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]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
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