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A few days ago, the left-wing activist group MoveOn.org began sending out emails seeking contributions to fund primary challenges against any Democratic senator who does not fully support "health care reform with a public option."

MoveOn.org is sending out emails today seeking more contributions for its campaign to defeat any Democratic senator who does not fully support Obamacare. Yesterday the left-wing activist group asked members to contribute "to a primary challenge against any Democratic senator who helps Republicans block an up-or-down vote on health care reform." Today, MoveOn reports that it has received $2 million in pledges in less than 24 hours. "It's a clear sign of how angry progressives would be at any Democrat who helps filibuster reform," MoveOn executive director Justin Ruben writes in the new email. "The larger the war chest we...

The free-for-all House race in New York’s 23rd district has turned into a nationally watched referendum on the state and direction of the national GOP — and now the heavy-hitting left is entering the race, with MoveOn warning its massive membership that the right-wing candidate must be defeated in order to weaken the “Palin wing of the Republican party.” The race — a three-way contest between conservative Douglas Hoffman, moderate GOPer Dede Scozzafava, and Dem Bill Owens — has drawn the attention of Palin and other big name conservatives who hope a Hoffman victory will boost their influence within the...

Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs describes in very explicit detail how Barack Obama's official Web site, Organizing for America, has become a "hub for Islamic anti-Semitism." All this hate speech was posted with the full approval of the moderators who exercise editorial control over the site. The fact that Barack Obama allows his official Web site to serve as a platform for this kind of material, along with misogynist and ageist hate speech, is entirely consistent with his personal and open association with racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-Catholic hate groups. ...The following picture was taken at a 2007 meeting of Al...

War Strategy: When Bush and Petraeus proposed the surge in Iraq, Democrats demanded that the general testify before Congress. So why has the Senate blocked a similar invitation to our commander in Afghanistan? Those with memories longer than the 24-hour news cycle recall that in the dark days of the Iraq War, David Petraeus was summoned to Washington to explain the surge strategy that would eventually lead to victory in Iraq. Democrats hoped for a show trial. MoveOn.org took out a full-page ad in the New York Times labeling the commanding general of our efforts in Iraq "General Betray-us." Then...

FREEP the Nationwide Moveon.org Rally - September 22nd! One of my Obamabot friends forwarded me this information from an email distributed by Moveon.org: moveon writes... "It's time to call Big Insurance out—because if they win, we lose. And next week, we're going to do it right in their own back yards... Blue Cross/Blue Shield Offices, 8200 I-10 West (Map) San Antonio, TX 78230 Tuesday, September 22nd, 11:30 AM The rally in San Antonio is part of a national day of action to shine the spotlight on the insurance industry. And with Congress moving quickly toward voting on health care, we...

I came across a book written by David Horowitz and Richard Poe about George Soros. The Shadow Pary. It was written three years ago. With what is happening in our country and the involvemnt of Acorn, Unions, activist groups and media blackouts this is worth reading.

Dear MoveOn member, Yesterday, ignoring the calls from leaders within his own party, Rep. Joe Wilson refused to apologize on the House floor for shouting out "you lie!" during President Obama's big health care speech.1 In fact, he recorded a new YouTube video defending his attacks on Obama's health care plan and requesting donations for his re-election campaign!2 This is the kind of disrespectful and dishonest behavior we've come to expect from right-wing mobs and talk radio hosts recently—but it's simply unacceptable for a member of the United States Congress. Fortunately, we've got a great opportunity to replace Joe Wilson...

Sometimes leaders lie to their followers to improve morale. People will lie to a mortally wounded person and tell the person everything will be alright. MoveOn.org, incredibly enough, is telling its supporters it is "winning" the fight to force government-run healthcare down the throats of Americans. It also keeps pushing its push poll that falsely reports that Americans support the socialist public option. Here is the group's latest email --filled with the usual lies and distortions about what the public wants-- to supporters: Dear MoveOn member,After a few weeks of health care craziness, there's good news: we're winning on the...

This was a great Freep / Teaparty event! Freepers in attendance were: PuzzledInTX, JerseyDvl and myself (MeekOneGOP). Others may have been there, but I'm not sure who else at this time. Hopefully, any other Freeper attendees will post photos and comments on this thread shortly. Please come forward and do so! (Thanks!) The turnout was OVERWHELMINGLY Anti-Obamacare folks, for sure! The Pro-Obamacare goofs were very FEW in number. And we were MANY. I am not too good at estimating crowds, but would guess several hundreds of us to about 30 of them. I will post individual photos of folks in...

Here is video of a 2004 MoveOn.Org ad that blatantly compared President George W. Bush to Adolf Hitler. The ad was run in opposition to the War in Iraq. I don't recall hearing any Democrats condemn MoveOn.Org or refuse to use money provided by it's primary source of funding - George Soros. Yet, when conservatives today draw parallels to Obama's attempt to get citizens to spy and "rat" on one another and what Hitler did in Germany to get citizens there to report opposition to him, the Left goes crazy. The difference? Iraq was an invasion designed to depose a...

Leftarded spam follows. Let's do what we can to help our President! "Ernestine" Hi, CNN host Lou Dobbs is promoting debunked "birther" conspiracy theories by asserting that Obama needs to "produce a birth certificate"--even though he already has. I signed a petition with MoveOn and Media Matters calling on CNN to address their Lou Dobbs problem. Can you join me at the link below? http://civ.moveon.org/stopdobbs/?r_by={identifying-number-was-here}&rc=comment_mail to Thanks! References Visible links . http://civ.moveon.org/stopdobbs/?r_by={identifying-number-was-here}&rc=comment_mailto **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps!

I am on MoveOn.org's email list and periodically post their missives for the edification of all FReepers who want to be made aware of the opposition's strategies. What follows is a cut and paste of their latest email: Dear MoveOn member, Why is CNN promoting right-wing paranoid conspiracy theories about President Obama's birth certificate? The fringe ideas of the so-called "birthers" have been thoroughly debunked.1 But CNN host Lou Dobbs perpetuates these myths by constantly talking about them on his shows and asserting that Obama still needs to "produce a birth certificate." This is not responsible journalism. Our friends at...

This story deserves more attention than it’s gotten, so I’m going to give it some. The eagle-eyed NZ Bear while running the show at the Victory Caucus noticed a strange little blurb on the website of MoveCongress.org. MoveCongress.org, for those of you fortunate enough to be unfamiliar with the group, boasts on its masthead that it wants to “Move Congress to End the War in Iraq.” This morning, the group was scheduled to be blessed with an exclusive briefing from Jack Murtha on how…well, I’ll let you see how MoveCongress.org described Murtha’s agenda: Chairman Murtha will describe his strategy for...

Last month, the Statistical Assessment Service (STATS), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization affiliated with George Mason University, released "Science Suppressed: How America became obsessed with BPA," a report which accuses the media "of ignoring the extensive research of respected scientists and major health agencies in the United States and around the world, which found BPA was not only safe but played an important role in ensuring food safety."   It also confirms what countless previous studies have said; BPA is safe. If you're unfamiliar with Bisphenol A (BPA), it is a chemical used to make lightweight, versatile, durable, high-performance plastics.  It's...

Great IBD Editorial Regarding My "Cap and Tax" Article Yesterday at 7:20pm The political death of Sarah Palin has been greatly exaggerated. In a devastating op-ed in the Washington Post, Alaska's governor exposes the cap-and-tax fraud that has nothing to do with earth's temperature and everything to do with government control of the economy. She also exposes the stealth socialism ambitions of the Democratic left and once again points out the availability of abundant "shovel-ready" resources under America's soil, off America's shores and even in America's rocks. Judging from the reaction from Sen. Kerry and the political arm of George...

Palin Vs. Kerry (And MoveOn.org) By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Wednesday, July 15, 2009 4:20 PM The political death of Sarah Palin has been greatly exaggerated. In a devastating op-ed in the Washington Post, Alaska's governor exposes the cap-and-tax fraud that has nothing to do with earth's temperature and everything to do with government control of the economy. She also exposes the stealth socialism ambitions of the Democratic left and once again points out the availability of abundant "shovel-ready" resources under America's soil, off America's shores and even in America's rocks. Judging from the reaction from Sen. Kerry and...

Politics: John Kerry, replying to an op-ed Sarah Palin wrote on cap-and-trade, suggests the Alaska governor "check the view from her front porch." What she sees from there, senator, is energy wealth going to waste.The political death of Sarah Palin has been greatly exaggerated. In a devastating op-ed in the Washington Post, Alaska's governor exposes the cap-and-tax fraud that has nothing to do with earth's temperature and everything to do with government control of the economy. She also exposes the stealth socialism ambitions of the Democratic left and once again points out the availability of abundant "shovel-ready" resources under America's...

(CNN) – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's political action committee is confirming a flood of new donations that push her cash haul close to the million-dollar mark, as one of the nation's largest liberal PACs announced an ad targeting the former GOP vice presidential candidate. Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton confirmed a report in the Anchorage Daily News that more than $200,000 had poured into SarahPAC since Palin's announcement a week and a half ago that she would be leaving office by the end of the month. Those funds, along with $732,867 received through June 30 according to federal campaign finance filings,...

Most people on Daily Kos are (painfully) aware of Free Republic, the bottomless digital repository of bigotry, authoritarianism and hatred for most other Americans, all wrapped in 90's-era HTML. Usually, sane people who stop by there to check it out, find something utterly appalling within a few minutes of browsing, and close the page, never to return. Thus, there isn't a lot of detailed knowledge of Free Republic on Daily Kos. One important feature of the site is that it is community-supported through donation drives called "Freepathons." In 2008, Jim Robinson, the site founder, seems to have decided to purge...

One of the nation’s largest liberal advocacy organizations, MoveOn.org , is resisting efforts to clear the Democratic primary field for Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter. The political arm of MoveOn flexed its muscle Friday by releasing the results of an online poll that showed the vast majority of the group’s roughly 170,000 members in Pennsylvania — 85 percent — would consider supporting a Democratic challenger against Specter. The group expressed concern over Specter’s vote against President Obama’s $3.4 billion budget just one day after defecting to the Democratic Party. MoveOn also cited comments Specter made in an appearance on “Meet the...

President Barack Obama is leaving the door to open to possible prosecution of Bush administration officials who devised harsh terrorism-era interrogation tactics.

There I was watching Hardball this afternoon when an ad for Progressive Insurance comes on. That daffy salesgirl wants to show a customer how much he can save compared to rates from other companies. She points her clicker to a screen which rapidly scrolls through names and numbers. It lands on the image in the screencap shown here: savings for customer . . . Mark F. Is it coincidence that of all the possible combinations, my first name and last-name initial just happen to appear? Perhaps. But let’s consider. I get my TV through Time Warner Cable. It obviously knows...

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...

Here we go folks. The Fairness Doctrine is going to make a comeback under the Obama administration. It just won’t be via Congress and it won’t be called the “Fairness Doctrine.” It’ll come via the FCC, involve restrictions on media ownership and content, and it’ll apply to the internet too. As Brian Darling noted, the administration and leftists in Congress will be using the Center for American Progress’s outline. From the Prowler: “This isn’t just about Limbaugh or a local radio host most of us haven’t heard about,” says Democrat committee member. “The FCC and state and local governments also...

“Economic Stimulus” Designed to Aid Anti-gun Radicals The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the far left anti-gun group under investigation for voter fraud, could be eligible to receive millions, if not billions of dollars from the economic bailout bill that passed out of the House of Representatives yesterday. ACORN was an aggressive supporter of Barack Obama who had served as the group’s legal counsel and even trained ACORN in “community organizing” in the presidential election. The Obama campaign even paid the group $800,000 for “voter turnout,” the very activities that came under scrutiny by the FBI. In...

Pundits are fond of talking about the disconnect between the GOP and the American electorate. Conservatives are out of step, so the wisdom goes. They need to drop the frightening Pentecostalism of Sarah Palin and the bellicosity of John McCain. Republicans must consider dismantling the whole trickle-down apparatus and turning their direct attention to the neglected segment of the population for whom “the promise of America,� as Barack Obama likes to call it, remains unfulfilled. True, voters may not be in sync with Republican leaders. But if the current political climate is any indication, they could end up feeling mightily...

"Hope" and "change" (and a whole lot of money) propelled Obama to victory. After endorsing President-elect Obama last February, MoveOn.org Political Action's 4.5 million members contributed more than $88 million towards Barack Obama's presidential campaign, the organization announced on Wednesday. And more than 1 million MoveOn.org members worked in a trail-blazing field effort in coordination with the Obama campaign. In the 2008 presidential campaign, MoveOn.org and its members admitted they: – Contributed more than $58 million directly to Obama's campaign. – Raised and spent more than $30 million in independent election efforts. – Delivered up to 600,000 battleground state volunteers....

Murtha scrambles against GOP rival BY MIKE FAHERThe Tribune-Democrat November 01, 2008 12:01 am — It would have been considered unthinkable just a few weeks ago: U.S. Rep. John Murtha, a 17-term congressional stalwart, forced to fight for his political life.But that’s what appears to be happening just days before 12th district voters decide whether to send the powerful Johnstown Democrat back to Washington.In the past week, Murtha’s campaign has shifted from cruise control to top speed in the face of a surprisingly strong challenge from Republican opponent William Russell.And while polling data are scarce, it is clear that...

Most Americans don't vote. Out of a country with a population of 300 million, 228 million of whom are at least 18 years old, only 121 million voted for George W. Bush or John Kerry in the last presidential election. President Bush won with 62 million votes, meaning that only a little over one-fifth of the people present in the United States actually selected him. The percentage would be higher, but not enough to change the analysis, after taking into account the presence of non-U.S. citizens who can't (at least legally) vote. MoveOn.org is hoping to change this. A clever...

The GOP is trying to purge Democratic voters off the rolls to steal the election in states like Ohio, Florida, and Colorado. Can you contribute $25 to protect this election—on the ground, on the air, and in court? Donate Now Dear MoveOn member, We're hearing a lot about the trumped-up charges against ACORN these days—but very little about the massive voter suppression campaign being orchestrated by the Republicans. The GOP is trying to purge thousands of Democratic voters off the rolls in states like Ohio, Florida, and Colorado.1 John McCain and Sarah Palin are falsely accusing a community organizing group—ACORN—of...

“Time to relax,” says a “dear friend” message from the liberal MoveOn.org. “Obama is way ahead in the polls. It’s time for you to take victory for granted, and to stop paying attention,” said the email sent out Thursday. The message pretends to be from Karl Rove, the former adviser to President George W. Bush. Rove still serves as a lightening rod for liberal wrath. MoveOn.org is trying to drum up Obama volunteers to go out and talk to voters this weekend. But with Obama ahead in most polls, the group clearly is worried that many Democrats are taking an...

New Pro-Obama TV ad from Moveon.org features Gossip Girl Stars, Penn Badgley and Blake Lively ( join a “chorus of other young voices” that I don’t recognize). The ad titled” Talk to Your Parents About John McCain” will air nationally during Gossip Girl, MTV, Comedy Central and in college towns in the battle-ground states of North Carolina, and Nevada, according to the press release provided by Moveon.org.

Mr. Hymietown says Obama will end "decades of putting Israel's interests first" by Bill Levinson We will say up front that American Jews have only one legitimate reason to support Israel; it is a fellow democracy, with political freedoms and civil rights that are similar to those of the United States. This is, however, the only reason that any good American needs to support Israel (or Poland, or the United Kingdom, and so on) against dictatorships, theocracies, and so on. We have little doubt that the National Jewish Democratic Council and Jewsvote.org ("If you vote for McCain, to me you're...

[Permission granted to copy, paste, and circulate in its entirety] Endorsed by Obama: "He's one of the greedy Jew bastards killing our [black] people. Don't give the Jew a dime."Ready-to-go viral E-mail and blog entry: please copy, paste, and circulate as widely as possible. Unlike the smears and urban legends that are being directed against both Presidential tickets, the reader can verify the following material independently. Keep [going] right on past Freddy's, he's one of the greedy Jew bastards killing our [black] people. Don't give the Jew a dime. The above anti-Semitic tirade came from Morris Powell, the head of...

For a decade, Tom DeLay ruthlessly enforced Republican rule in Washington with such vigour that he was nicknamed "The Hammer". But the party's former leader in the House of Representatives will this month launch a national grassroots movement to combat the liberal activists who he believes outfoxed and outmanoeuvred Republicans to win the 2006 mid-term elections. Mr DeLay, who revelled in his reputation as a no-holds-barred Washington operator as the party's chief whip and then majority leader from 1995 to 2005, aims to instil an army of conservatives across the country with his political street-fighting skills. Tom DeLay: 'I have...

DEMOCRATS: MoveOn.org claims to have “bought” your political party. What are you going to do about it?

MoveOn.org also published a derogatory photomanipulation of the Pope It is a matter of record that Barack Obama solicited (http://www.stentorian.com/cartoons/2008/obama_pope1.jpg) and accepted (http://moveon.org/press/pr/obamaendorsementrelease.html) the support of MoveOn.org, whose now-disgraced Action Forum served as a platform for the most vicious imaginable anti-Semitic hate speech. This included an actual blood libel of Jews, a statement that Jews control all the media, and even a suggestion that Jews did “something” to deserve the Holocaust....MoveOn.org itself published a derogatory photomanipulation of Pope Benedict. 9/11 denial and 9/11 conspiracy theories, anti-Evangelical hate speech, contempt for Vietnam veterans similar to that expressed by MoveOn.org’s defamation of...

Maybe NJDC’s real problem with Sarah Palin is that she believes that Jesus is her Savior, even though Barack Obama shares this belief–but left-wing Democrats get a pass from NJDC. To: watchdog and info “at” barackobama.com cc: IsraPundit, Grizzly Groundswell, The Husaria: For Our Freedom and Yours, and Free Republic Subject: National “Jewish” Democratic Council’s promotion of anti-Christian hateThere is no place in modern politics for any organization that uses racial, ethnic, religious, or misogynist hate to advance its agenda. We therefore call upon the Obama campaign to reject the support of the National Jewish Democratic Council, whose “Bubbie versus...

https://pol.moveon.org/barackstickers/?rc=tafkicker&id=13606-10295512-XoCcy.x&t=2Get your free Obama bumper sticker to do with as you please. Compliments of MoveOn.org

We all know if Nancy Pelosi gets an Obama Administration, we'll probably get some version of a Fairness Doctrine for broadcasting. I would hope if John McCain is elected, we get some kind of Fairness Doctrine for education. The same arguments apply. The left argues that both ideological sides should be equally represented on the public airwaves. I counter that both ideological sides should be equally represented in education where public funds subsidize tuition. The blatant pitch by Eli Pariser of MoveOn.org illustrates an almost braggadocio when it comes to what the left loves when it comes to their constituents:...

These shirts are part of a massive visibility campaign aimed at helping Obama win. If you can, chip in to help cover the production and shipping costs, and support our campaign to get him elected President.

A series of new MoveOn.org radio advertisements looks like they could backfire, big-time. The liberal group is up with ads against six House Republicans attacking them for their support of offshore drilling. Problem is: most of the targets represent energy-rich districts where drilling is viewed favorably, to put it mildly. One target, Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas), represents a west Texas district where the discovery of oil in the 1940s created wealth throughout the region, and the energy industry has since dominated the region’s economy. And four of the six GOP targets hold heavily Republican seats and aren’t even facing credible...

The little boys and girls at the gimmicky liberal group MoveOn.org's latest political stunt involves protesting Republicans' support for offshore oil exploration. The group is currently whining about GOP lawmakers' refusal to leave the House floor after the Democratic majority shut down the chamber Friday out of fear that many Red State Democrats were planning to defect and support expanded drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf. MoveOn says those lawmakers who support freeing America from dependence on foreign oil are the real pranksters. The group said in a statement that: "Since Friday, the Republicans in Congress have been playing to...

Tomorrow (Thursday), we're organizing an event in Annandale to highlight the GOP's extensive ties to Big Oil. We've invited the media, and having a good crowd is critical to show them that voters don't want oil industry gimmicks, they want real solutions like alternative energy to solve our energy crisis. Can you make it? Click Here Dear MoveOn member, Republicans have been escalating their attacks on Obama and the Democrats over oil drilling, and we need to push back. Can you join us at an emergency action in Annandale tomorrow (Thursday)? House Republicans have been "protesting" ever since Congress adjourned...

In an effort to cast himself as independent of the influence of money on politics, Senator Barack Obama often highlights the campaign contributions of $200 or less that have amounted to fully half of the $340 million he has collected so far. But records show that a third of his record-breaking haul has come from donations of $1,000 or more - a total of $112 million, more than the total of contributions in that category taken in by either Senator John McCain, his Republican rival, or Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, his opponent in the Democratic primaries. Behind those large donations...

A protest planned by MoveOn.org against the ongoing House GOP floor protest became a surreal scene Tuesday when right-wing activists showed up outside the Capitol to protest the protest protest. The conservative activists, numbering about 20 and affiliated with Free Republic, stood behind the MoveOn speakers waving signs along the lines of “Pump Rage? Thank MoveOn” and “It’s the Supply, Stupid.” The MoveOn crowd countered with their own pithy “Drill and Spill, or Surf and Swim?” and “Just Say No to False Solutions.” The FReepers chanted “Drill! Drill! Drill!” as MoveOn’s Ilyse Hogue tried to speak into a bull horn....

We have the left rattled and on the run. For proof, consider three developments from late last week. But first, I want to make a special announcement. Many of you are probably following the story of how House Republicans are staging a protest in the House Chamber, demanding that Nancy Pelosi call the House back into session in order to vote on The American Energy Act, an "all of the above" energy strategy that includes more drilling, funding for scientific breakthroughs, as well as common-sense conservation efforts. (More info on that story below.) Tomorrow at 10am, I will meet with...

Emergency Rally to Stop Big Oil Gimmicks. Are you Aaron Arnwine? If not, please click here. To make sure all our voices are heard, we're going to rally in front of the Capitol tomorrow afternoon at 4 P.M. Can you make it? Here are the details: What: Rally to Stop Big Oil Gimmicks Where: US Capitol Building Meet in front of Grant Memorial (statue of Grant on a Horse) On the Mall, 1st Street, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Maryland Avenue, below the west front of the United States Capitol Building When: 4 PM EST Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1B2GGIC_enUS210US210&q=Ulysses%20S.%20Grant%20Memorial%2020005&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl RSVP: Yes, I'll join...