Letters to the Editor
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Oh, He's a Boomer
As a "marketeer," I'm bathed in these generational terms daily – Millennial (aka Gen Y), Gen X, Boomer, Mature – and the values and behaviors each is supposed express.
I gotta go with Gizmo, though Obama was born in '61, he is not a Boomer, but a member of Gen X (with a fascinating ability to appeal to Millennials like my 18-year old daughter).
I, like Gizmo, am voting for him largely for that fact (hey, we have to hang our decisions on something). I am sick of my own generation's (Boomer) pretentiousness, smarty-pants solutions, and more than anything, our profound class-blindness.
Is Clinton a bad person? No. Would she make a good president? Yes. Is she the safer choice? Perhaps. But I believe Obama (with fingers crossed) represents the future. A bit of a gamble no doubt, but in my calculus, well worth the risk.