Moveon.org embraces left-wing Democrats
It must be a really slow news day when a political stunt performed by a looney left-wing political group such as Moveon.org commands front page, above-the-fold headlines in the Southern Standard newspaper.
For those who are not familiar with this group, Moveon.org (more appropriately called can’t Moveon.org) is a Bush-hating, American-foreign-policy bashing, out-of-the-mainstream, left-wing fringe group attached to the national Democrat party that still insists, vigorously, that Al Gore or John Kerry is the real president because George W. Bush and his cronies stole both of his elections.
We have lost over 2,000 soldiers in Iraq since the war began over three years ago. These were brave and honorable men and women who volunteered for military service to defend freedom and the American way of life. We mourn for each and every soldier lost in the line of duty. If one of those who made the ultimate sacrifice had been my son or daughter, my grief would be almost unbearable, just as my pride in the way he or she decided to live their life would know no boundaries.
Moveon.org’s problem with Iraq is not that we are losing good men and women in a war that is unjust or illegal. No, Moveon.org’s problem is that we are about to win a war for freedom and our security. Their fear is the same fear that infects the hard-left of the Democratic party. That is to say, according to their world view, the American military and America itself cannot be allowed to win militarily lest their suicidal pacifist views will be shown to be what they are, wrong.
In America, we have the right to hold any political view that suits our fancy. Moveon.org can promote any agenda they and their friends in the national Democratic party see fit.
For one, I hope they continue to do just what they are doing. You know, it has been three decades since a Democrat was elected to the presidency with more than 50 percent of the vote. All I can say is, “Keep up the good work.”
Bob Flanders
Mitchell Road
McMinnville