Oh yes! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yesssssssss!
Posted on 12/09/2004 2:26:04 PM PST by So Cal Rocket
WASHINGTON - Liberal powerhouse MoveOn has a message for the "professional election losers" who run the Democratic Party: "We bought it, we own it, we're going to take it back."
A scathing e-mail from the head of MoveOn's political action committee to the group's supporters on Thursday targets outgoing Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe as a tool of corporate donors who alienated both traditional and progressive Democrats.
"For years, the party has been led by elite Washington insiders who are closer to corporate lobbyists than they are to the Democratic base," said the e-mail from MoveOn PAC's Eli Pariser. "But we can't afford four more years of leadership by a consulting class of professional election losers."
Under McAuliffe's leadership, the message said, the party coddled the same corporate donors that fund Republicans to bring in money at the expense of vision and integrity.
"In the last year, grass-roots contributors like us gave more than $300 million to the Kerry campaign and the DNC, and proved that the party doesn't need corporate cash to be competitive," the message continued. "Now it's our party: we bought it, we own it, and we're going to take it back."
Pariser urged MoveOn supporters to help support a DNC chair with a bold vision to represent Democrats outside Washington. Democrats will vote at their February meeting in Washington on a successor to McAuliffe.
DNC spokesman Jano Cabrera declined to engage in a tit-for-tat with MoveOn, but praised McAuliffe's efforts.
"Call me crazy, but I think the fact that for the first time in party history we outraised the Republicans, and did so primarily through grass-roots fund raising is something to be proud of," Cabrera said.
Among those vying for the party chairmanship is former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, an early darling of MoveOn's cybernetwork of activists when he ran for the Democratic presidential nomination.
National Party is the least beholden to the rank and file.
They raised hundreds of millions and got beat by a little old campaign that cost less than 5 million and was all individual donations, almost. The SBVT campaign is what I mean. As Savage said, they fired a torpedo early and disabled Kerry's rudder. He never got it fixed.
Democrats. Still delusional after all these years.
NOT a problem. :)
LOL!!!!!!!!!http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1058822
Oh yeah, this is going to be a fun year.
;-)
Oh yes! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yesssssssss!
Eating their own. I love it.
Your telling me. This is getting better then the LOTR trilogy, I'm awaiting each new installment with baited breath. Somebody pass the popcorn!
"They stole the election."
"No we sold out."
"No actually we were sold out."
"No. Really it's all of those."
I'd have to be medicated to live with that!
Grass-roots contributors my behind. We all know that the Dems get their money from their special-interest groups.
Election 2004: The Gift That Just Keeps on Giving!
How old is Jimmy Carter, and is he ever gonna meet his maker? The same thing goes for Castro.
It's mind-boggling.
WTH - what is World Savings doing contributing to MoveOn????
I need to do that too. Sometimes I post outrageously leftist things on here and omit the sarcasm tag, knowing I'm going to get flamed, but just wanting to stir things up. I bet I could get away with it over there. Even be celebrated.
lol
they dont need corporate donations but the top four are corporations and one corporate entity
The leftist rats have been the gift that keeps on giving since before the 2002 elections. They were a little scary up until the gore-bot finally conceded and promptly went stark raving mad.
Thank God we're starting to roll this crap back. And remember, when the momentum really gets going our way it may not take so long for the left to crumble and allow us to fix things.
All we need is a good candidate for 2004. I think Norm Coleman is positioning himself for a run, and I'm not so sure I wouldn't support him. Discuss.
LOL!
Gore really did lose his marbles after he lost.
The screaming hysterics from him are amusing, and a little terrifying at the same time.
If he'd been elected through some insane misfortune, our nation would have ceased to exist as we know it.
And looking at his current behavior, I am exceedingly thankful that he was not elected.
Not sure who would be a good candidate in '08.
A lot can happen between then and now.
Probably the view on that will be clearer in two years.
(Maybe one year? I dunno, I'm not quite savvy about politics an dwho'd be a good candidate!)
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