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"Move America Forward"; then Back Ten Steps - What was accomplished?...
theOneRepublic Jounal ^ | 8/29/05 | Eric Hogue

Posted on 08/29/2005 12:26:43 PM PDT by ParsifalCA

Now that the nation has experienced the "Battle of the Moms" in Crawford, Texas, what have the organizers of Move America Forward (California Congressional hopeful Howard Kaloogian) accomplished with this high priced media caravan?

What did they accomplish, other than boosting Cindy Sheehan's media attention when her saga was growing old and cold. The folks at Move'on and "Sheehan Tent and Awning" should send Move America Forward a donation check...nothing better than 'un-efforted' attention from the press. Just get the name spelled right.

Has MAF produced a desired result for the military, for the citizens of this country, or have the founders of MAF created another attention grabbing 'stunt' for their web site and future political campaigns?

What argument has MAF funded with this latest stunt?

What ideological core value has MAF offered America? That a majority of Americans are for the war against terrorism, and a little under half of the citizens are not? Didn't we know this already?

Over the weekend, I heard numerous anchors recite the same tag line after returning from a 'live report' from Crawford, Texas. The studio anchor, or 'anchorette', would simple say, "Emotions are running high on both sides". And they are right.

This latest stunt has done nothing but create emotions...[more]

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: caravan; cindysheehan; hotchapter; moveamericaforward
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To: Rudder
But, regarding Cindy: we should have demonstration of support for our troops and the USA, but not on Cindy's and the MSM's turf.

Back in May of '03 members of and people allied with Free Republic held a concurrent "Support Our Troops" Rally in over 200 cities all across this nation. Literally hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Americans took part in one of the largest pro-troop rallies ever held.

The MSM ignored it, because it didn't happen on their turf. If we want your son in Iraq to see for himself the support that he has, then we need to take the fight to the MSM. That's what the active duty soldier a few posts above was trying to tell you. That's what happened in Crawford this weekend, and it is exactly what needed to happen.

41 posted on 08/29/2005 1:29:33 PM PDT by HiJinx (~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~)
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To: ParsifalCA

What was accomplished was that you posted a link to a great Web site: Move America Forward

Thanks Liberal Loser!


42 posted on 08/29/2005 1:29:49 PM PDT by BushisTheMan
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To: atomicpossum

Wonder if he's related to that nutball who does the Nostradamus predictions.


43 posted on 08/29/2005 1:30:11 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (Bergen County, NJ (northeast corner)
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To: My2Cents
"Precisely. I wonder if Eric is suffering from "activist envy" in that Melanie Morgan of KSFO was front-and-center in this effort."

No, he is not suffering from activist envy.

If he had wanted to he probably could have called up Melanie Morgan and become a part of it.

But Eric has always disliked big displays like this. He sees them as unprofessional and that they really don't get anything done.
44 posted on 08/29/2005 1:30:28 PM PDT by AVNevis (www.cahsconservative.blogspot.com Great Political Discussion from the eyes of a High School Student)
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To: Rudder

Sure, right...just like the silent majority did during Vietnam. Yep, that worked. /sarcasm


45 posted on 08/29/2005 1:31:37 PM PDT by BushisTheMan
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To: Rudder

That would be good advice, except the MAF rallies were about supporting our Troops, and much less about the ditch-witch.


46 posted on 08/29/2005 1:31:59 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (Bergen County, NJ (northeast corner)
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To: BushisTheMan
"Thanks Liberal Loser!"

Listen to his show and then tell me that he is a liberal loser.

You can listen from 5-9AM Pacific at www.ktkz.com
47 posted on 08/29/2005 1:33:17 PM PDT by AVNevis (www.cahsconservative.blogspot.com Great Political Discussion from the eyes of a High School Student)
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To: ParsifalCA

They showed the troops that we support them, and they showed the world that not all Americans are as nutty as Cindy Sheehan.


48 posted on 08/29/2005 1:33:31 PM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: Rudder
I tend to agree with the author of this piece, because the best way to undermine an hysteric is to totally ignore her.

Except the media (even Fox for crying out loud) refused to ignore her.

49 posted on 08/29/2005 1:34:44 PM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: ParsifalCA

I presume the author of this crap prefers that anti-American Leftists go unchallenged in our society?

Funny...that's just what the Leftists want. Hmmmmmmm.


50 posted on 08/29/2005 1:35:40 PM PDT by Prime Choice (E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
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To: AVNevis
If this guy is actually talks like a conservative, then he has MAJOR communication problems when he writes articles. All he did was write a hit piece that insists we shouldn't counter Leftist lies with our own protests.

That's not just stupid. That's suicide.

51 posted on 08/29/2005 1:37:46 PM PDT by Prime Choice (E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
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To: AVNevis
He sees them as unprofessional.

Unprofessional? That term is irrelevant in this context.

they really don't get anything done.

The problem is, if there is no 'counter protest,' Americans and the world begin to think that the likes of Cindy is the majority opinion. We don't want that. (The media is working hard to make it appear that way already.) I think they keep that misconception from occurring.

52 posted on 08/29/2005 1:38:27 PM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: ParsifalCA
this high priced media caravan?

Someone may want to point out to Eric that Cindy was the one flying on private jets.

The folks at Move'on and "Sheehan Tent and Awning" should send Move America Forward a donation check...nothing better than 'un-efforted' attention from the press. Just get the name spelled right.

Yep, and all that press attention that the Wellstone Memorial got sure worked out well for the Democrats. The Democrats have a large group of supporters who hurt their party in direct proportion to how much attention they receive.

53 posted on 08/29/2005 1:40:33 PM PDT by Chesterbelloc
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To: Prime Choice
"I presume the author of this crap prefers that anti-American Leftists go unchallenged in our society?"

No, Eric's position is that we should just let the leftists make fools out of themselves. He thinks that having large rallies like that makes conservatives seem immature.

Again, it's a position I disagree with, but I'm just trying to stick up for Eric, who I know fairly well, and who is about the nicest talk show host you could find.
54 posted on 08/29/2005 1:40:57 PM PDT by AVNevis (www.cahsconservative.blogspot.com Great Political Discussion from the eyes of a High School Student)
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To: AVNevis

Okay, from the article and the fact that he is from California, I might have prejudged him too quickly. But they article really sucked man.


55 posted on 08/29/2005 1:42:16 PM PDT by BushisTheMan
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To: AVNevis
He thinks that having large rallies like that makes conservatives seem immature.

So, essentially, we let the Leftists have their protest rallies, get LOADS of sympathetic media coverage, and we stay in our ivory towers.

Screw that crap.

56 posted on 08/29/2005 1:43:29 PM PDT by Prime Choice (E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
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To: brushcop
We tried to "ignore" them in the 60s and 70s thinking they would crawl back under their rocks, now my main objective is to DRIVE them under their rocks.

Never again.

Exactly!!

The MSM will not be allowed to lose this war for us.

NEVER AGAIN

57 posted on 08/29/2005 1:46:06 PM PDT by A message (Only unity will defeat terrorism - do you hear me Democrats? Do you hear me?)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

bump


58 posted on 08/29/2005 1:46:06 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (Two Years of Poetry...)
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To: brushcop
RIGHT ON!!!!!!

GREAT POST!!!!

These commie immature freaks, who caused us to lose the Vietnam War, who were able to convince the nation that there was no hope in winning as they only spoke of body bags and NEVER of the facts that we won every major engagement in Vietnam, AGED but they never grew up. And we saw the aftermath of their callous actions, their street protesting, the immature press that supported them, like walter cronkite, as S Vietnam became communist, thousands slaughtered there, and Cambodia fell, MILLIONS slaughtered there.

But to the liberals....so what!!!!!! And they would DO THE SAME TO IRAQ!

Nevermore!

The silent majority is not buying the press bullshit anymore! EVER!

And we now HIT THE STREETS in protest, louder, in larger numbers and with a conviction that makes their commie, simplistic, selfish abuse of their freedoms remarkably traitorous as a result.

And they are traitors because they are UNWILLING to acknowledge that freedom and security REQUIRE standing firm and sometimes engaging in battle.

They are people who EAT the fruit of freedom without every being willing to make the sacrifice to plant, prune and pick the fruit.

They are the children in the great American society that, spoiled and lazy, consider that their freedom is always going to be there.

It is EASY to scream NO WAR and it is HARD to scream WAR has defeated slavery, facism, socialism, brutal and horrific dictatorships. No one likes death.

But we will do the hard work. We always have. And now we are becoming street soldiers to ACTIVELY support our troops so that the liberal penchant for spitting upon our soldiers and the ultimate sacrifices they are willing to make, for each of us, NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN!

Move over al-sheehani in cindidtan, and michael moore, and george soros, and moveon.org (as in move on from monica, roflmao!) and people of the american way, and ben and jerry, and ted kennedy and al sharpton, john kerry and jane fonda, and the rest of you cowardly aged hippies,

THE SILENT MAJORITY IS ON THE MARCH! We will PREVAIL! We will NOT FAIL! And we will preserve our CULTURE and WAY OF LIFE and IMPROVE THE SAME FOR OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD and WILL EXPOSE YOUR DEAD IDEAS for as long as it takes to DEFEAT THE LIBERAL, DEMOCRAT ENEMY WITHIN.

And we don't NEED an American traitor like george soros or idiot celebrities like barbara striesand or jane fonda to support us with their money.....

And we DON't NEED to pay for BUSES to pick up the undereducated and forced union folks to MAKE CROWDS....

Our CROWDS come from grassroots America...motivated by an towards you hellish visions...

WE MARCH FROM OUR HEARTS, GATHER without PR FIRMS like FENTON COMMUNICATIONS, ARE NOT DEPENDENT upon LIBERAL ABC< NBC< AND CBS< or CNN and MSNBC...NOPE!

We are grown up, tired of your temper tantrums, NO LONGER COWARED BY YOUR PC CRAP and are now MOBILIZED for THIS GREAT BATTLE WITHIN

59 posted on 08/29/2005 1:46:39 PM PDT by Republic (Michael Schiavo comes to mind...ulitimate control is never relinquished with ease)
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To: ParsifalCA; Happy2BMe; Memother; chesty_puller; Bigun; JohnHuang2; mhking; ...
Now that the nation has experienced the "Battle of the Moms" in Crawford, Texas

Experienced? is that what you call the lousy liberal media coverage ? Hell the Laimstream media isn't worth the powder to blow it back to Russia

The Experience was had by many troops granted but not from the Laimstream media but by Patriots like FReepers and MAF over the Internet and by countless other REAL Patriots of every stripe.

Make no mistake about it The liberal media in this country are traitors back stabbing story firsters who are looking to try and change freedom into their idea of a utopian society socialism/communism is not warranted or wanted in this country but they will keep pounding the drum of depression until every American heart either revolts or submits and submission is something that is so far out of reach for them they can't afford to tell the truth about ANYTHING !

"Battle of the Moms" ? that would have been nice to see even refreshing compared to the drivel ordinary Americans are subjected to by you laim non=thinking buffoons if you had even a clue of what you are doing to yourselves and you devout blind followers you would drop to your knees and pray to the good Lord above for forgiveness but then again God doesn't fit in your plans either !

60 posted on 08/29/2005 1:48:39 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (secus acutulus exspiro ab Acheron bipes actio absol ab Acheron supplico)
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