Obama is the first president to come of age after the Vietnam War era, following two Baby Boomer presidents whose political identities were shaped in large part by their opposite responses to the bitter turmoil of the 1960s. . . .Do ya think folks will quit referring to those of us born in the early 1960s as Boomers now? (Obama was born in my birth year--1961). Still jonesin' . . .
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Generation Jones Makes it to the White House
One of the things that's been interesting about this election is the reference to Barack Obama as "post-Boomer." It showed up again in the Chicago Tribune's wrap-up of the Senator's win:
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Interesting post and blog about an under-reported story...as you in this blog, and as many influential experts also, have pointed out, Obama is part of Generation Jones--born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Xers.
On this page there are excerpts from publications like Newsweek and the New York Times, and videos with over 25 top pundits, all talking about Obama's identity as a GenJoneser:
http://www.generationjones.com/2008election.html
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