AARP rigged it own poll.

[madfloridian]

Thanks to Tactical Peak for catching this. Atrios picked up on it, and I found this also at the Katherine Yurica site.
http://www.yuricareport.com/index.html

SNIP..."In an attempt to prove their membership is actually in favor of the foul Medicare Bill offered by Republican lawmakers to American seniors and designed to eliminate Medicare, AARP resorted to rigging its poll results. In a two day survey conducted on November 19-20, and after it had already announced its endorsement of the Republican Medicare Bill, AARP announced an astounding 75% of its membership supports the new bill. The only problem is that AARP's conclusion is phony....." More at the site.

[oasis]

1. This aint going away.

[cthrumatrix]

9. there should be a class action law suit for misrepresentation...!

[madfloridian]

11. I saw some talk of this at the AARP forums.

To sue them for various reasons. It is quite an angry place.

[Fleshdancer]

2. This poll must have been created...

...by the same people who conduct the Bush approval rating polls.

[Ksec]

3. Unbelievable

Heads must roll.

[Eric J in MN]

4. alternative to AARP

If you think the AARP doesn't represent you, you may wish to consider switiching to an organization which opposes the Republican Medicare bill:

The Alliance for Retired Americans

http://www.retiredamericans.org/

[Eric J in MN]

5. regarding that poll

Some polling organizations care about their credibility, like Zogby.

Other polling organizations just want to make a buck by phrasing the questions to get the result the client wants.

[Cleita]

6. Good information but how is this going to change things now?

Apparently the bill will be passed in the senate tonight and Bush will sign it.

[madfloridian]

8. There is hope for enough backlash to get it modified later.

I think that this kind of thing has happened before on a smaller scale, and I think they readdressed the issue. I had forgotten that, and I believe it was either Kerry or Graham who brought it up on the floor yesterday.
I don't remember the details.

[oasis]

10. That's it, the fury of the seniors when the information is circulated.

And they vote.

[Cocoa]

7. they should have polled the actors in their commercial

they would have gotten 100$.

[oasis]

12. kick

[knight_of_the_star]

13. AARP is committing suicide

If we win in 2004, by 2006 AARP will be discussed in polysci classes as an example of a VERY powerful PAC that is no more.