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"A golf cart rally in support of @JoeBiden has just gotten underway here in The Villages."..... (Original Post) George II Aug 2020 OP
K & R...for visibility...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #1
Hopefully Trumpscum Won't Shoot At Them DanieRains Aug 2020 #2
Somebody snuck a mini in lol grantcart Aug 2020 #3
Oh, you can get all body styles... SergeStorms Aug 2020 #22
OMG!!! calimary Aug 2020 #36
Likely more reliable voters than the bikers for Trump... jcgoldie Aug 2020 #4
Number of Biden supporters chanting "White Power" gratuitous Aug 2020 #5
Awww That is sooo cool! StarryNite Aug 2020 #6
The tide has definitely turned DBoon Aug 2020 #7
Thanks for posting! Scarsdale Aug 2020 #8
Yes there are many Democrats radical noodle Aug 2020 #14
That's nice to hear. We visited friends who lived there (briefly) and I felt that the.... EarnestPutz Aug 2020 #30
Unless it is the Bob Robert's Society Band Hestia Aug 2020 #35
The difference between a golf cart rally and safeinOhio Aug 2020 #9
Oh, you bad boy, I see what you did there! LOL nt Ilsa Aug 2020 #11
More effective to just say, "Depends," not " It depends." nt tblue37 Aug 2020 #25
This makes me smile Gothmog Aug 2020 #10
If trump loses FL he's TOAST! lol Baclava Aug 2020 #12
Please, Make It So!!! COL Mustard Aug 2020 #34
The largest Democratic club in Florida radical noodle Aug 2020 #13
Based on talking to my dad (retired to Arizona) GopherGal Aug 2020 #18
That's very likely radical noodle Aug 2020 #23
THere was an article about a year or two ago on the Village rpannier Aug 2020 #32
There seems to be a lot of heavy drinking radical noodle Aug 2020 #33
For this thread Gothmog Aug 2020 #15
I love feisty, spunky old guys. George II Aug 2020 #16
Biden support up among seniors bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #17
Maybe they don't like being sacrificial lambs for Covid.... BigmanPigman Aug 2020 #19
People who know how to have fun without screaming 'WHITE POWER!' sandensea Aug 2020 #20
I wish the kids in The Villages... SergeStorms Aug 2020 #21
The Villages is simply a good place to evaluate radical noodle Aug 2020 #24
It's Florida's largest... SergeStorms Aug 2020 #26
The Villages today Gothmog Aug 2020 #27
Rt TY Goth! Cha Aug 2020 #29
Okay.. That's really Cool! I love how Creative Dems Cha Aug 2020 #28
Beware of golf carts spouting fire in the night DFW Aug 2020 #31

SergeStorms

(19,259 posts)
22. Oh, you can get all body styles...
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 11:10 PM
Aug 2020

one of my Mom's friends had a '57 Chevy Bel Air golf cart that was really great looking. A lot of those old folk sink some big bucks into customizing their golf carts.

radical noodle

(8,116 posts)
14. Yes there are many Democrats
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 01:07 PM
Aug 2020

in The Villages. The developer is a big Republican supporter, so things often seem skewed toward the GOP, but they sure aren't the only game in town.

EarnestPutz

(2,513 posts)
30. That's nice to hear. We visited friends who lived there (briefly) and I felt that the....
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 03:06 AM
Aug 2020

....whole town was uniformly populated by RWNJ who lived to play golf, drive the Corvette or Mustang that they had always wanted and dance, very badly, at one of the nightly "town square" venues with truly horrible live music.

GopherGal

(2,247 posts)
18. Based on talking to my dad (retired to Arizona)
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 04:41 PM
Aug 2020

it could be because the loyal dems, being in the minority, are highly motivated to seek out sympathetic company.

radical noodle

(8,116 posts)
23. That's very likely
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 12:35 AM
Aug 2020

I was surprised to learn how active they are because there's little publicity about them.

rpannier

(24,506 posts)
32. THere was an article about a year or two ago on the Village
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 04:15 AM
Aug 2020

I wish those people luck
Because form the article and interviews, there are a lot of *ahem* there

radical noodle

(8,116 posts)
33. There seems to be a lot of heavy drinking
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 10:14 AM
Aug 2020

going on there too. With the age of the people, the booze, and some bias already built into their viewpoints, they sometimes can become pretty obnoxious. I've seen many older people, even without the drinking, get more narrow-minded as they age, or their quirks become much more pronounced. I'm an exception, of course.

bucolic_frolic

(45,831 posts)
17. Biden support up among seniors
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 01:37 PM
Aug 2020

Joe is respectable, and dresses like them, not like Steve Bannon with an apricot on his head.

BigmanPigman

(52,129 posts)
19. Maybe they don't like being sacrificial lambs for Covid....
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 05:47 PM
Aug 2020

The "It is what it is" plan of do nothing doesn't sit well with the most at-risk groups like seniors.

SergeStorms

(19,259 posts)
21. I wish the kids in The Villages...
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 11:02 PM
Aug 2020

would act their age and stop this childish crap. Now The Villages Chapter of The John Birch Society will do everything in their power to "one-up" Democratic golf carters next week and a very slow war will break out. Divisions of "walker warriors" will came damned close to drawing blood before this is over, you watch. This is mostly but I'm really tired of hearing about 'The Villages'. By the way, I'm 70, so no shade about "dissing old people" is needed.

radical noodle

(8,116 posts)
24. The Villages is simply a good place to evaluate
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 12:42 AM
Aug 2020

trump's popularity. Biden has a good ad down here starring a couple in The Villages who criticize trump about his covid response. The place has a big chunk of three counties now. They don't need politics to go to war, there's trouble brewing over there about several things.

SergeStorms

(19,259 posts)
26. It's Florida's largest...
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 01:44 AM
Aug 2020

cluster of STDs as well. Grandma and Grandpa are up to no damned good in that place. I actually looked into living there when I retired. The sales agent allowed me to drive around in.........you guessed it, a golf cart, and explore on my own. By the time I was done I told her I wouldn't live there for all the tea in China. There are some very uptight, angry people in that place!

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