Old but not stupid

Saw another headline today about the Medicaire drug plan confusing seniors. Now, I grant you that it's confusing, and it's probably a sucker's bet all the way around, but I am so tired of hearing that "old = stupid". Most old people got that way by NOT being stupid! It's the butterfly ballot all over again-- a legitimately confusing ballot, that probably would have gotten me too, but by the time the media got through with the story, every citizen of Palm Beach was so senile they could hardly find their way to the polls in the first place! Drives me crazy!