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“This administration is populated by people who’ve spent their careers bashing government. They’re not just small-government conservatives—they’re Grover Norquist, strangle-it-in-the-bathtub conservatives. It’s a cognitive disconnect for them to be able to do something well in an arena that they have so derided and reviled all these years.”

Senator Hillary Clinton

Monday, February 21, 2005

Art Linkletter says the darndest things

So the plan to draw folks away from the AARP (at least the first step) has been revealed. And it ain't pretty. Not that in the sense that it's an effective attack on the AARP, but rather not pretty in that it's a disgusting display.

I guess it shouldn't be surprising, seeing that gay marriage was supposed to be the polarizing issue in America last election and the war on terror actually was the pivotal issue in it. And USA Next is trying to exploit them both in an attempt to drive away members of the AARP.

Now I'm not sure why people who sign up for the AARP, who use the power of the AARP for drug benefits and discounts, and those who feel the Bush Social Security plan is risky and could cause great damage to future generations, I'm not sure if they'll end up caring.

Some may, I guess. But a majority of seniors get a lot from the AARP - dare I say they love the AARP for what it provides them. And they may end up taking this attack on the AARP personally. Another misstep in the battle over private accounts.

It's a clear sign of desperation. Talk of private accounts simply isn't working for Republicans. They are unable to sell the country on the merits of the privatization plan simply because that plan is a bad one. So now they have to scare society that the failure of private accounts will destroy the military and cause men everywhere to spontaneously make out.

What kind of twisted logic is that, anyway?

On a side note, when you go to the conservative group's homepage, should we be surprised that all their talking head appearances have been on FOX News?