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pstokely Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 02:08 PM
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would a Gen X candidate get Gen Xers to the polls?
Edited on Thu Jul-31-03 02:08 PM by pstokely
some Xers are old enough to run
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 02:18 PM
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1. I'm 35. I also thought that 1968 was the start.
Or was it 1964?

Either way I doubt we'll rock the national scene until we cross 40 to 45.

Which is only a couple of years away. I'd say 2008 will bring us our first serious candidate.

That is, of course, if Bush hasn't destroyed the World.
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pstokely Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 02:21 PM
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2. do any Xers hold any high positions
?
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lkinsale Donating Member (662 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 02:37 PM
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11. Article II
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.

*****

Barely there yet
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 07:22 PM
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13. 1964
the year I was born. I am definitely Gen X, not a Baby Boomer. Some people think the years between 1960-64 qualify as Gen X too.
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Ishoutandscream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 02:22 PM
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3. Fer shure, totally!
Like, only if, like, Duran Duran will play, like, the inagural.
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Brian Sweat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 02:22 PM
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4. Generation X is over dude.
The young people who are staying away from the polls today are not part of generation X. Gen X was very politically active and got Bill Clinton elected.
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pstokely Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 02:24 PM
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7. GenX has turned Repub
just like the boomers, there was an Xer caller on Limpbaugh today
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hotphlash Donating Member (534 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 02:22 PM
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5. What is the end of Gen-X???
What about us in their mid to late twenties?
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 02:25 PM
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8. 1965 to 1978. You guys are in.
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99aug/9908genx.htm
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wuushew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 02:24 PM
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6. I will vote for Chelsea in 2016
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chadm Donating Member (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 02:27 PM
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9. god damn
I'm tired of the labels here. these words mean nothing.
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 02:44 PM
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12. I don't agree with that sentiment.
There are specific generational characteristics, there have always been generational characteristics.

As to "labels"? Our way of communicating, language, is nothing but "labels".

Perhaps I could agree that the actual "labels" sound silly but the concepts are real.
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 02:31 PM
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10. Probably not
GenXers have only a passing acknowlegement of politics until Boosh usurped the throne.

We despise the Reaganites and Gen Y just frightens and confuses us.
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