Making the case via the media

classicman · 12-28-2008, 08:48 PM

I agree. I wonder if they will turn on him as well.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-28-2008, 08:53 PM

I think so. Organizations like MoveOn can only survive when they have a cause they can rally people that are disappointed/pissed off/disillusioned about.

bluecuracao · 12-28-2008, 09:08 PM

Are you saying that MoveOn will turn on Obama, just to survive?

xoxoxoBruce · 12-28-2008, 09:09 PM

Absolutely, they won't survive as cheerleaders.

bluecuracao · 12-28-2008, 09:45 PM

If the work MoveOn did focused solely on the President and his activities, then your point might make more sense.

But the issues they work on cover a much larger spectrum--and there are always issues.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-28-2008, 10:10 PM

Yes, they will always have thousands of other elected officials to grouse about.

I was only speaking of their relationship with Obama, and what I predict will be their disappointment with the pace of progress on the 4 issues they have chosen to push.

12-28-2008, 08:48 PM	#1
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I agree. I wonder if they will turn on him as well. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-28-2008, 08:53 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think so. Organizations like MoveOn can only survive when they have a cause they can rally people that are disappointed/pissed off/disillusioned about. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-28-2008, 09:09 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Absolutely, they won't survive as cheerleaders. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-28-2008, 10:10 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, they will always have thousands of other elected officials to grouse about. I was only speaking of their relationship with Obama, and what I predict will be their disappointment with the pace of progress on the 4 issues they have chosen to push. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-28-2008, 09:08 PM	#3
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Are you saying that MoveOn will turn on Obama, just to survive?

12-28-2008, 09:45 PM	#5
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	If the work MoveOn did focused solely on the President and his activities, then your point might make more sense. But the issues they work on cover a much larger spectrum--and there are always issues.

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