They say they are not “endorsing” it, but they sure as heck are supporting it aggressively. You and I know they are endorsing H.R. 3200, the Democrats’ healthcare plan, but are just too chicken to come out and say it. Nonetheless, their actions speak volumes.
The AARP Georgia, already catching flak from some members for its support of President Barack Obama’s health care initiative, will hold a town hall meeting from 10 a.m. to noon today at the Collar Community Center, 2625 Joe Jerkins Blvd. in Austell.
U.S. Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) is scheduled to speak. The event is only open to AARP members who live in Scott’s district, the 13th Congressional District, and received an e-mail invitation.
“There’s a fair amount of misinformation” about reform, said William F. Brown, the advocacy campaign manager of AARP’s Southeast Region. “We want to give our members an opportunity to learn what we’re fighting for. … A lot of people just see this through a political prism.”
David Scott, the Congressman who hates you and thinks you are racist if you dare oppose the healthcare plan, is the speaker.
You must be wealthy enough to afford a computer and also have signed up to get emails from the AARP to attend.
You must be in David Scott’s district.
And they are going to talk about the “misinformation,” the AARP’s term for the inconvenient facts about the healthcare legislation.
These people should be shut down. Time to cancel your AARP membership.
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
Dan McLaughlin
Neil Stevens
Daniel Horowitz
Why is anyone surprised?
RedBeard Friday, August 28th at 7:40AM EST (link)It’s good to see the uprising, with tens of thousands of oldsters deserting AARP over the organization’s latest socialist vector. But it’s sad to see people waiting until now to leave. AARP is the same gang of entitlement-pushing big-government leftists as they have been for decades. People who vote but don’t pay attention to things like this are frightening.
This is a parallel of the phenomenon of “moderates” deserting Barack Obama, but doing so only now that they have finally been shaken from their election year slumber and have noticed who he is. Sleepwalkers. Oblivions.
Pay attention, or do the country a favor and don’t vote.
Oh, and do what I did. Send back your AARP membership invitations along with a short respectful letter containing insertion instructions.
Standard-bearer for grouchy curmudgeonry since, oh, 1975 or so.
AARP should be shut down
Scope (Diary) Friday, August 28th at 8:32AM EST (link)As has been said on this site many times, AARP is nothing more than an insurance company. They surely have been big government entitlement supporters, but, the seniors are also entitlement takers who always want more. Pushing the Government Healthcare takeover is not a Senior entitlement, it will affect seniors negatively more than anyone. Unfortunately their marketing strategies take advantage of the confused, uninformed and possibly senile seniors. They don’t know they are at risk of being eliminated, or that they will have to just go quietly into the night with no costs expended to prolong their lives. The AARP people are liars and cheaters.
I agree- please get informed, ask questions, pay attention to news other than MSM, or do the country a favor and don’t vote.
I cut up my AARP card and sent it back to them
izoneguy (Diary) Friday, August 28th at 9:49AM EST (link)My wife signed me up last year. This year on the renewal I cut up the card and sent it back to them. I urge everyone to do the same.
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Someday
banzaibob (Diary) Friday, August 28th at 8:36AM EST (link)A Congressperson will have to retire. So will the local politician and the successful businessman. What will they do when they have joined the ranks of the peons and they are deemed not worthy of extended care. Some will have lined their pockets very well and think they can buy head of the line priviledges and some will be right. But for most of them they will be just like us, waiting in line only to be told we can’t justify the cost of treatment and we can’t spare the time to help you. So go home and take this little pill for it is all we can do.
What will AARP do when it’s ranks thin out do to boycott and attrition due to death? Your group will become useless to the powerful and elite and you will be cast out from the haves to the have not.
The Holy Grail grants eternal life and the others only death, Chose wisely.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Prefiero morir de pie que vivir de rodillas
It’s better to die upon your feet than to live upon your knees!
Emiliano Zapata
By then AARP will have served its purpose and these leftists
6eorge Jetson (Diary) Friday, August 28th at 9:27AM EST (link)will have moved on to another power vehicle.
Congressmen don’t usually retire, they move up the career ladder to lobbyist. And bills like HR3200 will create more demand for their lobbying services.
But before you cut up that card and send it back to the AARP
The_Gadfly (Diary) Friday, August 28th at 10:35AM EST (link)make sure you get to one last “townhall” meeting about “misinformation” and make your voice heard. Maybe even cut up the card in front of them AT the meeting then walk out the door.
what a coincidence this was posted today!
louisiana (Diary) Friday, August 28th at 11:10AM EST (link)Just talked to a friend this morning who lives in St. Francisville (just outside of B. Rouge). He went to a restaurant last night, sitting at the bar, eating his meal and having a drink. A lady sits down next to him & he notices her AARP material. She starts promoting Obamacare. Let me paraphrase part of the conversation:
R: You know that this bill is nothing but socialized medicine & will lead to a
gov.t run health care system, don’t you?
AARP: No, it isn’t, there’s just alot of misinformation out there (sound familiar?)
The conversation goes on a little more & R tells me he’s starting to get a little “testy”
R; That’s the trouble with you Democrats, you have an agenda & never listen to anyone else’s talking points. Conservatives at least can have an intelligent conversation backed up with facts. At this time, the lady picks up her drink & leaves the bar. As I mulled over this conversation, I had an epiphany! She NEVER denied being a Democrat! mmmmmmmmmmmm…