wait till you see what they eventually do on Iraq.

I'm a member of AARP so I wrote and asked them why Kucinich was not invited. Here is their response. Does anyone know why he might not have met the four criteria? They say he did not respond to the invitation. I'd like to know what really happened.

Thank you for your inquiry regarding the participation of Congressman
Kucinich in the AARP/IPTV Forum that was held on September 20 at the
Adler Theater in Davenport.

On July 2, 2007, Congressman Kucinich's campaign was sent a
registered letter inviting him to participate in the event. The
letter was accompanied by criteria that were set by AARP and IPTV for
participation in the forum. Criteria include:

* Have filed an FEC Form F-2, "Statement of Candidacy," with the
Federal Election Commission;
* Have publicly announced an intention to run for the nomination of
the Republican or the Democratic Party for President of the United
States;
* Have a Campaign Office inside the State of Iowa; and,
* Have employed at least one paid campaign staff representative to
perform full-time campaign duties in the State of Iowa on behalf of
the candidate since at least August 1, 2007.

During the weeks following his campaign's receipt of the letter of
invitation, Congressman Kucinich's office had no communication with
AARP or IPTV. The campaign did not acknowledge receipt of our
invitation, nor did he or any of his campaign staff indicate any
interest in participating in this forum. We did not hear from anyone
about the forum until a story appeared in the Quad-City Times stating
incorrectly, that Congressman Kucinich had not been invited to
participate.

To our knowledge, Congressman Kucinich did not meet all four of the
stated criteria that would have enabled him to participate in the
forum by the designated date.

Thank you for your interest.

Sincerely,

Sivamani
Member Communications
Member@aarp.org

This covers both events that excluded him and his reasoning about why. He is right, too. AARP if they cared about seniors and health care would be advocating for every voice that speaks out intelligently on the matter to be heard.

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