Posted on 09/03/2009 5:30:22 PM PDT by SJackson
The controversy stems from a notice on the Organizing for America Web site urging reform advocates to use the anniversary of the terror attacks to call on lawmakers to pass health care reform.
President Obama's grassroots advocacy group is coming under fire for a supporter who pulled the Sept. 11 attacks into the health care debate.
The controversy stems from a notice on the Organizing for America Web site urging reform advocates to use the anniversary of the terror attacks to call on lawmakers to pass health care reform.
"All 50 states are coordinating in this -- as we fight back against our own Right-Wing Domestic Terrorists who are subverting the American Democratic process, whipped to a frenzy by their Fox Propaganda Network ceaselessly re-seizing power for their treacherous leaders," the notice said in part. It has since been scrubbed from the Organizing for America site.
Following criticism from the conservative Heritage Foundation, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee told FOX News in a statement that anyone can post on the site and condemned the language.
"We certainly don't agree with these comments, nor do we condone them, just as I'm sure the Heritage Foundation or FOX don't agree or condone some of the things posted in sections of their Web site," the statement said.
But the Heritage Foundation's Rory Cooper said the call to action was actively distributed.
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I’m really pleased that these idiots are too stupid to keep their mouths shut.
Yep. That’s libs for ya’. ‘Too busy broadcasting to receive’. ;-)
There’s nothing to compare here. On this board, like many others, people can post in real time so inevitably something that may be offensive to the rules of the site may be scrubbed. While it is not completely clear, apparently a notice was posted on the OFA site that had the appearance of an official declaration by the organization. Not a bulletin board post like here but an official “notice”. So OFA claims anyone can post which should be true in a comments section but not a section related to official positions, statements, etc.
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