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MoveOn, a giant in the progressive political world and an early endorser of Barack Obama in 2008, warns that it might have to “pull the plug” on key campaigns to help Obama and Senate Democrats if its 7 million members don’t pony up with at least $5.

Without a rush of new cash, MoveOn says it will have to give up efforts to elect Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts, help the recall fight against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, and energize younger voters who’ve soured on Washington.

“It's like picking which of your kids you love the most. I just can't do it,” said MoveOn in an email plea. “If we can’t increase our budget, we might have to dramatically scale back or pull the plug on some of MoveOn’s most important election efforts this year.”

The homepage of MoveOn, which helped organize the 2004 anti-war movement, includes a “chip in” button preset at $8.

Don’t discount the importance of MoveOn to keeping the Democrats in charge of the Senate and Obama in office, said the email, which provided a little history of the successes of the group:

“MoveOn has an incredible track record in past elections—when we take on a campaign, we get results.

“In 2008, MoveOn was one of the first groups to endorse President Obama, and we then recruited 1 million volunteers who went door to door, made phone calls, and helped provide the surge of grassroots support necessary to elect Obama.

“In 2006, before anyone else was even talking about it, we announced plans to take back Congress from the Republicans. We made over 7 million phone calls to occasional voters to help fuel the Democratic takeover of Congress.

“And in 2004 we organized a neighborhood get-out-the-vote program that knocked on over 4.6 million doors in 10,000 swing-state precincts.

“If we can finish this quarter with a bang, that will give us enough confidence to go forward with campaigns that we'd otherwise have to cut right now.”




http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ ... %99/670461

Schadenfreude or a plea for help?

It ain't about me, bro.

I had no idea they were that influential in elections.

wow all you fans better give some money, or else!


kind of like ed 'burn this place down!' shultz saying, if the wisconsin election doesn't go to a liberal, and the presidency goes to a republican we won't see another democrat in the white house in our lifetime.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

brotherplanet wrote:MoveOn warns ‘We might have to pull the plug’

Nice dishonest subject header. They actually said:

we might have to pull the plug or dramatically scale back our work on some of the most important races this year.

You make it sound like they are pulling down the website. Of course your excuse is that you stupidly parroted the headline from the Washington Examiner, a conservative rag.

A more accurate headline is "MoveOn trying to raise money for key races." But then there is nothing dramatic or derogatory about liberals in that headline.

This is a non-story that was turned into a story by Washington Examiner because MoveOn used the phrase "pull the plug."

absolutely fabulous wrote:wow all you fans better give some money, or else!


kind of like ed 'burn this place down!' shultz saying, if the wisconsin election doesn't go to a liberal, and the presidency goes to a republican we won't see another democrat in the white house in our lifetime.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The joke is on you. You didn't even read the story. They are merely trying to raise money for key races.

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/pullthepl ... c=homepage

DEATH ROW JOE wrote:

brotherplanet wrote:MoveOn warns ‘We might have to pull the plug’

Nice dishonest subject header. They actually said:

we might have to pull the plug or dramatically scale back our work on some of the most important races this year.

You might want to try following the link so you can see that it was the HEADLINE

http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ ... %99/670461


Maybe you should write to the journalist who wrote the piece.

absolutely fabulous wrote:wow all you fans better give some money, or else!


kind of like ed 'burn this place down!' shultz saying, if the wisconsin election doesn't go to a liberal, and the presidency goes to a republican we won't see another democrat in the white house in our lifetime.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The joke is on you. You didn't even read the story. They are merely trying to raise money for key races.

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/pullthepl ... c=homepage


you're the idiot, pansy pants.

they're trying to pull scare tactics to make you do what they want you to.
ed- who's a fricken flake, just wants you to vote his way.
move on- wants your money, if you don't do it, it's a threat to your party and nominees in you area.

jokes on you for not seeing through this thin veil.

DEATH ROW JOE wrote:

brotherplanet wrote:MoveOn warns ‘We might have to pull the plug’

Nice dishonest subject header. They actually said:

we might have to pull the plug or dramatically scale back our work on some of the most important races this year.

what would be the MOST important races this year?

I'm not only dislike the Mormon faith, I also love MoveOn so go go go.

Skate4RnR wrote:I'm not only dislike the Mormon faith, I also love MoveOn so go go go.

I'm curious... If it was a Mormon who was a Dem would you be against him?


I hear a lot of the left wing organizations are having some money trouble this time around (no article, just heard it from a friend of mine who's so left he might make Obama look like a conservative). I think a lot of people are disillusioned with the way Obama and the Dems have handled themselves over the past four years. On the flip side I personally know of two Republicans who no longer consider themselves Republicans because of Bush. Shit happens when our leaders fuck up.

I think we need things like MoveOn and the Tea Party. It's good when Americans get involved on the ground level even if you or I disagree with them. We should be a part of the process.

Skate4RnR wrote:I'm not only dislike the Mormon faith, I also love MoveOn so go go go.

brotherplanet wrote:I'm curious... If it was a Mormon who was a Dem would you be against him?


I hear a lot of the left wing organizations are having some money trouble this time around (no article, just heard it from a friend of mine who's so left he might make Obama look like a conservative). I think a lot of people are disillusioned with the way Obama and the Dems have handled themselves over the past four years. On the flip side I personally know of two Republicans who no longer consider themselves Republicans because of Bush. Shit happens when our leaders fuck up.

I think we need things like MoveOn and the Tea Party. It's good when Americans get involved on the ground level even if you or I disagree with them. We should be a part of the process.

I don't dislike the Mormon faith, every Mormon I've known was pretty cool.

I also like MoveOn.org.

Ok.

Gabby Gifford former seat in AZ was won by a Dem so I'm sure Move On, Death Row Jow, Skate RnR, and others are pleased with that!

Pundits even say there is a chance that President Obama could win AZ with the rising beaner population!