More Than Half the Members of the GOP’s ‘Young Guns’ Program Are Eligible for AARP Membership

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Posted by Amanda Terkel at 7:00 am
June 12, 2010

More Than Half the Members of the GOP’s ‘Young Guns’ Program Are Eligible for AARP Membership


Cross-posted from Think Progress.

The National Republican Congressional Committee often touts its “Young Guns” program, an initiative “dedicated to identifying, recruiting, and mobilizing a new generation of conservative leaders.” But as the Daily Beast points out, this fresh-faced group really isn’t that young:

In fact, the current crop of the 22 Young Guns looks very much like the old generation of conservative leaders. These upstarts together average an age of 49.6 years old — two months shy of the average age of new members who joined Congress in 2008. And those current reps are no spring chickens themselves. According to one analysis, the 111th Congress is the oldest, on average, of any since 1907.

More than half of the Young Guns, having celebrated the big 5-0, are already eligible for an AARP membership. Only two of the group’s designated candidates– Martha Roby, who is running for Alabama’s 2nd District, and district attorney-cum-reality-television star Sean Duffy, who is running for the open seat in Wisconsin’s 7th District — are under the age of 40.

In the past, the Republican National Committee has had to lure younger GOP donors — aka “Young Eagles” — with trips to topless clubs.


http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/06/12/more-than-half-the-members-of-the-gop%E2%80%99s-young-guns-program-are-eligible-for-aarp-membership/

[Raschel]

1. Old White tea bags. Yuck. Not good for you.

[asdjrocky]

2. Only in the GOP can you be considered a "young gun" at 50.

[theothersnippywshrub]

3. Do AARP members get a senior discount at lesbian bondage clubs?

If they do, it would help the NRC cut expenses.

[MineralMan]

4. No. Actually, they have to pay extra, I think.

[rzemanfl]

5. When AARP put Condi Rice on the cover of their magazine-

I sent them a nasty note, written on that cover, regarding the non-renewal of my membership in their shitty group, which I think most people get a membership in as a gag gift on their 50th birthday.