When you compare the baby boom generation to the ones that came before it — yes, they were America’s worst. That stated, you can’t indict all boomers, obviously. My father, and many Freepers of Boomer age certainly should not be held accountable for what the boomer politicians did in the 70s, 80s, 90s etc. if they didn’t vote for them, etc.
Nancy Pelosi and Papa Tulane are about as opposite as you can get.
Worst Generation? Yeah,if you believe the construct fabricated by the Left, the media, and the ‘Hell, No! We won’t go!’ crowd [you know the weasels that wormed their way into government and the educational system]. For another view, check the 58,000 plus names on the Wall in D.C, or take a look at the number of us who served, came back, and got on with our lives [to little thanks and no acclamation].
I don’t normally go to blog pimper’s sites, but I had to read you drivela bout baby boomers. You seem to think all of today’s ills are the cause of boomers. You must be one of those from the Generation Losers. This boomer bashing stuff really gets me.
There are good boomers and bad boomers. The bad boomers grew up to become Democrats.
And that is precisely why the Republican party has two things they must do:
First, they must choose someone who is a genuine conservative, not merely someone who has collected enough chits, or has enough money to buy the nomination. The nominee must be a fighter, courageous and unafraid of the heat of battle because it will be intense and intensely personal. They must be someone who understands the issues on a deep level. They must be able to articulate those issues and the proposed solutions, not given to platitudes and catch phrases.
To be candid, I have not seen that person emerge yet. The nomination process needs to be intense, a fire that forges and reveals the eventual candidate's true strength. I genuinely hope that kind of person is in the race but despite the passion of current supporters, no one has yet truly separated themselves from the pack.
Second, once the nomination is settled, conservatives and right-leaning people must close ranks behind that person. Whining, petty dissension and withholding of support simply because the nominee does not fulfill each and every ideological litmus test on each and every issue will only serve to weaken the party and the conservative movement as a whole. If you get 85% or 90% of your wish list, then shut up, work to get them elected and keep the pressure up through other means, especially through the Congress. Any other alternative ill-conceived and Quixotic third parties or simply staying home in protest will guarantee four more years of Obama. Four more years of implementing his anti-American agenda and this time, without the constraint of concern over re-election. If he is re-elected he will consider himself answerable to the people even less than he does now and I, for one, shudder to think how that will play out.
This will be an election that determines whether the America envisioned by our founders will continue or whether America will try to duplicate the failures of every socialist, communist and totalitarian experiment that humanity has attempted. In many ways the life of the Republic is determined by every election. This time, without real change, the condition of the patient may be terminal.
I agree that my generation are spoiled brats. But I will not be blamed for the Sexual Revolution. That credit belongs to our parents that produced all of us Boomers.
Your rant is a fail.
All pseudo-profundity aside, the secret to the ‘60s is simply that half the US population came to be under the age of 25.
Boomers have not, as you claim, been running the country for the past few decades. Neither Nancy Pelosi nor Harry Reid, for instance, are boomers.