http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/moveon/ en-us Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:00:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283183/posts South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has been unusually candid about his affair with a 41-year-old former reporter in Argentina. In stark contrast to the taciturn Eliot Spitzer – who made no mention at all of his escapades as "Client 9" except opening his resignation speech with a reference to his "private failings" – Sanford held forth at length with reporters last week, describing how the affair came about and at one point prefacing an answer with, "To give you way more detail than you'll ever want…" Then there were the e-mails. Perhaps Sanford shouldn't be judged on those, given that... See-BS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283183/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:00:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277003/posts Flynt and Hillary Leverett of the New America Foundation are two of the main proponents of the “Grand Bargain” approach to Iran which has been adopted by the Obama administration. The Grand Bargain approach seeks to have the current Iranian regime promise to cease nuclear weapons development and exporting terror, in exchange for U.S. security guarantees. In other words, ensuring the permanence of Iranian mullah rule. On June 13, 2009, the day after the Iranian election, there were widespread complaints in Iran and internationally of election fraud, but Flynt Leverett reacted by immediately defending the integrity of the vote: Flynt... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277003/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:25:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264807/posts FEC dismisses complaint on MoveOn's "Betray Us" ad @ 2:38 pm by Aaron Blake The Federal Election Commission (FEC) ruled Thursday that The New York Times did not provide MoveOn.org with a special rate for its 2007 full-page ad critical of Gen. David Petraeus. The ad, which ran in 2007 and called Petraeus "General Betray Us," caused a lot of controversy when it first ran, and Democrats were forced to separate themselves from the liberal group. Conservative commentators also alleged that MoveOn was given a special rate for the ad - evidence of the New York Times's supposed liberal bias... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264807/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:44:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248090/posts Fake link says: "Send this video to all the mothers you know".... Internet Obama Scam..... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248090/posts#comment Sun, 10 May 2009 17:53:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237829/posts This is vital, because it reveals just how bad a card Cheney has to play in protecting himself from being prosecuted as a war criminal. The CIA inspector general's report found no evidence that torture had given any information that would not have been found using legal and moral means. Even one of the legal architects of the torture program, Steven Bradbury, had to concede that much: "It is difficult to quantify with confidence and precision the effectiveness of the program," Steven G. Bradbury, then the Justice Department's principal deputy assistant attorney general, wrote in a May 30, 2005, memo... The Atlantic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237829/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:41:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238020/posts They're singing the blues, the Jews Blues. And with it the stage has been set for the elimination of the Jewish state and a grim future for Jews in the United States. If the result sought is that "we are all anti-Semites now," then the Jews Blues are the means to that end. In music, the blues simultaneously direct sadness and anger at a person or situation, empathically pulling listeners into agreement. The rhetorical blues do the same, offering elites a way to shift the blame for policy and social failures to selected individuals and groups. This creates a background... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238020/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:27:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2236469/posts Without taking a position here on whether waterboarding is moral or tantamount to torture or whether torture, however it may be defined, is a useful means of intelligence-gathering, the rush to investigate and possibly indict former Bush administration officials for doing their jobs is beyond disturbing.This vindictive, malicious push to pay back the architects of the War on Terror for making a good faith effort to defend America is being driven by pundits such as the increasingly nutty Andrew Sullivan, law professor Jonathan Turley, the George Soros-funded real-life subversives at the Center for Constitutional Rights (which is headed by Che Guevara apologist Michael Ratner), and... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2236469/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:43:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236160/posts There’s trouble brewing. The Hill and the WH are not on the same page. Pelosi and Reid fooled Obama into wasting his post-election political capital on a fake stimulus plan that was just pork spending and political kickbacks to unions etc. They also convinced him (as Senator, Pres elect, AND as President!) that just giving money away to banks was a good idea that Congress would keep Oh-so-close-an-eye on. Yeah, that TARP was a TRILLION dollars well spent, right? They also convinced him to just go ahead and sign the 9000 budget they forged (though he was a Senator then... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236160/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:09:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234421/posts President Barack Obama is leaving the door to open to possible prosecution of Bush administration officials who devised harsh terrorism-era interrogation tactics. FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234421/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:00:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226847/posts Back when I was semi-card-carrying leftie, we used to spend a lot of time speculating who was the agent provocateur - read: FBI agent - at the demonstration. Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226847/posts#comment Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:57:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221649/posts Since former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean stepped down as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, he has ventured into other opportunities. One of those opportunities was to be a business pundit for the financial news channel CNBC, even though Dean's background prior to politics was in medicine. But just over a week later, in an e-mail dated April 2 to MoveOn.org mailing list subscribers, Dean wrote he was leaving Washington to hit the campaign trail "to help President Obama win health care for all." ..more (w/video).. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221649/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 17:23:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220435/posts "Don't think we're not keeping score, brother." That's what President Barack Obama said to Rep. Peter DeFazio in a closed-door meeting of the House Democratic Caucus last week, according to the Associated Press. A few weeks ago, Mr. DeFazio voted against the administration's stimulus bill. The comment from Mr. Obama was a presidential rebuke and part of a new, hard-nosed push by the White House to pressure Congress to adopt the president's budget. He has mobilized outside groups and enlisted forces still in place from the Obama campaign. Senior presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett and her chief of staff, Michael Strautmanis,... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220435/posts#comment Thu, 2 Apr 2009 03:37:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220263/posts MoveOn once asked (link via Save the GOP) who would pay for the President's deficit spending. Let's ask again: Redstate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220263/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 23:28:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216143/posts Reid to liberals: Back off By: Manu Raju March 27, 2009 10:59 AM EST Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that liberal groups targeting moderate Democrats should back off, saying pressure from the left wing of his party won't be helpful to enacting legislation. "I think it's very unwise and not helpful," Reid said Friday morning. "These groups should leave them alone. It’s not helpful to me. It’s not helpful to the Democratic Caucus.” Reid, who said he hadn’t seen or heard the ads, added that "most of [the groups] run very few ads – they only to do... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216143/posts#comment Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:24:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2215341/posts Dear MoveOn member, President Obama only needs 50 votes in the Senate to pass his visionary, progressive budget. There are 58 Democrats and Independents in the Senate, so it should be gliding through no problem, right? Wrong. While most Democrats are supporting the president's agenda, some are wavering. They're backing away from key reforms—like making polluters pay to address global warming1 and rolling back the Bush tax cuts for the richest Americans.2 They're even asking for compromises on major health care reform.3 They've been getting tons and tons of pressure from lobbyists for the big corporate interests—and key Democrats may... Personal email from MoveOn.Org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2215341/posts#comment Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:48:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210296/posts NEW YORK (Reuters) – Small crowds of protesters angered by the government's $180 billion bailout of AIG marched in cities across the United States on Thursday, mocking bonuses paid to employees who helped push the company to the brink of collapse. The largest U.S. labor union, the SEIU, and leftist activists from MoveOn.org among others called protests for more than 100 cities the day after President Barack Obama declared, "People are right to be angry -- I'm angry." Obama was responding to public outrage after the insurance giant recently paid $165 million in bonuses to employees of its financial products... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210296/posts#comment Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:20:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2208498/posts Dear Jim, When news broke that AIG gave hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses over the weekend to the very people who wrecked our economy, the nation erupted in outrage. More than 225,000 MoveOn members have signed our petition demanding that the insurance giant return those disgraceful bonuses. And yesterday afternoon, President Obama ordered the Treasury Department to find some way to get them back. Still, AIG isn't budging. But tomorrow, they'll have to face the music. That's because there's a House hearing with the AIG executives themselves—including their Bush-appointed CEO. Sign our petition below, and send in a... Email from MoveOn.org Political Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2208498/posts#comment Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:54:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204715/posts Republicans hammered Barack Obama over his connection to ACORN during last year’s election, but now ACORN is taking a swing at some Democrats — with the help of liberal activists at MoveOn.org. The role reversal arises out of the groups’ anger at moderate House Democrats who opposed a housing bill that has more generous bankruptcy rules for people facing foreclosure. Next week this coalition will begin airing TV ads criticizing House Democrats who voted against the measure, which would for the first time give judges the authority to restructure home mortgages — a procedure known as a cramdown. The House... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204715/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:11:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194864/posts A group of liberal bloggers said it is teaming up with organized labor and MoveOn to form a political action committee that will seek to push the Democratic Party farther to the left. Soliciting donations from their readers, the bloggers said they are planning to recruit liberal candidates for challenges against more centrist Democrats currently in Congress. The formation of the group marks another step in the evolution of the blogosphere, which has proved effective at motivating party activists to give money and time to political campaigns, especially in local races. But it also illuminates a deepening wrinkle for President... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194864/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:52:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194506/posts WASHINGTON — A group of liberal bloggers said it is teaming up with organized labor and MoveOn to form a political action committee that will seek to push the Democratic Party farther to the left. Soliciting donations from their readers, the bloggers said they are planning to recruit liberal candidates for challenges against more centrist Democrats currently in Congress. The formation of the group marks another step in the evolution of the blogosphere, which has proven effective at motivating party activists to give money and time to political campaigns, especially in local races. But it also illuminates a deepening wrinkle... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194506/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:35:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2190602/posts At a private White House cocktail reception last night for leaders of major progressive groups, Barack Obama and his wife Michelle appealed to these leaders and signaled that their groups would play a key role in driving the big progressive changes at the heart of the White House’s legislative agenda, an attendee tells me. The message was that these groups would be valuable as a kind of progressive outside “echo chamber,” as the attendee puts it. The party — which was organized by top Obama aide Valerie Jarrett — signals that the White House is moving forward with efforts to... Greg Sargent's Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2190602/posts#comment Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:06:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2188537/posts MoveOn.org is determined to mobilize its supporters to push for every dumb plank of the statist enviro-left agenda. Its latest email alert to members argues that the economy needs to be transformed. Transformed into what? Into whatever whim pops into Al Gore's head on any given day. The group is taking a poll of its members as to how it should proceed and laying out a political strategy. Here is the text of the email: Dear MoveOn member, When FDR became president, a group of progressive activists asked him to push for some really big changes. His response? "I agree... Capital Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2188537/posts#comment Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:09:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2183367/posts RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT HUSSEIN: "A $550 BILLION ELECTRONIC RUN ON THE BANKS" This is un-frickin-believable. The financial crisis was deliberate, planned, staged. Who made the run? "Someone threw us in the middle of the Atlantic ocean without a life raft. We are trying to determine which is the closest shore and whether there is any chance in the world to swim that far. We don't know." Electronic Run On Banks - $550 Billion Withdrawn In 1 Hour, Federal Reserve Halts Withdrawals - US Economy Would Have Collapsed Capitalism Gone Wild hat tip Cathy Rep. Paul Kanjorski of... AtlasShrugs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2183367/posts#comment Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:55:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178735/posts PARISI: Democrats' call for civility 8 years late Peter J. Parisi THE WASHINGTON TIMES February 4, 2009 ANALYSIS/OPINION:The day before Barack Obama's inauguration as president, "Purple Nation" columnist Lanny Davis pleaded on this page for a return to civility in our nation's politics. Mr. Davis, a proudly self-professed liberal Democrat, announced his co-founding of what he is calling the Civility Project in a bid "to change the polarizing, attack-oriented political culture that has become all too common in recent years and, instead, to bring civility back as the staple of American politics and life." Sorry, Lanny, as worthy as your... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178735/posts#comment Thu, 5 Feb 2009 06:06:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2177733/posts Just on Glen Beck/Fox: Report that Dems have launched big public campaign targeting to unseat Congressional Repubs that vote against Obama's Communist Manifesto Bill. Key meme is that Repubs hate working families, otherwise why would they try to hurt families in bad economic shape? Unknown if push to unseat Repubs in Congress means next election or immediate recall. Glen Beck Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2177733/posts#comment Tue, 3 Feb 2009 23:10:10 GMT