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2016 Postmortem

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts) Mon Feb 8, 2016, 03:25 PM Feb 2016

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Now let me get this straight..a 74 years old supporters are ageist

against a 67 year old.. and visa versa..

Gotta say.. we have finally gone over the proverbial cliff..

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Now let me get this straight..a 74 years old supporters are ageist (Original Post) Peacetrain Feb 2016 OP

Crazy, isn't it? Punkingal Feb 2016 #1

Its a little mind boggling.. that is for sure Peacetrain Feb 2016 #2

If by "over the proverbial cliff" you mean "down the proverbial rabbit hole" yes.... Fumesucker Feb 2016 #3

Over the cliff.. down the rabbit hole.. it all works.. Peacetrain Feb 2016 #5

What is ageist is Gloria Steinem Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #4

Or the over 40 crowd. 840high Feb 2016 #6

As I said.. when you step back and look at it Peacetrain Feb 2016 #7

I will only vote for a candidate that is younger than I. Downwinder Feb 2016 #8

Punkingal

(9,522 posts)

1. Crazy, isn't it?

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 03:28 PM

Feb 2016

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)

2. Its a little mind boggling.. that is for sure

Reply to Punkingal (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 03:28 PM

Feb 2016

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

3. If by "over the proverbial cliff" you mean "down the proverbial rabbit hole" yes....

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 03:29 PM

Feb 2016

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)

5. Over the cliff.. down the rabbit hole.. it all works..

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 03:31 PM

Feb 2016

and makes not a bit of sense either way

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)

4. What is ageist is Gloria Steinem

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 03:30 PM

Feb 2016

claiming young women support Bernie because " “When you’re young, you’re thinking, ‘Where are the boys? The boys are with Bernie.'”.

That remark is not playing well with the under 40 crowd.

840high

(17,196 posts)

6. Or the over 40 crowd.

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 03:31 PM

Feb 2016

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)

7. As I said.. when you step back and look at it

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 03:32 PM

Feb 2016

It makes no sense..

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

8. I will only vote for a candidate that is younger than I.

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 04:52 PM

Feb 2016

Is that ageist or senile?

Or because there are none older?

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