AARP -- supports Kerry's positions, Bush refused to fully participate

[Czolgosz]

Check out the AARP voter guide:

http://www.aarp.org/legislative/elections/presidential/

AARP simply publishes its views alongside the candidates' 150-word statements of their view and asks the candidates simple yes-no questions on whether they support certain issues critical to AARP members. Kerry's views are 100 percent consistent with AARP's goals, and Bush REFUSED TO ANSWER THE YES-NO QUESTIONS but his statements are antithetical to AARP's goals. I have already heard from several AARP members (Republicans, by the way) who made their mind up for Kerry based on this voter guide. Share it with anyone you know who might be interested. God bless those retired folks because they vote!

[swag]

1. AARP's E.D. may be a bloody idiot Republican

but its legislative division, its volunteers, and most of its members are not.

Older voters have the power.

[TaleWgnDg]

2. F.Y.I. the former American Association of Retired . . .

People, now known as AARP is a multi-corporate conglomerate who sells products and services to senior citizens under the guise of touchy-feely good-guy. For example, they sell drugs, they sell insurance including car insurance, they also sell medical insurance. They backed Bush's give-away to the drug companies as conduits -- why? Because it behooved them financially to do so, but it screwed the consumer (who may also be a member of AARP).

Always keep that in mind when hearing "AARP."



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[Czolgosz]

7. Agreed

No question AARP has been hijacked at the executive level and that it's an unwholesome group in the way it preys upon seniors, but there are a lot of seniors who don't see it that way and who vote however AARP tells 'em to, and so the AARP voters guide is a factor that will help us clean house.

[snowbear]

3. AARP...

I saw something on CNN about a week or so ago about AARP and their initial decision to back Bush on his Rx program.

They said AARP, upon further review, was not at all satisfied with what they "thought" they were getting into with Bush... and that they are definitely more in line with the plans Kerry has laid out.

What pisses me off, is that despite this- they don't have the nerve to come out and openly endorse Kerry!

:puke:

[onecitizen]

4. Yeah they're just trying to

get back in good graces with the seniors and others. They solicit me all the time cause I'm nearing that age. So, last time I wrote back and told them they are GOP butt-kissers and they cooked their goose with many of us. That they had the chance to do something good for the country and they chose greed and power. So I choose not to join their slimy organization. Think I'll hear back? Doubt it.

[swag]

6. If you wrote them, you'll hear back.

They've got a department dedicated to writing back.

[TaleWgnDg]

5. in other words, they had their cake and ate it too . . .

meaning that they pocket the profits from Bush's prescription drug program that was just signed into law and then they bash Bush for the plan's ineptitude and coarseness toward their AARP members? oh.

What else is new in the corporate world?

Btw, if AARP endorses Kerry? That's okay. Why? Because there remains quite a large number of Seniors who remain members of AARP. And that may help Kerry. This is politics. One gets votes wherever one can muster em, as long as you don't sell your soul and the folks you represent in the process. S'all.

Kerry's record speaks well in the area of healthcare. His plan for healthcare is a good one.


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. edited to toss in a "t"