People age 60-65 choose their pick of someone to have dinner with. Barack Obama!

[napi21]

I have to say I was quite surprised because I'd always heard that older people didn't like Obama because their past was very bigoted.

I got my monthly news letter from AARP and 100 Centenarians, of people ages 60-65. Their first choice was Betty White. Their second choice was President Obama. I' very happy to hear it, but still very surprised. Maybe the BS we've been hearing about the feeings of seniors is just that, ALL BS!

[RobertEarl]

1. Ok, I'll accept the invitation

But he has to pick up the tab.

[femmocrat]

2. Gimme a break.

There are a lot of assumptions in your post. Baby boomers are aged 60-65 and what makes you think they have a "very bigoted" past? That is not OLD.

I don't understand your second sentence. Was the news letter from AARP and 100 Centenarians? Or were the centenarians included in the poll?

[napi21]

17. 100 Centenarians is a group or club, and they along with

United Health Care together did the poll.

The term Baby boomers was used in the article & age 60-65 were the age group used in the poll.

I guess I misused the term newsletter, since it's called "The AASRP Bulletin" and it comes in the mail once a month.

BTW, I'm 69, nd 60-65 IS old, as am I, and way too many people I know in that age bracket still consider blacks to be lesser individuals than they are, and people they wouldn't associate with.

[femmocrat]

19. I still disagree.

Not the sixty-somethings who I know. I find that insulting.

[Art_from_Ark]

41. Sixty-somethings were among those fighting for civil rights in the '60s

For example, if Andrew Goodman (one of the civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi in 1964) were alive today, he would be 69.

[Eleanors38]

44. And catching flak for it, then & now.

[femmocrat]

45. Exactly.

And don't call baby boomers "old".

[HockeyMom]

3. Choice between the Ricks (Perry, Walker, or my (sic) Governor

Scott), this Senior, White Woman would absolutely go with our President Obama.

[awoke_in_2003]

15. The POTUS eats some of the best food in the world...

not many governors could compare.

[csziggy]

28. I think you spelled it wrong it should be sick Governor Snott.

[HockeyMom]

47. Absolutely!

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. Durn right I'd accept -- free food! nt

[Brother Buzz]

10. And beer

[Cha]

5. This will bring out the haters, napi! I'm over those ages and I

would love to have dinner with Barack and Michelle and a bunch of other kindred spirits from all over the country.

Mahalo, napi

[GeorgeGist]

6. Wuht?

A centenarian is a person who lives to or beyond the age of 100 years.

[napi21]

18. It's the name of the group that joined with United Health Care to do the poll. n/t

[Sheepshank]

7. Republican politicians tend to bank on the Senior vote.

I guess in some respect I'm surprised that the elderly (of whom a majority are supposed to be Republican), would chose a Democrat....otoh and imho seniors also have a sense of personal history (how many get this chance), and a more sober respect for the office (regardless of the political affiliation), POTUS is POTUS.

[HockeyMom]

13. I became a Democrat at 55

after all those years as an Independent. Thank my Millennium children for that and ending the charade.

[liberal_at_heart]

23. I just became an independent at the age of 37. I have Millennial children and the one thing

I think is great about this generation is that they are not loyal to any one organization. In fact they are for the most part anti-establishment. They want answers on issues, not empty promises given from a broken two party bureaucracy. Many millennials are non-religious, want marijuana legalized, are anti-war and are anti-capatilism. I admire this independent streak in our millennials and it has inspired me.

[Notafraidtoo]

32. As a Millennial myself.

Thats how i am but i am also a student of history and world government and one thing i know for certain is Democratic government is the only possible defense any of us have against multi national corporations which in my opinion can be the most destructive force on the planet. I guess in the US i would be considered independent but i am actually more of a Democratic Socialist.

[liberal_at_heart]

33. I would agree that socialism is our best hope. Here in the US both the republicans and the

democrats have been bought by the corporations so finding democratic candadites that have not been bought is tough. They are out there but very hard to find. I would love to see some candadites come out in favor of campaign finance reform. We will never be able to address any other issues until we get corporate money out of our government.

[Notafraidtoo]

34. Yes

Until we publicly finance campaigns so that those with money can no longer write the laws and bring back a form of the fairness doctrine so that advertisers can no longer buy anti labor anti consumer propaganda we will just have to ride out this wave until we finally take to the streets in mass. only a matter of time.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

8. I turn 60 this year and my past is not bigoted

I've never sit down for dinner with someone who thinks it's okay to eat horses!

[awoke_in_2003]

16. Is it okay to eat cows...

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but not horses? And, when it comes right down to it, horses are the dumbest animals in the barn yard.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

21. Why would eating a cow be Okay?

I love both.

My cow turned 22 last March! I think she's going for some sort of record. I raised her from birth and have a blog about her.

My life has been incredibly enriched by horses. I find them loyal, loving, hardworking, brave, beautiful, gentle and very intelligent. I have owned at least one since May of 1970.

I'd trust my life to a horse any day over the likes of you.

Barn yard?

[awoke_in_2003]

37. Well, at least you are consistent...

There are just a lot of people, especially here in Texas, that get upset about selling horses for slaughter but have no problems killing the hell out of cows. That is why I asked, if that matters from the likes of me.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

40. Thank you

[nyquil_man]

9. About 45-47% of them voted for him in 2012.

It's not as though he was blown out of the water in that age group.

[99Forever]

11. I turned 60 a week ago today...

... I'd much rather dine with Allen Grayson or Elizabeth Warren.

[duffyduff]

25. +1 n/t

[Eleanors38]

46. I'll settle for Wendy Davis

[Number23]

12. I'm a long way from that group but I whole heartedly concur!

I'd do it in a minute if I ever got the chance!

[obxhead]

14. My father would pick Obama

So he could tell him to his face he's far beyond disappointed.

[RedCappedBandit]

20. I'm pretty damn critical of the president, but I'd love to have dinner with him.

I'm a long ways away from that age group, but felt like chiming in anyways.

[liberal_at_heart]

22. Baby boomers supported Obama 50%/49% against, then supported republican candadites 53%/45% against

in the 2010 election. I wouldn't exactly call that a blowout. Obama had much higher support with other demographics such as hispanics.

[duffyduff]

24. Baby Boomers grew up during the civil rights era

Stereotype much?

[duffyduff]

26. The reason they would is because

they are concerned about his nonsense blathering about putting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid on the chopping block.

Not a surprise at all.

[madrchsod]

27. i would love to have dinner with the president

i would like to have a nice chat over dinner with him

[cliffordu]

29. I'm gonna be 62 this year.

I like him just fine.

But I'd rather have dinner with the First Lady.

AND Betty White.

[Tarheel_Dem]

30. A lot of the things we've been hearing is BS. "ALL BS". I'm not 60, but sign me up.

[Lugnut]

31. I'm older than that.

I can tell you it depends on which older people you ask. I'd gladly have dinner with the Pres tomorrow or any other day I could.

[madokie]

35. I'm 65 and I couldn't think of a soul

I'd rather have dinner with outside of my wife or my brothers and sisters. We're a tight family that way
I like President Obama just fine, warts and all and he would be welcomed into our fold as family if the chance was to be. Oh and we're all old, Oldest is 82, youngest is 61. 9 of us still ticking along.

[HiPointDem]

36. they want to tell him not to cut social security & medicare.

[Blue_In_AK]

38. Jeff Bridges, please.

[Blue_In_AK]

39. And, furthermore, as a 66-year-old,

I find your remark about a bigoted past to be very uninformed. We are of the civil rights era, after all.

[DesMoinesDem]

42. This is incorrect. Obama came in 9th in the 60-65 age range.

[mainer]

43. Age is not as important as region.

I wager that the vast majority of 65 year olds in Massachusetts would agree with Obama as their choice.

While the majority of 65 year-olds in Texas would not.