More than half the members of the GOP’s ‘Young Guns’ program are eligible for AARP membership.

[Donnachaidh]

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/11/young-guns/


The National Republican Congressional Committee often touts its “Young Guns” program, an initiative “dedicated to identifying, recruiting, and mobilizing a new generation of conservative leaders.” But as the Daily Beast points out, this fresh-faced group really isn’t that young:

In fact, the current crop of the 22 Young Guns looks very much like the old generation of conservative leaders. These upstarts together average an age of 49.6 years old — two months shy of the average age of new members who joined Congress in 2008. And those current reps are no spring chickens themselves. According to one analysis, the 111th Congress is the oldest, on average, of any since 1907.

More than half of the Young Guns, having celebrated the big 5-0, are already eligible for an AARP membership. Only two of the group’s designated candidates– Martha Roby, who is running for Alabama’s 2nd District, and district attorney-cum-reality-television star Sean Duffy, who is running for the open seat in Wisconsin’s 7th District — are under the age of 40.

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[LiberalLoner]

1. My fervent hope is that as this crop of R's die off, the party will die off. n/t

[madrchsod]

4. the corporate democrats will fill the void...

[formercia]

2. The GOP is a dying Race-ist.

Look at their rallies and observe the ratio of elderly to those still able to procreate.

[pscot]

3. When you get too old

for the Young Republicans.:P

[Scurrilous]

5. LOL

:thumbsup: