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I got this 30+ page flier in the mail in December of 2015. I post it here to remind folks that preying on the financial and medical fears of the elderly is the oldest grift in the book. It’s just never been the primary messaging strategy of an entire political party before.
The best pull quote has to be this testimonial, "Really love your advice on Gold and Vitamins." Neither doctors nor politicians can be trusted, but Bob Livingston (the Alabama-based author of this truth-telling pamphlet) can. Sound familiar?
And if you just send Bob $90 he will send you his monthly newsletter with all sorts of great investment advice (from which I suspect he may make some money) and the inside scoop on which supplements can extend your life (which he can sell you at a steep discount).
I hope there is an especially horrible circle of hell reserved for people like this who prey on the elderly.
The website is even more bonkers.
Oopsie, forgot to update the website.
I love the future in which we are hit by a massive cyber attack that has no impact on the zooming, Trump stock market.
I got Livingston's flier in the mail back in December 2015 (I assume) because I live in a neighborhood where the median age is north of 65. At the time it seemed so outlandish, a throwback to the old "aliens stole my baby" era of National Enquirer. But now....
But now if you go to his website it's hard to tell the difference between it and the official, Team Trump messaging. Or to the tell the difference between it and Breitbart or the Daily Caller or any other pro-Trump media outlet. boblivingstonletter.com
I always knew that Trump was as much a continuation of old school American conservatism as much as he was a deviation...but I must admit that I had no idea just how far off the map conservative media would go, and how quickly it would happen.
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