http://www.thegenxfiles.com/2009/05/12/directions-for-the-silent-generation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:53:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.thegenxfiles.com/2009/05/12/directions-for-the-silent-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-3424 SteveSadlov Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:23:16 +0000 http://www.thegenxfiles.com/?p=935#comment-3424 Bush used Silents as "hidden" advisors. Imagine if instead we'd had a different Boomer president (Gore) surrounded by fellow Boomers, as 9/11 hit. Nonetheless, at the end of the day, Bush fell into liberal Boomer instincts especially vis a vis globalist utopianism and an approach to the WoT which did not overtly put the US on a general war footing (e.g. "go shopping!"). So, in the end, the Boomer, 1960s instinct ruled the roost from Jan 2001 to Jan 2009. Bush used Silents as "hidden" advisors. Imagine if instead we'd had a different Boomer president (Gore) surrounded by fellow Boomers, as 9/11 hit. Nonetheless, at the end of the day, Bush fell into liberal Boomer instincts especially vis a vis globalist utopianism and an approach to the WoT which did not overtly put the US on a general war footing (e.g. "go shopping!"). So, in the end, the Boomer, 1960s instinct ruled the roost from Jan 2001 to Jan 2009.

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