I have to disagree slightly with Marc Malone – that Sarah Palin and her age group are Post-Baby Boomers.
I’m a boomer. I was born in 1956, a year most people don’t realize was the peak year – after that it slowed down some. Most agree the boom officially ended in 1961 or 1964, depending on the source of information. At age 47 Sarah Palin falls into this late boomer group, as do I. I have to tell you – there is a BIG difference between those born before 1956 and those of us born that year and afterwards. We were the ones who watched our older brothers and sisters waste our parents money protesting the war instead of going to class. By the time we got to college the war was virtually over and we used college to get a real education in the classroom. I think those of us in late boomer period are embarrassed by the older group, and in some perverse way we’re both proud to be a boomer while hating being tossed into the same group.
I’d say the hope for our party is the late boomers and the next generation that followed (whatever it is they are called – Gen X?) so please don’t throw out the boomers out of hand. The labels are meaningless anyway. No matter your age if you are conservative you should be joining with other conservatives for the fight of our lives. First of all, we are as smart and as well-educated as any liberal or moderate. I have three advanced degrees and no one has ever accused me of being a liberal and I resent people who presume I’m an ignorant redneck just because I hold conservative views and values. We have to show what we are – the best and brightest our country has and the ones most capable of solving our country’s problems and getting us back on the right track (no pun intended).
Republicans who have turned their back on conservatives and Sarah Palin in particular are not Republicans in my view. And we true Republicans, who value small government, fiscal conservatism and the right and ability to determine our own futures, without the government intervening – we true Republicans will remember who has done and said what over the past 8 years and we will overcome you and your RINO ways.
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