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MoveOn.org Launches Campaign Connecting Schwarzenegger to Bush
MoveOn.org announced plans to jump into the statewide special election yesterday, unveiling a television ad they will air for the next five days in major cities throughout the state. The online advocacy group partnered with Democracy for America and the Courage Campaign, a new coalition devoted to organizing progressives throughout California, to produce and pay for the ad. The campaign represents an anomaly for the traditionally nation-based Moveon.org, an effort founder Wes Boyd says their members prompted when they responded in droves to an online survey about the Governor’s special election. Boyd believes respondents revealed they increasingly see George W. Bush’s and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s right-wing agendas as one and the same, and the ads will mirror that sentiment.
With more than 600,000 members in California, our state represents a formidable portion of MoveOn.org’s base. However, despite being based in the Bay Area, the online advocacy group has focused its efforts almost entirely on national issues.
According to Boyd, that changed when California members received a questionnaire via e-mail two weeks ago asking their opinions on the statewide special election. The response was overwhelming - 97 percent said they’d be voting on November 8, and 9 and out of 10 expressed passion about the election and distain for both Schwarzenegger and his initiatives.
The response surprised Boyd, and a quest for donations went out as a result. Over 1,800 people anted up, and the television ad campaign began.
The ad itself seeks to draw connections between the Bush administration and Schwarzenegger’s, arguing that both push right-wing agendas extremely harmful to the country. Despite the Governor ignoring Bush during the president’s recent visit to California, the ads serve to remind that the Governor’s initiatives all push for changes Bush himself would endorse. Boyd believes the ad will resonate strongly with voters.
“People are connecting the dots between Washington and California,” said Boyd. “People are fed up with the right-wing nonsense…they’re mad and they’re pissed off and they’re telling their friends.”
Democracy for America, another primarily web-based political advocacy group that grew out of the Howard Dean for President campaign, is also involved, along with the Courage Campaign, a new coalition designed to provide infrastructure for the state’s progressives. Founder Rick Jacobs says the campaign came together in the past few months, building off the energy of the state-wide campaign to defeat Bush.
“California is where politicians come to raise money, and that’s ok” said Jacobs. “But it’s time to spend money and time and attention for building infrastructure for progressives in this state.”
The ads will pay eight times a day on CNN in San Diego, Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Sacramento, and San Francisco. Recent polls show support for the Governor’s propositions continuing to drop, and the ads may prove significant in the election’s outcome.
According to Boyd, that changed when California members received a questionnaire via e-mail two weeks ago asking their opinions on the statewide special election. The response was overwhelming - 97 percent said they’d be voting on November 8, and 9 and out of 10 expressed passion about the election and distain for both Schwarzenegger and his initiatives.
The response surprised Boyd, and a quest for donations went out as a result. Over 1,800 people anted up, and the television ad campaign began.
The ad itself seeks to draw connections between the Bush administration and Schwarzenegger’s, arguing that both push right-wing agendas extremely harmful to the country. Despite the Governor ignoring Bush during the president’s recent visit to California, the ads serve to remind that the Governor’s initiatives all push for changes Bush himself would endorse. Boyd believes the ad will resonate strongly with voters.
“People are connecting the dots between Washington and California,” said Boyd. “People are fed up with the right-wing nonsense…they’re mad and they’re pissed off and they’re telling their friends.”
Democracy for America, another primarily web-based political advocacy group that grew out of the Howard Dean for President campaign, is also involved, along with the Courage Campaign, a new coalition designed to provide infrastructure for the state’s progressives. Founder Rick Jacobs says the campaign came together in the past few months, building off the energy of the state-wide campaign to defeat Bush.
“California is where politicians come to raise money, and that’s ok” said Jacobs. “But it’s time to spend money and time and attention for building infrastructure for progressives in this state.”
The ads will pay eight times a day on CNN in San Diego, Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Sacramento, and San Francisco. Recent polls show support for the Governor’s propositions continuing to drop, and the ads may prove significant in the election’s outcome.
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With MoveOn's batting average of 0.004 , I doubt Arnie will be concerned.
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Ahnult likes to pretend he's not a repug
he da people's governor, and all that crap
his wife was out stumping for him recently and flatly declared that her octopus husband was neither left wing or right wing
ahnult refuses to be seen with bush and scuffled with him over fundraising here as the election nears
moveon is just clarifying things that the governator would rather people be confused about in a democratic state
he da people's governor, and all that crap
his wife was out stumping for him recently and flatly declared that her octopus husband was neither left wing or right wing
ahnult refuses to be seen with bush and scuffled with him over fundraising here as the election nears
moveon is just clarifying things that the governator would rather people be confused about in a democratic state
Californians figured out the Bush/Schwarzenegger connection a long time ago, by the time Schwarzenegger campaigned for Bush in Ohio in late October 2004
Now, here comes MoveON.org, arrogantly bounding onto the stage, with its brilliant, last minute insight, acting as if it has discovered something no one else recognized
MoveON.org increasingly looks like one of those stereotypical hard left organizations known for bandwagon jumping as a way of promoting their agenda and increasing their membership
(and, oh, by the way, does MoveON.org still support the occupation as it engages in the fraud of promoting peace vigils?)
Earth to MoveON.org: we have been kicking Arnold a-- for a long time, while you were setting on the sidelines, but we do appreciate the last minute help, and, please, do us a favor, and don't try to steal the credit that is primarily due to others, when we prevail on election day
no doubt an unrealistic expectation
--Richard
Now, here comes MoveON.org, arrogantly bounding onto the stage, with its brilliant, last minute insight, acting as if it has discovered something no one else recognized
MoveON.org increasingly looks like one of those stereotypical hard left organizations known for bandwagon jumping as a way of promoting their agenda and increasing their membership
(and, oh, by the way, does MoveON.org still support the occupation as it engages in the fraud of promoting peace vigils?)
Earth to MoveON.org: we have been kicking Arnold a-- for a long time, while you were setting on the sidelines, but we do appreciate the last minute help, and, please, do us a favor, and don't try to steal the credit that is primarily due to others, when we prevail on election day
no doubt an unrealistic expectation
--Richard
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