Reply #72: Are you offended with my reply? I hope not. [View All]

[freshwest]

I didn't say I was any of those things, nor did I say most, and most certainly not anyone here.

The question was why seniors DID vote for the GOP, not why seniors DID NOT vote for the GOP.

You gave me an example of why NOT, and I know plenty of people just like you, who are my buds.

But I know several seniors personally, even in my own family, who do sit in front of the idiot box all day long and listen to Glenn Beck etc. They have become terrified of Muslims, Mexicans and all sorts of things they never had before.

They call me up breathless with anxiety and outrage over what they heard on FOX today. It's gotten to the point I can't converse with them logically on any point. Some of my friends are also having the same problem with their senior and not-so-senior friends, too.

They are shut-ins and the TV is all they have for company. Its pretty bad company. Oh, and they DID vote for the Tea Party candidates with their mail-in ballots. It happens.

As far as the evil eye goes, the only time mine has been connected to cable was during the 2008 inauguration. I disconnected it again just as it has been for half a decade.

So you have a great Sunday night, since we're all Democrats here. I apologize if you think this was a generalization of people here and I've certainly seen a lot in life myself.

And I'm not scared, but know people who are scared and it's from realizing things they didn't know before and media hysteria.

Do you have a reason to explain why as the OP says that seniors voted Republican?

BTW. I am a very liberal, life-long Democrat and a senior who has worked in political, civil rights and environmental campaigns since I was 15 years old and became a union steward at the age of 20. So you're in good company here.