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LiveNudePolitics

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1. Great Advice

Reply to calimary (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2012, 03:18 PM

Aug 2012

I talk to maybe 45 to 50, older white guys in the course of my job every day. 'Freaking out' is putting it mildly! About 50% of these men, in the 50 to 80 year range are stuck in the 'this is the worst president ever' mode. I felt compelled to beg for sane thought for November on my blog: Senior Voter They refuse any attempts at reasonable discourse, and shouting about Obama is a frequent occurrence...if there is a second Obama administration there may be a million strokes shortly after the election results come in.

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Great read in the LA Progressive website! "Message to My Fellow White People." [View all] calimary Aug 2012 OP

Great Advice LiveNudePolitics Aug 2012 #1

Welcome to DU! calimary Aug 2012 #2

I know I wasn't 'posed to ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #3

Not at all! And I expect that when minorities in this country are no longer minorities, calimary Aug 2012 #4

Native Americans tama Aug 2012 #6

Exactly. Indicative of a MUCH more sophisticated and highly-evolved culture. calimary Aug 2012 #7

Naive question tama Aug 2012 #5

There's a TON of stuff Eric Holder hasn't done that's URGENT. calimary Aug 2012 #8

I know the answer to one of your questions tama Aug 2012 #9

Actually, I knew about that one. One of the most galling things, for me, that Obama's administration calimary Aug 2012 #10

On the other hand tama Aug 2012 #11