2016 Postmortem

passiveporcupine

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12. So, I've been looking for a copy of this mailer with the AARP logo and I can't find it

Thu Jan 28, 2016, 10:01 PM

Jan 2016

But I did find this:

AARP’s Iowa chapter had to clarify publicly that it is not supporting Sanders after noticing that the campaign was distributing mailers that include a photo of AARP members wearing their red shirts with the slogan “Take a Stand.” That’s the name of the group’s campaign to raise the Social Security issue in the 2016 election and get candidates to present their plan to protect the retirement program. Newsweek obtained an image of the mailer, which touts Sanders’s record as a defender of Social Security.

The organization did not contact the Sanders campaign about halting the mailing, according to spokeswoman Ann Black
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http://www.newsweek.com/sanders-complaints-iowa-nevada-420806

I want to see this mailer. I suspect it is not saying or implying anything about AARP supporting Bernie, only that AARP members support his position on strengthening social security.

If anyone can help me find a copy of one of these mailers, I'd love to see it.
Thanks

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Sanders campaign - unauthorized use of AARP logo [View all] Perogie Jan 2016 OP

and in 2006, Hillary voted AGAINST the ban on cluster bombs. grasswire Jan 2016 #1

Sanders votes on the Brady Bill and some 33,000 gun violence deaths, Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #2

The Brady bill passed so zero deaths on his hands from that. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #4

So, if a bill passes--with or without the vote of one legislator--then it doesn't MADem Jan 2016 #19

Reading is fundamental. ;) beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #20

Yep, it sure is--and that seems to be the point you are making. nt MADem Jan 2016 #21

Seems being the operative word. You definitely missed it. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #22

Brady Bill passed so what's your point? Perogie Jan 2016 #5

The bill was watered down on back ground checks and was passed on the fifth Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #11

So you forgive him like you do Hillary, right? Perogie Jan 2016 #14

He forgot to apologize, said he was from a rural state, Hillary Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #16

Every day innocent people die in America workinclasszero Jan 2016 #6

I asked you before to provide a link to all of the deaths that were caused by the PLCAA. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #8

So you forgive him like you do Hillary, right? Perogie Jan 2016 #13

Can someone show me this crime. Cartoonist Jan 2016 #3

+ a million. bunnies Jan 2016 #25

Deflection is good. Helps with rationalization. DanTex Jan 2016 #7

do you easily rationalize away those deaths? virtualobserver Jan 2016 #10

Well, if Sanders wants to associate himself with AARP, let him--they're the MADem Jan 2016 #9

I was a member Old Codger Jan 2016 #15

I personally know at LEAST a dozen people who quit them and never went back. MADem Jan 2016 #17

I do have Old Codger Jan 2016 #18

I actually agree with you on this. The AARP isn't what people think it is. Bread and Circus Jan 2016 #24

So, I've been looking for a copy of this mailer with the AARP logo and I can't find it passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #12

"Newsweek obtained an image of the mailer" demwing Jan 2016 #26

My God, the stuff people focus on astounds me. Thanks for putting it in perspective with OP. EndElectoral Jan 2016 #23