Posted on 08/12/2009 3:15:42 AM PDT by Son House
At the town hall in Portsmouth, N.H., Obama said, "We have the AARP onboard because they know this is a good deal for our seniors." He added, "AARP would not be endorsing a bill if it was undermining Medicare."
But Tom Nelson, AARP's chief operating officer, said, "Indications that we have endorsed any of the major health care reform bills currently under consideration in Congress are inaccurate."
"This is not about putting the government in charge of your health insurance," Obama told the crowd at an area high school. "I don't believe anyone should be in charge of your health insurance decisions except you and your doctor.
"I don't think government bureaucrats should be meddling but I don't think insurance company bureaucrats should be meddling," he added, drawing thunderous applause.
The White House is retooling its message amid polling that shows Americans -- especially those who already have coverage -- skeptical of the Democratic proposals to expand coverage to millions.
"I think we all have something to lose ... if we let cable television come to town hall meetings and kill health care reform for another year, and put the special interests back in charge," Gibbs told reporters.
At the town hall, the president said he seeks a rational debate and took a poke at critics who he said were trying to "scare the heck out of folks." He said there should be a vigorous debate over health care, but "with each other, not over each other."
"Where we disagree, let's disagree over things that are real, not these wild misrepresentations that don't bear any resemblance to anything that's actually being proposed," Obama said.
He accused critics of creating a "bogeymen."
"Spread the facts. Let's get this done," Obama implored the crowd.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
By Jeffrey Young
Incoming AARP CEO A. Barry Rand contributed $8,900 to President Obama’s campaign committees, federal records show.
Rand, a retired senior executive at Xerox Corp., Avis Group and Equitant Inc. and the current chairman of Howard University's board of trustees, gave the maximum $4,600 to Obama’s election campaign and an additional $4,300 to the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising entity of Obama and the Democratic National Committee.
Altogether, Rand has given $15,900 to Democratic campaign committees since 1995, according to searches of Federal Election Commission databases dating back to 1990 that are maintained by CQ Money Line and the Center for Responsive Politics.
As an organization, the AARP strenuously insists on its nonpartisan identity . . .
http://thehill.com/business—lobby/new-aarp-chief-gave-big-to-obama-2009-03-12.html
It’s beyond *inaccuracies.* He’s misleading (lying).
They just can't admit it.
“...if we let cable television come to town hall meetings and kill health care reform for another year, and put the special interests back in charge,” Gibbs told reporters. “
Go ahead, keep on beating up your cheerleaders.
The arrogance in this administration is overwhelming sometimes.
I wonder how much the insurance lobby gave to the democrats to get Zero elected?
Wall Street thought he was a sure thing and look what they got!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/20/AR2009072003363.html
Wow, you are right on. I wonder how many membership cards have been returned to them. I know of three people myself who did.
Obama told the crowd at an area high school. “I don’t believe anyone should be in charge of your health insurance decisions except you and your doctor.
Then STFU and leave us alone and stop screwing with our health care.
My idea for a DFU song (if it hasn’t already been done): “Grandma got run over by Obama”
The scumbags at AARP are feeling the heat from seniors and, as scumbags do, is trying to wriggle out of the mess it has made for itself.
“AARP was going to run ads showing bits and pieces of what they support.”
Sounds to me like Obama owns Barry Rand and that the rank and file AARP members aren’t going to their Soylent Green chambers quietly.
B.S. AARP has been strenuously supporting the government takeover of health care, and Dear Leader in particular.
The reason for this announcement is that they are getting hammered by resignation phone calls and letters.
That is the ONLY reason for their current stance. They are lying about this to people hoping to get it passed over the wishes of their membership.
If you are still an AARP member stop now!
Two comments:
Funny how Obama has been recharacterizing the health care bill, without any real changes being made to it. Rule: don’t change the bill, just change your rhetoric— that’ll fool ‘em.
AARP is apparently reacting to cancellations, hostile feedback, as they most certainly HAVE been supporting this bill all over the airwaves....
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Wall Street started it's free fall immediately upon the Marxist being elected.
The pricing of equities is a forward looking dynamic, and Wall Street kept falling until more than 1/2 of the value of our country's businesses evaporated (so far) because they knew just what sort of sure thing he is.
AARP was founded by left wing college administrators.
Nuff said.
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