Like I said, PR stuff. He's having to work harder at getting the support he
needs from both parties and the voters.
Kat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Arnold" <[log in to unmask]>
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To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: aarp and ada
> I'm not your best pick to talk about politics with, but I feel that we're
> going to find president Bush starting to do lots of different things in
the
> next 20 months, that we will question about. After September 11th, he had
a
> high rate (like 92% once I believe) if it was November 2004, he could have
> easily won his second term, but however it came at a wrong time, so now he
> has to maintain the numbers for the next two years. But however a weak
> stock market isn't helping, so he has to win votes by other ways. No I'm
> not for either party, but I think I understand enough to know what he's
> doing.
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony
>
> Visit me at http://www.ara1.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Salkin Kathleen
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 10:10 AM
> Subject: Re: aarp and ada
>
>
> I agree with you. Considering that those disabled who don't have jobs
and
> aren't retirement age (65) and most of them are on Medicaid which pays
for
> some prescriptions, that was not an appropriate way to mark the ADA
> anniversary. It was just PR, in my opinion.
>
> Kat
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Keplinger" <[log in to unmask]>
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 11:26 AM
> Subject: Re: aarp and ada
>
>
> > i just don't think he pick right way to mark the ada day.
> >
> > Salkin Kathleen wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, but we're talking about two different groups as far as the
> government
> > > is concerned. There are the disabled who are all ages, and there
are
> the
> > > retired folks. There's a lot of overlap between the two, but the
AARP
> is
> > > designed for retirees, and the medicine bill is designed for those
> retirees
> > > who are on Medicare and no longer have group coverages that cover
> meds.
> > >
> > > Kat
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Dan Keplinger" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 10:26 AM
> > > Subject: aarp and ada
> > >
> > > > i saw in apaper that bush marked the 12th year of ada by
> > > > signing a bill for better drug coverage and this was a
> > > > big thing for the aarp. how does this help the disabled
> > > > communitty as a hole? at a quick look at the aarp web
> > > > site it said anyone over 50 can join aarp, but not just
> > > > being disabled. to me ada is to benefit people with
> > > > disabilies, not one portion of the group.
> > > >
> > > > dan
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