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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 04:46 PM
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Caroline Kennedy, 50, Is AARP 'Cover Girl' - (Say it ain't so, Caroline! )
Edited on Tue Nov-27-07 04:50 PM by Breeze54
Caroline Kennedy, 50, Is AARP 'Cover Girl'

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/14705897/detail.html

Retiree Association Honoring Former First Daughter

UPDATED: 2:12 pm EST November 27, 2007

NEW YORK --

Caroline Kennedy turns 50 Tuesday, becoming eligible for membership in AARP.



But the retiree association has bigger plans in mind for the former first daughter.

They're honoring her for a lifetime of public service, and featuring her on the

http://www.aarpmagazine.org/people/inspire_awards_2008_kennedy.html">upcoming cover of AARP The Magazine.

Kennedy will receive one of the magazine's 2008 Inspire Awards next week and will be featured
on the cover of the January/February issue, on newsstands in December.

Since graduating from Harvard and finishing Columbia University law school, the mother of three
has raised tens of millions of dollars for New York City public schools.

She has also been active in the NAACP's Legal Defense and Education Fund and the bipartisan
Commission on Presidential Debates.

Kennedy was only 3 when her family moved into the White House.


On the cover of AARP at age 50?!? :wtf:

Give me a break!! That's absurd!

Edited to add:

. .



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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 04:48 PM
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1. 50 is their minimum age for membership! nt
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 04:48 PM
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2. Don't do it Caroline!
AARP became just another insurance company when the HMO's arrived...
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 04:49 PM
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3. Wow! in that picture she sure doesn't look 50! She's a beauty
as many fifty plus women are.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 04:53 PM
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5. Good save there!
:P
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 04:57 PM
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6. My most recent long-term GF turned 50 shortly after I met her
Experience has its advantages.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 05:00 PM
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7. I agree!
;)
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:57 PM
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13. I wish more people felt that way.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:53 PM
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12. 50's the
new 30..60 the new 40 and so on..

I think the generations since our mothers or grandmothers' day are more aware of what it takes to be healthy and sparkling!
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:05 PM
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19. Naw...they just have access to plastic surgery!
I saw Joan Rivers on TV today and she looked 30 years old!! :wtf:

Nice plastic surgery she's had. :eyes:
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 08:11 PM
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29. That's an option for some
but surgery can only do so much. Then there are those people I know who haven't had surgery even if they could afford it and they are in the category of looking 40 when they're 60ish... :)
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-28-07 02:55 AM
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33. She'll have a 'goatee' if she has anymore!
:P

http://www.goatee.org/



:rofl:
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:22 PM
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23. I've Met Her - She Looks Her Age - And Has a Natural Beauty
Unadulterated. She has the lined face of someone who spends a lot of time outdoors.

In that photo she has the added benefits of make-up and lighting.
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 04:52 PM
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4. Happy Birthday Caroline!
I'll be joining you on the other side in a couple of months.

(When I was a baby my mom was very amused that the President had a child of almost the same age.)

I started getting AARP solicitations recently - Credit cards, insurance, etc. It feels pretty strange to me since I feel so youthful.
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 05:13 PM
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8. It looks like 50 is the new 30
or in her case, maybe 28?
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 05:30 PM
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9. I'd say they're using good photo shop.
She is a pretty woman but I've seen her on TV and she looks older than that.

But she's still a pretty woman.


Caroline Kennedy is seen during the JFK
Profile in Courage Award presentations at
the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, in
this May 21, 2007, file photo.
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:49 PM
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11. Her soul is beautiful.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:00 PM
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14. Yes and so is
her physical appearance. But the AARP photo has to be photo shopped or it's an older photo.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:10 PM
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20. She looks so much like Jackie
except her hair is not as dark, a beautiful woman inside and out.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:16 PM
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21. She looks a little like both parents...
Beautiful genes make for beautiful people at any age.

She is still stunning, imho. I'm proud to be 50 along with her! Dammit! :P

I remember my mom telling me we were the same age... and I looked at my dad and thought, what a slacker! Her dad is president, fcol! haha!
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-28-07 03:10 AM
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34. -------->
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 05:49 PM
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10. Her daddy would sure have been proud. God bless her. My daughter was
Caroline (nicknamed Casey)..
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KatyaR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:00 PM
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15. I've been getting AARP mailings since I turned 50.
Talk about depressing . . . .
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:02 PM
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16. I resent them 'pushing' it; as at 50 you can't retire
or collect SS retirement benefits either! Most people don't retire until
they're 65 or older and sometimes never but 50 for AARP is ridiculous.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:48 PM
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26. Still at 50
it's not to early to start making plans if a person doesn't want to end up retiring in poverty. It's just the way it is now, everyone has to look out for themselves especially with the way repugs have f*cked up things. x(
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:52 PM
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27. I'm already being referred to as a senior citizen at age 50 by Ads on TV!
It's BS!!! It has nothing to do with planning for retirement.

They're (AARP) just looking for more business and victims.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-28-07 02:30 AM
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31. Yeah it SUCKS
since I hit 50 advertisers couldn't care less about me. According to them I don't spend money anymore, I don't buy cars or electronics or much of anything expect Depends and laxatives. :argh:
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:32 PM
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25. They started for me at 49 years 8 months
Almost to the day.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:53 PM
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28. Who started you? SSDI?
:shrug:

If that's what you mean, that's not the same as SS Retirement.
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-28-07 11:25 AM
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35. Apparently the AARP got my date of birth from someone
I really have no idea where.
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:02 PM
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17. Happy Birthday and may I say she looks
marvelous
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mudesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:02 PM
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18. She's FIFTY?!
She looks fantastic.
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:32 PM
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24. Other than a little extra weight, I look fantastic too
A little Grecian Formula 16 in my beard and you'd never know I'm two months shy of 50.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:16 PM
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22. I look forward to my copy in the mail.
Did I say my copy? Oh yeah, I'm 51 years young and a member. Happy birthday Caroline.
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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-28-07 06:01 PM
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38. My copy arrived yesterday
I'm also 51. :hi:
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FtWayneBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 09:44 PM
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30. It was recently revealed that Neal Diamond's
"Sweet Caroline" was written in her honor.


Sweet indeed.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-28-07 02:41 AM
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32. She was 12 yrs old when he wrote it too. - Makes one wonder...
Edited on Wed Nov-28-07 02:46 AM by Breeze54
:eyes:
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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-28-07 05:57 PM
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37. Wonder about what? BTW she 9 when the song became a hit
"For four decades, Neil Diamond has kept secret the identity of who inspired his 1966 Number One hit "Sweet Caroline." He recently performed the song via satellite at Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg's 50th birthday party and decided the time was right to tell her she was the one. "It was a picture of a little girl dressed to the nines in her riding gear, next to her pony. It was such an innocent, wonderful picture, I immediately felt there was a song in there," Diamond said. "I'm happy to have gotten it off my chest and to have expressed it to Caroline. I thought she might be embarrassed, but she seemed to be struck by it and really, really happy."
http://www.voanews.com/english/Entertainment/2007-11-22-voa38.cfm
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-28-07 04:52 PM
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36. Helen Thomas also selected, don't forget.
Flowers for Helen. Actually, a pretty good list, if you ask me. Anything that makes FReeper heads explode works for me. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1931889/posts
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