My mom is also 74 and WAS backing Thompson because she had heard some pundit say that Dr. Paul was going to stop social security and Medicare!!! Took a bit of convining and getting her in front of my computer to see a couple of video to convince her that this was not the case - that he wants to phase them out, not just end them. Now she won't watch FAUX news because she sees them as having 'lied' to her and has made me promise to get her to the polls on primary day to vote for Ron Paul!!!