Sunday, December 30, 2007

Generations

Remember: Clinton's only five years older than Obama's mother.

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

Elsewhere in this post, one of Andrew's readers points out that the boomers wouldn't vote for Obama because he's younger than they are. Well, I'm Hillary's age and I might or might not vote for him, but not because of his age or race, but because I thought he would be the best nominee or best President. I might or might not vote for Hillary regardless of her age, gender or spouse.

See my next post on why this generational conflict concept is so dangerous to the future of America.


Update:
Andrew got it wrong - Obama's mother (Ann Dunham) was born in 1942, not 1952. An important difference as Hillary was born in 1947. Since Obama was born in 1961, Hillary would have been 13 or 14 when he was born.

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