Behind an Antiwar Ad, a Powerful Liberal Group...

[bridgit]

'There is no mistaking the influence of MoveOn.org, with its 3.2 million members and powerful fund-raising apparatus, within the Democratic Party.

This liberal activist group has come to occupy a prominent seat at the table among the party elite, so much so that Republicans leaped at a chance to hold Democrats and their presidential candidates responsible for MoveOn’s positions after it ran an advertisement attacking the credibility of Gen. David H. Petraeus.

MoveOn, which has raised tens of millions of dollars for Democratic candidates since its inception in 1998, clearly enjoys friendly relations with Democratic Party officials. Its leaders have met several times over the year with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, to discuss policy and strategy on ending the Iraq war.

MoveOn representatives also take part, as co-founders of a coalition of antiwar groups together under the umbrella Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, in a daily conference call with the Democratic leadership staff on Capitol Hill to coordinate efforts.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/15/washington/15moveon.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[rusty quoin]

1. We fight back now!

BTW brigit, your cat looks like mine, but my cat is much fatter.

[bridgit]

2. my Tim was a rescue kitty they said he would never growm but oh boy!!

and yeah, time to start calling spades spades :hi:

[rusty quoin]

3. lol...great photo