welcome to the aarp get-over-it-a-thon. i'm your hostess, betty white. if you're 50 or over but hesitant to join aarp because you think it makes you old, i have a very important message: get over it! i'm 89. feeling old at 50? really? time to put your grown-up pants on. [ rim shot ] by the time you were born, i had already dated my way through the rat pack. [ laughter ] being a member of aarp is just $16 a year. i have friends who spend more than that a day on botox. and you get all kinds of great services and discounts. let's go to the phones. [ jeff ] isn't it embarrassing, pulling out an aarp card?

"marketplace middle east" is next. [ applause ] ♪ get over it welcome to the aarp get-over-it-a-thon.our hostess, betty white. if you're 50 or over but hesitant to join aarp because you think it makes you old, i have a very important message: get over it! i'm 89. feeling old at 50? really? time to put your grown-up pants on. [ rim shot ] by the time you were born, i had already dated my way through the rat pack. [ laughter ] being a member of aarp is just $16 a year. i have friends who spend more than that a day on botox. and you get all kinds of great services and discounts. let's go to the phones. [ jeff ] isn't it embarrassing, pulling out an aarp card? don't be such a wuss. all a young buck like you should be embarrassed about is paying full price when you don't have to. it can't make you old -- just like it can't make me a lingerie model. [ elizabeth ] isn't aarp for retired people? i'm not retired. well, neither am i, honey. the only thing working harder than i am these days is the rumor mill about who i'm dating. moi? it's not about retirement. it's about having what you need t

a woman. other than what you just explained. [ applause ] ♪ get over it welcome to the aarp get-over-it-a-thon if you're 50 or over but hesitant to join aarp because you think it makes you old, i have a very important message: get over it! i'm 89. feeling old at 50? really? time to put your grown-up pants on. [ rim shot ] by the time you were born, i had already dated my way through the rat pack. [ laughter ] being a member of aarp is just $16 a year. i have friends who spend more than that a day on botox. and you get all kinds of great services and discounts. let's go to the phones. [ jeff ] isn't it embarrassing, pulling out an aarp card? don't be such a wuss. all a young buck like you should be embarrassed about is paying full price when you don't have to. it can't make you old -- just like it can't make me a lingerie model. [ elizabeth ] isn't aarp for retired people? i'm not retired. well, neither am i, honey. the only thing working harder than i am these days is the rumor mill about who i'm dating. moi? it's not about retirement. it's about having what you need to live life to the fulles

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hi, i'm betty white, host of the aarp get-over-it-a-thon. aarp because you think it makes you old, i have a message for you: get over it! call in. i'm standing by. ♪ get over it >>> mitt romney responds to piers morgan and responds why he thinks sarah palin is the greatest thing to happen to him. >> i think sarah palin is generating enthusiasm and interest in a campaign this year. that's a good thing. she has a lot of energy and passion and bringing it to our race is positive for us. and frankly -- >> and then she does things like that, where she basically says, well, he can be as nice to me as he likes, i'm going to ruin his day. >> she didn't really ruin my day. >> she tried to. >> in a lot of respects, it's the best thing that can happen me. your best enemy is overexposure. people get tired of seeing the same person day in and day out. >> romney will give his keys to success tonight at 9:00 eastern, piers morgan, cnn. >>> as congressman anthony weiner is learning this week, what goes on the init ter net stays on the internet. but did you k