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  • Bush to skip AARP gathering of 25,000 members

    10/12/2004 3:46:39 PM PDT · by MikeJ75 · 78 replies · 1,826+ views
    KVOA News 4 (Tucson, AZ) ^ | October 12, 2004 | AP
    WASHINGTON President Bush won't attend the annual convention of the A-A-R-P, although he'll be in Las Vegas at the same time as the group that helped him pass last year's Medicare prescription drug law. Laura Bush will speak to the A-A-R-P, instead. Bush will appear at a campaign rally. John Kerry, who opposed the Medicare law, has accepted an invitation to address the meeting of 25-thousand on Thursday. The attendees represent the group's 35 (m) million members. The A-A-R-P's backing of the controversial Medicare legislation prompted 60-thousand members to resign. Since then, the organization has campaigned for changes, such as...