http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/moveon/ en-us Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:27:07 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044692/posts As you no doubt know, the Senate last week voted to confirm Gen. David Petraeus -- slandered less than a year ago by MoveOn.org as "Gen. Betray Us" -- by a 95 to 2 vote. Which two senators voted against Petraeus, despite his historic achievement: dramatically changing U.S. military strategy in Iraq and turning what looked to be America's defeat at the hands of al-Qaeda and Iran's proxies into a clear success? The answer (drum roll please): Senator Tom Harkin (D., Iowa) and Senator Robert Byrd (D., W.V.) voted against him. Interesting, don't you think, that both Harkin and Byrd... The Corner on National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044692/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:27:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043914/posts MoveOn.org tried to stage one of their pitiful made-for-the-evening-news events here in Rochester. Their goal? Blame Bush, McCain and the GOP for high gas prices. The Olmsted County GOP caught wind of it and within 48 hours staged one of the most fun coups ever. MoveOn activist Lyle (didn't catch the last name) was befuddled by the strong GOP counter-protest for drilling domestic oil. On the KTTC six o'clock news broadcast he could do no more than stutter when asked if he knew that there was going to be a counterpoint to his protest. He did manage to claim that... Paleocon Strikes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043914/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:33:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2043878/posts Once again, MoveOn.org brings us a YouTube video showcasing the very worst of America: A woman who wants all of America's benefits with none of the sacrifice. The video shows a nice looking new mother telling John McCain that he can't have the cute newborn baby she is holding to fight his hundred-year war. It is a well-crafted piece of leftist propaganda that is sure to resonate with the soft-headed in this country. No parent relishes the thought of a child of any age dying in a war, but we must also consider this sad but true quote by Thomas... Nietzsche is Dead http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2043878/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:35:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043317/posts What was supposed to be a quiet protest turned into a scene this afternoon. It all began with some local moveon.org members who wanted to get the word out about alternative fuels. The traffic on Civic Center Drive during rush hour Wednesday muffled the words of protesters, but that didn't stop them from voicing their opinions. Moveon.org member Lyle Abrahamson organized the protest in Rochester for their national event, "A Day of Action for an Oil-Free President." Lyle Abrahamson says, "We're out here showing our support for Obama because we believe that he truly will bring what we call change."... KTTC TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043317/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:15:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041526/posts Democrats are getting desperate. Even with all their pomp and circumstance and rhetoric about their dominance of the political arena, they are taking the steps of a desperate party. Case in point, their leveraging of relationships with nefarious characters and out-of-touch liberals to raise money for fledgling Democrat Senate campaigns across the country. Last week Politico reported that, “Los Angeles’ top liberal female activists are planning the political fundraiser for Sept. 27 at a private home.” According to the article, “The idea started with alums of the Hollywood Women’s Political Committee, a Reagan-era power PAC that included Jane Fonda, Kate... http://www.townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041526/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 19:01:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041008/posts NYT shocked to find a politician instead of a virgin posted at 9:11 am on July 4, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly The New York Times editorial board went to bed with a virgin and woke up with a … well, a pro, in milder terms, or so they seem to imply in today’s unhappy missive.  The editorial castigates Obama for his replacement of just about everything he has professed from January 2007 to May 2008 with his all-new, 50%-more-”centery” agenda that rejects everything that made him attractive to the Left in the first place. ... HotAir.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041008/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:01:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040070/posts shotgun e-mail sent out by Moveon...you can't make this stuff up... Dear MoveOn member, It's become pretty clear that pundits love John McCain. "We're his base," MSNBC host Chris Matthews famously said. So if you're looking for some, er, straight talk on Senator McCain—where's a person to go? That's why we're launching McCain Watch—a zippy email with the presidential news you most need to know (but won't hear elsewhere) about Senator McCain. The good folks at The Huffington Post will publish it and we'll deliver it to your inbox. It'll be fair, clear, and tough—the way news is supposed to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040070/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:29:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038632/posts Amazing news: We smashed our goal and have given away over half a million Obama bumper stickers! Since folks are so enthusiastic about showing their support for Obama, we're going to open this up to everybody. That's right: We'll give a free bumper sticker to every American who wants one. Can you take a moment to forward this email to your friends, family, and colleagues and let them know that they can order a FREE Obama bumper sticker? (If you haven't ordered yours yet, you can do so at the link below, too.) https://pol.moveon.org/obamastickers/?id=12816-4889794-1Lbpl7&t=4 THE MESSIAH'S WEB SITE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038632/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:49:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036659/posts IT'S EARLY IN THE presidential campaign to be getting all het up about outrageous ads that distort records or enflame passions. But a recent commercial sponsored by Moveon.org and AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) has lit a fuse with me, maybe in part because it deals with military service, and I have a son who will be commissioned into the Air Force in a year. In this ad, a young mother sits on the floor with her son Alex, whom she introduces to the viewing audience in general and John McCain in particular. In the tender,... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036659/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:32:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036321/posts Who knew that newbie Democrat congressman Jason Altmire (4th District) and Republican congressman Tim Murphy (18th District) would ever "town hall" together? The reason there are no answers is because there were none to be found. Today Murphy and Altmire sent out a news release announcing that they would host two joint town hall meetings together: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036321/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:16:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036233/posts Last Friday, Newsweek released a poll that had Sen. Barack Obama up 15 points over Sen. John McCain. Today, the LA Times along with Bloomberg released their poll showing Obama up, you guessed it, 15 points over the presumptive Republican nominee. The LA Times/Bloomberg polling data shows in a four-way race that Obama is over McCain 48 percent to 33 percent with independent candidates Bob Barr and Ralph Nader holding a combination of 7 percentage points and the rest are undecided. In a two-way race, Obama's lead narrows only slightly to 12 percentage points. University of Virginia political science professor... The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036233/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:46:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034996/posts -- snip --The ad is simple. A mother speaks as she holds her baby boy: “Hi, John McCain. This is Alex. And he’s my first. So far his talents include trying any new food and chasing after our dog. That, and making my heart pound every time I look at him. And so, John McCain, when you say you would stay in Iraq for 100 years, were you counting on Alex? Because if you were, you can’t have him.” -- snip -- The MoveOn ad is unapologetic in its selfishness, and barely disguised in its disdain for those who have... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034996/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:44:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034919/posts Move-On.org is taking a firm stand on a campaign promise that Barack Obama made that said he would filibuster any wiretapping bill that had retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies that let the feds listen in on. MoveOn says in the letter “We need him to honor that promise.” The posting urges supporters to tell Obama how they feel by calling his presidential campaign to let him know that “you’re counting on him to keep his word.” Last Friday Obama announced his support for the intelligence surveillance law that is highly unpopular with most left activists; the money, momentum and votes... The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034919/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:41:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034080/posts Exclusive: MoveOn To Close Its 527 In Response To Obama's CandidacyBy Greg Sargent - June 20, 2008, 12:05PM MoveOn, the advocacy group supporting Barack Obama, has decided to permanently shutter its 527 operation, partly in response to the Illinois Senator's insistence that such groups should not spend on his behalf during the general election, I've learned from the group's spokesperson. MoveOn's decision, which will dramatically impact the way it raises money on Obama's behalf, is yet another sign of how rapidly Obama is taking control of the apparatus that's gearing up on his behalf. By shuttering its 527, MoveOn is... TPM election central http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034080/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:45:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033284/posts (CNSNews.com) - Does any doting mother want to think about putting her firstborn baby in harm's way? Liberal backers of Sen. Barack Obama are banking on a "no" answer. The liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org is running a political ad featuring a new mother, bouncing baby boy on her lap, chiding John McCain about wanting to wage a "hundred-year" war in Iraq. "John McCain, when you say you would stay in Iraq for a hundred years, were you counting on Alex? Because if you were, you can't have him," the mother (actress) says with a quaver in her voice. (See video)... Cybercast News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033284/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:59:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032774/posts WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- A new television ad blasting likely Republican presidential nominee John McCain is only the beginning of liberal "independent group" ads, union officials say. The spot, produced independently of Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign, financed by the liberal activist group MoveOn.org and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, features a young mother with a baby criticizing McCain's determination to keep troops in Iraq. It began airing Tuesday in Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan, USA Today reported. Pro-Democrat labor union leaders told the newspaper they have assembled millions of dollars for so-called independent... UPI.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032774/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:58:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032653/posts Poltical Advertisement Idea.... 1. Camera zooms in on American school yard, children playing sounds of laughter...... slight ticking sound in the background.... 2. Bell rings children line up to file back in school entrance. ... ticking gets louder... 3. cut to Al-Qaida terrorist training video... 4. cut back to school kids are all sitting behind their desks teaching in front of classroom.... ticking louder still.... 5. Cut to front entrance of school van pulls up and 5 terrorists jump out wearing suicide bomber vests.....and run into the school... Ticking abruptly stops.... Scroll... We need a leader that takes the threat... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032653/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:35:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032561/posts WASHINGTON -- A major labor union and the liberal organization MoveOn.org are joining forces to air a provocative new ad portraying John McCain's Iraq policy as a prolonged presence that would involve a new generation of Americans.Paid for by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and by MoveOn.org, the commercial represents an expansion by Democratic-leaning groups of a campaign against McCain. It also targets one of McCain's major assets -- his public credibility on national security issues. The ad will begin airing nationally Wednesday on CNN and MSNBC and in Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin markets. It will... Madistan.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032561/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:47:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2032427/posts New MoveOn ad: Don’t take my baby, John McCain! In which a 90-year-old Maverick, serving his fifth term as president after declaring martial law and suspending the Constitution, conscripts young Alex to walk the beat in Baghdad. Either that or mom here hasn’t yet grasped that (a) President McCain won’t be setting Iraq policy for the next 18 years, let alone the next hundred, (b) MoveOn’s candidate of choice has himself been dropping some dark hints lately about “tactical readjustments,” and (c) whether McCain and the military can have her son is, um, up to her son, not her. The... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2032427/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:08:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024180/posts "But McClellan shouldn't profit off the role he played in our nation's largest foreign policy blunder,” the release reads. "After spending years defending the Bush administration and perpetuating the lies that led our country into war, Scott McClellan is poised to make bank — his tell-all book is a bestseller and he may make hundreds of thousands or millions,” MoveOn says. "Meanwhile, our troops are still dying in Iraq.” ... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024180/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 00:06:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019692/posts A small knot of counterdemonstrators will greet Sen. John McCain when he arrives in Stockton today for a day of Northern California campaigning and fundraising. But the real anti-McCain action is happening in the media, where labor and liberal activists are starting to get the national press to do what the still-feuding Democratic candidates can't: Focus on the Republican nominee. On Thursday, the liberal group MoveOn.org will air a national advertisement on CNN urging McCain to fire Charlie Black, a top adviser who has been a longtime lobbyist; McCain and Black have said that Black retired from lobbying in March.... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019692/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 14:46:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2015067/posts MoveOn.org sponsored a contest for the best 30-second pro-Barack Obama TV commercial. The winner, according to the Associated Press's article, "MoveOn ad features pro-Obama Republican," was an ad starring Air Force veteran John Weiler. The spot includes Mr. Weiler, whose military service is to be commended, saying "I've been a Republican since before I could actually vote." Not only that: "I'm a lifelong Republican and I'm voting for Barack Obama." I don't know if Mr. Weiler is a lifelong Republican as he claims. I do know that if the Associated Press is accurate in its reporting, he must have been... Townhall Blogs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2015067/posts#comment Tue, 13 May 2008 02:32:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010891/posts Our friend Jim Hoft has been doing a great job at Gateway Pundit examining the case of the dirty trick played on John McCain this week. I asked Jim to summarize his findings for us. Here is his report: Power Line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010891/posts#comment Sun, 4 May 2008 01:50:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009380/posts MoveOn.org launched their first in a series of anti-McCain ads today which argues that John McCain is not only similar to Bush -- he is worse. The ads will air in what are described as "McCain-friendly" markets - New Mexico and Iowa for now - and may eventually go national. In an e-mail to reporters, MoveOn's Executive Director is quoted saying, "Voters need to know Senator McCain would continue President Bush’s failed policies – in Iraq and elsewhere. A vote for him is basically a vote for a third Bush term.” A MoveOn.org spokesman tells CBS News that McCain has... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009380/posts#comment Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:38:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008254/posts Later in the segment on CNN’s "Newsroom" between Tony Harris, David Gergen, and Roland Martin after the Reverend Jeremiah Wright speech at the National Press Club (which Mark Finkelstein blogged about earlier), Gergen suggested that "it’s time for him [Rev. Wright] to get off the stage, and frankly, for the media, I suggest, to move on." He also twice characterized the whole affair as a "sideshow" [audio available here].Shortly after a commercial break which came in the middle of the discussion, Gergen, in response to a question from "Newsroom" co-host Tony Harris, said of Rev. Wright, "Every time he appears,... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008254/posts#comment Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:30:56 GMT