And I voted for McGovern when I was a graduate student in 1972. I thought Nixon would be an unmitigated disaster! (I was right about that, but for the wrong reason.)I voted for McGovern too, when I was in college. I really think the old adage that if you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, and if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain is true.
Most of the people around me were SDS quasi-Marxist types. I wasn't quite in that category, but was well to the left of center. Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight
I voted for McGovern too, when I was in college. I really think the old adage that if you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, and if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain is true. Originally Posted by joe bloeAll you have proven that if you are an asshole and full of shit at age 20, no one will be surprised if you are still that way at age 40...or 50...or 60 etc
The people who now claim to have voted for Obama just to give themselves credibility in criticizing him remind me of the people who spent 8 years defending everything about G Bush, only to say they were disappointed in him when they needed to give themselves credibility in criticizing Obama for deficit spending, or not closing Gitmo, or expensive health care bills, or not ending the Iraq war fast enough etc etc etc. Originally Posted by DooveDid you teach English?