Posted by
Mike Whipple on Friday, July 31, 2009 10:28:32 AM
Kerry campaigner and Democrat activist since 2003 AARP VP Drew Nannis denies leftist bias in an article http://bit.ly/TAggi in the Washington Examiner yesterday. Nannis is a leftist political veteran. He worked for Rep. Marion Berry (D-Ark.) in 2003, served as communications director for Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), prior to becoming the press secretary for Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo) in 2006. He is quoted as saying "I would’ve rather Kerry won than the Red Sox" about his campaign efforts during the world series even though he is a native of Boston.
I have long observed the left wing slant of AARP positions and have refused to join because of them. This latest support for Obamacare and its callous treatment of seniors has awakened many of its members to the truth. Not only is the AARP supporting a government run Canadian style health plan, but they are saying nothing about the end of life coercion, the denial of treatment for seniors and the rationing it will lead to. They don't question the population control freaks in the Obama administration that will have a hand in determining who gets to live. The AARP website has an extensive apologetics article supporting all of Obama'a claims about the healthcare bill that he didn't know anything about.
In other policy abuses of seniors, AARP magazine published an article
http://www.aarpmagazine.org//global_meltdown.html in 2007 promoting the climate myth and trying to convince seniors that global warming is their "issue of legacy". Why aren't they standing up for fixed income seniors who will be bludgeoned by the climate tax bill?
As long as AARP leadership has political activists like Nannis, politics will matter more than members.