McCain urges town hall attendees to cut up thier AARP membership cards.

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http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/15/mccain-aarp-cards/
Last week, the AARP, a nonpartisan organization that advocates on behalf of those aged 50 and over, endorsed the House health care bill. “We can say with confidence that it meets our priorities for protecting Medicare, providing more affordable health insurance for 50- to 64-year-olds and reforming our health care system,” AARP vice president Nancy Leamond said. At a town hall meeting in Arizona on Friday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) vowed to “fight with every fiber of my body” to oppose a similar health care reform bill in the Senate. He then claimed that Medicare will actually be “cut” and reportedly urged the town hall attendees to tear up their AARP membership cards:

The 2,000-page bill would mean more regulation and mandates, he said. People wouldn’t be able to keep the coverage they had. It would also increase taxes and the cost of Medicare, he said.

The bill claims to save $500 billion in waste from Medicare, he said.

“I don’t think so,” McCain said. “I think it’s going to cut it.”

He encouraged audience members to cut up their AARP cards and send them back.


Unhappy campers greet McCain
http://www.kingmandailyminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=34627

[tabatha]

1. What a jerk!

His health care plan should be cancelled.

[Vinca]

13. Which one? Federal, VA or Medicare?

[tabatha]

15. Thanks for reminding me - all.

[noamnety]

2. I'm sure his audience will get right on that. (nt)

[Bitwit1234]

3. OH boy the "maverick" has now become

a tea bag lap dog. I apologize to dogs every where.

[Roland99]

16. That's a "maverick" that's shooting blanks.

[randr]

4. McCain-Now there is a real clear decision maker

[liberalmuse]

5. My mom was telling me how wonderful AARP was just yesterday.

And she used to vote Republican before Obama came along. What a jerk. He knows nothing about what AARP does for people like my mom, who is dying of breast cancer. She would never be able to afford the medications she needs without it.

[UTUSN]

6. Well, many of us here did that (and got refunds of dues) over Shrub's Medicare D

and AARP's support of it and AARP's president back then being the a-hole behind the Harry and Louise commercials against CLINTON's health care.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

7. I mailed back my offer of membership then, with a big no thanks scrawled and the reason why.

[HughMoran]

8. Who are you gonna believe?

A bitter old codger who's party lost everything last election, or a group who is watching out for your age group. McCain is a bitter old man.

[Historic NY]

9. Old MCSame has his gobermint plan don't need no old people AARP plan.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. He needs to encourage them to rip up their Medicare cards

[Barack_America]

17. Yep.

[Tejas]

11. AARP has lobbied for gun-control

According to AARP's 2007 policy statement, re: petitioning (=$) for more gun laws, guess over 20,000 laws currently on the books isn't enough?

Thanks but no thanks, too much $ from seniors and too much time on AARP's hands = no $ from me.

[Swamp Rat]

12. pfffft!

[Aramchek]

14. AARP will cut McCain up. Wait and see.

[Cha]

18. Rec'd for more to see just exactly how

much of a tool john mcpalin really is.