Political Implications Of Today's Generation Gap
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-06-27/political-implications-todays-generation-gap
Some say the gap between younger and older Americans over economic, social and political issues is wider than at any time since the the 1960s. We explore what this could mean for federal spending priorities and the outcome of the 2012 election.
Guests
David Leonhardt
Washington bureau chief, The New York Times.
Karlyn Bowman
resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
Morley Winograd
senior fellow,USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy
co-author of Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube and the Future of American Politics (Rutgers University Press:
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Today’s panelists provided a balanced assessment of how Millennials as a group tend to think and how they see the world. It was refreshing to hear that Millennials are not pointing fingers. They understand that each generation is facing unique and difficult challenges. They are anxious to find solutions to the problems that challenge all generations, now and in the future. Most heartening: they understand that it’s not a fight, it’s a family.
Our legislators and policy makers need to heed the Millennials and reach across the aisles to find solutions that benefit each generation without harming any other. One of the panelists noted that the generations need to have a serious discussion about the issues. Let the conversation begin.
ec - I DID NOT say that anyone who I disagree with is ignorant & bigoted. BUT anyone who believes Obama is a Muslim, wasn't born in America, hasn't shown his "real" birth certificate is absolutely, without a doubt dumb as a rock & most likely a racist to boot. I will also add any Rush, Glenn Beck, etc listeners to that category as well.
So ec - The CORRECT way to refer to the party is the DemocratIC Party. I guess you have no problem calling Republicans "republics"...right???? Sheesh.
soundpam wrote:
"most likely a racist to boot."
Why?
"I will also add any Rush, Glenn Beck, etc listeners to that category as well."
Why?
I occasionally listen to both - and so do many on the left. I guess we're all racist bigots! Pam, you are too much!
soundpam wrote:
"I guess you have no problem calling Republicans "republics"...right????"
But that doesn't make any sense, pam. Republicans are in the Republican Party.
So why aren't Democrats in the Democrat Party?
soundpam wrote: "without a doubt dumb as a rock & most likely a racist to boot. I will also add any Rush, Glenn Beck, etc listeners to that category as well."
Diane Rehm listens to Rush Limbaugh, she has said so on several occasions. Guess that makes her dumb and racist.
eckgbehrt wrote:They're Democrats, right? So why aren't they the "Democrat Party?" Why is that a "slur"?
They aren't the "Democrat Party" because that's not their name.
It's not OK with me, or any Democrat I know to refer to our party incorrectly. Democrats belong to the Democratic Party.
It's that simple. I don't know why so many people suddenly "have trouble" with it. I can only assume they do it on purpose.
When someone or something is purposely and pointedly called anything other than their correct name which they prefer, whatever that name may be, it is a slur. It's an attack. Albeit a sneaky, cowardly one, in this case.
I call the Republicans' party by its correct name, which is the Republican Party. Though, I have often been tempted to call them far, far worse.
But that would only get me cheers from my side. What it wouldn't do, is help convince my Republican and "conservative" voting friends that their leaders often are going in the wrong policy directions.
Because that's what it's all about, isn't it? Leading, and governing, and representing the best interests of the citizens and the country.
Name-calling, bullying, sleight-of-hand, purposefully stepping on toes,
and playing dumb will only get you so far, and then people---even Republicans--- finally see through it.
I hope I answered your question.
I woke up this morning -- a 57 year old mother of a 17 year old son who stayed up way too late last night watching The Guns of Navarone. I would be considered a boomer although I resent the tag because nothing has been done to give us and our parents any measure of dignity or respect for generations of service, courage or protest ... Ongoing I might add in that the financials are lacking and we are still rocking it -- You all are nuts to disrespect us born in the 50s ... Totally fucking nuts.
I'm not a boomer. Get smart and apologize to your audience. I'm of that generation of women who fought like hell downtown, assholes, between 1980 and 2000.
I have to disagree with the view expressed by a couple of your guests that the Millennials are more into self-reliance than their predecessors. Instead, they have been raised in a world where the government (i.e. other people/taxpayers) provides school breakfast and lunch, daycare, cell phone service, WIC, housing assistance, medical care - shifting the burden from the individual to the group to a degree unprecedented in our history. They simply expect these things to be provided by others and they want that concept expanded - evidently unconcerned, as youth often are, that we not only can't afford the day-to-day cost of these services, but that their neighbors owe $15 trillion (borrowed from other nations, how's that for self-sufficiency) for the services they enjoyed in the past. I think the proof is in the pudding - if they were truly into self-reliance they wouldn't avail themselves of the services provided by our unsustainable bureaucracy, and would support only legislation that didn't make the group responsible to pay for the wants of the individual.
MDavey wrote:
"eckgbehrt wrote:They're Democrats, right? So why aren't they the "Democrat Party?" Why is that a "slur"?"
"When someone or something is purposely and pointedly called anything other than their correct name which they prefer, whatever that name may be, it is a slur. It's an attack. Albeit a sneaky, cowardly one, in this case."
Like purposely misspelling someone's screen name on the DR Show MB?
To quote someone near and dear to you:
'Name-calling, bullying, sleight-of-hand, purposefully stepping on toes,
and playing dumb will only get you so far ...
I hope I answered your question."
Yeah, you answered my question. You are as partisan and ham-handed as the people you criticize.
I never and do not use the term "Democrat" party mostly for the reasons you cite. Go back and review my posts on these boards. I just asked the question in response to someone else's outrage. But thanks for outing yourself.
ecgberht on June 27, 2012 @ 3:22 pm wrote: “I don't agree with you on much, but for this you get post of the month! Nice catch!”
Calm down, I’m sure the feeling will pass.
;-)
Now, eggie, if you could only be bothered to get my name right!