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More on the AARP Thing

Tue, 02/22/2005 - 20:20 — kebernet

Political Wire points to an NYT piece related...

It seems the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (sic) are now going to start working over the AARP:

"Taking its cues from the success of last year's Swift boat veterans' campaign in the presidential race, a conservative lobbying organization has hired some of the same consultants to orchestrate attacks on one of President Bush's toughest opponents in the battle to overhaul Social Security," the New York Times reports.

The group, "which has poured millions of dollars into Republican policy battles, now says it plans to spend as much as $10 million on commercials and other tactics assailing AARP."

It would appear complete slime is now the SOP, rather than just an election year deal. Whoo hoo. USA Next, the GOP PAC that put up the AARP=Dude on Dude Action add pulled it, but it seems this is just the beginning of hunting season.

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Tue, 02/22/2005 - 21:02 — anonymous (not verified)

RE: More on the AARP Thing

Hell hath no fury like a gray panther scorned.

Mon, 02/28/2005 - 13:24 — anonymous (not verified)

RE: More on the AARP Thing

First, cool site name. As for Swiftboat vets...they make me ill. I am so sick of their tactics and now picking on an orginization that helps elderly people; what a bunch of pukes.

Tue, 03/01/2005 - 07:27 — atrox (not verified)

RE: More on the AARP Thing

Was an article in yesterdays USA Today about "USA Next" the renamed "United Seniors Association" which has been a right wing sort of extremism bullshit machine for years.

Its basically just scare the fucking stupid people, and thats it. Problem is there appear to be enough fucking stupid people to affect change and win elections and so on.

And they claim the AARP is the one using fear tactics? At every turn these conservatice causes seem to use the double speak when confronted. And I guess it works in place of facts and reality, at least for the people they are influencing.

"Many of those involved in the USA Next campaign are alumni of the Swift Boat ad campaign. Strategist Chris LaCivita has been hired. The group is looking to enlist the same media firm that devised the Swift Boat ads, Stevens Reed Curcio & Potholm. Creative Response Concepts, a public relations firm that worked for the Swift Boat Veterans, and Regnery Publishing, which produced an anti-Kerry book for the Swift Boat group, also are helping.

Jarvis' group ran 19,800 TV ads last year supporting conservative causes and plans a similar campaign this year demanding that AARP "stop scaring seniors." He defended the gay-marriage ad by saying AARP's Ohio affiliate had opposed a gay-marriage ban in that state."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-02-27-soc-security-aarp_x.htm

Thu, 03/24/2005 - 14:11 — atrox (not verified)

RE: More on the AARP Thing

LMFAO - I heard on NPR the other day that the "USA Next" clowns did not use models for their gay bashing xenophobic ad. They used an actual picture of a real couple the found somewhere! Guess what, the couple is suing them and its creating havoc for the entire anti AARP campaign (because along with not using the ads for which they did not get permission for the pictures, the lawyers for the couple are subpaeoning the undisclosed private donor information, corporations and all, from USA Next, its somehow pertinent - I didnt look up the legal arguments).

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA serves these USA Next fascists right.

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