AARP finally becomes bored with BS'g Demoncrat crisis mongers & hand-wringers.....
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AARP takes a surprising turn
The group has launched an advertising blitz in support of the drive by congressional Republicans to revamp Medicare.
3:50 PM EST November 18, 2003
Capital Report
Tues-Fri, 9 p.m. ET and PT
The man of the moment in Washington is William Novelli, chief executive of the AARP, the largest and most powerful senior citizens group in Washington. He has changed the political calculus in the nation’s capital, breaking ranks with his organization’s traditional allies in the Democratic Party and signing onto a prescription drug plan crafted largely by Republicans.
His support may well mean the difference between the legislation’s success and failure. With the AARP’s support, Sen. Bill Frist stands a much better chance of winning the 60 votes he needs to get the deal through the Senate. .Money 2004.
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And the fact that AARP, formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons, is willing to spend $7 million running advertisements over the next few days doesn’t hurt.
The work of con men
Needless to say, some Democrats are furious. They feel the AARP is handing a critical political victory to President Bush at the outset of an election year. (....Ha ha ha ha ha ha......)
Sen. Tom (...Tweedle Dee...) Daschle has predicted Novelli may soon have a revolt on his hands. It’s hard to generalize about 40 million people – roughly the membership of the AARP – but there’s little doubt that Novelli already received his share of e-mail similar to this one, which landed in my computer Tuesday morning:
From: Michael Dickerson
To: Alan Murray
Subject: Bull!
I am a 67-year-old senior and now a former member of AARP.
This bill is the work of con men. No real drug benefit until 2006. Big "doughnut holes." Private market competition that has delivered 43 million uninsured with accelerating premiums, for those who do still have (insurance). No drug-buying clout, with a total sellout to the drug firms who own the Republican Party. They can stick their drug discount card where the sun don't shine.
If we can afford these obscene tax cuts we can afford Medicare. We are the wealthiest nation in the world and we can't do what EVERY OTHER developed nation does for its people?
I am working on getting a new Web site up and running to trash the AARP. I hate the Judases, and Novelli is, I suspect, a Madison Avenue wolf planted to undermine the AARP and Medicare.
I am very angry. Can you tell? And I am not alone.
Michael Dickerson
That said, Novelli, who joined AARP in 2001 after a career in advertising and public relations, deserves credit for having the courage to take his group on a new course.
We’ll ask him why he did it, and how he’s dealing with the criticism, on “Capital Report” on Tuesday. It is Novelli’s first interview since his group’s historic decision. So please join us at 9 p.m. ET and PT.
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