The torch is passing to a new generation, and so it should. In his article, the Macalester professor makes a persuasive argument for liberal baby boomers to get out of the way but better yet to get behind the millennials and lend our support to Sanders as their generation’s progressive hope and standard-bearer. I am definitely older than 45 and, like Clay Steinman, I, too, have a son who is a fervent supporter of Bernie Sanders (“A message for progressives older than 45,” Jan. I’ll put my money on the tough girl who keeps getting knocked around, then figures out how to move forward. Then figure out how you can best achieve your goals. I understand why young people “feel the Bern.” We all feel a burning need for change.
When he says he will win people over to democratic socialism by explaining it, I hear Ted Cruz saying that the American people are ready for a “true conservative” if he just gets the chance to present it. Thing is, over the years you learn that making change is hard work.
Believe me, the ’60s are never far away from our thoughts. We older people do remember the dreams of revolution. And if Sanders does not win, they may be disappointed. So Leonid Bershidsky went to Iowa and witnessed the excitement that young people feel when listening to Bernie Sanders give the stump speech he gives everywhere (Opinion Exchange, Jan. We in the older generation were idealistic, too. So why would we select another egocentric know-it-all who believes only he has the right answers - who, like Barack Obama, shuts out people who disagree with him, then takes his balls and goes golfing? We’ve had seven years of an egocentric president who doesn’t care what Americans want and believes only he has the right answers. I’m a conservative voter, very unhappy with the Republican Party “establishment,” but I don’t understand why anyone would support Donald Trump. Trump is afraid to go into a debate with Kelly. Hillary Clinton stood up to the hostile Benghazi committee for 11 hours. Imagine him as our diplomatic representative to the world! Fine by me - it serves to remind us once again that he is bombastic, arrogant and uninformed. He’d rather take his toys and go home when he doesn’t like what others have to say to or about him.
Apparently, Donald Trump has not grasped the concept of freedom of speech, as evidenced by his unwillingness to allow protesters into his campaign speeches and to answer the hard questions that women like Fox News debate host Megyn Kelly ask (“Trump won’t take part in Fox debate,” Jan.
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