You make a lot of great points, Holly. But you’ve saying the same stuff I said during the 80’s, when I couldn’t believe my country would elect an idiot actor as President. Don’t lump boomers and Reagan in the same breath. Millions of us protested Viet Nam, and campaigned against the Gipper… and Bush I… and W.
As I’ve written before, don’t let your anger create a false equivalency between Hillary and GOP candidates. The main reason this country got f*cked by George W Bush is because people bought into the lie that both parties are the same.
We need to work hard to avert the potential disaster of a Trump presidency (or worse — trust me, you have no idea what those other idiots will do).
Millenials and Gen Xers are now a large enough population demographic that you can influence EVERY election, not just the pat-yourself-on-the-back, look-we-elected-a-black-guy president every four years.
When the wunderkinds of 2008 didn’t bother to show up in 2010, the GOP took over a sh*t load of State Legislatures. Result? The attack on womens’ reproductive rights and health issues. Between 2010 and 2014, 231 anti-choice bills have passed State Legislatures throughout the country.
Do I have your attention now?
In 2010, GOP control of State Legislatures meant they could gerrymander voting districts and ensure a surreal modern example of taxation without representation. In 2012, Obama won almost 1 million more votes than Romney in four states: Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Democrats won all four Senate races in those states. And even though there were more total Democratic votes for the House, the Republicans won a 69% majority of House seats (39–17).
I hope this bothers you a little.
Finally, Harvard study estimates that the refusal to expand medicaid by 25 GOP controlled states will result in “eight million people remaining uninsured, and up to 17,000 premature and avoidable deaths.”
So instead of being repulsed, how about getting enraged enough to work with the millions of boomers who never lost their moral compass and kick some ass in 2016. Bernie’s going to fight that fight, regardless of how the primaries go.
