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MoveOn demonstrates deft touch in fundraising
 Give us your money or else. That's the threat from MoveOn.org, the crazed ultra-liberal political blog, to U.S. Rep. Marty Meehan.
| Who's not one of my favorite people. Red on red, yummy ... |
For a week now, MoveOn.org's political extortionists have mounted an Internet campaign against Meehan because he refuses to accede to their wishes. They want Meehan to open his $4.9 million campaign war chest to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which is trying to win back the House from Republicans.
Meehan has resisted, and rightly so.
| Yeah, he stole it fair and square! |
But what began as playful politics has escalated into a nasty MoveOn.org shakedown.
First, the bloggers sought a $1.2 million contribution from Meehan. They called him "cheap" when he didn't budge. Next, they ratcheted up the pressure, urging Democrats across the nation to e-mail Meehan. On Tuesday, they trotted out a Meehan supporter who has a son serving in the U.S. military in Iraq and fed the father to the press. The Lowell man implied that if Meehan didn't help the Democratic cause, his son might not come home on schedule. Yesterday, MoveOn.org's coordinator Adam Green sent an e-mail to Meehan's Lowell district manager, saying if Meehan forks over $250,000 "there is still time to make this a net positive instead of a net negative for Meehan."
| "Nice campaign you got here Mr. Meehan, be a shame if something happened to it ..." |
Just think, like a political Mafia, MoveOn.org is willing to settle its score with Meehan for $250,000. But it's an offer Meehan can -- and should -- refuse.
Do 5th District constituents want a congressman in office who kow-tows to irresponsible bully bloggers? What's their next strong-arm campaign -- U.S. citizenship for Guantanamo detainees?
| I wouldn't put it past them ... |
The attack on Meehan has exposed MoveOn.org for the cheap-shot blog artists they truly are. Most of what they spew on the Internet isn't even credible.
| It has to hurt when a liberal newspaper in Massachusetts points that out. |
In Meehan's case, the facts show he's done his fair share for the DCCC and party candidates. Meehan is a convenient MoveOn.org target because he has amassed the largest campaign war chest in the House and doesn't face a November challenger.
Meehan supporters should be outraged by MoveOn.org's heavy-handed tactics.
To think that these Beltway fakers, who call themselves Democratic activists, would reach into the pockets of 5th District Democrats by attempting to embarrass a sitting congressman into submission shows just how rotten these political scoundrels have become on the campaign scene.
| Nah, they're rotten for lots of other reasons. |
Posted by: Steve White 2006-10-27 |
