Obama Rebukes MoveOn in Patriotism Speech

Posted on July 1, 2008

This might not promote the “Unity” message very much but considering Obama did not vote for the Senate Resolution to denounce MoveOn.Org for their “General Betray Us” ad, this came as a complete shock to see him rebuke them for it now…then again, he has won the presumptive nominee status so he really doesn’t need MoveOn as much as he needs the Independents and Moderates and he may just be sick and tired of them trying to push him around about his FISA statement saying he would support the Compromise bill that the left has been howling about.

In his speech he gave today he not only distanced himself from General Clark’s comments about John McCain’s military service, but he also said, “most evident during our recent debates about the war in Iraq, when those who opposed administration policy were tagged by some as unpatriotic, and a general providing his best counsel on how to move forward in Iraq was accused of betrayal.”

That was a direct hit on MoveOn.Org which is the group responsible for the Betray Us ad that caused such controversy.

Is Barack Obama pushing back against MoveOn? Is he simply doing what he has to do in order to appeal to the Independents and Moderates or is he committing political suicide by turning his back on a group that has been known to “eat their own” for doing something they don’t approve of?

Unity just went out the window along with MoveOn being thrown under the proverbial bus.

It should be interesting to see how this plays itself out since the Democratic party supporters truly don’t have much of a choice now but to vote for Barack Obama, since they handed the nomination to him.

He has them where he wants them and now he is working on his appeal to other groups.

Hillary Clinton and her supporters are probably smiling right about now and thinking “I told you so”.

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4 Responses to “Obama Rebukes MoveOn in Patriotism Speech”

Paul, Obama Blog on July 1st, 2008 11:07 am

I have to admit that Barack’s willingness to throw people under the bus is worrisome. Another recent example comes with the rebuke of Wesley Clark, who was misinterpreted by the media. The campaign is getting too reactive and I fear that the Republicans may end up setting up the agenda.

However, I think also that Hillary may have been even more inclined to get into these kinds of fights over who is more patriotic, the stronger leader, etc.
YardBird on July 1st, 2008 2:06 pm

MoveOn was originally a contrived toy of Soros to be used against Bush.

After massive cash was funneled to them and the election was a dismal failure for even down ticket effects he terminated that relationship and moved to other ways to influence the election cycle.

Soros is fully backing Obama via his new methods and MoveOn is now considered expendable by him.

Some will see it as more of Obama kicking the nutroots left to the curb to attract the more moderate voters.
biscuiteater on July 1st, 2008 2:23 pm

Aside from the duck and cover, Hillarys campaign seemed to be more honest than Obamas. He is now running on everything that lost her the primary.
The Machine on July 2nd, 2008 11:46 am

Da-Dunt-Dunt-Dunt

Another one under the bus

Da-Dunt-Dunt-Dunt

Another one under the bus..