A very annoying relative once said to me that if you aren’t a Democrats when you’re 20, you have no heart, but if you aren’t a Republican by age 40, you have no brain.

I’ve heard that from my ex-hippie “I burned my bra with the other feminists in the sixties” mother, squished between a goddamn-illegalz rant and a slice of “Of course I understand how you think - I was the same way at your age!” condescension. Although with her it was liberal/conservative and not Democrat/Republican. It’s a wonderful way for conservatives to pretend that their positions are intrinsically brainier without having to concede the moral high-ground to the liberals (since they, too, had “heart” back when they were young and foolish).

[And also probably getting laid.]

Hard to tell, since he called my generation “they” while calling us all “stupid” and saying we “suck”. Gee, I can’t imagine why that made me feel “othered”. Silly me!
Point of info: before 40, so-called “generational trends” actually have little to do with what year you were born and more to do with which decade of life you’re in: generally, people in their 20s think they’re going to fix the world, and in their thirties they realize they can’t. Most people in their thirties choose to give up and focus only on their own comfort, and this is true in every generation, like it or not.

Are they assigned that line in the handbook? I’ve heard it from a bunch of Republican men and they all gloat like they thought of it themselves.

Eh, Beta. I doubt he was trying to say all, since he’s 31 and I’m 30.

From the article:

“But younger Baby Boomers and those in Generation X (roughly ages 30-44) are somewhat more Republican.

The parties are virtually even among the youngest cohort of citizens today. “

“Somewhat more Republican”. And your generation is “virtually even”. Give yourself a few years and see what your generation does, then come back and judge us.

Remember: we’re the ones who put Clinton in office in 1992.