[Guest post by DRJ]
The AARP has officially announced its support for the $1.2 trillion House version of ObamaCare. An AARP spokesman also said the organization has had a large gain in new members and renewals since it initially announced its support for health reform last summer.
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AARP screwing its own membership again in its pursuit of partisan power. No surprise.
SPQR (6b1421) — 11/5/2009 @ 1:29 pmspqr
yeah, but you would think they would be opposed to measures that would shorten the life expectancy of their members. i mean its hard to pay dues when you are dead, you know?
A.W. (e7d72e) — 11/5/2009 @ 1:31 pmA.W., when a group is more interested in power in D.C. than its membership’s interests, that’s what you get.
SPQR (6b1421) — 11/5/2009 @ 1:32 pmhttp://www.americanseniors.org was established to directly compete with AARP. They are offering the 2nd year of membership free if you mail them your cancelled, cut up AARP card. I heard Mark Davis talking about this, so, I checked it out. Their mission statement specifically states they will never kowtow to liberal pressure, nor will they accept any political influence. Looks like they are signing on new partners for discounts every day. Going to have to tell my mom/dad about this. AARP can shove it where their liberal loving sun don’t shine.
sybilll (1aa016) — 11/5/2009 @ 1:42 pmAn AARP spokesman also said the organization has had a large gain in new members and renewals since it initially announced its support for health reform last summer.
A large number of whom, I would guess, are temporary astroturfers who are seeking to influence the AARP’s decision. How is the organization going to feel a year from now once conservatives leave it or avoid joining it (as my parents have done) and the astroturfers decline to renew their dues?
JVW (d32e06) — 11/5/2009 @ 2:16 pmJust another marker played by one of the whores occupying the DC brothel.
AD - RtR/OS! (0a796c) — 11/5/2009 @ 2:27 pmyeah, i am getting the creepy feeling that pelosi and others are going to try to shove it through anyway. i think james taranto’s analysis in the wsj’s best of the web is dead on.
A.W. (e7d72e) — 11/5/2009 @ 2:30 pmI resigned my AARP membership earlier this year because I saw the way the organization was headed. They are so in the dark about health care that I am also beegining to suspect some of their other programs such as life and health insurance policies.
Longwalker (4e0dda) — 11/5/2009 @ 2:36 pmA.W. – Do you happen to have a link to the Taranto column?
JD (d787ac) — 11/5/2009 @ 2:36 pmI think A.W. is referring to today’s column. The section titled “Pelosi’s Suicide Pact”.
LarryD (feb78b) — 11/5/2009 @ 2:50 pmI don’t believe AARP’s statement about members. AFter all, it is five bucks and you get solicited at age 55. Or before. I don’t believe them.
Mike K (2cf494) — 11/5/2009 @ 3:04 pmThe age is 50. That’s when I got an AARP letter.
Brother Bradley J. Fikes, C.O.R. (56177a) — 11/5/2009 @ 3:07 pmAARP constantly sends seniors membership cards in the mail. They tell you the cards are good for discounts.
They also make money on various insurance products that they offer their membership and other items that they sell. They work out a deal with insurance companies to have the AARP name on the company policies.
Many people are unaware of alternative organizations like americanseniors.org mentioned above that do not support the liberal agenda.
Stu707 (0981d5) — 11/5/2009 @ 3:36 pmThanks for the link, Larry. Good stuff. I had not read Taranto in a while.
JD (26478a) — 11/5/2009 @ 3:57 pmI got a twofer when it started to become clear that AALRP was in the tank. In August, I canceled my membership and dropped the term life policy I had through them. The youngish AARP rep was resigned but cool when I told him why I was dropping. The Met Life person was obnoxious. I did my best to make her life miserable for several minutes. I think I succeeded. 🙂
Red County Pete (ead67c) — 11/5/2009 @ 4:34 pmYou know, maybe they had a net gain in membership. There’s a large moron population in the USA, but I’m not so far gone into Alzheimers that I can’t figure out when AARP is screwing me–my membership is cancelled, and it will take two new ones to make it a net gain for AARP.
Mike Myers (710e8b) — 11/5/2009 @ 6:42 pmAMA too.
imdw (de7003) — 11/5/2009 @ 6:51 pmThe AARP refused to support President Bush’s reform efforts on Social Security. They like the current ponzi scheme. So they sent me a membership card, and I sent it back to them asking them to talk out their differences with the administration. They ignored me and sent another card.
I included the first letter, the cut up paper card and a demand that they never contact me again.
Partisan hacks.
tyree (bf0ee2) — 11/5/2009 @ 8:04 pm18.The AARP refused to support President Bush’s reform efforts on Social Security
That’s b/c the AARP is not stupid. Didn’t Bush want people to gamble away Social Security in the stock markets? That would have worked just great until, oh, about September 2008 when the fundamentals of the econonmy proved to be less sound than the Republican candidate said.
Older folks know a dud when they see one. Whatever one feels about the AARP’s current stance, it seems a little silly to hold ill will against the group for making a sound decision in the case of Bush’s plan.
Myron (712b1e) — 11/5/2009 @ 11:28 pmMoron blathers again some more about which even he doesn’t understand. But that’s the point, isn’t it? Moron blathers without understanding just so Moron can see screen-shots of Moron blathering.
John Hitchcock (3fd153) — 11/5/2009 @ 11:40 pmHey Myron: Bush’s plan gave a person the option of investing in the stock market OR a straight guaranteed growth account. At a minumum, it would still be yours to leave to your heirs when you die.
krusher (2c1c1d) — 11/6/2009 @ 1:43 am“The AARP refused to support President Bush’s reform efforts on Social Security.”
That’s because (1) he never gave many specifics on his plan and (2) because his plan was to kill social security. Folks don’t like that. People want to get social security.
imdw (1b7248) — 11/6/2009 @ 5:11 amFist of all, no special interest group should EVER put themselves ahead of the Nation. America first.
Second, why would you not expect AARP to support this. They expect their members to be the largest recipient of these “government services”.
And lastly, what else does AARP do? They sell supplemental insurance. They know this health care bill doesn’t cover everything 100%. What better way to get the “go ahead” nod from the new Government Health Secretary” than to get on board early. Then they will become the defacto “preferred” (only?) supplemental insurance company of America. I see huge profits in their future.
comsense08 (7d14fd) — 11/6/2009 @ 5:30 amI see imdw’s mendacity continues apace.
JD (e64f1a) — 11/6/2009 @ 5:43 am“Fist of all, no special interest group should EVER put themselves ahead of the Nation. America first.”
You really think about these things a lot don’t you?
imdw (0172f3) — 11/6/2009 @ 8:34 amPeople want to get social security.
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Therefore, I assume you are over 60 since, if you aren’t, you won’t. Bush’s plan would have preserved at least part of it for the young.
I know this economic stuff is hard for you lefties since Marx got squished in 1989.
Mike K (addb13) — 11/6/2009 @ 8:38 amimdw, why is it that you think your brazen falsehoods will convince people to see things your way?
SPQR (26be8b) — 11/6/2009 @ 8:40 amBUSH WANTED TO DESTROY SOCIAL SECURITY !!!!!!!!!!
JD (6dce29) — 11/6/2009 @ 8:52 am“Therefore, I assume you are over 60 since, if you aren’t, you won’t.”
But they want it. The more that people want social security, there more political will there will be to keep it. To opponents of social security, this means cuts have to be made now. To proponents, this means the political will to save it will only increase.
imdw (490521) — 11/6/2009 @ 8:56 amIts mendacity continues apace.
JD (6dce29) — 11/6/2009 @ 9:06 am