Republican Leadership Attacks AARP

Watching their grand scheme to privatize (i.e., phase out) Social Security sputter at the starting gate, the strong men of the Republican House have decided to attack AARP, whose 35 million members may want to notice that Tom DeLay said they are "irresponsible."

Well, AARP IS irresponsible, not for opposing the president's privatization plan, but for supporting the president's drug benefit add-on to Medicare in the late fall of 2003. And hasn't THAT turned out peachy?

No, I toss those invitations to join AARP when they arrive in the mail. Wouldn't trust 'em with my future, though I'm perfectly content to watch the side show of their opposition to Bush in this instance and the resulting mud thrown their way. For example, even before Mr. Delay and Mr. Hastert attacked AARP as irresponsible, we had learned that those nefarious seniors were more interested in gay marriage than might be deemed healthy. Welcome to opposition politics, AARP!