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MoveOn.org to Dems: You’re a bunch of DINOs
By sage of monticello | September 6, 2007
In the course of getting MoveOn.org emails I have figured out that they whine….alot.
Especially, in light of the increasingly accepted notion that President Bush’s surge strategy is making military progress in Iraq.
In their last email, they whine about votes like an 8th grade girl whines over a pair of pink shoes
Here’s an excerpt:
We’ve all heard it from the Democratic leadership over and over again: “we don’t have the votes.”
Hundreds of thousands of us worked to get Democratic majorities elected. So why don’t they have the votes? One reason is that there are a set of weak Democrats who side with the president—especially on Iraq. They’re too scared to fight for what’s right and what they were elected to fight for.
This fall, we face a pivotal series of votes on Iraq—votes that, if we win, could spell the end of the Iraq war. MoveOn members have made phone calls. We’ve held town meetings. We’ve run ads and written letters to the editor. But now, given this big moment, we have an important decision to make together.
Should we support primary challengers against some Democrats who side with the president on Iraq?
This is priceless. But there’s more. The question as to whether MoveOn.org and its resources should be expended supporting a primary challenger to an incumbent Democrat who opposes the Moveon.org war orthodoxy was not merely a rhetorical question.
…deciding to support primary challenges is a big step—some folks have argued that we should keep our focus on Republicans, the primary architects and supporters of the war.
…We would only get involved in a primary race if MoveOn members in the district or state wanted to…
Why now? There are a lot of Democrats in Congress who are Democrats In Name Only (DINOs)—they don’t represent their constituents, a lot of them have been in office for years and they think that they can vote however they want. That’s just wrong. Their job is to represent their constituents.
I don’t know about you, but I love the fact that a far-left organization is willing to intiate electoral in-fighting with the moderates in their party.
I would jump at the opportunity to ensure that each incumbent Democrat has a primary challenge where they are forced to spend money to win primaries against Democrats that they would otherwise be able to spend attacking Republicans.
Democrats attacking Democrats; or Democrats attacking Republicans?
If you are like me, and would jump at the opportunity to contribute to messy primary battles for Democrats click here.
Not only is MoveOn.org willing to attack Democrats, but they have unofficially solicited the help of CR Nation!
Topics: Liberals, Iraq, Activism Alert, democrats, moveon.org |
