Showdown at the congressional corral
Antiwar.Com
by Justin Raimondo
04/23/07
The entire ‘antiwar’ campaign initiated by the ‘progressive’ wing of the Democratic Party has been a fraud from beginning to end. A good example is the effort launched by MoveOn.org, some labor unions, and liberal activists, under the rubric of Americans Against Escalation in Iraq. This group, according to The Politico Web site, has ’spent the congressional recess rousing the locals in dozens of Republican swing districts in 24 states.’ It’s all somehow tied in to a proposed antiwar television commercial to be directed by Oliver Stone, which, says The Politico, was ‘announced as liberal opponents of the Iraq war stepped up attacks on Republican congressional lawmakers who voted against a timeline for redeploying troops with letter-writing campaigns, demonstrations and, this week, the launch of new TV ads.’ Now that the Democrats have dropped the timeline, will any of the $5.6 million raised so far by Americans Against Escalation be used to fund third-party or even antiwar Republican challenges to incumbent Democrats? Fat chance...
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=10855
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=MoveOn
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/justin
by Justin Raimondo
04/23/07
The entire ‘antiwar’ campaign initiated by the ‘progressive’ wing of the Democratic Party has been a fraud from beginning to end. A good example is the effort launched by MoveOn.org, some labor unions, and liberal activists, under the rubric of Americans Against Escalation in Iraq. This group, according to The Politico Web site, has ’spent the congressional recess rousing the locals in dozens of Republican swing districts in 24 states.’ It’s all somehow tied in to a proposed antiwar television commercial to be directed by Oliver Stone, which, says The Politico, was ‘announced as liberal opponents of the Iraq war stepped up attacks on Republican congressional lawmakers who voted against a timeline for redeploying troops with letter-writing campaigns, demonstrations and, this week, the launch of new TV ads.’ Now that the Democrats have dropped the timeline, will any of the $5.6 million raised so far by Americans Against Escalation be used to fund third-party or even antiwar Republican challenges to incumbent Democrats? Fat chance...
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=10855
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=MoveOn
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/justin
rudkla - 23. Apr, 15:29
