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  •  small children? (0+ / 0-)

    I'm early Gen-X, and I have friends my age who are grandparents. :}  Not that outlandish for those in their early 40s.

    I trust Obama's judgment more than I trust my own. Why are YOU telling him what to do?

    by Leggy Starlitz on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 08:38:27 AM PDT

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    •  I suspect they aren't (0+ / 0-)

      very many of those, though--(genX grandparents? who woulda thunk) For the GenXers who have already had children, I suspect the vast majority range from teenagers through infants (remember that some genXers are still in their early 30s)

      Barack Obama will only become president if enough people pay attention, so pay attention, dammit!

      by JMS on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 08:41:45 AM PDT

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      •  yeah (0+ / 0-)

        My kids are almost 14 now... but my wife is six years younger than me.  When she's my age, she'll be older than HER boomer mother was when SHE became a grandmother.

        Most people think of Gen-X as younger than me, I suppose.  I was born the same day as Dr Dre.

        I trust Obama's judgment more than I trust my own. Why are YOU telling him what to do?

        by Leggy Starlitz on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 08:44:13 AM PDT

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      •  I'm right on the X/Y bubble (1983) (0+ / 0-)

        On the "young grandparents" topic, LeBron's mom became a grandma when she was like 35...heh.

        Ahmadinejad is a conservative

        by BlueEngineerInOhio on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 09:01:35 AM PDT

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    •  Well, I'm on the other end (0+ / 0-)

      36 and I have a little one.  But, yeah, the parent post has it right.  Obama's not a slacker?  Yeah, not now, but when he was 17?  Sounds like he was a bright guy who was sliding along and having a good time.

      And, like most of us, he then got his act together and started contributing (err... but on a bigger scale).

      3 June 2008: I join the Democratic Party

      by Rorgg on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 08:42:01 AM PDT

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      •  I dunno, you have to have your (0+ / 0-)

        stuff together pretty well to get into Columbia even as a transfer student, or Occidental the first time around (its SAT average is in the 1300s on the 1600 scale, and from what I heard used to be much higher.)

        There are people who can seem to "slide along" socially and still get excellent grades, have lots of extracurriculars/sports/etc.

        Ahmadinejad is a conservative

        by BlueEngineerInOhio on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 09:03:29 AM PDT

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