Your author has failed the reader but is now finally addressing the subject of the MoveOn.org advertisement that was issued following the Iraq War assessment presented to Congress by General David Petraeus. The website’s message was simply, ‘General Betrayed Us’ and attempted to suggest collusion between the General and Bush Administration. General Petraeus is currently the commander of Allied Forces stationed in Iraq .
To understand MoveOn one must go back in history and study their early foundation. The political action committee (PAC) was formed in response over the impending impeachment of then President Bill Clinton. They railed against military intervention following the 9-11 terrorist attacks. In 2004 the group tossed millions to Sen. John Kerry’s failed 2004 Presidential campaign. Since then they have become a regular and reliable monetary spigot for the rank and file Democrat. MoveOn represents the far left in America , which is quickly devouring the Democrat party. Fortunately the average American views him or herself as center to the right.
MoveOn would never have come to be if it had not been for the Democrats becoming arrogant during their historical 40 year dominance of Congress that abruptly ended in 1994. While they may catch moments of passing victories, most recently being 2006 and their majority win of Congress; the overall pace is a downtrend. During their 40 years Democrats realized they had a long term majority and then proceeded to represented everyone’s interest, which was impossible. The most obvious evidence is losing the entire southeastern block, once a sure bet and reigned over by ‘Dixie-crats’. The Democrats would later find out they had few supporters and were desperate for cash.
However what has happened with MoveOn and the Democrats is historical. Very simply put General Petraeus reported good news and the tide in the Iraq War is changing. As your author thought the MoveOn crowd came out in droves and very simply said ‘we don’t like the message, let’s filet the messenger’. However your author, as well as others who are more knowledgeable on this subject, have pointed to the steady reenlistment and recruitment goals for our armed services being met time and time again. Are the Democrats and MoveOn, one in the same, saying that these new recruits are stupid? In other words ‘there is a war and you want to join?’, ‘you must be nuts!’. Of course reenlistment and recruitment rates, when they counter the American Left’s argument, are rarely reported by the mainstream media machine. Now what is left is the Democrats being branded anti-military, a long overdue and deserving title.
Now the Democrats have found themselves in a lonely corner. They are beholden to MoveOn’s dollars and let us don’t forget that billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros bankrolled this group with a $5 million commitment. Remember when the Democrats claimed to stand up for the working guy and poor folks? Yet they continue to throw union card holders under the bus and one should want to know what is Soros’ interest or what does he expect to gain?
Because the Democrats have managed to be caught with their hand in MoveOn’s cookie jar, a container that might as well say in bold lettering ‘We despise the military’, they are without a defense. Current Democrat Presidential contender Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware has already called for the removal of MoveOn from their platform. Biden knows a thing or two given his long tenure in the Senate. Thus far Presidential frontrunner Sen. Hillary Clinton has been quiet.
According to MoveOn they have had a surge in membership and donation following their ‘betray us’ ad. Shortly after popular AM conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh took a call from a listener that described returning Iraq veterans, who wish to see a troop withdrawal from Iraq, as a ‘phony soldiers’ and Limbaugh concurred. The fact is that such returning soldiers are in the minority and in many cases, with investigation not performed by the mainstream media machine were found to be lying. Your author recalls the greatest attempt of American Left propaganda, Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 911, when young men dressed as American soldiers paraded around demanding an end to the Iraq War. Democrat Congressman Chris Van Hollen demanded an apology from Limbaugh. Democrats have been demanding apologies for so long, simply words, that their value has diminished. However what as not mentioned was that the soldier discussed between Limbaugh and the caller was Jesse MacBeth, a fraud who lied in interviews with left leaning publications to the war atrocities being committed. MacBeth is currently serving five months following a plea for falsifying military records. This should lead the reader to question the supposed surge in donations to MoveOn and furthermore the 3 million members they claim to have under their belt. This membership has never been substantiated.
As the Democrats become more radicalized the reader should be aware of the wolf in sheep’s clothing. It is time for MoveOn and the radical American Left to move out, fortunately America will decide when their time has come and it appears to be sooner than before. The only question left will be ‘where will Democrats go?’
