Survey: Retirees Voted for McCain

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Betty of FL said: "I AM ASHAMED THAT THE PEOPLE THAT COULD OF COUNTED THE MOST. DID NOT SHOW UP AND VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ."
I don't know how old she is, but she more properly should have said, " . . . people that could 'have' counted . . ."
Everyone counts when it comes to voting. It is your right but also your responsibility. If you choose not to vote that is also your right, but you should not complain if you do not like the outcome of the voters who did choose to vote.
I have voted in every election beginning with the year I turned 21. I also am aware that the government can not give any of us anything unless it first takes away from us. I am a conservative, but I always liked it when Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
I believe there should be term limits -- one term is the limit. Once these electees have been in DC, they forget about the people they came there to represent, and most of them never return to whence they came.
We have let the populace of the USA down by not educating them properly which, incidentally, is supposed to be managed at a locally, not federally, implemented and managed.

Leanne of CA 1:55PM December 19, 2008

should not be taken as gospel. Voting is secret. No one really knows how anyone voted, even if told by the voter (ever hear of misleading responses?)
Retirees and non-retirees undoubtedly voted for both major party candidates, distant 3rd, 4th & 5th party candidates if allowed on the ballot in the state where they voted, and some even wrote in candidates not on anybody's ballot.
Lumping any group into a conclusion to fit your opinion is not backed by any facts--only assumptions.
What is fact is that the people of any and all groupings voted overwhelmingly for the winner. The election was not at all close.
And if this posts twice, will somebody please tell me why?

HillbillyBill of TN 7:18AM November 07, 2008

Theory on seniors wanting McCain? Senility,
dementia, hardening of the arteries, full Alzheimers maybe?
Old folks who can't tell there is something wrong with an old man married to one beauty queen while running (against good sense) with another one? That supposed wisdom of age got lost.

of 5:01PM November 06, 2008

I AM ASHAMED THAT THE PEOPLE THAT COULD OF COUNTED THE MOST. DID NOT SHOW UP AND VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND SOME DID NOT VOICE THEIR OPINIONS. I KNOW THAT I HEARD MANY TIMES THAT THEY WERE SO DISGUSTED WITH THIS YEARS CAMPAIGN THAT THEY WERE THINKING OF NOT VOTING.... SO IT MUST OF COME THROUGH.. ALOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT WANT EITHER PARTY. SO THEY DID NOTHING AND NOW LOOK WHAT WE HAVE... THE WORLD WILL SURELY BE DIFFERNT.. WE DON'T KNOW YET... I WILL WANT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. AS I HAVE TWO SONS IN THE ARMY THAT HAS BEEN TO IRAG MORE THAN ONCE. AND A SON INLAW THAT HAS BEEN TO AFTGANASTAN... WILL HE MAKE A DIFFERNECE TO US... MAYBE... I WILL BE WATCHING... AND I WILL BE PRAYING THAT GOD WILL TAKE A HAND IN THIS AND DON'T LET ANYTHING BAD HAPPEN TO OUR COUNTRY.... I AM NOT 65 AND I VOTED FOR MCCAIN AND SO DID MY HUSBAND...

BETTY of FL 4:29PM November 06, 2008