One can decry "age discrimination" until one is blue in the face -- it won't change how the general public thinks/feels. And some degree of meeting the public where they are at, rather than where one thinks they ought to be, is necessary if one wants to win. Do we want to win, or do we want to be self-righteous?

Any tips?

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That was funny.

It’s not what Obama said. You can see that from the excerpt.

It’s a trash site.

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I'm not convinced that the young understand "the immediate struggles that folks are going through" for older people either.

Will that benefit seniors?

1. An addiction to perceived power and actual income.

2. Minimizing effort in their jobs.

3. Keeping young upstarts at bay.

Obama is one of the few smart enough to realize there is a point at which you have peaked and it is time to retire.
But few are.

There is a lower age limit for being in politics, why not an upper limit?

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There were a couple of paid operatives who were older but the vast majority of his "crew" were young.

Edited to add that virtually everyone in my kid's high school wanted to vote for him. Sometimes it's more about attitude than age.

Bernie wasn’t the candidate. Then he voted for … yep! 🤦‍♀️

our economic system and Bernie shouts it from the rooftops. But most older entrenched politicians don't seem to care.

Yoda doesn't have a position student loans or gender rights. My kids and her friends like Yoda, but they aren't fatuous.

Regardless, it would seem prudent to target young people even if they can't yet vote. In pursuit of that goal, our local Democrats have started a voter education and outreach to engage teenagers - similar to a program engage with new immigrants.

Heck, our youngest started way before high school. She was put in an advanced placement class in the 6th grade. They spent half a semester studying the election. They took it very seriously. Four years later she accompanied me to this event:

https://democraticunderground.com/128089344#

He hasn't been corrupted by his time in office.

Thank you President Obama.

Haaaaaahahahahaha. Just kidding.

That's unlikely to happen.

But I'd hate to see Gen X shoved aside early. Some of them have been in office learning the ropes and waiting for their turn. Doesn't mean they should be put out to pasture with the older generations just because they aren't as social media saavy. They can hire staff for that, you know ...

I think Schumer knows he's a drain on the party, but doesn't care. There's AIPAC and Wall Street to serve.

"There is an element of, at some point, you age out. You’re not connected directly to the immediate struggles that folks are going through.”

I personally like to see all the generations represented, in the workplace, in government, in the movies, you name it. I think that is the healthiest way to function.

I saw a lecture by a historian once where he said that one of Truman's favorite jokes was (I'm paraphrasing because i don't remember it exactly).

The reason the Senate has the Committee on Foreign Relations and the House of Representatives has the Foreign Affairs Committee is because Senators are too old to have affairs.

I am SICK of seeing the same old faces for DECADES - PASS THE FUCKING BATON ALREADY.

He’s not saying all older leaders need to opt out but they should have been a mentor for a while now because of course, we need experience. The younger generation he’s talking about know how to connect with younger voters and get them involved. There are many in the House n Senate that need to step aside as times and techniques have changed and so must the way they’re met.

The speaker is Xioma. He is a savant on languages and has a youtube channel. @xiaomanyc
Watch and think about this.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oj4wYbiP6V8

Lots of takeaways.
https://m.

This may be the wisest thing he has ever said.

And, he has said some wise things.

This is the main problem with our governmental entity. We have allowed them to create a new 'nobility' class. They are not connected to the population in general, and they want it that way. We suffer from this every day. They don't care about us, except as to how many of us are making them richer.

But, we won't change it. Because the programming worked.

Hire young people, run young candidates.

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