60,000 cancel AARP memberships

Siding with Obama hasn't helped the AARP, it hasn't helped Blue Dog Democrats, it hasn't even helped Obama, whose numbers are plummeting. Yet, even in the face of losing 60,000 memberships since July 1, the AARP continues to find no issues or concerns with ObamaCare.

There is a conservative alternative, the American Seniors Association (ASA), and they are gaining 5,000 memberships a week. That's called a free market. It works every time it's tried.

CBS has the story and does an excellent job on the piece. Hats off to them.


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Ed Morrissey at HotAir expounds:

Seniors can be forgiven if they sense a heapin’ helping of hypocrisy from the AARP. The organization bitterly opposed efforts to reform Social Security four years ago, claiming that the Bush administration’s privatization plans amounted to a “dismantling” of the retirement plan, even before they’d actually seen the proposal. Now, when Obama offers big cuts in actual coverage in Medicare and Medicare Advantage, suddenly they want to play coy about reading the bill. Their lack of response is easily taken as tacit endorsement, considering the hysterical response four years ago.