Obama tells elderly he will protect retirement

Source: Reuters

NEWARK, N.J., Sept 6 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama warned the elderly on Saturday that Republican rival John McCain would put their retirement income in danger.

Obama told a Washington gathering of AARP, an interest group that represents the elderly, that McCain would go beyond President George W. Bush's rejected plan to allow people to invest some of their Social Security funds.

Obama said McCain has embraced that proposal, called privatizing, and "gone even further, suggesting that the best answer to the growing pressures on Social Security might be to cut cost-of-living adjustments or raise the retirement age."

"I will not do either," he said in remarks delivered to the group by satellite, trying again to link McCain with the unpopular president.

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Only McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was not scheduled. Since she was made the surprise pick for the No. 2 spot a week ago she has not given any media interviews.

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glad to see that the MSM is noticing that Palin won't take questions

we oldsters are fairly savvy about "sins of omission".

We simply cannot judge a candidate by watching her read someone else's words from a teleprompter and by watching her in TV commercials.

"We'll privatize your social security so our cronies on Wall St. can steal it.":grr:

And the AARP (although I quit them years ago over their support of the new Medicare bill) is for people over 50. Not all of us are elderly.