MoveOn.org Betrays its Members

IsraPundit ^ | 3/29/07 | Bill Levinson

[Winged Hussar]

The end of MoveOn.org is now within visible sight as well, because it has become obvious that the organization exists to serve the interests, not of its rank and file members, but those of (to use Cindy Sheehan’s words) “elitist wannabe power-brokers” like Eli Pariser and Namrita Chaudhary, along with the agenda of international financier George Soros.

On March 26, Michael Moore posted the following Cindy Sheehan article as a “must read” opinion piece at MichaelMoore.com. (We have changed @ in E-mail addresses to “at” to prevent harvesting by spam software.)

"A month ago I wrote that MoveOn began efforts to support “slow bleed” while antiwar forces actively opposed it. Recently, MoveOn fabricated a biased push-poll in which “85%” of respondents supported “slow bleed”; however, the 96% of the MoveOn members who favor withdrawal, and who were not offered a vote on that option, refused to participate in a sham. Congressional sources report that the spurious MoveOn poll, together with intensive bullying and bribing, was used to erode the principled opposition of congressional progressives."

"MoveOn is now raising funds from antiwar supporters to attack Senate opposition to the supplemental, but the activist community is now aware that MoveOn is not the catharsis needed to address Democratic Party constipation. There is at least one Democratic senator, Russ Feingold, who could oppose the funding farce. MoveOn is an autocratic organization run by a small group of elitist wannabe power-brokers; it cannot be reformed, but you can let their politburo know your feelings (eli “at” moveon.org, Namrita.Chaudhary “at” gmail.com, tom “at” moveon.org), and you can unsubscribe!

[Winged Hussar]

Freepers may find it very surprising that I am actually citing Michael Moore and Cindy Sheehan to make my case, but what I think of them doesn't matter. It is what MoveOn's people think of them that matters, and they have made very serious accusations against MoveOn.org: misrepresenting its members views on the war, and self-serving manipulation by its leaders.

NO ONE likes being used, exploited, and manipulated and, if this gets around to MoveOn's rank and file, MoveOn is a dead organization walking. Then we can all have the pleasure of dancing on its organizational grave.

I have a fairly good background in organizational behavior, and I know that, the instant the rank and file believes that their organization is using and exploiting them, it is all over for that organization. This will demolish MoveOn even more surely than my own pet strategy (exposure of the racist and anti-Semitic hate speech at the Action Forum, http://www.stentorian.com/MoveOn/ for details along with evidence that Eli Pariser lied to the press about MoveOn not knowing about the hate speech).