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   On 25 Feb 2005 17:12:09 -0800, "Leland Milton Goldblatt , PhD."   
    wrote:   
      
   >Swift Boat says REAL AARP is liberal?   
   >   
   >Without prejudice; Dr. Goldblatt pontificates ®:--   
   >   
   >The same Republicans who used to love AARP when it helped them pass the   
   >president's prescription drug plan now hate AARP because it is against   
   >the president's plan to privatize Social Security.   
   >   
   >The American Spectator website only a short time. But, boy, was it a   
   >doozy. It showed two photos. One was of an American soldier in combat   
   >gear with a big red X through it. The other was of a gay couple kissing   
   >as they were married; it had a big green check mark through it. Below   
   >the photos was the headline: "The REAL AARP Agenda." You read that   
   >right: The ad asserted that AARP, the nonpartisan organization that   
   >represents more than 35 million older Americans, hates this country's   
   >military but loves gay marriage. Both will, of course, come as a real   
   >surprise to lots of grandmas and grandpas, and for good reason: Neither   
   >is true. Welcome to the world of Republican slimeball politics.   
   >   
   >Welcome, seniors, to the world of Republican slime throwing. You are   
   >about to get a small taste of what Kerry went through with those   
   >repugnant Swift Boat vets. This, alas, is how the Bush White House   
   >works: Rather than debate issues on the up and up, it depends on   
   >surrogates to go directly at an "enemy's" strength. In Kerry's case it   
   >was his distinguished war record. In the case of AARP, we're guessing   
   >it's the group's reputation as a rather stodgy but dependable and   
   >trustworthy advocate for seniors.   
   >   
   >Oh, and of course you can wait for the protestations that the White   
   >House had nothing to do with the anti-AARP campaign. But of course you   
   >wouldn't swallow that, would you?   
   >   
   >Senator Jon Corzine of New Jersey sent a letter to President Bush   
   >yesterday calling the USA Next ad "incendiary" and asking him to   
   >denounce such tactics. But, of course, President Bush has nothing   
   >whatsoever to do with any of this. Right?   
   >   
   >   
   >Shalom,   
   >   
   >---Leland Milton Goldblatt, Ph.D. ®   
   >Distinguished Professor   
   >http://www.prof.faithweb.com   
   >   
   >   
   >Abu Ghraib prison picture scandal, the foulest of atrocities to ever   
   >shocked me so badly as these [Abu Ghraib] photographs did.   
   >"Now, Leland Milton Goldblatt, Ph.D. is really ashamed to carry an   
   >American passport."   
      
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