should older people vote? often their brains are on decline, easily brainwashed

If by absolutely stupid and lame, you mean I was 100% spot on, you are correct. You can deny it all you want, but the proof is in the pudding on each issue. Gingrich and Romney are the GOP front runners because of the old, any person with a brain knows I'm correct on the gay and race issue. That one is in the statistics, my friend.

 

I think if you did some research on Gingrich, you'd be sick to your stomach.

 

Saying that you're correct doesn't mean that you are. But pointing out that your opinion is stupid is pointing out the obvious. You have nothing to support what is a ridiculous generalization.

And what of Ron Paul? He's 76. Do you support him?

 

Newt has proven who he will lead. His cronys. He is a true and perfect example of the type of politicians that brought us to the edge of this cliff. By his own admission. He is proud of it.

People in America just seem to not know what they want from a politician.

The difference between old and young people is that the older people have been told since WWII that communism wants to take over the world and is the largest threat to their existence, as it might of been at a point in history. It no longer is, but you can't shed a lifetime of paranoia that easily. Also, the drug paranoia is very deep seated. The only way to overcome this is to continue to preach logic as RP does. I know this because I am old.

They problem with young people is they have no real life experience, not even enough to know that they don't. They have all the answers without ever having to actually deal with any of the problems. Age will humble them as it has us all.

Ron Paul is a horrible speaker. His solutions are correct, he just doesn't communicate them very well at all. Personally, I have heard enough of slick used car salesmen politicians who have all the answers but never actually fix anything. I don't need a slick speaker, I need someone I can trust to vote for and that is not Newt, or Obama, or Romney. Ron Paul is a simple man, he loves his country more than himself. He will have my vote for that reason. One more thing for the young, you really can't run a country, business, or home for very long without living within your means, this is not what you like to hear, but it is an undisputed fact. Better drum it into your brain.

This is the longest post that i have ever made.

 

Agreed, the guy is a sleaze.

In re the original post...... as an older American I chose not to comment on such an idiotic post other than to say a curious intelligent young person becomes a curious intelligent old person. The difference is in gravitas and experience.

For example I clearly saw the housing bubble for what it was and sold most of my real-estate at the top of the market. How did I do this? Because I have lived thru other bubbles and recognized the societal signs of a bubble. IE, when the "experts" start using words like Can't, Never and Always.

There is a reason most societies revere their elders.

 

ist the reason most old people vote republican their brains have turned to mush

 

Wow, you have it all figured out. A true genius. Do you have a job?

 

You're an old man that debates like a child.. So when I say something, I'm not correct, but when you do, you are? Based on what? What a joke. You saying my opinion is stupid doesn't mean you are correct.

Seriously, look at any poll breakdown from the primaries, and look at the demographics that vote for Paul, and look at the ones who vote for the others. Support for Gay marriage 30 years ago was about 10% nationally, now it's around 50. As far as racial issues go, their was still freaking segregation when a lot of the older voters were young adults. I have concrete facts, and all you are doing is telling me I'm wrong or my opinion is "stupid" based off nothing. And yes, I do support Ron Paul. I agree with him on a large amount of issues, and his views are not typical of your 50+ year old, which is all that matters to me.

You're going to have to try harder, Mr. Jason Bourne. You're failing pretty miserably.

 

Talk about brains on the decline....... didn't realize "most" old people vote republican. I'm an older white guy who voted republican most of his life but have voted democrat for the last 8 or so years, primarily because of the Christian conservative arm of the party and GWB.

 

No offense, but for someone to truly support Ron Paul one has to turn a blind eye to some pretty glaring contradictions to what America is about. I admire his character and the fact that he is so steadfast in his values but some of his stuff is just too far over the top.

He is kind of funny that way..... he will be making his points and I'm agreeing with point, point, point than his next point is like woaaa! Thats just too outrageous. He makes sense for a bit than says something bat(*)(*)(*)(*) crazy.

 

I don't agree with Dr. Paul on everything, however, I do agree with him more than the others. And he's the only one that isn't a bought off puppet. And I don't think anything he says is crazy. Look into the fed and look into our foreign policy a little deeper, and you'll see the status quo is nuts.

 

You know, I felt the same way. And I thought, "Why did he say that?" And I thought about it some more. Then I realized that he was two or three levels deeper into it than I was and that what he was saying made perfect sense. This is not a good thing for a politician to do, but then, RP is not a good politician. Another plus in his column for me.

 

Look at it this way though, your thoughts on an issue are far more detailed and nuanced than you would typically care to take the time time to express to a bunch of strangers on a forum, agree?

Matters of government, particularly matters of state ARE far deeper and many levels more involved than I fear i have knowledge of. So most issues on the forums become pithy little talking point arguments anyway. The actual eventual policy and implementation of policy for these guys is far different than the rhetoric we are hearing now. Look how far Obama drifted to the middle after his election, having to be the president of all the people, not just your party tends to do that.

 

In your expert opinion, based on your rather limited life experience, what is "old?"

How typical of the usual Paultard behavior. Anyone who doesn't blindly follow a man who's living in the late 18th century is villified as old and inconsequential. Yet you support a 76 year old functional ineffective who is a political hypocrite and who has lost any possibility of achieving the Republican nomination. Ron Paul is finished politically. He and his followers are just too retarded to realize it.

Oh, and sonny, I've been practicing medicine for well over thirty years and I'd be happy to stand my intellect up against your childish mindset any day.

 

To me, old, in political terms, is over 50. And this doesn't apply to every person over 50, but most, unfortunately. Seeing as how you've allegedly been practicing medicine for over 30 years, you are very likely over 50. Unless you started as a teenager, which I doubt.

Harp on Ron Pauls age all you want, he doesn't share the same ideas most older folks do politically, which is all that really matters to me. He's functionally ineffective because of the corrupt environment around him, that much should be obvious. The fact that he isn't bought and is a man of principle makes me support him even more. Anyone who supports someone based on sheer popularity and going along with the corrupt status quo is the real retard. Have fun voting for your globalist, corportist selection, whether it be Romney or Gingrich. You and your like are the people destroying this country.

I'm not sure what 30 years of practicing medicine has to do with arguing politics, but I guess that's your superior intellect at work again. Ha. And you should either refute my claim on race and homophobia, or admit I was correct. You should probably do the latter, because, after all, I have facts on my side, and you have absolutley nothing.

Try harder.

 

I feel exactly the same way.

 

Most Republicans are easily brainwashed and don't know (*)(*)(*)(*) about how the country works either. Should you ban conservatives too?

 

LOLOL.. Perhaps you only KNOW a small slice of the elderly.

 

This was in response to the other thread titled "should young people be allowed to vote"... I know a lot of old smart people, and some old retarded people. age has nothing to do with intelect IMO, in other words, this is just another joke thread, and as a joke thread it always floats - crap floats, truth sinks - thats why they always talk about biggest idiots on the media and that is why people select biggest idiots for leaders by watching the media. until one leader will rise up and fix things.

 

Actually most people in this world are too stupid to vote.

 

Would you agree that it goes BOTH ways: people are stupid, and media makes them stupider?

 

I'm gonna have to agree with you on that.

 

Let them vote already...but get them offa the highway and byeway...they are as dangerous or more than teenagers. With their cataracts, diabetes and macular degeneration, they are a pox on the roadway.

 

Do you think they should be made into soylent green?

 

Yeah. We call each other stupid because we do not agree and we fight among ourselves passionately defending our views and attempting to at least make the other side understand what we are saying.

There is a large element out there that has no clue what the hell they believe because they have not been given their opinion by the media yet.