Does Moveon.org Control the Nation’s Political Agenda?
When Bill Clinton was undergoing impeachment proceedings a new group of grassroots democrats started up with the slogan and name of move on.
They wanted to move on from impeachment and get on to other business of the country as they saw it.
Impeachment was a mistake by the republicans at the time and I think everyone realizes now that they went too far. A resolution of condemnation would have served as well as impeachment.
Moveon.org never disbanded after the impeachment, but only got larger to the extent they collect way more than the NRA PAC.
Not only have they been successful in defeating republican candidates in the last cycle, but they are more willing now to go after democrats who disagree with their positions:
MoveOn also punishes Democrats who stray from their liberal, anti-war world view. MoveOn ran a radio ad against Michigan Democratic Rep. John Dingell when he announced his opposition to higher fuel economy standards for automobiles and light trucks.
The script of the brief radio campaign portrayed a conversation between a father and son about something called a Dingellsaurus. The child asks his father what that is. The script reads in part:
“Someone who’s been in Congress so long, he forgets about the people who sent him there,” says the father.
“Are there any around today?” asks son, Billy, to which the father replies: “Our own Congressman John Dingell. He’s standing in the way of the first energy bill ever that would really combat global warming. It would also help the auto companies in the long run and that means more jobs.”
“Is a Dingellsaurus dangerous?” Billy asks. The father replies: “Very, because if the Dingellsaurus gets his way, we could all be extinct.”
Earlier this month, MoveOn ran a brief television campaign against Washington Democratic Rep. Brian Baird after he returned from a trip to Iraq and announced the Bush troop surge may be achieving important military gains. The ad featured an anti-war Iraq veteran. The script reads in part: “Keeping American soldiers in Iraq for an indefinite period of time being attacked by an unidentifiable enemy is immoral and irresponsible.” It asked viewers to “Tell Rep. Baird: Support Our Troops. Bring Them Home.”
“Just because MoveOn only supports Democrats doesn’t mean it supports all Democrats,” Ritsch said.
We all know the very active politically are the ones who donate their money for political causes.
Moveon.org has a lot of wealthy Hollywood donors I’m sure, as well as other wealthy democrats who give, along with the average Joes who give $50 or $100 contributions to be bundled and given to a favored candidate.
With their full-page New York Times ad last week calling General Petreaus “General Betray Us” we have seen how far below the belt they are willing to hit. The fact most democrats kept quiet about the ad instead of denouncing it shows just how much this group is feared even by the people they support.
Either that or they have no sense of decency to denounce such an ad, I’m not sure which is the case.
It seems to me that Moveon is pulling all the political strings in the Democratic party and I’m not sure that’s so good, but money talks and when it does people tend to do what they are told.
Written by ~J~
