I only have a couple of remarks about David Von Drehle’s Washington Post column, “Time to take baby boomers off the ticket”. First, under his rubric almost all of the Democratic Congressional leadership would be out of bounds. Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and Dick Durbin are all “Silent Generation”—the generation the preceded the Baby Boomers. Chuck Schumer is a Baby Boomer.
Also, Baby Boomers range in age from 71 to 53 or thereabouts. Most are far from senility and many are just entering their most productive years. The author of the column is a Baby Boomer, too. In fact most of the people you encounter who are in a position of leadership or influence you will encounter are Baby Boomers. Why not “take the bylines away from the boomers”, too?
I agree with him that it’s time for the Silent Generation to sail into the sunset. People like those mentioned above plus perennials like John McCain and Dianne Feinstein. The Baby Boomers are going to be around for a long, long time and the Gen Xers and Millennials probably should get used to it.
Where, Dave, would you classify Pres. Obama? Generationally?
He’s a Baby Boomer.
Hmm. Obama’s is younger than I am at 60. My brothers and sister are boomers. I’m something different. Some call us Generation Jones.