Seniors come out in droves during elections. The midterms are approaching and many seniors are undoubtedly worried about how ObamaCare will affect them. Since ObamaCare redirects resources away from Medicare to fund the medical care of millions of younger people, they should be concerned. How better to distract their attention than give them checks in the mail with a reassuring propaganda letter and then use the politics of fear by raising the specter that Republicans will harm social security.Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar writes in the Washington Post: WASHINGTON -- A check from Uncle Sam gets your attention, even if the money doesn't help that much with the bills. More than 750,000 Medicare recipients with high prescription costs each got a $250 government check this summer, and 3 million-plus more checks are going out to people who land in the program's anxiety-inducing coverage gap. Democrats, running scared in an election year, are trying to overcome older people's mistrust of the new...(Read Full Post)