MoveOn Raises $3.6M to Attack Party Moderates
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." Now there's an update: MoveOn executive director Justin Ruben says the group has raised $3,578,117 for the project and is thinking of new ways to punish errant Democratic lawmakers.
"It's a huge sum, and the clearest signal yet that any Democrat who helps Republicans filibuster health care reform will face an enormous backlash from the grassroots," writes Ruben. And now, working in conjunction with Howard Dean's old organization Democracy for America, MoveOn is starting a drive to take away the committee chairmanships of any Democrat who fails to live up to MoveOn's progressive standards. "Many of these senators hold coveted committee chairmanships that give them significant power within the Senate," Ruben writes. "Our friends at Democracy for America have launched an open letter urging Senate Democrats to strip committee chairmanships from any Democrat who filibusters health care." Ruben says that more than 66,000 MoveOn and Democracy for America members have pledged to contribute.
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Move on is the left-wing equivalent of tea partiers. It's amazing how much the 2 sides have in common.
EZ2C
"Ruben says that more than 66,000 Move-On and Democracy for America members have pledged to contribute."............That is, if they do not loose their jobs first!!!
EZ2C
Reading the rhetoric from Move-on, it appears they think they are running the country. Currently, they are. It will be up to the American People to give Move-on and all other liberal groups a reality check next November.
imsteph555
http://www.campaignmoney.com/biography/george_soros.asp
Joe The Dumber
The point this articale misses is that Move On has over 4.5 million mebers who vote
Alexandra
So what! There are PLENTY of Conservatives and Moderates out there to cancel out 4.5 M. I personally think that "MoveOn.org" 's days are numbered.
OH, it will still be around...but, PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE WAKING UP!!!!
Thank the Lord!!!!
cowgirl81
So moveon.org runs the democratic party? The people that the democrats should be afraid of are the American people. They are the ones that elect them. And right now the American people are extremely upset with the democratic party. Good luck at getting reelected if you go against the American people. We are not going to fall for your decietful tactics anymore.
Alexandra
PRECISELY, cowgirl81.
Recon
Rangel on record that Pelosi bill raises taxes $500 billion
Recon
Under Pres Bush we feared foreign terrorists,
under Pres Obama we fear our government.
Alexandra
...and THAT my friends, IS the definition of TYRANNY.
Texasczech63
why would anyone listen to gyorgy schwartz? He's a war criminal who needs to be in jail. moveon.org bunch of clueless idiots.
Alexandra
TRUE. He's a Jew who collaborated with the Nazis, in that MINIMALLY he did NOTHING to aid his own people or stop their Reign of Terror. He is SOUL-LESS.
sparker
War is war, and its coming. America has always fought for her freedom and always will. When words don't work, action will. Move-On needs to get that fact through their head.
Alexandra
I personally don't CARE WHAT MoveOn is doing.
I am concentrating on the TEA Party movement and related organizations. We MUST take this country back.
I really believe there are WAY more of US than there are of THEM.
Z
What a waste of money, give it to people to buy themselves insurance.
KC Mob Member
Welcome to another one of George Soros program. He funds this program.
* * * * * * * WE THE PEOPLE * * * * * * * * * * *
I SEE A REVOLUTION FORMING - AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE REVOLUTION OF ALL REVOLUTIONS - OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WILL BE PROUD!
Alexandra
You Betcha!!!!!!!!
CommonSense4u2
conservative republicans are attacking their moderates as well... both sides hates moderates it seems so why is this news... and i know republicans have put more money recently into attacking their mods...
BWAtl
Welcome to the club move on,conservative patriots and independents are going to vote them out if they vote for the bill.I guess they're gone no matter how they vote.
Squan56
Can they “punish” them more than losing their jobs? What is this nation coming to?
imsteph555
move on and rainbow push just as dirty as acorn....
time for some 'tough love' and cut off their addition supply....
tax payer money....
conservabit
Is that a threat?? Who else are they going to vote for??
Batters56
Seems that politics is definitely becoming more polarised in the USA. Room for a third party soon?
Alexandra
I think we should have AT LEAST a Third Party!!
Maybe more, like they do in Europe!!
I don't want their Socialistic ways, but I DO like that they have far more than TWO Stupid-azz Parties!!!!
pckt chng
all the money directly from hussein, pelosi, reid and hair biden from the american tax payers
pckt chng
all the money directly from hussein, pelosi, reid and hair biden from the american tax payers
tarp
SOROS runs move on ,org and the democratic party you know obama,pelosi.&reid have their hand all over this trash