Commentary AARP Responds to Political Campaign Ad: ‘The Candidates Owe Voters Straight Talk – Not Just 30-Second Ads’ by Gary Kopycinski on August 17, 2012 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)-August 17, 2012. AARP Senior Vice President John Hishta issued the following statement in response to a new campaign advertisement that uses quotes from AARP: