent generation President? Personally I am disappointed in this primary but these guys deserve a post. And I wonder if the nominee (either one) might actually be able to beat Trump.
Silents of the Week: Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
by Steve
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Well, after all that, the Democratic primaries have come down to two members of the Silent Generation. I'm a little disappointed in the Democratic party electorate; I was really hoping they would go with someone younger, given all those choices. I know that sounds ageist, but it's not that I'm against old white men (I plan to be one some day). I just think the Democratic party needs to represent transformative change; it needs to look to the future. Rallying around a politician from the oldest living generation, who served in a previous administration, is looking to the past. It speaks of an electorate that is afraid. I can understand why people are afraid, but don't we remember that fear is the killer? That fear itself is the greatest danger?
At least Elizabeth Warren, my personal choice, although she is 70 years old is at least a Boomer. That's the generation that should be providing us with a champion on the left to fight against the reactionary politics of the Trumpian right. But alas, it is not to be.
I hope one of these two guys is up to the task. I'll choose Sanders in the primary, and whichever one wins the nomination will get my #NeverTrump vote. And for coming out on top on Super Tuesday, and showing that their generation just won't quit, I name Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden the Silents of the week.
Silents of the Week: Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
by Steve
Well, after all that, the Democratic primaries have come down to two members of the Silent Generation. I'm a little disappointed in the Democratic party electorate; I was really hoping they would go with someone younger, given all those choices. I know that sounds ageist, but it's not that I'm against old white men (I plan to be one some day). I just think the Democratic party needs to represent transformative change; it needs to look to the future. Rallying around a politician from the oldest living generation, who served in a previous administration, is looking to the past. It speaks of an electorate that is afraid. I can understand why people are afraid, but don't we remember that fear is the killer? That fear itself is the greatest danger?
At least Elizabeth Warren, my personal choice, although she is 70 years old is at least a Boomer. That's the generation that should be providing us with a champion on the left to fight against the reactionary politics of the Trumpian right. But alas, it is not to be.
I hope one of these two guys is up to the task. I'll choose Sanders in the primary, and whichever one wins the nomination will get my #NeverTrump vote. And for coming out on top on Super Tuesday, and showing that their generation just won't quit, I name Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden the Silents of the week.
Steve Barrera
[A]lthough one would like to change today's world back to the spirit of one hundred years or more ago, it cannot be done. Thus it is important to make the best out of every generation. - Hagakure
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[A]lthough one would like to change today's world back to the spirit of one hundred years or more ago, it cannot be done. Thus it is important to make the best out of every generation. - Hagakure
Saecular Pages