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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-06-08 01:57 PM
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Obama tells elderly he will protect retirement
Source: Reuters

NEWARK, N.J., Sept 6 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama warned the elderly on Saturday that Republican rival John McCain would put their retirement income in danger.

Obama told a Washington gathering of AARP, an interest group that represents the elderly, that McCain would go beyond President George W. Bush's rejected plan to allow people to invest some of their Social Security funds.

Obama said McCain has embraced that proposal, called privatizing, and "gone even further, suggesting that the best answer to the growing pressures on Social Security might be to cut cost-of-living adjustments or raise the retirement age."

"I will not do either," he said in remarks delivered to the group by satellite, trying again to link McCain with the unpopular president.

<snip>

Only McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was not scheduled. Since she was made the surprise pick for the No. 2 spot a week ago she has not given any media interviews.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN064858202...


glad to see that the MSM is noticing that Palin won't take questions
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   AARP will make note of the fact Palin wasn't there  ayeshahaqqiqa   Sep-06-08 02:01 PM   #1 
   With each day, the pressure will grow for her to submit to questioning.  mwb970   Sep-06-08 02:08 PM   #2 
   hey obama, say this: "I will save social security!" - short concise soundbite not wordy nt  msongs   Sep-06-08 02:45 PM   #3 
   In contrast to McCain/Palin...  KillCapitalism   Sep-06-08 02:54 PM   #4 
   I hope they also protect pensions and health plans  MaineDem   Sep-08-08 08:56 AM   #5 
 
ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-06-08 02:01 PM
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1. AARP will make note of the fact Palin wasn't there
we oldsters are fairly savvy about "sins of omission".
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Sep-06-08 02:08 PM
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2. With each day, the pressure will grow for her to submit to questioning.
We simply cannot judge a candidate by watching her read someone else's words from a teleprompter and by watching her in TV commercials.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-06-08 02:45 PM
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3. hey obama, say this: "I will save social security!" - short concise soundbite not wordy nt
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-06-08 02:54 PM
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4. In contrast to McCain/Palin...
"We'll privatize your social security so our cronies on Wall St. can steal it." :grr:
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Sep-08-08 08:56 AM
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5. I hope they also protect pensions and health plans
And the AARP (although I quit them years ago over their support of the new Medicare bill) is for people over 50. Not all of us are elderly.
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