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MoveOn girds for battles ahead
Boston Globe ^
| 12/02/04
| Beth Fouhy, AP
Posted on 12/02/2004 1:13:03 AM PST by kattracks
After President Bush won re-election, many political observers expected MoveOn.org to move into retreat. The sentiment surrounding the liberal online powerhouse was neatly summed up by The Onion, a well-known satire publication, in its spoof headline: "MoveOn CurlsUp InCorner."[snip]
Armed with over $30 million raised from donors ranging from students to billionaire financier George Soros, MoveOn moved well beyond cyberspace -- organizing star-studded concerts, airing television ads produced by A-list Hollywood directors and mobilizing 70,000 members to walk precincts in key battleground states.
But the efforts proved ultimately unsuccessful, and amid the inevitable postelection recriminations MoveOn came in for plenty of heat.
Republicans took aim at the group for allowing a member's proposed TV ad comparing Bush to Adolph Hitler to be briefly posted on its Web site.
Others complained that MoveOn and other so-called 527 organizations like America Coming Together and the Media Fund sometimes worked at cross-purposes with the Kerry campaign, creating a hodgepodge of confusing messages.
Still others said that while MoveOn was effective in stirring up a sense of righteous anger among hardcore Democratic partisans and anti-war activists, the message didn't necessarily resonate with swing voters.
[snip]
"People really feel like they're at the beginning of a movement rather than the end of a campaign,"
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"People really feel like they're at the beginning of a movement rather than the end of a campaign," OK, I won't touch that line with a ten foot suppository.
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posted on
12/02/2004 1:13:03 AM PST
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
Since they failed at their objective, they should be forced to change their name to MoRon.org.
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posted on
12/02/2004 1:16:48 AM PST
by
msnimje
To: kattracks
Huh. After the election, I had forgotten all about these clowns. Looks like, I can go back to doing what I was doing.
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posted on
12/02/2004 1:17:12 AM PST
by
Mike1973
To: kattracks
"People really feel like they're at the beginning of a movement rather than the end of a campaign," Famous last words. I'm sure someone in Hitler's bunker said the same thing as the Russians advanced on Berlin.
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posted on
12/02/2004 1:17:44 AM PST
by
Prime Choice
(I like Democrats, too. Let's exchange recipes.)
To: kattracks
MoveOn , why not take it to the streets , where we can see the whites of your eyes?
oooops, maybe that would be 'red' of the eyes in many cases....
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posted on
12/02/2004 1:18:11 AM PST
by
injin
To: msnimje
Since they failed at their objective, they should be forced to change their name to MoRon.org. Either that or Moore-on.org. ;o)
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posted on
12/02/2004 1:18:28 AM PST
by
Prime Choice
(I like Democrats, too. Let's exchange recipes.)
To: kattracks
Armed with over $30 million raised from donors ranging from students to billionaire financier George Soros, MoveOn moved well beyond cyberspace -- organizing star-studded concerts, airing television ads produced by A-list Hollywood directors and mobilizing 70,000 members to walk precincts in key battleground states.And they still failed. Poetic justice.
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posted on
12/02/2004 1:19:01 AM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Congratulations President-Re-Elect George W. Bush!)
To: Prime Choice
Much better!! I like it.
Too bad it can't be Moore-on.UN
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posted on
12/02/2004 1:21:48 AM PST
by
msnimje
To: kattracks
MoveOn.org should do now what it should have done five--no, now, it's almost six--years ago when Bubba got acquitted at the impeachment trial...declare victory and shut down.
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posted on
12/02/2004 1:23:23 AM PST
by
RichInOC
(MoveOn.org. We Give Ourself Very Good Advice, But We Very Seldom Follow It.)
To: kattracks
Without the Anybody But Bush "movement," groups like MoveOn.org are powerless (even more so) and won't have much luck pushing their extreme leftist candidates.
To: kattracks
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posted on
12/02/2004 1:30:37 AM PST
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: kattracks
Is Air America still on the air ?
To: kattracks
Moveon?....Moveon...Oh Yeah! They helped Bush get re-elected!
Great going guys!
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posted on
12/02/2004 1:30:47 AM PST
by
Dallas59
("A weak peace is worse than war" - Tacitcus)
To: kattracks
MoveOn was just a front group for George Soros during the last election. Without Soros's money, MoveOn is finished.
To: kattracks
"Insanity: Doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result."
Well, why were they formed in the first place?
Wasn't this an ABB thing?
Didn't they have a large part in supporting Dean?
That is, until they went to "support" another loser?
People that don't quit, even if their message is rejected, concern me that they just try to outlast us.
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posted on
12/02/2004 1:47:24 AM PST
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: kattracks
Uh, whats a MoveOn.org??? A laxative website?
;-)
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posted on
12/02/2004 1:51:09 AM PST
by
kb2614
( You have everything to fear, including fear itself. - The new DNC slogan)
To: kattracks
They raised $30million. Moveon.org is big business. They will NEVER "move on".
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posted on
12/02/2004 1:58:01 AM PST
by
weegee
(WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
To: kb2614
They were those people who said "Censure and move on" with regard to the Clinton impeachment. They never did push for censure once their pal Bubba was safe in office. They never did "move on" either.
F. Socialists
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posted on
12/02/2004 1:59:18 AM PST
by
weegee
(WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
To: weegee
I know.
I forgot to put up the 'sarcasm alert'. Funny, for an organization called MoveOn.org, they never really MovedOn.
;-)
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posted on
12/02/2004 2:02:19 AM PST
by
kb2614
( You have everything to fear, including fear itself. - The new DNC slogan)
To: kb2614
A hypocritical website for people who preach "Crap or get off the pot."
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posted on
12/02/2004 2:02:44 AM PST
by
weegee
(WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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