"If you are not a liberal at twenty, you have no heart. If you are not a conservative at forty, you have no brain."

What do you think about that?

Unfair to intelligent twenty year olds. There is nothing kind hearted about the record of communism.

If you're not a curmudgeon by sixty, you haven't been paying attention

So if you are not an emotional twat at twenty you have no feelings, and if you haven't pulled your head in by the time you are forty you are a f-ckwit.

Seems about right.

Of course, my liberalism in 1963 is a lot like my conservatism in 2018. The times have changed.

Liberal and dems are a cancer on this country.

When I was 20 the democrap mindset made absolutely no sense to me. Most that I met were people I couldn't even respect as human beings. I intuitively knew there was something wrong with them and their ideas.

If you have to have an entrenched political boss tell what you feel and know you have neither heart or brain.

There's tons of brainless people then... Millions and millions.

But we knew that.

“If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain."

Winston Churchill.

Yes...because I seem to meet most of them.

If you arent a conservative by 40 you are a brainwashed dumbass or a communist.

My conservative uncle told me that about 45 years ago, back when Viet Nam was the issue of the day. He did dial back the path to conservatism to 30 years of age. I made it much earlier than that.

So did I. My father had me reading Atlas Shrugged by about 15.

I meet an awful lot of 20-year olds who see right through the charade of liberalism/leftism/progressivism/communism.

There just aren't that many committed liberals in the country.

Those who vote "liberal" usually just want to be nice to people and give everybody a good day. When shown how Leftism does not do that and conservatism does, then they understand that it is compassionate to be conservative.

Most that I see just want free stuff

this.

I have to really agree with this post ! said with true wisdom !

I guess I had no heart, because I was an avid listener to Bob Grant on the radio and viewer of Bill Buckley on TV when I was twenty.

I thought everyone was chasing tail at 20?

By the time I was twenty, I had been working 60 to 80 hour weeks for eight years to help support five younger siblings. There was not a liberal bone in my body at that time!

But it was not because I had no heart. If you want bread next winter, you best get to planting some wheat.

Just remember - nearly half the population has below-average intelligence.

When I was young the working people were Democrats. Times have changed. Bastids at union hall still tell everyone to vote Democrat.

I guess, based on that, I never had a heart.

Churchill's thoughtful words were not appreciated by me at age 20. It is difficult to conserve ammo when using a minigun and of course I was heartless.

Oh Phu Bai, oh Phu Bai,
It's one helluva place
The organization's a phuocin' disgrace!
There's captains and majors
and light colonels too
With thumbs up there azzholes
and nothing to do.

They stand on the runway
They scream and they shout
About all those things
they know nothing about
For all of their trouble
They might as well be
a shovelin' chitt
in the South China Sea.

There's more but I will respect your politically correct liberal ways.
For now.

Ring, Ding, blow it out your...

Sorry, I lied.

Better days are comin'
bye and bye!
You'll wonder where
the yellow went
When napalm
hits the orient!

I wish people would just come out and admit the fact that today's Democrats are flat out communists. A few years back the American Communist Party sued the Democrats for stealing their platform. Anybody remember that little incident that the MSM rapidly shelved. Wonder how that came out? Probably settled and agreed to rule the country as brothers or some such.

A few days back someone posted a picture of a newspaper clipping showing the rules to take over a country. It's been declared a hoax several times over. Maybe so, but doesn't anyone besides me see that it's exactly what is going on in this country today? Does anyone besides me see that although couched in other words it's exactly what the communists, errr Democrats are doing today?

I'm not asking anyone here to agree with me. Just asking that you consider the possibility with an open mind.
Paul B.

A few years ago, I had some twit, 25yo California girl tell me: "my dad says we all start out as Liberals, and people become Republicans when they get old & bitter". I just nodded, because I was in a work environment, and nothing I said would have made a difference.

I have NEVER been a Liberal!

I believe in the premise: the Gov. can't give some people free things, without taking money from people that work for it.
I believe in the 2nd amendment as a "check" on corrupt Gov. rule. Which we would have had (again) if Hitlery won
I believe the borders of our Country should be secure and immigration controlled/monitored
I believe gays, trans.....all those XYZABCs can do WHATEVER they want, but don't tell me I should consider it normal, or a source of pride
I believe all International agreements should have the USAs best interest at heart. Not visa versa
I believe abortion should only be used for rape victims or medical reasons, not used as a form of birth control

Conservative tail.

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I've been an anti-democRAT since I was a child when Johnson was prez and that might have been part of it.

TomT,

You hit the nail on the head! I couldn't have said it better!


Jim

I've never been a liberal.

The research says that somewhere around your early 20’s, you're as liberal as you’re ever gonna get. Not necessarily “liberal” but as far left as you’ll ever be...

That’s where the real world hits a lot of snowflakes in the face.