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Fox News Segment On MoveOn.Org
Teddy Davis, Jonathan Greenberger, and Donna Hunter, "Clinton, Obama Take No Funding Pledge," ABC News' "Political Radar" Blog, www.abcnews.com, 9/17/07
Michael Luo and Jeff Zeleny, "Behind An Antiwar Ad, A Large And Powerful Liberal Group," The New York Times, 9/15/07
"MoveOn.Org Civic Action Was Started By Joan Blades And Wes Boyd, Two Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs." (MoveOn.Org Website, www.moveon.org, Accessed 7/30/08)
- MoveOn's Members Are Described As "Radicalized … Ideologues" And The Organization Is Deemed "Irresponsible." (Patrick Hynes, "NH Primary Faces A Tough Test From Within The Democratic Party," The [Manchester] Union Leader, 1/11/05)
"Joan Blades Of Berkeley, A Founder Of MoveOn.org, An Online Network Of Liberal-Leaning Activists, Said Her Group Had Collected 30,000 Signatures Since The Attacks Sept. 11 On A Statement Calling For ‘Justice, Not Escalating Violence That Would Only Play Into The Terrorists' Hands.'" (Tony Pugh, "Against Tide, They Clamor For Peace," The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/21/01)
Top Donors To The MoveOn.Org Voter Fund Included Peter Lewis And George Soros; They Contributed A Combined $5 Million To MoveOn.org Voter Fund In 2004. (Center For Responsive Politics Website, www.opensecrets.org, Accessed 7/30/08)
- Soros Was Again A Top 527 Contributor In 2006; He Donated $3,445,000. (Center For Responsive Politics Website, www.opensecrets.org, Accessed 9/12/07)
"One Ad Begins With Adolf Hitler Making Speeches, Until A Picture Of President Bush Appears. Another Also Uses Nazi And Bush Images, With The Tag Line: ‘What Were War Crimes In 1945 Is Foreign Policy In 2003.' … The Videos Appeared On The Web Site Of MoveOn.org's Voter Fund As Part Of A Nationwide Contest…" (Howard Kurtz, "Anti-Bush Ad Contest Includes Hitler Images," The Washington Post, 1/6/04)
"A Few Weeks Before Army Gen. David H. Petraeus's Much-Anticipated Testimony On Iraq, The Leadership Of MoveOn.org, The Internet-Based Liberal Group That Has Rallied Its 3 Million Members Around The Country To Oppose The War, Decided On A Change In Strategy." (Perry Bacon Jr., "MoveOn Unmoved By Furor Over Ad Targeting Petraeus," The Washington Post, 9/21/07)
- "Their Weapon, They Decided In Conjunction With Fenton Communications, Its Washington-Based Public Relations Firm, Would Be An Ad In The New York Times That Provocatively Played Off His Name With This Question In Large Letters: ‘General Petraeus or General Betray Us?'" (Perry Bacon Jr., "MoveOn Unmoved By Furor Over Ad Targeting Petraeus," The Washington Post, 9/21/07)
"Today Barack Obama Earned The Endorsement Of MoveOn, One Of The Largest Grassroots Membership Organizations In The United States, After Clobbering Hillary Clinton By 40 Percent In Internet Balloting. … MoveOn, Which Has Never Endorsed A Presidential Candidate Before, Boasts That It Has 1.7 Million Members In Super Tuesday States." (Ari Melber, "MoveOn Endorses Obama," The Nation's "Campaign 08" Blog, www.thenation.com, 2/1/08)
"Eli Pariser, [MoveOn.Org's] Executive Director, Told ABC News … That MoveOn.Org Will Expect Clinton And Obama To Once Again Vote Against Any Iraq War Funding That Does Not Include A Timeline For Withdrawal." (Teddy Davis, "MoveOn's Challenge To Clinton And Obama," ABC News' "Political Radar" Blog, www.abcnews.com, 9/14/07)
- "What's More … MoveOn.Org Wants The Top Democratic Presidential Contenders To Speak Out ‘Sooner And More Vocally.'" (Teddy Davis, "MoveOn's Challenge To Clinton And Obama," ABC News' "Political Radar" Blog, www.abcnews.com, 9/14/07)
MoveOn.Org Has Completed "A Lot Of Fund Raising For Obama." (Ginger Adams Otis, "Obama The Candidate Of ‘Change My Mind'," New York Post, 6/29/08)
During The 2008 Presidential Campaign, MoveOn.Org Political Action Has Spent At Least $463,152 In Independent Expenditures Supporting Obama's Campaign And $676,102 In Independent Expenditures Opposing John McCain's Campaign. (CQ Money Line Website, moneyline.cq.com, Accessed 7/30/08)
National Review's Doug Heye: "And A Great Example Is, Again, Back In February, Right Before Or Right After Super Tuesday, [MoveOn.Org] Send An E-Mail Out That Said Barack Obama Needs Your Support, We Need You To Raise Money For Barack Obama. Got $300,000 In One Evening. That's Not A Bad Night's Take." (Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor," 8/5/08)
Obama: "From Their Principled Opposition To The Iraq War - A War I Also Opposed From The Start - To Their Strong Support For A Number Of Progressive Causes, MoveOn Shows What Americans Can Achieve When We Come Together In A Grassroots Movement For Change. I Thank Them For Their Support And Look Forward To Working With Their Members In The Weeks And Months Ahead." (MoveOn.Org Political Action, "MoveOn Endorsement Throws Progressive Weight Behind Barack Obama," Press Release, 2/1/08)