Originally posted by MattC:
I pointed out the early posts on this topic to a Democratic activist friend of mine (opposite party from me), and after reading them, she eventually stopped laughing when she was gasping for air........but I just want to say this idea of MoveOn somehow trying to overthrow traditional values or practicing subversion of any kind is really kind of painful to read.
MoveOn may be extreme in their techniques (the Petraeus ad obviously was a pretty low point) but agenda-wise, it's difficult to consider them radical when they were clamoring for the end of a war that, just a few short months ago, was strongly opposed by 50% or more of the country. Their social and economic agenda, while liberal, is hardly "socialist" and anything smacking of a "leftist" conspiracy is so unbelievably outrageous that I have a hard time believing you're serious.
Look, most of the Democratic party players out there aren't real impressed with moveon.org, and honestly more than a few of them have occasionally wondered if they aren't really a nefarious Republican plot to frustrate Democratic election objectives in 2008. Which methinks is pretty funny.
And btw, "overthrow traditional values" - whenever I hear that, it's just a typical political talking point.
It's stuff like this (from both sides) that drives the folks who are in the middle out of politics.
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