New Election, New Generation, please
April 18, 2008
I think that Andrew Sullivan has put forth the best reason for support Obama, which he explored at length in a cover story the The Atlantic a few months ago. The babyboomers have been destructive and they have to go. Is the next generation (what are we calling it?) going to fare any better? There’s no guarantee, but it’s hard to imagine it failing any worse.
Famous last words?
Regardless, Hillary and McCain do represent a mentality that has driven this country into the ground culturally and politically. It’s a me-me-me focus that is out of touch with everyone who isn’t just like me-me-me. Instead of thinking forward, it’s mired in a fantasy present that the activism of the 60s didn’t deliver and the poll-based-politics of today continue to imagine. It seems to me like a parent who, failing during the crucial years and watching his or her children spin off the deep in their teen years has decided to forcibly re-enter the scene in their 20s and tell them to open up so the airplane can deliver its cargo of applesauce.
We don’t need to be fed anymore, and that’s the bottom line. It’s time we start cooking.
…that being said, I have a feeling somebody that survived North Vietnamese torture camps can probably cook a hearty meal on a low budget.
April 19, 2008 at 1:27 am
Technically McCain isn’t a Baby Boomer (which would go a long way towards explaining his lack of selfishness in life compared to the typical Boomers.
The generation immediately following the Baby Boomers (and the most likely generation into which Obama would fall) has no name that has yet reached acceptance on a level of wikiality.
Though it would not be surprising if the Boomers that still dominate the media were so self-centered as to proclaim it the “post-boomer generation”